Aqal Baidar

Allah Almighty says: eat and drink but be not prodigal. Lo! He loves not the prodigal (7:31)

BAYT (COUPLET)

Fill not your stomach up to your throat, as you are not pot,

Drink not too much water, as you are not sand.

BAYT (COUPLET)

Although Allah Almighty said, "eat and drink",

Nevertheless, He has not said this that you should stuff your stomach up to your throat.

Ilm is for advising, preaching and warning. It is for abiding by the principle of Amar Bil Ma'roof (enjoining right conduct) (3:110), liking the truth and for always keeping a check on the Nafs. And Ilm is not for this that one should make it means of earning and livelihood or that one may use it to get stipends from Kings.

Allah Almighty says: there is not a beast in earth but the sustenance thereof depends on Allah (11:6)

BAYT (COUPLET)

Your son is Slave of Allah Almighty; you need not to worry for him,

Who are you that may sustain him better than Allah Almighty?

So there are many a Bey-Amal Ulema, who are the parables of these words of Allah Almighty: enjoins you righteousness on mankind while you yourself forget (to practice it)?