Minhaj ul Qasideen 1

Minhaj ul Qasideen

Assalamalikum,

Alhamdulilah I've been feeling so happy since I've started listening to the part on Book of Knowledge by Imam Jawziyyah,explained beautifully by Dr.Farhat Hashmi.The first part is titled, " Knowledge,its benefits and related things".
I'll summarize the talk in the following points.

1.The pursuit of gaining knowledge is a form of ibadah and every act of ibadah earns ajr or reward from Allah SWT.

2.According to Imam Ahmad, there's nothing comparable to knowledge.No amount of money or anything can be compared to knowledge.However, it is necessary to have the right intention behind acquiring knowledge.We must intend to remove ignorance or jahaalat from ourselves as well as from the people around us.

3.Knowledge is life and light.Ignorance is darkness and death.

4.Allah SWT will raise the people to different degrees according to their faith/eman and knowledge/ilm.The one with higher eman or ilm will be raised a degree higher than the one with a lower eman or ilm.

5.True knowledge is one through which we recognize our Lord.This recognition should lead us to fear Allah SWT and his anger.The ilm we acquire must create within us the feelings that prevent us from doing anything that displeases Allah SWT.

6.The sign of Allah's mercy on His slave is the understanding of our deen/religion.

7.Never dwell in self pity.If you've acquired knowledge or are a student, do not suffer from a lack of confidence.Do not look up towards a rich person and suffer from low self esteem or feel inferior to him.

8.Its a blessing from Allah SWT to acquire knowlegde.If you do not have ilm, you do not have anything because everything you earn for this duniya/world, everything materialistic will be left in this world after you die.You cannot carry anything to your akhirah.

9.When an aaalim acquires ilm, he'll begin to fear Allah SWT.He will learn to treat humans as well as animals kindly.

Assalamalikum