21. MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT ON THE RIGHT PATH
He who studies religion adequately, knows how the Messenger (M)> his Companions and major scholars were upon. He will certainly realize that most people are not on the right path. They only follow customs [and cultures thinking they are religion].
They visit one another and indulge in backbiting. They seek each other’s faults, envy one another, make fun of one another, behave arrogantly towards each other, trick each other for the sake of worldly gain and count faults.
All of this is committed by those who claim to be ascetic (zahid), not laypeople.
It is best for those who know Allah, the religion and the ways of the righteous predecessors, to refrain from mixing with all types of people.
And if he is forced to meet a person of knowledge, he should be careful of him and not converse too much. He should run away promptly to seek company with books that contain perfection.
(source: al-Hafiz Abu’l-Faraj ibn al-jawzl [d. 597AH] “CAPTURED THOUGHTS being” a translation of his masterpiece ‘Sayd al-K hatir)
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