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The Compendium of Festivals - Maymun Ibn Qasim Al-Tabarani

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Indeed, one such as your pure and virtuous self, with your piercing and illuminating insight, is he who seeks the realities of religion and what Allah the Almighty has obligated upon His believing servants regarding the knowledge of the Arab and Persian festivals, and the knowledge of every day mentioned in the Book of Allah the Almighty.Furthermore, you asked that I explain that to you in an organized and precise manner, follows one after another. You stated in your inquiry that some of this had reached your hearing from scattered books and indications that follow one another in parts and fragments.

I have desired to favor your quest and fulfill your choice and answer your question, seeking reward and fearing punishment, as Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said: {And do not conceal testimony, for whoever conceals it—his heart is indeed sinful} 1 and He, Mighty and Majestic, said: {And whoever is stingy is only stingy toward himself} 2 .It has been narrated from the Knower (al-‘Alim), may His Might be exalted, that he said: "Do not withhold wisdom from its people, for then you would wrong it; and do not give it to those who are not its people, for then you would waste it. Do not withhold wisdom from its people, for then you would wrong them; and do not give it to those who are not its people, for then you would wrong it."

Footnotes

1Surah Al-Baqarah - Verse 283
2Surah Muhammad - Verse 38
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