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Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned

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Al-Ghazali
Born: 1058
Born: January 1
Autobiographer
Mutakallim
Philosopher
Theologian
Ghazzoliĭ
Muḣammad ibn Muḣammad ibn Aḣmad Abu Ḣomid at-Tusiĭ
Al-Ghazzali
Abu Hamid al-Ghazālī
Algazelus
Algazel
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali
Abu Mohammed al-Ghazali
Al-Gonzzali
Ghonzzali
Men
Changed
Wise
Answered
Wisdom
Islamic
Spiritual
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