Abu Taymiyyah – Imam Ghazali And The Thief
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Something very funny that happened in the time
of Imam Al Ghazali
Imam Al Ghazali
one time he was robbed by bandits.
Summarization
to try and get as much
in
in this
small period that we have.
Imam Al Ghazair The boxes that he had
was robbed by some highway bandits. And Imam
Al Ghazair
is running behind them.
He's saying to them all that which is
inside these boxes that you've knicked
is my books that I traveled for.
And that which I have documented, please give
it back.
So
a thief is running away and he's hearing
Muhammad ibn Muhammad Al Ghazali
saying this
and he stops.
So there was a bunch of thieves, the
biggest of them
started laughing at him.
He said to him,
How is it that you can claim
that you have knowledge?
Okay? But when we in fact took these
boxes of yours,
all of a sudden you became somebody who
did not know anything.
And you remain there without any knowledge.
The thief is laughing at him.
And then he felt sorry for him and
he gave him the boxes. He goes, go
take it.
Al Khazali said,
This is a man who Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala made him speak.
To give me guidance
in my affair.
So he said he went
back, and for a whole 3 years he
started memorizing everything that he documented.
So, if in the future,
highway bandits
ended up robbing his stuff again,
he wouldn't necessarily mind. Take it.
My ilm is with me in my chest.
A thief
was the reason as to why Imam al
Ghazali
and he had knowledge. Of course in his
kitab ihiya al lumedin, there is quite a
number of issues in there. And some scholars
they spoke quite negatively about a kitab, but
without shadow of a doubt.
His kitab al Mustasfa,
the Ibn Qudam
really benefited from that we study today.
In JAMA'at al Islamiyah, sometimes very very tough
to understand, was taken from the Mustafa of
Imam Al Ghazal
He was somebody who was very very knowledgeable.
He was guided
because of a thief.
In doing,
that which is best for him.