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15 June, 2025

"O merciless self! Another year of life has passed, when are you going to release me from your imprisonment?"

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The Reality of Bookish Knowledge: The Stance of Pious Predecessors
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The Reality of Bookish Knowledge: The Stance of Pious Predecessors

Maulana Faisal Ahmad Sahib Nadvi Bhatkali writes: Our pious predecessors (Salaf) did not give any importance to purely bookish knowledge. That is, if a person did not have teachers and mentors, and had acquired some knowledge solely from books, it was given no weight. There have been some people...