Hadrat Mu`adh ibn Jabal [May Almight Allah the Most High be well pleased with him] relates:
Acquire knowledge because doing so is good. Seeking it is worship.
Reviewing it is glorifying Allah.
Researching it is jihad.
Teaching it to the ignorant is charity.
Serving the scholars is a way of drawing near to Allah because knowledge is the path of ascension to the stations of Paradise.
It is a companion in isolation and a comrade in distant lands.
It speaks to you in solitude. It is a guide to prosperity and a shield against adversity.
It beautifies one among friends and is a weapon against enemies.
With it Allah elevates people and makes them guides and bellwethers of good. The scholars are people whose words are sought and whose actions are imitated.
The angels long for the scholar's company and comfort them with their wings.
Everything, the fish of the sea, the beasts of the earth, the predators of the land and sea, and the cattle pray that blessings come upon him.
This is because knowledge enlivens the heart against ignorance, illuminates the eyes against darkness, and strengthens the body.
It transports the servants to the mansions of the select and the righteous and to the highest ranks in the world and in the Hereafter.
Contemplating it is equivalent to fasting, and reviewing it is equivalent to the Night Prayer vigil.
With it, kinship is united and the lawful is distinguished from the unlawful.
Knowledge is an imam which leads to righteous actions. It is craved by the people destined for Paradise and shunned by people destined for Hell.
Source: al-Hanbali, Imam Ibn Rajab (d. 1392 CE). Warathatu'l-Anbiya'. Translated with Introduction as The Heirs of the Prophets by Zaid Shakir. Chapter 8, pgs. 37-38. Chicago, U.S.A.: The Starlatch Press, 2001.
My Faiths Goal
May Allah Ta’ala grant us His Love and the Love of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) , such that it becomes easy to give up all sins and submit to His Obedience. May He protect us all from the mischief of nafs and Shaytaan. May He fill our hearts with Love, Adab, Akhlaq and Sabr for this beautiful Deen and inspire us in being a practical and good Muslims and be true role-models to our community.
"I want to die with my forehead on the ground,the sunnah in my heart,Allah on my mind, the Quran on my tongue & tears in my eyes."
Remember
Through the Zikr of Allah Ta’ala one may achieve recognition and Maarifat of Allah Ta’ala.
(Hadhrat Moulana Muhammad Zakariyyah rahmatullahi ‘alayh)
"if one lives for Allah alone love and peace would prevail in this world. When one is inspired by this,then whatever one does becomes devotion to Allah."
(Khwaja Nizamuddeen Auliya rahmatullahi ‘alayh)
(Hadhrat Moulana Muhammad Zakariyyah rahmatullahi ‘alayh)
"if one lives for Allah alone love and peace would prevail in this world. When one is inspired by this,then whatever one does becomes devotion to Allah."
(Khwaja Nizamuddeen Auliya rahmatullahi ‘alayh)
'Allah will aid a servant of His so long as the servant aids his brother.'
- Sahih Muslim
- Sahih Muslim
Light of Dawn
I wake with the light of the dawn whispering with joy in my heart and with praise on my lips. In stillness and twilight i stand before you bowing, prostating i call Allahu (swt).
My eyes see your beauty in the dawn's golden hues. My ears hear the thunder as it gloriies you. The rhythm of my heart beats the sound of your name. My breaths rise and fall with the tide of your praise. My soul knew and loved you before i was born and without your mercy is lost and fortorn.
Wherever i may wonder down the pathways of life, my cry to you Allah (swt), is "guide me to ligfht" through all fear and helpness, to you do i turn for your breath of healing and peacedo i yearn. For all that i have , my Allah (swt) all that i am is from you, is for you and to you will return. Inshallah
My eyes see your beauty in the dawn's golden hues. My ears hear the thunder as it gloriies you. The rhythm of my heart beats the sound of your name. My breaths rise and fall with the tide of your praise. My soul knew and loved you before i was born and without your mercy is lost and fortorn.
Wherever i may wonder down the pathways of life, my cry to you Allah (swt), is "guide me to ligfht" through all fear and helpness, to you do i turn for your breath of healing and peacedo i yearn. For all that i have , my Allah (swt) all that i am is from you, is for you and to you will return. Inshallah
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