Ibn Qutaybah - Legacy

Legacy

He was viewed by Sunni Muslims as a hadith Master, foremost philologist, linguist, and man of letters.

English translation of his quotation on good government: There can be no government without an army, No army without money, No money without prosperity, And no prosperity without justice and good administration.

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