Self-admiration and avoiding envy. Seizing benefits and striving for increase.

As for the impediments to knowledge and the distractions that divert from it and act as a barrier to it, they return to six principles, which are as follows: Ignorance. Perhaps he means compound ignorance, as simple ignorance often motivates learning. Desires. It drives towards material pleasures and diverts from spiritual pleasures, including knowledge. Imitation. It hinders the intellect from looking into the... (unclear word) and the reality of... (unclear word) from customs and traditions. Innovations. Perhaps he means the preoccupations of life. Disagreement. Perhaps he means the disagreement of sayings and the contradiction of opinions in matters of... (unclear word). This may harm beginners in the pursuit of knowledge, causing confusion and perplexity in their minds. Deception. Perhaps he means presenting issues to the learner mixed with truth and falsehood.

These conditions and impediments are closer to educational guidance than to a clear statement of knowledge and methodology. Most of them were analyzed thoroughly by Al-Ghazali in "Ihya Ulum al-Din," thus losing their element of novelty and innovation.

We can say, after presenting these views, that Ibn Tumart did not have a complete and clearly defined opinion on knowledge and methodology. Rather, he had scattered opinions and observations and hints, which the commentator of "A'azz ma Yutlab" presented.

See: Al-Ghazali, Ihya Ulum al-Din.