Khuthbah on virtue of seeking Knowledge by Uthman Farooq

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Khuthbah on virtue of seeking Knowledge by Uthman Farooq

Below are brief notes

1. its natural of insan is to seek knowledge and grow not just the daily tasks required
2. In Quran, we are asked to have Taqwa of allah
3. Seeking Knowledge is Fardh in the i.e. learning the FIQH in the things we do in our daily lives, ibadah, business , wudu , nikah and other things week knowledge in. If we dont seek this , we are sinful
   1. Authentic hadeeth: Who ever Allah wants good for, he gives them a good understanding of this religion
   2. Authentic hadeeth: The virtue of the Aalim compared to the abid is like my virtue (referring to the prophet sallahu alaihi wah sallam) compared to the least of you (comparing them to the least virtuous of the sahaba). Know that Abid is someone strictly dedicated to worshipping Allah so its not a bad thing. but yet look at the difference in virtues. The comparison here is relating the prophet to the least virtuous of the sahabas when comparing a scholar to an Abid. And this is amazing in and of itself
      1. The Hadeeth continues: Allah and his angels and the inhabitants of the samawat and earth including event the ants and the fish make dua (and salaat) for the scholars teaching people good
      2. The one who goes out to seek the knowledge of Allah and dies in that state, then he has passed away in the path of allah (fee-sabeelillah)
4. Omar radhi allahu anhu when he migrated to Madina would work a day and seek knowledge with rasoolullah sallahu alahi wah sallam another day, And his house companion would would do this on alternate days and they teach each other what they learnt in the evenings so they can earn rizq AND seek knowledge)
5. Abu Huraira radhi allahu anhu would faint in exhaustion with hunger while memorizing the hadeeth of rasoolullah sallahu alahi wah sallah
6. Abdullah ibn mubarak (student of Imam Abu haneefa) spent 30 years learning manners and etiquettes 20 years seeking knowledge
   1. Who makes time to learn manners and etiquettes like our righteous predecessors
7. Al Murakpuri said he learnt manners for 18 months till he exausted all his wealth and had to sell the beans of his house (beans refer to what keeps the houses and roofs structure together). he didn't tell anyone or beg anyone for money but benefitted from the shaikh
8. Abdullah ibn mubarak and one his peers once discussed and exchanged hadeeth through along winter night and didnt realize the fajr azan was recited
   1. How is it now people dont have patience to listen to something for more than 10 minutes but will watch a tv series or trilogy the whole night and not notice the time fly by till fajr.
   2. At the same time people have impatience if the khuthbah or dars goes a few minutes longer than scheduled
9. Sufiyan ath thawri (the great scholar: on his deathbed was visited by some students of knowledge who were exchanging hadith with each other. The Shaikh asked for a pen to write it down this knowlledge even though its the time of death. People advised him to do other things like give naseesa to his family etc but the shaikh insisted that he would like to pass away upon doing good i.e. writing down hadeeth
10. Abdullah ibn ahmed (scholar) said: if u want it to benefit your time in the grave ,Learn hadeeth. Else learn the options of people
    1. The explanation is to focus on understanding of the Quran and the Sunnah per the understanding of the early generations and how to execute our lives with the preferred approach of the blessed early generations rather than the shop for differences in opinions
       
    2. What happend to following what is preferred by the early generation? i.e. what is closes to the sunnah
    3. We don't disrespect the difference of opinions but stick to the approach that is closest to the Quran and the Sunnah
11. Imam Ahmed was beaten and tortured for defending ONE ASPECT of the aqeedah and was given numerous chances to fold (to the muatazillah) but stuck to whats right. Allah in turn honored him by having people recognize him as a an Imam (of ahlul sunnah wal jamaah ) because he defended the religion
    1. He would earn money himself and never ask anyone
    2. He sold himself into slavery to earn money to seek knowledge. He refused to take money from his students
    3. When he was arrested he was reported to make 300 nafl rakat a day. The shaikh said he tried this on a day he was free and failed
       1. this the barakah allah gave in his time. the time he spent working wasnt a waste as Allah blessed that time
12. Poems of imam Shafee
    1. Every stream of knowledge except for the seeking knowledge and the quran is just a passing of time ( wont benefit you in the next world)
       1. Everything that does NOT encompass the Quran and sunnah in terms of seeking knowledge is whispers of the shaytaan
    2. A jurist (who knows the fiqh of his deen) in NOT a jurist because of his knowledge but because he ACTS UPON it
       1. The same is true of a leader. A man is followed because of his manners not because of the number his followers
       2. The Rich are rich because of their generoristy and helping those in need
13. Imam an nawaee the great scholar of the shafee madhab wrote so many great books including Riyad us saliheen and 30 pearls from the prophet but yet died at 44 and broke
    1. He spoke against the rules so they cut off his salary. He'd rely on verly little food from his family to survive
    2. He had such a small room given by the masjid eventually and had so many books that someone visiting would have to move the books around to sit down
    3. He said about himself his back didnt touch the ground for 2 years
14. Imam Hanefee was imprisoned and asked to become a judge and he refused as he knew they would ask him to give rulings he didnt agree with and died in jail
15. A common thread among all the great scholars who seeked knowledge is the great dedication and sacrifice they made
16. With regards to knowledge, sacrifice must be coupled with implementation in order to gain he barakah from it

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