Prophet Muḥammad (s.a.) said: “The scholars [ʿUlamāʾ] consist of two people: a scholar who sticks to his knowledge [ʿIlm] and this person is saved and a scholar [ʿĀlim] who does not stick to his knowledge and this person falls into ruin. The inhabitants of the fire seek refuge from the smell of the scholar who does not stick to his knowledge, and of the inhabitants of the fire the most bitterest repentant will be, the one who called a servant to God, to which the servant answered and accepted, to which he obeyed God and let him enter paradise, while He let the caller enter the fire, because the latter did not stick to his knowledge and followed the inclination and prolonged his hope. As for following the inclination, it leads away from the truth, prolongs hope and causes the hereafter to be forgotten.” [Biḥār-ul-Anwār, volume 2 page 34]
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