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ArticlesOfTheIslamicFaithByGhazali, page : 70
The second trait is sagacity, intelligence, and eloquence, because
those with lessor intellect do not benefit by his understanding
and the dull one does not gain by his argument. On
the contrary such a person is injured by disputation and should
not expect any good from it.
The third trait is that the man should by nature be good, religious,
and pious; he should not be dominated by passions, because
the sinful man would stray from Religion at the least
provocation. Passions would do away with all deterrents and
remove the barrier which stands between him and worldly pleasures.
He would not be keen on dispelling anything questionable,
but rather would seize upon it to free himself from any
obligation. The things which such a student will spoil would
those with lessor intellect do not benefit by his understanding
and the dull one does not gain by his argument. On
the contrary such a person is injured by disputation and should
not expect any good from it.
The third trait is that the man should by nature be good, religious,
and pious; he should not be dominated by passions, because
the sinful man would stray from Religion at the least
provocation. Passions would do away with all deterrents and
remove the barrier which stands between him and worldly pleasures.
He would not be keen on dispelling anything questionable,
but rather would seize upon it to free himself from any
obligation. The things which such a student will spoil would