Beneficial Knowledge

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 

Beneficial Knowledge

A sign of a living community or city is numerous gatherings of knowledge and remembrance of Allah. If there are none, the place is dead.

The essence of beneficial knowledge is knowledge of tauhid, fiqh, spiritual excellence, and correct practice. Beneficial knowledge is not mental gymnastics. It is knowledge accompanied and followed by righteous actions and cast into the heart. By this definition, in the information age today, much of what people learn is not considered knowledge.

Beneficial knowledge will remove from you the love of this fleeting world and will lead you to the love of the next world, which is permanent. The more that you love the next world, the less that you love this world. It will lead you to zuhd (indifference to this world, to renounce, turn away, abstain from the world's various things, and a desire for the akhirah) and give you knowledge and insights into your faults. Most people don't want to confront their faults or the dark aspects of their ego. If we want to take the path seriously, we must have the courage to confront our faults. Remember, shaytan is an apparent enemy; he is trying to lead us astray and make our bad actions and sins look good. So we have to learn about his tricks and plots.

May Allah purify our intentions for seeking knowledge, help us be steadfast and productive seekers of knowledge, increase us in beneficial knowledge, and keep us away from blameworthy knowledge.  Aameen.

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