Hisham Dastawai’s student said: I read in a book, I was informed that this is the saying of ‘Isa (peace be upon him): You work for the world and you are provided sustenance in this world without any deeds. And you do not act for the Hereafter, even though in the Hereafter you will be given sustenance only in exchange for deeds. The evil scholars are your ruin; you take wages and waste your deeds. Soon the Lord (of deeds) will demand His work from you, and soon you will leave this vast world and proceed towards the dark and narrow grave. Allah Almighty forbids you from sins just as He commands you to perform prayer and fasting. How can a man be among the people of knowledge who is displeased with his sustenance and considers his status insignificant, even though he knows that it is from the knowledge and power of Allah Almighty? How can a man be among the people of knowledge who blames Allah for what He has decreed for him, and is not content with what he has received from Allah? How can a man be among the people of knowledge for whom this world is weightier than the Hereafter and he desires the world more? How can a man be among the scholars whose abode is the Hereafter but he remains inclined towards the world, and desires more that which harms him, or loves more that which benefits him less? How can he be among the people of knowledge who seeks knowledge in order to spread it but does not seek knowledge for the sake of acting upon it?