Teach but do not Pretend

Ibn Al-Muhallab reports that he heard Abȗ Mȗsâ Al-Ash’arî – Allah be pleased with him – standing on his minbar (pulpit) saying:

Whoever Allâh has given some knowledge should teach it. And he must not say anything he has no knowledge of, lest he become one of the pretenders and leave the religion.

Ibn Sa’d, Al-Tabaqât 4:102. Maktabah Al-Khânjî, Cairo.

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1. Food for Thought, not for Stomachs
2. I’m the Man [the youngster who puts himself forward]
3. Responsibility in Knowledge and Da’wah
4. Wasted knowledge and rhyming prayers
5. Ignorance and the Sword
6. What is Knowledge?
7. The Age of Knowledge