Quotes About Adab

Dengan segala kehebatannya dalam dunia keilmuan, tengoklah bagaimana sikap 'tahu diri' seorang al-Ghazali. Beliau tetap menempatkan dirinya di bawah mazhab Shafii dalam soal metodologi ushul fiqh. Beliau tidak merasa lebih hebat dari Shafii. Banyak ilmuan besar Islam tetap memelihara sikap adil dan beradab dalam mengkaji dan menyebarkan ilmu kepada masyarakat.

There is really no good English translation for adab. It means behaving well or good etiquette. It is acting with heedfulness, beauty, refinement, graciousness, and respect for others. The Koran teaches us the importance of acting beautifully. "Do what is beautiful. God loves those who do what is beautiful." (2:195)

Scholars who have to spend their time among ignoramuses, or, even worse, are under their control, are to be pitied. Knowledge, being more precious than pearls, must not be wasted upon the pigs who do not want it. This quotation of Matthew 7:6 is often repeated in adab works.

Among the four things a noble person need not be ashamed of is serving a scholar in order to learn from him. Ata- b. Musab's remoteness from and indifference to the Barmecides made him popular with them, although others possessed more adab than he did.

I studied adab for thirty years and I studied knowledge for twenty years.