knowledge
Knowledge Is Taken Away by the Death of the Scholars
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَقْبِضُ الْعِلْمَ انْتِزَاعًا، يَنْتَزِعُهُ مِنَ الْعِبَادِ، وَلَكِنْ يَقْبِضُ الْعِلْمَ بِقَبْضِ الْعُلَمَاءِ، حَتَّى إِذَا لَمْ يُبْقِ عَالِمًا، اتَّخَذَ النَّاسُ رُءُوسًا جُهَّالاً فَسُئِلُوا، فَأَفْتَوْا بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ، فَضَلُّوا وَأَضَلُّوا
Transliteration
Innallaha la yaqbidul-'ilma intiza'an yantazi'uhu minal-'ibad, wa lakin yaqbidul-'ilma biqabdil-'ulama', hatta idha lam yubqi 'aliman ittakhadhan-nasu ru'usan juhhalan fasu'ilu fa-aftaw bighayri 'ilmin fadallu wa adallu
Translation
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As (RA): I heard the Messenger of Allah (SAW) say, "Allah does not take away knowledge by snatching it from the people, but He takes it away by taking the lives of the scholars, until when no scholar remains, people take ignorant leaders who, when asked, give rulings without knowledge — so they go astray and lead others astray."
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