Ibn
Al Juwziee
said:
‘Whoever does not read the stories of the Salaf and the path that
they tread, he can never tread that path. It is befitting for a
person to know and understand that the nature of an individual (character) is a
thief. If a person leaves his nature with the people of his time,
his nature will steal from theirs and he will become similar to
them. But if he reads into the lives of the Salaf his nature will
join theirs and he will learn from their character….(Telblees Iblees)’
The following are just a few examples from the past and present day scholars informing of