This excerpt from Manṣūr al-Ābī’s book of etiquette quotes a Prophetic ḥadīth, “Anyone who increases in knowledge and at the same time increases in cupidity for the world increases only in distance from God, while God increases in dislike of him.” In her analysis of Islamic mirrors-for-princes literature on judging in Justice and Leadership in Early Islamic Courts, Louise Marlow refers to Pseudo-Māwardī’s use of this ḥadīthin his argument that the ruler should provide the judge with a sufficient allowance so that the latter will not harbor worldly desires.
This source is part of the Online Companion to the book Justice and Leadership in Early Islamic Courts, ed. Intisar A. Rabb and Abigail Krasner Balbale(ILSP/HUP 2017)—a collection of primary sources and other material used in and related to the book.