I have seen men who had studied the sciences, who knew the messages of the Prophets, the recommendations of the wise, and yet who surpassed the most … - Ibn Hazm

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I have seen men who had studied the sciences, who knew the messages of the Prophets, the recommendations of the wise, and yet who surpassed the most evil men in their worse deeds, and their depravation. This is very frequent, and so I have understood that these two moral attitudes were favours granted or denied by the Most High.

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About Ibn Hazm

Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad ibn Saʿīd ibn Ḥazm (7 November 994 – 15 August 1064) was an Andalusian poet, polymath, historian, jurist, philosopher, and theologian, born in Córdoba, present-day Spain. He was a leading proponent and codifier of the Zahiri school of Islamic thought and produced a reported 400 works, of which only 40 still survive. The Encyclopaedia of Islam refers to him as having been one of the leading thinkers of the Muslim world, and he is widely acknowledged as the father of comparative religious studies.

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Native Name: أبو مُحمَّدٍ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ حَزْمِ بْنِ غَالِبِ بنِ صَالِحِ بن خَلَفِ بْنِ مَعْدانَ بْنِ سُفْيانَ بْنْ يَزِيدَ اَلْأَنْدَلُسِيُّ القُرْطُبِيُّهنتاي
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