Thursday, July 3, 2014

37. The Worthy Learners & The Unworthy Learners

The Worthy Learners                                        37
If the learned men guard learning and entrust it to deserving persons, they can rule thereby their contemporaries.
--Tradition by Ibn Majah. Narrator: Abdullah-b-Masud. (Excerpt)

The Unworthy Learners                                    37
To impart learning to one not deserving of it is to put on a necklace of emerald and pearls and gold to the neck of swines
--Tradition by Ibn Majah. .Narrator: Anas