How not to Seek Knowledge

28 December 2009
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BismiLlah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim

Al-Imam ash-Shafi’i rahimahuLlah said, “Nobody who seeks this knowledge while he is wealthy and high in status will succeed. Rather, those who seek it while they are humble, having a low standard of living, and are serving the scholars will succeed.”

Ibn Wahb narrated that Malik bin Anas rahimahuLlah said, “Nobody will get what he wants from this knowledge until he wants from this knowledge until he experiences poverty that causes him to prefer it over anything.” [Al-Faqih wal-Mutafaqqih]

Ignorance is a deadly disease

24 December 2009
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Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim,

Al-Haafidh Ibn ul-Qayyim rahimahuLlah said,

“Ignorance is a deadly disease * And its care is in two complimentary things;

A text from the Qur’?n or Sunna? * And a nurturing scholar to sweeten them;

And knowledge is of three types, with no fourth * And the truth is what clarifies;

Knowledge of the Attributes and actions of the Deity * And the Names of the Merciful;

And the commands and prohibitions that are His religion * And the reward He gives at the Meeting Day;

And this is all in the Qur’an and Sunnah * That came from the one sent with the Criterion;

And by Allah, nobody speaks with other than them * Except that he is hallucinating.”

True Brotherhood

22 December 2009
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BismiLlah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim,

Yahya bin Mu‘adh rahimahuLlah said, “A friend is the one who you don’t have to remind to remember you in his supplication, and that you don’t have to flatter and impress, and that you don’t have to apologise to.”

Abu Ja‘far rahimahuLlah said to his companions, “Can any of you put his hand in the pocket of his brother and take what he wants?” They replied, “No.” He said, “Then you are not brothers as you claim.” [Mukhtasr Minhaj ul-Qasidin]

rahimahuLlah