Imaam Ash-Shaafi’ee (rahimahullaah) said:

”Whoever wants the dunyah (i.e. a blessed life in this dunyah and not that one seeks religious knowledge for the purpose worldly goods), then upon him is (to pursue) knowledge. And whoever wants the afterlife, then upon him is (to pursue) knowledge.”

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[Source: Aqeedah Ash-Shaafi’ee by Al-Barzanjee (rahimahullaah) Page: 86]

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