Mixing with the scholars
Translated
by
Abbas Abu Yahya
Ibn al-Qayyim rahimahullaah said:
There are from the people with whom mixing with is like nourishment with which you cannot do without, and they are the Scholars and they advise with adhering to Allaah.
There are from the people with whom mixing with is like medicine which is needed when you are ill, and you cannot do without mixing with them for the benefit of worldly affairs.
There are from the people with whom mixing with is like a disease which has different levels, types, strengths and weaknesses. Mixing with them is totally destructive and mixing with them is like taking poison and they are the people of Bida and misguidance.’
[Bidaya’ al-Fawaid 2/247]
Arabic Reference
قال ابن القيم رحمه
مِنَ الناس مَن مُخالطته كالغِذاء لا يُستغنَى عنه،وهُم العُلماء بالله تعالى اﻟﻨﺎﺻﺤﻮﻥ.ومَن مُخالطته كالدواء يحتاج إليه عند المرض وهُم مَن لا يُستغنَى عنه مُخالطتهم في مصلحة المَعَاش.ومَن مُخالطته كالدَّاءِ على اختلاف مَراتِبِه وأنواعه وقُوَّتِه وضَعفِه.ومَن مُخالطته الهَلاك كله ﻭﻣﺨﺎﻟﻄﺘﻪُ ﺑﻤﻨﺰﻟﺔِ ﺃﻛﻞِ اﻟﺴُّﻢ، وهُم أَهلُ البِدَع والضلالة.
(ابن القيم/ بدائع الفوائد. 2/247)
