Knowledge can Inherit Three Things
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Allah raises whoever humbles himself to
Allah, and a lot of the claimants to knowledge, the only thing that lead them
to where they are at now in being conceited (proud of oneself),
is Ta’aalum (A person who makes himself out to be a person of
knowledge while he has little or no knowledge), arrogance and being deluded by
the little knowledge they attained.Some of the Salaf stated:
“A man continues to have knowledge so
long as he continues to seek knowledge, once he believes he is knowledgeable –
he is ignorant.”
From amongst the benefits I attained
from Shaykh Hammaad – may Allah have mercy upon him – who was from amongst the
scholars of the blessed Salafi Da’wah upon the methodology of the virtuous
Imaams past and present, he said:
“Knowledge is of three types:
1) Knowledge that inherits arrogance,
2) Knowledge that inherits the fear of Allaah,
3) Knowledge that inherits humility.”
2) Knowledge that inherits the fear of Allaah,
3) Knowledge that inherits humility.”
He then went into detail, clarifying that some of those who
have only gained a little bit of knowledge and then started to boast about it
in front of the people, speaking eloquently from the bottom of their throats,
selecting difficult words, speaking about not well known issues, hurriedly
giving verdicts that contradict the verdicts of the scholars and so on. This is
the type of knowledge that inherited arrogance. This person may have some
knowledge but has lost it with his arrogance, if he feels that knowledge allows
him to act like he is greater than the people and be arrogant. This person must
fear Allah and take note that he has reached a dangerous state. This is the
type of knowledge that inherited arrogance, and a lot of those who appear on satellite
channels are amongst them, deceiving the people, they are from this type, they
are from this type.
Knowledge that inherits fear of Allah is the knowledge that
causes its holder to act upon it. Whenever he gains some knowledge, he acts
upon it and calls to it after making sure that it is correct and it is the
truth, and after studying it under the Rabaanee scholars (scholars who teach people
thereligion according to their level) and sitting under them. This is the type
of knowledge that inherited fear. Allah the Mighty and Majestic stated:
“It is only those who have knowledge
among His slaves that fear Allah“ [Faatir: 2]
As for the knowledge that leads to humility, if a person has fear of Allah, then what would the result be?
As for the knowledge that leads to humility, if a person has fear of Allah, then what would the result be?
It would be humility towards the servants of Allah, if a
person has fear of Allah, he would be humble towards the servants of Allah, and
this is the realization of the saying of the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم:
“Allah would raise
whoever is humble for Allah.”
So this is the seventh piece of advice, it is:
Humility, so be humble O students of knowledge, be humble O
Muslims. For indeed this makes a Muslim have a clear conscious, a clear
intention, a clear source [of knowledge], meaning he would always be searching
for the truth in order to follow it in all matters. He would always feel that
he has shortcomings concerning the rights of Allah, he would always feel that
he has not attained any knowledge when comparing himself to others from the
Rabaanee scholars. So he would be humble and submit himself to Allah the
Mighty, and he would reach the level that Allah the Glorified has set for him
and not overstep the boundary that Allah has set for him.
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