The Story of Imam Al-Tahawi and His Sheikh when a Man of the Dunyaa Passed By Them

[Seeking Allah's Mercy]

بسم الله ارحمن الرحيم
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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته​

إن الحمد لله نحمده ونستعينه ونستغفره ونعوذ بالله من شرور أنفسنا ومن سيئات أعمالنا من يهده الله فلا مضل له ومن يضلل فلا هادي له وأشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له وأشهد أن محمدا عبدهورسوله ​

Allah Praise is to Allah. We praise Him, seek His Help, and seek his Forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allah from the evil of ourselves and from the evil of our actions. He whom Allah guides, none can lead astray; and he whom Allah leads astray, none can guide. And I bear witness that none has the right to be worshiped in Truth except Allah and that He has no partners, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His Slave and Messenger. As for what comes after:

قال ابو جعفر الطحاوي كنت عند احمد بن ابي عمران فمر بنا رجل من بني الدنيا فنظرت اليه وشغلت به عما كنت فيه من المذاكرة فقال لي كأني بك قد فكرت فيما اعطى هذا الرجل من الدنيا قلت له نعم قال هل ادلك على خلة هل لك ان يحول الله اليك ما عنده من المال ويحول اليه ما عندك من العلم فتعيش انت غنيا جاهلا ويعيش هو عالما فقيرا فقلت ما اختار ان يحول الله ما عندي من العلم الى ما عنده

Abu Ja'far Al-Tahawi rahimahullah said: I was with Ahmad Bin Abi 'Umran, and a man from the people of the Dunyaa passed by us. So I looked at him and in doing so was distracted from what I was doing previously of revising my studies. So Ahmad said to me: It seems as if you were thinking about what that man has been given of the Dunyaa. So I said to him: Yes. He said: Should I show you what will dispense you of this? Would you rather that Allah would transfer to you what he has been given of wealth and transfer from you what you have been given of 'Ilm, such that you will live wealthy but in ignorance, and he will live as a 'Alim but in poverty? So I said: I would not choose that Allah would change what I have of 'Ilm to what he has.

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