Seek knowledge!

Seeking Knowledge for Actions -  Shaykh Abdulilah Lahmami

A tele-link with Shaykh ʿAlī Nāṣir who is from the Kibār al-ʿUlamāʾ. Questions and Answers Follow.

ʿAqīdah

The Good Deeds and The Correct ʿAqīdah

21.12.2014 - At the end of MPUBS' December Seminar 2014, our teacher Abu Hakeem culminated with a very beautiful advice to the brothers and sisters of Trinidad & Tobago regarding the pursuit of knowledge.

Departing Advice On Remaing Patient and Steadfast Upon Knowledge by Abu Hakeem Bilaal Davis

An explanation of the ḥadīth: of the Messenger (ﷺ): “Whoever Allāh wants good for, He gives him understanding of the dīn”, with notes from Shaykh ʿAbd al-Salām ibn Burjiss and al-ʿAllāmah Rabīʿ al-Makhalī. From the 2024 Canada Webinar Series: www.troid.org/canada-webinar-series

Whomever Allāh Wants Good For He Gives Him Understanding of the Religion - Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān

A very beneficial lecture on the excellence of seeking knowledge. Delivered by Abu Talhah Tahir حفظه الله at Balham community centre. Recorded 26/02/16. 

The Excellence Of Seeking Knowledge - Abu Talhah Tahir

An insightful and inspiring lecture, explaining the importance of seeking knowledge and the role of knowledge in a Muslim's life.

Importance Of Seeking Knowledge | Abu Humayd Saalim

The importance of seeking Knowledge with benefits taken from the works of Shaykh Ubayd al-Jaabiree

Importance of Seeking Knowledge - Abu Humaid | Manchester

Importance of Acting upon Knowledge by Abu Idrees

A Muslim will be tested in this world, will he follow Allah and His Messenger or will he follow his desires? This lecture deals with the sources of Islamic knowledge, where we should obtain our religion from and how to recognise those we should avoid. One of the early scholars said: "Indeed this knowledge is your religion. So look to whom you take your religion from"

From the wisdom of Allaah, the all wise and all knowing, was that He created Adam and Eve and placed them in Jannah. Allaah tested and trialled Adam and Eve in Jannah because they were created with the life of this world, a life that is a test to see if one will follow the Messengers, carrying out the commandments, staying away from the prohibitions, etc. Whilst in this life, there will be test and trials for the slaves.

The narrations telling us that there will be much differing after the Prophet Sallallaahu Alayhi Wa Sallam are many in number. The saved sect are clearly defined for us. Those who are upon what the Prophet and his companions were upon. So we must follow the Qur'an and the Sunnah of the Prophet with the understanding of the companions.

We do not make eloquent speech the criterion in determining who to take knowledge from.

The Prophet Sallallaahu Alayhi Wa Sallam said:

"A man is upon the religion of his close companion, so look to whom you take as a close companion"

Muhammad ibn Sireen:

"Indeed this knowledge is your religion. So look to whom you take your religion from"

Recorded in South Manchester by Learn About Islam and streamed LIVE on SunnahRadio

South Manchester Lectures

Taking Islamic Knowledge from the Right People - Abu Humayd Saalim | Manchester

Knowledge is a Matter of Deen by Abu Uwais Abdullaah Ahmad Ali (1425H)

Knowledge is a Matter of Deen (made with Spreaker)

Life of A Student of Knowledge - Abu Muadh Taqweem

[Opening Lecture]: Importance of Seeking Legislative Knowledge  | Ustādh Abū Muḥammad Al-Maghribī

Sahih al-Bukhari – The Book of Tawheed – Lesson 77 (29/12/18)


Today we covered – The purpose of our creation/ The importance and value of knowledge - A reminder from Shaykh Bin Baaz


•	Indeed Allaah created the creation in order for them to worship Him alone
•	He sent the messengers and revealed the books for this great purpose, in order to worship Him
•	Allaah said in the Quran, “Verily I did not create the jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me alone.”
•	Allaah is Ar-Razzaaq – The one who provides the sustenance 
•	If you tried to count the blessings of Allaah you would not be able to numerate them
•	Allaah said, “O people, Worship your Lord, the one who created you and created the ones before you so that you achieve piety.”
•	Allaah said, “We sent to every nation a preacher saying worship Allaah alone and stay away from those false deity’s.”
•	 Allaah sent the Qu’ran so the people would come out of darkness (shirk) and come into the light (tawheed)
•	These ayaats highlight the purpose of our creation. This is something that a person needs to recollect every day.
•	The scholars have mentioned that you may be doing an action from the worldly affairs and you could be rewarded for it as it will aid you to fulfil the Islamic rights.
•	You can only ever fulfil your objective by seeking knowledge – recognizing what is in the Qu’ran and sunnah
•	A person who deprives himself of knowledge, you are depriving yourself the very reason as to why we have been created
•	Ali said, “Every person who does a job has the relevant tools. As for the person who is Muslim, then he requires the relevant tools of being a Muslim.” Those tools are knowledge of the Qu’ran and the sunnah.
•	What is sunnah what is shirk? Knowledge is very important as you cannot fulfil your role as a Muslim without them.
•	The Prophet ﷺ said, “whomsoever treads upon a pathway seeking knowledge, Allaah will make his pathway to Paradise easier.”
•	The salaf used to say, “Knowledge is such a thing, even those who don’t have it, want to pretend they have it.” Nobody wants to be known as a jaahil.
•	The Prophet said, “Whomsoever Allaah wants goodness for, Allaah gives him detailed knowledge.” A person who is jaahil it is a sign that he has no goodness.
•	The Quran is not just a book, it is the speech of your Lord.
•	The sunnah that came to the Prophet ﷺ is something that must be taken lightly.
•	Shaykh Fawzaan said, “Do not be Muslim by name only.”
•	The Prophet said, “The best of you is the one who learns the Qu’ran and teaches it.”
•	A person who calls to goodness will get the reward of those that followed in that.
•	A person who calls to evil, will get the sin for those that followed in that evil
•	The Prophet ﷺ said, “Would anyone of you like to go to a lake in Medina and come back with 2 large well-fed camels.” They said, “Of course.” He ﷺ said, “In that case, if one of you was to go to the masjid early and learn/read 2 ayahs from the Qu’ran then that would be better for him than the 2 well fed camels.”
•	Allaah raises the people of knowledge
•	Knowledge is not something that you do in your spare time. Knowledge is something that needs priority.
•	Allaah says, “Protect yourselves and your families from the Hellfire.”


Benefit: To gain further understanding when we discuss the chains, follow our “Bayqooniyyah in the Sciences of Hadith” lessons on LearnAboutIslam: http://www.learnaboutislam.co.uk/2016/01/18/al-Ma’iyahndhoMa’iyahh-al-bayqooniyah/ 

The English translation of the hadiths and all the audio are available on:  www.learnaboutislam.co.uk/bukhari

Recorded at the Salafi Centre of Manchester on 29/12/18 and streamed live on www.SunnahRadio.Net

The importance and value of knowledge

Our brother Abū Khadījah ʿAbd al-Wāḥid delivers a precise admonition on the virtues, benefits and blessings of having knowledge.

How to Maintain as a Muslim Youth

Why Should We Seek Knowledge and From Whom - Abū Khadījah

Benefits from “The book of knowledge by Shaykh ibn Uthaymeen”

We covered:

The importance of Taqwa

-	It is the advice given to the first and to the last “We have recommended to the people of the Scripture before you, and to you (O Muslims) that you (all) fear Allah, and keep your duty to Him, 4:131”
-	The prophet, may Allah raise his rank and status said: “Fear Allah wherever you are”
-	The Salaf used to advice with this often
-	The one who has Taqwa will be protected by Allah
-	Know the closeness of Allah to us (by his knowledge) and his ability over us “And We are nearer to him than his jugular vein (by Our Knowledge)” 50:15
-	Taqwa is mentioned in the Qur’an alongside piety – when they are mentioned together piety refers to fulfilling good deeds and Taqwa refers to staying away from evil. When Taqwa is mentioned on its own it refers to both

“O you who believe! If you obey and fear Allah, He will grant you Furqan a criterion, and will expiate for you your sins, and forgive you, and Allah is the Owner of the Great Bounty” 8:29

Three benefits from this verse for the one who has Taqwa:
1.	Allah will make knowledge easy for him. He will open up doors to knowledge for him, improve his memory and give him strong understanding. Allah gives the one with Taqwa, Firaasah, the ability to have deep understanding and to distinguish between the people
2.	Allah will expiate his sins, and this also comes from doing righteous deeds. Eg the “an umrah to an umrah is an expiation to the sins [that have been committed] in between”. Allah makes righteous deeds easy for him. 
3.	Allah will make tawbah, repentance, easy for him. This is from the blessings upon a servant. “Shaitan (Satan) wants only to excite enmity and hatred between you with intoxicants (alcoholic drinks) and gambling, and hinder you from the remembrance of Allah and from As-Salat (the prayer). So, will you not then abstain?” 5:91

Be continuous and consistent in studying. He should strive in learning and being patient. He should protect what the learnt (by reviewing). Knowledge is not gained with a body that is relaxed. He should stay away from anything that busies him from seeking knowledge. 

Ibn Abbaas was asked, how did you gain knowledge: “with a tongue that will ask, a heart that attentively understands and a body that does not rest”, in another narration he said“if I know of a hadith that another companion has, I will go to his door, and I will wait there and the wind will blow the dust onto me and when he comes out, he would say [to me] O cousin of the messenger, may Allah raise his rank and status, why did you come? Why did you not call me and I would come to you. He responded “I am more in right to come to you” [to seek knowledge]. He was humble in learning knowledge, and Allah raised him. The prophet said, whoever humbles himself to Allah, He will raise him”. 

Imaam Sa’di mentioned that the scholar of Arabic language, Imaam kasaai’ee told him he studied Arabic grammar but was unable to grasp it in the beginning. He said I saw an ant, carrying up a wall and each time it goes up, it dropped its food. It was striving to reach its objective. He then strove hard and attained the knowledge. 
A person should strive to memorise and revise what he has read. “Knowledge is prey and writing protects it. So protect your benefit by tying the rope [write and memorise it]”

"for those who accept guidance, He increases their guidance, and bestows on them their piety" 47:17

One should stick to the scholars and benefit from them. Shaykh Rabee said that 1 hour with a scholar is better than many hours of research. Shaykh ibn Uthaymeen said the student of knowledge should gain knowledge from one shaykh to begin and then move on to the next scholar. The scholars from the Salaf would benefit from the scholars in their areas and then move on to other areas. 
Dr Abdulilah Lahmami advised the attendees that this if from the best books to study.

Matters that Aid One in Seeking Knowledge - Dr Abdulilah Lahmami | Manchester

A Short Beneficial clip Taken from a Telelink which took place of the 29th of Dhul Qa'dah, 1439H (corresponding with 08/11/2018). For the full class audio, please click the link below.


https://soundcloud.com/user-527548270-483223119/the-importance-of-ilm-ustadh

Seeking Knowledge & It's Virtues - Ustadh Mustafa George حفظه الله

Musunnah

Renewing One's Emaan - Dr Abdulilah Lahmami

Quran and sunnah upon the understanding of the righteous predecessors.

Seek knowledge!

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