In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, "When Allah wishes good for someone, He bestows upon him the understanding of Deen." [Bukhari]
Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, "He who goes forth in search of knowledge is considered as struggling in the Cause of Allah until he returns." [At- Tirmidhi]
Abu Hurayrah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, "Allah makes the path to Paradise easy for him who treads the path in search of knowledge." [Muslim]
Undoubtedly, religious knowledge is one of the foremost ways leading to Allah. So whoever traverses His path without deviating from it, he will reach Allah and His Paradise by the nearest and easiest path.
The paths leading to Paradise will be made easy upon him, all of them (the actual and figurative paths), in this life and the hereafter. There is no way of leading a servant to know Allah and to His pleasure, to success by drawing near to Him, and to conversing with Him in this life and the hereafter except with beneficial knowledge – that which Allah sent His messengers with and revealed His books with. It is this evidence and support which leads to Allah. By it (this knowledge), the person becomes correctly guided amidst the darkness of ignorance, doubts, and false beliefs. For this, Allah has referred to His book as a light because He guides therewith through the darkness. Allah Almighty says:
يَـٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ قَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولُنَا يُبَيِّنُ لَكُمْ كَثِيرًا مِّمَّا كُنتُمْ تُخْفُونَ مِنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَيَعْفُوا۟ عَن كَثِيرٍ ۚ قَدْ جَآءَكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ نُورٌ وَكِتَـٰبٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿١٥﴾ يَهْدِى بِهِ ٱللَّهُ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ رِضْوَٰنَهُۥ سُبُلَ ٱلسَّلَـٰمِ وَيُخْرِجُهُم مِّنَ ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ بِإِذْنِهِۦ وَيَهْدِيهِمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ ﴿١٦[Qur'an, al-Maaidah 5:15-16]
O People of the Scripture, there has come to you Our Messenger making clear to you much of what you used to conceal of the Scripture and overlooking much. There has come to you from Allah a light and a clear Book. (15) By which Allah guides those who pursue His pleasure to the ways of peace and brings them out from darkness into the light, by His permission, and guides them to a straight path. (16)
The Prophet (Allah bless him and gran him peace) likened the carrier of religious knowledge to the one who uses the stars for guidance and direction throughout the night. If the stars become overshadowed, the travelers would lose their direction. So as long as there is the correct religious knowledge remaining on earth, the people will be guided. And knowledge remaining is dependent upon its carriers and possessors remaining. If those with knowledge and those who support it depart, people would fall back into misguidance.
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with father and son): The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: “Indeed, Allah does not take away knowledge by removing it all at once from the servants. Rather, He takes knowledge away by taking the scholars (in death) until there remains no scholar; people will accept ignorant leaders. They will question them and they will give religious verdicts with no knowledge, thereby being misguided and misguiding others.”
May Allah increase us in beneficial knowledge and grant us sound understanding of His Religion and grant us the highest Paradise. Ameen.
Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wasallam.
And Allah knows best and He alone grants success.
Wassalaam
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