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glory of Allah and for the sake of drawing near to Him. He should not feel that his
students are under any obligation to him although the feeling of obligation in
incumbent upon them. He should give them credit for disciplining their hearts with
knowledge in order to draw near to Allah. Thus, when someone lends you a plat
of land so that you can exploit it for yourself by planting it, the benefits you reap
are greater than those of the owner of the land. Would you then feel that he was
under any obligation to you? Similarly, in teacher, your compensation is greater
than that of the student, and without him you would not have attained it.
The third duty of the teacher is that he should not withhold from the student any
advice, or allow him to attempt the work of any grade unless he is qualified for it,
or permit him to address himself to abstruse sciences before he has mastered
those, which are clear. He should also point out to him that the purpose of
acquiring knowledge is to draw near to Allah rather than power, boasting, and
competition, and should in the strongest possible way, condemn any such things
in his students.
The fourth duty, which is one of the finer points of the profession of teaching is
that the teacher, in dissuading the student from his evil way, should do so by
students are under any obligation to him although the feeling of obligation in
incumbent upon them. He should give them credit for disciplining their hearts with
knowledge in order to draw near to Allah. Thus, when someone lends you a plat
of land so that you can exploit it for yourself by planting it, the benefits you reap
are greater than those of the owner of the land. Would you then feel that he was
under any obligation to you? Similarly, in teacher, your compensation is greater
than that of the student, and without him you would not have attained it.
The third duty of the teacher is that he should not withhold from the student any
advice, or allow him to attempt the work of any grade unless he is qualified for it,
or permit him to address himself to abstruse sciences before he has mastered
those, which are clear. He should also point out to him that the purpose of
acquiring knowledge is to draw near to Allah rather than power, boasting, and
competition, and should in the strongest possible way, condemn any such things
in his students.
The fourth duty, which is one of the finer points of the profession of teaching is
that the teacher, in dissuading the student from his evil way, should do so by