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and defending cases. Would that I knew why the learned men of religion permit
work in activities, which are collective duty and, which have been performed by
quite a number of people to the neglect of other collective duty activities, which
have not yet been performed. Could there be any reason for this except that
medicine does not lead to management of religious endowments (awqaf),
(execution of) wills, possession of the money of orphans, and appointment to
judicial and governmental positions through, which one exalts himself above his
fellow men and fastens his yoke upon his enemies? Indeed the science of
religion has been destroyed because the learned men have espoused evil. Allah
is, therefore, our help and refuge. May Allah protect us refuge. May Allah protect
us from this delusion, displeasing to Him and pleasing to the devil. The pious
among the learned men in esoteric knowledge used to acknowledge the
excellence of the learned men in esoteric knowledge (ilm al-batin) and the
advocates of the inward knowledge of the heart.
The Imam Al Shafi‟i was in the habit of sitting before Shayban al Ra‟I just as a
boy would sit in the school, and would ask concerning one thing or another, to,
which Shayban would reply: “Would one like you ask the advice of this Bedouin?‟
Al Shafi‟i would say; “This agrees with what we already know.” Ahmad ibn
work in activities, which are collective duty and, which have been performed by
quite a number of people to the neglect of other collective duty activities, which
have not yet been performed. Could there be any reason for this except that
medicine does not lead to management of religious endowments (awqaf),
(execution of) wills, possession of the money of orphans, and appointment to
judicial and governmental positions through, which one exalts himself above his
fellow men and fastens his yoke upon his enemies? Indeed the science of
religion has been destroyed because the learned men have espoused evil. Allah
is, therefore, our help and refuge. May Allah protect us refuge. May Allah protect
us from this delusion, displeasing to Him and pleasing to the devil. The pious
among the learned men in esoteric knowledge used to acknowledge the
excellence of the learned men in esoteric knowledge (ilm al-batin) and the
advocates of the inward knowledge of the heart.
The Imam Al Shafi‟i was in the habit of sitting before Shayban al Ra‟I just as a
boy would sit in the school, and would ask concerning one thing or another, to,
which Shayban would reply: “Would one like you ask the advice of this Bedouin?‟
Al Shafi‟i would say; “This agrees with what we already know.” Ahmad ibn