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Category: Seeking Knowledge Source: ﻣ وﻗﻊ وذﻛر اﻹﺳﻼﻣﻲ Publication Date: 8 Safar 1434 (12/21/12)
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The adage t hat ignorance is blis s could not be fart he r from t he t rut h whe n
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Ho w t o be gin co nve rsat io n abo ut Islam ? So m e Ge ne ral Guide line s f o r Pe rf o rm ing Dhikr Ange r
s e rious ly put int o pract ical applicat ion. Throughout t he annals of t ime , what gre at accomplis hme nt s has ignorance made ? What gre at e mpire s and what marve ls of s cie nce and t e chnology now be ar wit ne s s t o ignorance ’s s t re ngt h and powe r? That ’s right , none . Not hing of t rue wort h is achie ve d wit hout wis dom and knowle dge .
It was wit h s upre me knowle dge t hat Allah, SWT, laid t he foundat ions of t he he ave ns and t he e art h. It was wit h wis dom, knowle dge and unde rs t anding t hat Sole iman (AS) rule d t he gre at e s t e mpire t he world has e ve r known. Our own
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Prophe t , Mohammad (s alla Allah ‘alihy was s allam) t old us t hat acquiring knowle dge was a dut y place d on e ach and e ve ry Mus lim. [Aut he nt icat e d by Al-
T he he alt h be ne f it s o f yo gurt T he Inne r Se cre t s o f Fast ing
Albani]. »طﻠﺐ ا ﻟﻌﻠﻢ ﻓﺮﻳﻀﺔ ﻋﻠﻰ ﻛ ﻞ ﻣﺴﻠﻢ « ﺻﺤﺤﻪ اﻷ ﻟﺒﺎﻧﻲ But t he knowle dge of what and who re mains t he que s t ion. Many of us have us e d t he above s aying of t he Prophe t (s alla Allah ‘alihy was s allam), t o jus t ify de aling in riba (int e re s t ), in orde r t o s e nd our s ons and daught e rs t o t he fine s t unive rs it ie s t o be come doct ors , lawye rs and e ngine e rs . We us e it t o jus t ify s e nding our childre n t o privat e s chools , be caus e t he y s uppos e dly have highe r acade mic s t anding and pre s t ige t han Mus lim s chools . We s ay we are doing it , be caus e t he Prophe t (s alla Allah ‘alihy was s allam) s aid t o ge t knowle dge , but is t his t he knowle dge he was s pe aking about ? It is narrat e d by Abu Mus a t hat t he Prophe t (s alla Allah ‘alihy was s allam) s aid, “The e xample of guidance and knowle dge wit h which Allah has s e nt me is like abundant rain falling on t he e art h, s ome of which was fe rt ile s oil t hat abs orbe d rain-wat e r and brought fort h ve ge t at ion and gras s in abundance . (And) anot he r port ion of it was hard and he ld t he rain- wat e r and Allah be ne fit e d t he pe ople wit h it and t he y ut ilize d it for drinking, (making t he ir animals drink from it ) and t o irrigat e t he land for cult ivat ion. (And) a port ion of it was barre n which could ne it he r hold t he wat e r nor bring fort h ve ge t at ion (t he n t he land was of no be ne fit ). The firs t is t he e xample of t he pe rs on who compre he nds Allah’s Re ligion and ge t s be ne fit from t he knowle dge which Allah has re ve ale d t hrough me and le arns and t he n t e ache s it t o ot he rs . The (las t e xample is t hat of a)
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pe rs on who doe s not care for it and doe s not t ake Allah’s Guidance re ve ale d t hrough me (He is like t he barre n land).” [Bukhari]. ﻗﺒﻠﺖ، ﻓ ﻜﺎ ن ﻣﻨﮫﺎ ﻧﻘﯿﺔ، ﻛﻤﺜ ﻞ ا ﻟﻐﯿﺚ ا ﻟ ﻜﺜﯿﺮ أﺻﺎب أرﺿﺎ،»ﻣﺜ ﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺑﻌﺜﻨﻲ ﷲ ﺑﻪ ﻣﻦ ا ﻟﮫﺪى وا ﻟﻌﻠﻢ ، ﻓﻨﻔﻊ ﷲ ﺑﮫﺎ ا ﻟﻨﺎس، أﻣﺴ ﻜﺖ ا ﻟﻤﺎء، وﻛﺎﻧﺖ ﻣﻨﮫﺎ أ ﺟﺎدب، ﻓﺄﻧﺒﺘﺖ ا ﻟ ﻜﻸ وا ﻟﻌﺸﺐ ا ﻟ ﻜﺜﯿﺮ،ا ﻟﻤﺎء ، إﻧﻤﺎ ھﻲ ﻗﯿﻌﺎ ن ﻻ ﺗﻤﺴﻚ ﻣﺎء وﻻ ﺗﻨﺒﺖ ﻛﻸ، وأﺻﺎﺑﺖ ﻣﻨﮫﺎ طﺎﺋﻔﺔ أ ﺧﺮى،ﻓﺸﺮﺑﻮا وﺳﻘﻮا وزرﻋﻮا وﻣﺜ ﻞ ﻣﻦ ﻟﻢ ﻳﺮ ﻓﻊ ﺑﺬ ﻟﻚ، وﻧﻔﻌﻪ ﻣﺎ ﺑﻌﺜﻨﻲ ﷲ ﺑﻪ ﻓﻌﻠﻢ وﻋﻠﻢ،ﻓﺬ ﻟﻚ ﻣﺜ ﻞ ﻣﻦ ﻓﻘﻪ ﻓﻲ دﻳﻦ ﷲ و ﻟﻢ ﻳﻘﺒ ﻞ ھﺪي ﷲ ا ﻟﺬي أرﺳﻠﺖ ﺑﻪ « روا ه ا ﻟﺒﺨﺎري،رأﺳﺎ Through t he above narrat ion, t he Prophe t (s alla Allah ‘alihy was s allam) is t e lling us of t he s upe riorit y of re ligious knowle dge . This is t he knowle dge t hat we s hould give priorit y t o. All ot he r knowle dge will not be of be ne fit if we do not have t his one . Firs t and fore mos t ; come s t he knowle dge of Allah; Knowing His name s and His at t ribut e s , Knowing what is e xpe ct e d of us in re gard t o our s e rvit ude t o Him, and what mut ual right s e xis t be t we e n us . Se condly, we s hould s t rive t o know Allah’s Book, t he Qur’an. We s hould le arn t o re ad it in Arabic, if we don’t alre ady know how t o do s o. We s hould als o be t rying t o me morize as much of it as pos s ible , and s t re s s ing t he import ance of bot h of t he s e t hings
t o our childre n. Re ading t he Qur’an s hould be s ome t hing
commonplace in e ve ry Mus lim home , and is an act ivit y t hat t he whole family can, and s hould part icipat e in. Thirdly, we s hould know about t he Prophe t Muhammad, s allallaahu alayhe wa s allam, and his companions . It ’s by re ading t he ir s t orie s t hat we le arn of t he ir brave ry, love for t he De e n and t he ir comple t e de vot ion t o Allah. It ’s by knowing t he m t hat we grow t o love t he m, and t hrough loving t he m, we s t rive t o be come PDFmyURL.com
more and more like t he m. This is e s pe cially t rue , whe n mos t childre n nowadays want t o be like Mike (Michae l Jordan) or Jane t Jacks on or s ome ot he r ce le brit y. The y want t o e mulat e t he s e pe ople , be caus e t he y know s o much about t he m. It t he n be come s incre as ingly import ant for us Mus lims t o int roduce our childre n t o our he roe s . Who we re brave r in bat t le t han Umar and Hamza; who was more wis e and ge nt le t han Abu Bakr (RAA); and which wome n we re more grace ful and honorable t han t he wive s of t he Prophe t we re ? Ye s , in t he s e t ime s of incre as ing t e chnology and informat ion s upe rhighways , it is import ant t o obt ain s e cular knowle dge . Als o, as a nat ion, we do ne e d doct ors , lawye rs and e ngine e rs . But we ne e d pe ople who are knowle dge able of t he ir re ligion firs t and fore mos t . What good will it do us t o have a nat ion of profe s s ional pe ople who do not know how t o make t he s alah, or t o calculat e t he zakah, or how t o pe rform Hajj? Ignorance is not blis s . Through it runs t he de viant cours e s of innovat ion, s hirk, dis unit y and hat re d. Knowle dge is t he ke y t o our s ucce s s . It give s us t he powe r t o gove rn ours e lve s , our hous e holds , and ult imat e ly our communit ie s . A nat ion, which forge t s why it was founde d, who it s e rve s , and what it s re s pons ibilit ie s are , by e mbracing ignorance , is a nat ion de s t ine d t o fail.
By Sumayyah bint Joan
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