In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
If Muslims truly realize the excellence of knowledge and its transmission, they will make it a lifelong endeavor to learn and teach others.
Allah Almighty says,
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا قِيلَ لَكُمْ تَفَسَّحُوا فِي الْمَجَالِسِ فَافْسَحُوا يَفْسَحِ اللَّـهُ لَكُمْ ۖ وَإِذَا قِيلَ انشُزُوا فَانشُزُوا يَرْفَعِ اللَّـهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنكُمْ وَالَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ دَرَجَاتٍ ۚ وَاللَّـهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ ﴿١١[Qur'an Al-Mujadila 58:11]
...Allah will raise those who have believed among you and those who were given knowledge, by degrees. And Allah is Acquainted with what you do. (11)
أَمَّنْ هُوَ قَانِتٌ آنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ سَاجِدًا وَقَائِمًا يَحْذَرُ الْآخِرَةَ وَيَرْجُو رَحْمَةَ رَبِّهِ ۗ قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِي الَّذِينَ يَعْلَمُونَ وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ۗ إِنَّمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ أُولُو الْأَلْبَابِ ﴿٩[Qur'an Az-Zumar 39:9]
...Say, "Are those who know equal to those who do not know?" Only they will remember [who are] people of understanding. (9)
وَتِلْكَ الْأَمْثَالُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ ۖ وَمَا يَعْقِلُهَا إِلَّا الْعَالِمُونَ ﴿٤٣[Qur'an Al-Ankabut 29:43]
And these examples We present to the people, but none will understand them except those of knowledge. (43)
Also, in the Hadith, the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, says, "When Allah desires good for someone, He gives him understanding in the deen. Knowledge is gained through learning." Abu Dharr pointed to his neck and said, "If you were to put the sword here and I thought that I could finish one sentence which I heard from the Prophet before you finished me, I would say it."
He, Allah bless him and grant him peace, also said, "Allah makes the way to the Garden easy for whoever treads a path in search of knowledge." [Muslim]
'Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, stated, "Knowledge is better than riches, for knowledge guards you while you guard riches. Knowledge governs while riches are governed. Riches diminish with spending but knowledge increases with it."
Traveling on the path to knowledge refers both to walking along an actual pathway, such as going on foot to the assemblies of the `ulama, as well as to following a metaphysical road, such as studying and memorizing.
Knowledge is the basis of all good; it generates actions that are based on the commandments of Allah and the instructions of the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace. Every Muslim must instill in his mind a desire to seek knowledge.
وَقُل رَّبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا ﴿١١٤ ...[Qur'an Ta-Ha 20:114]
...And say: My Lord increase me in knowledge.
إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِندَ اللَّـهِ أَتْقَاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّـهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌ ﴿١٣ ...[Qur'an Al-Hujurat 49:13]
...Surely the noblest among you in the sight of God is the most godfearing of you. God is All-knowing, All-aware. (13)
Without knowledge you will not fear Allah and you will not understand.
وَمِنَ النَّاسِ وَالدَّوَابِّ وَالْأَنْعَامِ مُخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوَانُهُ كَذَٰلِكَ ۗ إِنَّمَا يَخْشَى اللَّـهَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الْعُلَمَاءُ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّـهَ عَزِيزٌ غَفُورٌ ﴿٢٨[Qur'an Fatir 35:28]
And among people and moving creatures and grazing livestock are various colors similarly. Only those fear Allah, from among His servants, who have knowledge. Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might and Forgiving. (28)
The people of knowledge are the heirs of the Prophets and they inherit knowledge.
Abu Darda' said that he heard the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, saying, "The 'ulama (scholars) are heirs of the Prophets, and the Prophets do not leave an inheritance of Dirhams and Dinars but (they left) only knowledge. He who acquires knowledge acquires a vast portion." (Related by Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi)
Abu Umamah relates that the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "A learned one is as much above an (ordinary) worshiper as I am above the least of you; and he added: Allah, His angels and all those in the heavens and in the earth, even the ants in their holes and the fish in the water, call down blessings on those who instruct people in beneficent knowledge." (Related by Tirmidhi)
The best knowledge is the knowledge of Allah. We can't know Allah without learning His Book. So the first step to acquiring knowledge is to understand the Qur'an. You may read as many Islamic books you want but if you don't read the Qur'an and understand it you are missing a vital part of knowledge. Therefore study the Qur'an. Make the intention now and ask Allah to enable you learn the Qur'an and give you tawfiq.
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Abu Hurayrah relates that the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "He who calls another to guidance will have a reward equal to the reward of him who follows him without diminishing the reward of either of them." (Related by Muslim)
May Allah grant us tawfiq. Ameen.
Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
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