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[12/08/2021] Intro Advice To The Student Of Knowledge By Abu Ishaq Nadeem. Masjid As-Sunnah, Cranford, West London.

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Intro Advice To The Student Of Knowledge By Abu Ishaq Nadeem

A great lecture on the six important characteristics all seekers of knowledge should adorn themselves with.

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The Six Characteristics of a Successful Student of Knowledge - Shaykh Mūsá Richardson

[26/08/2022] The Six Stages of Seeking Knowledge According to the Scholars of the Sunnah – National Conference 2022 – By Uways At-Ṭaweel حفظه الله. Masjid As-Salafi, Birmingham, UK.

Some points covered during this lesson:

‘Abdullāh Ibn al-Mubārak, Sufyān ath-Thawrī, Ibn al-Qayyim and as-Safārīnī (رحمهم الله) on the stages of seeking knowledge.
The reason for choosing this topic.
The First Stage: Correct intention.
Statements from the Salaf regarding the importance of sincerity and correct intention in seeking knowledge.
Ayyūb as-Sakhtiyānī on the one who seeks fame.
Ibn al-Qayyim on the high level of truthfulness.
Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī’s advice for the student of knowledge.
Nine means of attaining sincerity (in seeking knowledge):
Having the intention to worship Allāh upon insight and remove ignorance from oneself.
Knowing that seeking knowledge is worship.
Having the intention of achieving the supplication of the Messenger ﷺ.
Seeking to be raised in status with Allāh.
Hoping to be from the people of khashyah.
Reflecting upon the fact that there is reward in the sittings of knowledge.
Seeking to be from the best and most noble of people to Allāh, not the people.
Intending to transmit the Sunnah of the Messenger ﷺ to the one who is ignorant regarding it. 
Intending to be from those whom the creation makes du’ā/seeks forgiveness for.
The Second Stage: Listening attentively and remaining silent.
Three things the student of knowledge must incorporate:
Taking this knowledge from the scholars who benefit him.
Reading.
Researching.
A ḥadīth from the Messenger ﷺ that encourages listening attentively.
An-Nawawī and as-Sa’dī on the difference between listening attentively and remaining silent.
Attentive listening that brings about a lot of good:
Ears that are fully attentive to the one speaking.
A heart that is awake and attentive.
Contemplating on what one is hearing.
Statements from ash-Shāfi’ī and al-Aṣma’ī regarding remaining silent and listening attentively. 
Allāh’s dispraise of those who do not listen.
Those who fall short in listening (with acceptance).
The example of Mūsā (عليه السلام) regarding listening with reflection.
Wahb b. Munabbih on the etiquettes of listening.

Part 1 The 6 Stages of Seeking Knowledge According to the Scholars of the Sunnah By Uways Taweel

[27/08/2022] Part 2 – The Six Stages of Seeking Knowledge According to the Scholars of the Sunnah – National Conference 2022 – By Uways At-Ṭaweel حفظه الله. Masjid As-Salafi, Birmingham, UK.

Some points covered during this lesson:

The prohibition of listening to/taking knowledge from Ahlul-Bid’ah. 
The Third Stage: Correct understanding and effective questioning. 
Ibn al-Qayyim on the meaning of fiqh.
Allāh’s dispraise of those who do not have fiqh. 
The great blessing of correct understanding and good intention. 
The role of taqwā in gaining correct understanding.
Fanatical blind following and how it prevents one from attaining fiqh. 
Imām as-Sa’dī on the three categories of people as it relates to how they are with the scholars. 
The importance of good manners in attaining understanding.
The example of ‘Ā’ishah in how to be a student of knowledge.
Etiquettes of asking questions, with supporting narrations:
Asking the question in an appropriate time.
Not asking about something that has not occurred. 
Not asking too many questions.
Benefits from the hadīth of Jibrīl as it relates to the manners of the student of knowledge. 
The Fourth Stage: Memorisation 
Statements from the people of knowledge regarding the importance of memorisation.
The effects of sins and disobedience upon one’s ability to remember and memorise.
The difference between remembering and memorising.
Using the worship of Allāh to aid in seeking knowledge and memorisation.
An encouragement to revise with one’s brothers. 
Advice from Khatīb al-Baghdādī regarding when and where to memorise and a warning against those affairs that affect memorisation.

Part 2 The Six Stages of Seeking Knowledge According to the Scholars By Uways Taweel

[28/08/2022] Part 3 – The Six Stages of Seeking Knowledge According to the Scholars of the Sunnah– National Conference 2022 – By Uways At-Ṭaweel حفظه الله. Masjid As-Salafi, Birmingham, UK.

Some points covered during this lesson:

The Fifth Stage: Implementing the knowledge. 
Ibn al-Qayyim on the fruits of knowledge.
A warning against not implementing the knowledge one has gained.
Benefits from the āyah, “The likeness of those who were entrusted with the (obligation of the) Tawrat (Torah) (i.e. to obey its commandments and to practise its legal laws), but who subsequently failed in those (obligations), is as the likeness of a donkey who carries huge burdens of books (but understands nothing from them)…” [Sūrah al-Jumu’ah 62:5]
The necessity of making the Book of Allāh and Sunnah of the Messenger ﷺ a judge between us in every affair.
Statements from the Salaf regarding the importance of implementing one’s knowledge.
Those whom Allāh raises and those He debases.
The strictness of the Salaf in implementing their knowledge.  
Muḥammad b. al-Fadl on the four categories of people as it relates to knowledge and action/implementation. 
The difference between having knowledge and being from the people of knowledge.
The Sixth Stage: Spreading the knowledge and calling to Allāh.
Shaykh al-Fawzān on the two categories of da’wah. 
The jihād of the heart and tongue in calling to Allāh.
Following the manhaj of the Prophets and Messenger in starting our da’wah with Tawḥīd. 
The manhaj of da’wah.
Ibn al-Qayyim on the three categories of people da’wah is given to. 
Virtues of calling to Allāh.
The answer to all our problems.

Part 3 The Six Stages of Seeking Knowledge According to the Scholars By Uways Taweel

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