Seorang orang tua pernah berkata, mahasiswa sekarang ramai yang pandai tapi tak bijaksana.
Apa yang kurang pada mereka bukanlah kepandaian tetapi kebijaksanaan tu yang kurang.
Wisdom is a bounteous thing that is invaluable, and Allah reminds us in the Quran:
"Whoever is granted wisdom has indeed been granted something tremendously beneficial; but none reflect except people of insight."
[Quran 2:269]
Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said,
“The wise saying is the lost property of the believer, so wherever he finds it then he has a right to it.”
(Sunan At-Tirmidhi 2687, Hasan according to As-Suyuti)
Allah’s Messenger s.a.w said,
“In the End Times men will come forth who will fraudulently use religion for worldly ends and wear sheepskins in public to display meekness. Their tongues will be sweeter than sugar, but their hearts will be the hearts of wolves.”
(Tirmidhi)
The prophet s.a.w said about our time
“In the End Times of the community of the faithful, people who adorn the mosques but leave their own hearts in ruins, who fail to look after their religion as much as they do their clothes, who forsake their religious obligations for the sake of their activities in this world, will increase in number.”
[Agreed upon/Muttafaqun 'Alaih]
Anas bin Maalik r.a narrates that Rasulullah s.a.w said:
“Indeed, the example of the ‘Ulama (real scholar) is like that of stars in the sky, by which guidance is obtained in the darkness of the land and water…”
[Musnad Ahmad]
The prophet s.a.w said, “The virtue of a 'Alim (real scholar) to a worshipper ('Abid) is similar to the virtue of the moon when it is full to the rest of the stars. And verily the Ulema are the inheritors of the Prophets. Verily the Prophets did not leave behind dirhams and dinars (money), but rather they left behind knowledge.”
[Abu Daud, Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah]
