Abu Hamid al-Ghazālī

“ Allah has reserved His bounties for those who are pious and turn away from worldly gain and vanities, and avoid forbidden things.
There are only a few men out of thousands who seek knowledge in its truest sense and renounce pleasure, wealth and power which are the general objects of human ambition. ”

“ It ought to be possible for you to provide him with the necessary facilities to enable him to attain to the height of knowledge and perfection, for which act of kindness you will be liberally rewarded both here and in the Hereafter. ”

“ They are those who have knowledge of religion and act upon it, instructing others and believing that attention given to theory and practice has its proper value and proportion. They are unmistakably the most prominent and exalted religious personalities. ”

“ If you do not refrain from this, you will be regarded among those who place obstacles in the way of students and prevent them from the acquisition of knowledge. Our Holy Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said: "Do not help the devils against your brothers." ”

“ Near relatives, friends, money and property are deemed as interfering distractions in addition to rift and enmity which have ruined many a family. If they prevent a scholar from going ahead with his prospect of studies, they can be safely compared to the devils, whose sole aim is to disturb a scholar in his studies. ”

“ Every man has been assigned a special duty, and it is easy for one to perform the duty for which he has been created and the blessed is he who has been created to do good deeds and help others in this connection. ”