Naseeha of 'Eesaa bin Maryam ('Alayhis-Salam)

Naseeha of 'Eesaa bin Maryam ('Alayhis-Salam) to the 'Scholars'

Imaam Abu Bakr Ahmad bin 'Alee Al-Khateeb Al-Baghdaadee (Rahimahullah)
'Iqtidaa-ul-'Ilm al-'Amal'

Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Rizq informed us: Ja'far bin Muhammad bin Nusayr Al-Khaldee informed us: Muhammad bin 'Abdillah Al-Hadramee narrated to us: 'Abbas Al-Anbaree narrated to us: 'Abdus-Samad narrated to me, saying: I heard Sa'eed bin 'Attaar - and he would cry until he departed - say: 'Essa bin Maryam ('Alayhis-Salam) said:

"Until when will you show the way to those who walk at night in the dark while you yourselves are living with the confused? Verily, that which should be sought from knowledge is a little, while (that which should be sought) from action is a lot."

Abdul-Qaasim 'Alee bin Muhammad bin' Alee Al-Iyaadee informed us: Abu Bakr Muhammad bin 'Abdillah bin Saalih Al-Abharee narrated to us: 'Uthmaan bin 'Alee narrated to us: 'Abdur-Rahmaan bin Muhammad Ash-Shaamee narrated to us: Ishaaq bin Moosa Al-Ansaaree narrated to us, saying: I heard Ibn 'Uyainah say: 'Eesaa bin Maryam ('Alayhis-Salam) said:

"O Scholars of evil! You have put the worldly life at the top of your heads and the Hereafter below your feet. Your speech is a cure, but your actions are a disease. Your example is like that of a Diflee (i.e. Oleander tree) - it pleases the one who looks at it but kills the one who eats from it."

Al-Hasan bin 'Alee Al-Jawharee informed us, saying: Muhammad bin 'Imraan bin Moosaa Al-Marzabaanee reported to us: Ahmad bin Muhammad bin 'Eesaa Al-Makkee narrated to us: Muhammad bin Al-Qaasim bin Khalaad narrated to us: 'Abdul-Ghafoor bin 'Abdil-Azeez narrated to us from his father from Wahb bin Munabbih that 'Eessa bin Maryam ('Alayhis-Salam) said:

"Woe to you, O worshippers of the worldly life! To what avail is the vastness of the sun's light to a blind man if he is not able to see it? Likewise, it is of no avail to a scholar to have much knowledge if he does not act upon it. How numerous are the fruits of the tree, yet not all of them are useful or eaten. And how numereous are the scholars yet not all of you implements what he knows.

So guard yourselves from the deceitful scholars - those who wear garments of wool and have their heads bowed down to the floor, squinting from under the veils, just as the flies gaze. Their statements are in opposition to their actions. Who can produce harvest from thorny grapes and from colocynth dates? Likewise, the statement of the dishonest scholar produces nothing but falsehood. Verily, when the camel is not fastened to the earth by its owner, it will take off to its homeland and place of origin. And verily when knowledge is not practicd by its possessor, it leaves from his heart, frees itself from him and negles him. And indeed crops are no good unless it has water and soil. Such is the case with Eemaan - it is no good unless it is accompanied by knowledge and action.

Woe to you, O worshipers of the worldly life! Indeed, everything has a sign by which it is recognized and which serves as a witness for it or against it. And indeed the Religion has three signs by which it is recognized, and they are Faith, Knowledge and Action."

Ibn Qayyim, Rawdatu'l-Muhibbeen wa Nudhatu'l-Mushtakeen


“Imam Ahmad said: Narrated from Sayyar, from Jafar from Abu Ghalib: It is narrated that Isa (as) advised to his disciples: ‘O my ashab (disciples)! Gain the love of Allah (swt) by cursing the sinners. To be closer to Him by showing hatred towards to the sinners. Seek His pleasure by being angry to them. They asked Him: ‘O Rasul of Allah! Who shall we take our time?’ Isa (as) replied: ‘Take your time with those; whose speech leads you to arise your (good) deeds, those whom when you see them you remember Allah (awj) and those whose knowledge makes you zahid against to the world.”

Ahmad said: Narrated from Sayyar from Jafar from Hisham ad-Dastawee: “It is narrated to me among the words of wisdom of Isa (as): ‘You work for the dunya which you gain your rizq without need of work; you do not work for the akhirah which you will not receive anything without working. Shame on you o evil scholars! You take the wage however you leave the deeds. There is only little left for you to leave the dunya and to go in to the darkness and the tightness of the grave. As Allah (jj) commanded you to pray salah and fasting, He (swt) also prohibited you from performing the sins. How can be that possible for the one, whose dunya is prior to his akhirah and whose demand is towards to dunya, to be a scholar? How can be that possible for the one, who prefers dunya while he is traveling to akhirah and the one whose demands is towards to the things which will harm you than to the things which will benefit him, to be a scholar? How can be that possible for the one, who accuse Allah (awj) for His (awj) qadha and qadr and the one who does not please any calamity which he receives, to be a scholar? How can be that possible for the one who learns the ‘ilm for telling the people instead of practicing with it, to be a scholar?’.”