What Knowledge Is and What It Isn’t

Ibn Al-Qayyim, may Allāh have mercy on him, said:

العِـلْمُ قال اللهُ قال رَسُولُـه ** قال الصَّحابَةُ هم أُولُو العِرْفانِ

ما العلمُ نَصْبُكَ للخِلافِ سفاهةً ** بين الرَّسولِ وبينَ رأيِ فُلانِ

Knowledge is what Allāh said,
what His Messenger said;
what the Companions said–
they’re the ones who had knowledge.

Knowledge isn’t your foolishly
showing the disagreement,
Between the Messenger
and so-and-so’s opinion.

Al-Nūniyyah