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What were Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi's views?
Al-Farahidi's eschewing of material wealth has been noted by a number of biographers.

Question: How did he adopt his own views? Was he pious?
Self-contained rewrite: How did Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi adopt his own views? Was Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi pious?