Abu Bakr Quotes
When knowledge is limited - it leads to folly... When knowledge exceeds a certain limit, it leads to exploitation.
Hasan, Masudul. Hadrat Abu Bakr, the First Caliph of Islam. Islamic Publications, 1982.
The papyrus appears to be an instruction booklet for government officials. The Egyptians thought that thinking and the intellect is done by the heart. In this context we would say, “Don’t let your head get big ….”
This seemingly abstruse philosophical statement actually found its way into one of the major political debates of the 21st Century when the Secretary of Defense was defending the management of the Iraq War and the interpretation of intelligence. See {586062}.
He meant to say “repository” and not “suppository”. The latter is a capsule of medicine that is placed inside the rectum.
Abu Bakr Abdullah ibn Uthman was a companion and, through his daughter Aisha, a father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, as well as the first of the Rashidun Caliphs.
