The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The scholars are the heirs of the Prophets, for the Prophets did not leave behind a Dinar or Dirham, rather they left behind knowledge, so whoever takes it has taken a great share." [Tirmidhi]
A religious scholar (ulama’) is someone who has undergone years of religious study with qualified teachers, whose knowledge goes back to the Prophet (ﷺ). Don’t be mistaken into thinking that preachers are scholars. Just because they are popular and draw many followers or subscribers or have high ratings, this is not a criteria to be a scholar. Some preachers even warned you that they are not scholars and yet people take religious knowledge from preachers and pass it around until ordinary people start thinking they know more than the scholars.
The Ummah is in chaos because religious ignorance is widespread. Know that most great scholars of our time are not in the public view (or social media) out of their humility and dedication to teaching and learning. You have to seek them out to learn from them.
May Allah preserve our scholars and enable us to learn from them. Aameen.
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