38) Learning Sacred Knowledge for the Sake of This World, or Concealing It
Allah Most High says,
{Those truly fear Allah among His servants who have knowledge, for Allah, is Exalted in Might, oft- Forgiving.} (Fatir: 28)
This verse clearly refers to the scholars who are acquainted with Allah, Most High. Ibn ‘Abbas said,
“What is meant, are those who are well acquainted with Allah’s Might, Dignity and Power and (will) fear Him more than all other people.” Mujahid and AI-Sha’bi said, “The men of knowledge are those who fear Allah.”
Al-Rabi’ said further, “Whoever has no fear of Allah, he will never be decreed to be a scholar.”