Ask Allah a Lasting Faith
Mu’āwiyah b. Qurrah reports that Abū Al-Dardā` used to say, “We ask Allāh for a lasting faith (īmān), true certainty and beneficial knowledge.” Mu’āwiyah b. Qurrah then said, “So this indicates that there is a type of faith that does not last, and a type of certainty that is not true, and a type of knowledge that is not beneficial.”
Ibn Battah, Al-Ibānah Al-Kubrā Vol. 2 p498. Note The supplication mentioned above is as follows in Arabic:
The supplication mentioned above is as follows in Arabic:
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There is no good in this life without knowledge.
It is reported that Abū Al-Dardā – Allāh be pleased with him – said: You will never be pious (a person of taqwā) until you become knowledgeable, and you will never be beautiful with your knowledge until you act [by it]. Ibn ʿAbd Al-Barr, Jāmiʿ Bayān Al-ʿIlm wa Faḍlihī article 1239.