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AsSalam Alaikum.
In his book Al-Jaami Li-Akhlaaq-ir-Raawee wa Adaab as-Saami,
Al-Khateeb Al-Baghdaadee reported:One of the students of Hadeeth
used to crave and yearn for seeking knowledge. So he would visit the
elder teachers and sit in their gatherings. Then when some time had
passed, he saw that he had not benefited at all and that he had not
attained a great deal of knowledge. So he said:I am not fit for this
knowledge and gave it up, since he thought that there was something
wrong with his understanding or that he was not qualified for seeking
knowledge. One day, after he had left off seeking knowledge for some
time, he passed by a rock that had water falling on it, drop by drop.
The continuous dripping of water had affected the rock to the point
that it had made a hole in it. The man stood there for a while,
contemplating and reflecting, and said: This water, in spite of its
softness, was able to have an effect on this rock, in spite of its
hardness. And my mind and heart are not harder than this rock and
neither is this knowledge any softer than the water. So he became
determined to go back to seeking knowledge, which he did and excelled
at. And he later became one of those referred to with regard to it.
:ma:
http://abdurrahman.org/inspirational/
In his book Al-Jaami Li-Akhlaaq-ir-Raawee wa Adaab as-Saami,
Al-Khateeb Al-Baghdaadee reported:One of the students of Hadeeth
used to crave and yearn for seeking knowledge. So he would visit the
elder teachers and sit in their gatherings. Then when some time had
passed, he saw that he had not benefited at all and that he had not
attained a great deal of knowledge. So he said:I am not fit for this
knowledge and gave it up, since he thought that there was something
wrong with his understanding or that he was not qualified for seeking
knowledge. One day, after he had left off seeking knowledge for some
time, he passed by a rock that had water falling on it, drop by drop.
The continuous dripping of water had affected the rock to the point
that it had made a hole in it. The man stood there for a while,
contemplating and reflecting, and said: This water, in spite of its
softness, was able to have an effect on this rock, in spite of its
hardness. And my mind and heart are not harder than this rock and
neither is this knowledge any softer than the water. So he became
determined to go back to seeking knowledge, which he did and excelled
at. And he later became one of those referred to with regard to it.
:ma:
http://abdurrahman.org/inspirational/