Sunday 23 September 2012

"intellectual laziness"

Shaykh Abdul Fattah Abu Ghuddah (Allah have mercy upon him) writes:

It is unfortunate that intellectual laziness has become widespread among today's students, and they have come to prefer rest and idleness over striving and struggling. Luxury and all forms of useless curiosity have become a purpose of life for them, and all pleasures have become a goal for them, such that they have no time left for studying and seeking knowledge. Their state has come to resemble that referred to by Imam Ahmad ibn Faris al-Razi (the philologist born in 329AH, died 395AH), may Allah have mercy on him, when he said:

If you are harmed by the heat of summer
And the dryness of autumn and the cold of winter
And you are distracted by the beauty of springtime
Then tell me: when will you seek knowledge?!

(the value of time)

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