Troubled Times [corrupt scholars]
Malik b. Dinar - Allah have mercy on him - once said: Verily you are in greatly troubled times. Only one with true insight knows the times you live in. Verily you are in a time of [people] boasting and being proud. [1] Their tongues are swollen in their mouths, and they seek worldly gain through the deeds of the hereafter. So be warned against them for yourselves, lest they catch you in their nets.
O scholar, you are a scholar yet you devour [wealth] with your knowledge. O scholar, you are a scholar yet you boast with your knowledge. O scholar, you are a scholar yet you seek to amass [wealth] with your knowledge. O scholar, you are a scholar yet you transgress [against others] with your knowledge.
If you had truly sought this knowledge for Allah, it would have been seen on you and in your deeds.
[1] The word in some reports is tafakhur (boasting and being proud) but in some other versions, other somewhat ambiguous words are found in its place.
Abu Bakr Al-Ajurri, Kitab Al-Alim Al-Jahil article 73 et al.
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"Any group of people that assemble in one of the Houses of Allah to study the Qur'an, tranquility will descend upon them,
mercy will engulf them, angels will surround them and Allah will make mention of them to those (the angels) in His proximity."
[Sahih Muslim]
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