The Command to Collate Knowledge

The Command to Collate Knowledge
By al-Imaam fil-Hadith Ibn ‘Abdul Barr [1] رحمه الله

بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم
الحمد الله

It is narrated from Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه:
“On the day of the Conquest of Makkah the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه و سلم gave a Khutbah (sermon). After the Khutbah a man from Yemen, Abu Shaamah, stood [...]

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Aathaar on Knowledge

Aathaar on Knowledge
بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم
الحمد الله

Sufyaan Ath-Thawree رحمه الله: “The excellence of knowledge is due only to the fact that it causes a person to fear and obey Allaah, otherwise it is just like anything else.” [Related by ibn Rajab]
Al-Hasan al-Basree رحمه الله: “Whoever learns something in the name of Allaah, seeking that [...]

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Blessings of Seeking Knowledge

Blessings of Seeking Knowledge

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الحمد الله

Some ahadith/narrations regarding knowledge:
Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم said, “Verily people are going to come to you seeking knowledge, when you see them then tell them, ‘You are welcomed according to the testament of Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم’”
Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم said, [...]

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Mu’adh ibn Jabal رضي الله عنه on Knowledge

Mu’adh ibn Jabal رضي الله عنه on Knowledge

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الحمد الله

Excerpted from works by Ibn Taymiyyah and Abu Nu`aim
The Prophet sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam said about Mu`aadh ibn Jabal: “Verily, when the people of knowledge will be present before their Lord, the Mighty and Sublime, Mu`aadh will be one step ahead of [...]

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The Dislike of the Salaf with Regards to Giving Religious Verdicts

The Dislike of the Salaf with Regards to Giving Religious Verdicts

By al-Haafidh Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali رحمه الله

بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم
الحمد الله
This is similar to the hatred of the Salafus-Saalih (the Pious Predecessors) that a person should put himself forward to give religious verdicts (fataawaa) and to crave them, and to hasten to it, and to [...]

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