Ayat al-Quran

وَ مِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ یُّجَادِلُ فِی اللّٰهِ بِغَیْرِ عِلْمٍ وَّ لَا هُدًى وَّ لَا كِتٰبٍ مُّنِیْرٍۙ(۸)ثَانِیَ عِطْفِهٖ لِیُضِلَّ عَنْ سَبِیْلِ اللّٰهِ لَهٗ فِی الدُّنْیَا خِزْیٌ وَّ نُذِیْقُهٗ یَوْمَ الْقِیٰمَةِ عَذَابَ الْحَرِیْقِ(۹)ذٰلِكَ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ یَدٰكَ وَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ لَیْسَ بِظَلَّامٍ لِّلْعَبِیْدِ۠(۱۰)(سورۃ الحج)
Translation : And among the people are some who argue about Allah, although they have neither any knowledge, nor any guidance, nor any enlightening book. (8) They have their sides twisted in arrogance, so that they may lead others astray from the path of Allah, for such a person there is disgrace in the world, and on the Day of Judgment We will make him taste the punishment of the burning fire. (9) (Saying that) all this is the recompense for the deeds which you had sent ahead with your own hands, and it is a settled matter that Allah is not one to inflict injustice upon His servants. (10) (Asan Tarjumat-ul-Quran)

The Reality of Bookish Knowledge: The Stance of Pious Predecessors

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 in Islamic history whose mention in books appears with condemnation rather than reverence. The pious predecessors were not even willing to engage in scholarly debates with someone possessing such mere bookish knowledge. What an exemplary incident Qadi Ayyad (may Allah have mercy on him) has narrated: During the time of Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him), there was a man named Ibn Abi Da'ud who possessed only bookish knowledge. He would stir up controversial debates here and there. The Caliph of the time, Al-Mu'tasim, said to Imam Ahmad, "Please speak to Ibn Abi Da'ud and silence him." Imam Ahmad replied, "How can I speak to a person whom I have never seen at the door of any scholar?" Reflect and take heed of how people today are causing various tribulations (fitnah) through such bookish knowledge. The Reality of Jurisprudential Differences / Pages 19-20

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