"The more knowledge increases, the more one's humility and fear of Allah increases."
— Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah
Madarij al-Salikin
6 quotes
"The more knowledge increases, the more one's humility and fear of Allah increases."
"Knowledge is not what is memorised. Knowledge is what benefits."
"Whoever seeks knowledge in order to act upon it, his knowledge will make him humble. Whoever seeks knowledge for other than this, his knowledge will make him more arrogant."
"Teach your tongue to say "I do not know" so that you are not asked about what you do not know."
"I never debated anyone wishing for him to make an error. I always wished that Allah would show him the truth."
"Whoever does not taste the humiliation of seeking knowledge for even an hour will swallow the humiliation of ignorance all his life."