معالم في طريق العلم ـ للعلامة الإمام أبو الحسن الندوي

Author: Imām Abu Hasan Alī an-Nadwī (1420 H)

A short, widely-read treatise by the renowned Indian scholar and da’wah figure Imām Abū al-Ḥasan al-Nadwī, author of Mādhā Khasira al-’Ālam bi-Inḥiṭāṭ al-Muslimīn.

In this work he lays out practical guideposts for the student of knowledge — sincerity of intention, the etiquettes owed to teachers and books, patience through the stages of study, and safeguarding one’s efforts from what corrupts them. It reads as a mentor’s counsel rather than a dry academic text, drawing on the adab-of-seeking-knowledge tradition found in earlier works like al-Zarnūjī’s Ta’līm al-Muta’allim.

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