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Abu Muhammad In at-Tabbän, in the very beginning, would study the whole night, but his mother was merciful to him, and she stopped him from reading at night. He used to take the lamp and put it under the jafanah (a kind of large vessel), and he would pretend to be asleep. When his mother would fall asleep, he would take out the lamp and start to study.

“it is forbidden for light to enter a heart when it has within it something which Allah, Mighty and Majestic, hates."

From that which fills a person with happiness, and expands his chest and fills it with light, is to see creation turning to the sittings of learning, and seeking out the straight path.