The Deprivation of the Student of Knowledge from Knowledge and Obedience Due to His Sins
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: Is the student of knowledge deprived of knowledge and obedience because of his sins?
Answer:
Yes, one may be deprived of seeking knowledge because of his sins. And because of his turning away from and forgetting the knowledge, or his hatred of the knowledge. Some people hate the knowledge and hate the scholars, so they are deprived, may Allah protect us from that. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: Is the student of knowledge deprived of knowledge and obedience because of his sins?
Answer:
Yes, one may be deprived of seeking knowledge because of his sins. And because of his turning away from and forgetting the knowledge, or his hatred of the knowledge. Some people hate the knowledge and hate the scholars, so they are deprived, may Allah protect us from that. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الباب الأول في انقسام القلوب إلى صحيح وسقيم وميت — islamhouse.com (53:19)
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