Haafidh Al-Hakami Advises The Student Of Knowledge
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self-amazement, be warned against it. Indeed, self-amazement shovels away the
deeds of the amazed one in its violent torrent.
Shaikh ‘Abdur-Razzaaq Bin ‘Abdul-Muhsin Al-Badr
(hafidhahumallaah) commented on the above statement of ‘Allaamah Haafidh
Al-Hakami (rahimahullaah):
“He likened Self-amazement to the violent torrent that
destroys everything in front of it; thus when a person is afflicted with the
disease of Self-Amazement, all his righteous deeds are shovelled away, and
nothing remains of it. Al-Haafidh Al-Mundhiree reported in his book At-Targheeb
Wat-Tarheeb under the chapter Tarheeb Min Ad-Dawee Fil Ilmi Wal Qur`aan that
the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam) said that:
A
people will appear who will recite the Qur`an and say: ‘Who recites (better)
than us? Who knows more than us? Who has more understanding than us?’ Then the
Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam) said to his companions: ‘Is there any
good from these people?’ They said: ‘Allaah and His Messenger know best.’ The
Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam) said: ‘These ones are from you, from
this Ummah, and they are fuel for the fire.’”
[Imaam
Al-Albaanee (rahimahullaah) Declared this hadeeth Hasan Li-Ghayrihee-Saheeh
At-Targheeb Wat-Tarheeb: Number: 135]
Shaikh ‘Abdur Razzaaq then said:
“When self-amazement afflicts the student of knowledge, it
drags him towards pride, exalting himself above the people, raising himself
above the slaves of Allaah and exaltedness in the earth. And it has been
reported in a hadeeth from the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam) who said:
“The
one who has an atom’s weight of pride in his heart will not enter
Jannah.”
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