قُلْ آمِنُوا بِهِ أَوْ لَا تُؤْمِنُوا ۚ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ مِن قَبْلِهِ إِذَا يُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ يَخِرُّونَ لِلْأَذْقَانِ سُجَّدًا
وَيَقُولُونَ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا إِن كَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّنَا لَمَفْعُولًا
وَيَخِرُّونَ لِلْأَذْقَانِ يَبْكُونَ وَيَزِيدُهُمْ خُشُوعًا
وَيَقُولُونَ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا إِن كَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّنَا لَمَفْعُولًا
وَيَخِرُّونَ لِلْأَذْقَانِ يَبْكُونَ وَيَزِيدُهُمْ خُشُوعًا
Say: "Whether ye believe in it or not, it is true that those who were given knowledge beforehand, when it is recited to them, fall down on their faces in humble prostration,"And they say: 'Glory to our Lord! Truly has the promise of our Lord been fulfilled!'"They fall down on their faces in tears, and it increases their (earnest) humility."
Abdul A'laa al Taymee
Abu Barzah al-Aslami radi Allahu anhu reported that Allah’s Messenger sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam said, “The two feet of the servant will not cease (from standing before Allah) on the Day of Judgment until he is asked about four things: on his life and how he spent it; on his knowledge and what he did with it; on his wealth and where he earned it and how he spent it; and on his body and in what way he utilized it.” [Saheeh, reported by At-Tirmidhi]
ReplyDeleteThe Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam narrated this duaa in a hadeeth in Sunan ibn Maajah (authenticated by Shaykh Albaani rahimahullah):
ReplyDeleteاللَّهُمَّ انْفَعْنِي بِمَا عَلَّمْتَنِي وَ عَلِّمْنِي مَا يَنْفَعُنِي وَ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا
Allahumma-infa’nī bimā ‘alamtanī wa ‘allimnī mā yanfa’unī wa zidnī ‘ilmā
O Allah, benefit me from that which You taught me, and teach me that which will benefit me, and increase me in knowledge.
Points of Benefit
ReplyDeleteKnowledge is a gift that only comes from Allah azza wa jal. In this duaa, we ask Allah to benefit us from the knowledge that He taught us. In the Qur’an we find that Allah ta’ala describes Khidr: Then they found one of Our slaves, on whom We had bestowed mercy from Us, and whom We had taught knowledge from Us. [18:65]
Knowledge that does not benefit is useless. We ask twice in this duaa for beneficial knowledge; the knowledge that we have already learned and the knowledge that we are yet to gain.
Beneficial knowledge is greater than having a lot of knowledge. In this duaa, we ask Allah for beneficial knowledge twice before asking for an increase in it.
The best knowledge is knowledge of the deen. The Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam said, “Verily, Allah the Exalted does not like one who is knowledgeable of the worldly life, but ignorant of the Hereafter.” [Saheeh al Jaami']
ReplyDeleteKnowledge is action. In the hadeeth in the beginning of this post, the Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam said each of us will be asked: an ‘ilmihi madhaa ‘amila feehi, about his knowledge and what he did with it.
If knowledge does not benefit you, it will harm you. Bishr ibn Al-Haarith said, “knowledge is good – for the one who acts upon it. But as for the one who doesn’t act on it – there is nothing more harmful (to him) than it.”
Those who do not act upon their knowledge will be punished in the hereafter. In one hadeeth, the Prophet alayhi salaatu wa salaam said, “A man will be brought on the Day of Judgment and thrown into the Hell-fire where his intestines will spill out. So it will be said (to him): ‘Weren’t you the one who used to command good and forbid evil?’ So he will say: “I used to command you to do good yet not do it myself. And I used to forbid you from evil yet commit it myself.”‘ [Bukhari and Muslim] In another hadeeth, Rasul Allah sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam said, “On the night that I was ascended up to the heavens, I came upon a people whose lips were being cut off by pliers made from Fire. Every time their lips were severed, they would be brought back and formed again. So I said: ‘O Jibreel, who are these people?’ He said: ‘They are speakers from your nation, who say words but do not do deeds, and who read the Book of Allah yet do not act (on it).”‘ [Al Bayhaqi, Hasan]
ReplyDeleteAs your knowledge increases, your ibaadah should increase. Abu Qulaabah said to a man, “If Allah presents you with knowledge, then present Allah with worship. And do not let your only concern be to narrate to the people.” Imam Ahmad compared knowledge to wealth; he said, “The path of knowledge is like the path of wealth; if the wealth increases, then the zakah upon it increases.” Meaning, the more knowledge you gain, the more “zakah” is due on that knowledge – worship.
ReplyDeleteSeeking knowledge of the deen for wordly purposes (i.e., a wrong intention) will prevent one from smelling the fragrance of Jannah. The Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam said, “Whoever acquires knowledge not learning it except to achieve some worldly gain will not perceive the fragrance of Paradise on the Day of Judgment.” [Ahmad, Saheeh]
Beneficial Knowledge:
ReplyDeleteVery Beneficial:)
http://muslimmatters.org/2009/11/18/the-supplication-series-beneficial-knowledge/
Narrated Ibn 'Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "Amongst the trees, there is a tree, the leaves of which do not fall and is like a Muslim. Tell me the name of that tree." Everybody started thinking about the trees of the desert areas. And I thought of the date-palm tree but felt shy to answer the others then asked, "What is that tree, O Allah's Apostle ?" He replied, "It is the date-palm tree."
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