Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – In Search of Sacred Knowledge (Hadith Commentary from Zad alTalibin)
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The importance of learning about Islam is discussed, including the benefits of sharing knowledge and avoiding confusion. The speaker emphasizes the importance of sacred knowledge in shaping culture, as individuals with the path of Islam may benefit from it, while those in the path of Islam may not. The speaker also discusses the importance of learning from the Bible and finding the sacred in shaping culture. The speaker also touches on the holy source of Islam and the importance of learning from the beginning of the time of Islam, as it is linked to the beginning of the time of Islam.
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The next Hadith today is a very
popular narration that's probably something that most of you have
heard. It's mythology of he thought a bigger enemy for who if
he submitted Allah he had died ology.
Whoever leaves home to seek sacred knowledge is on the path of Allah
until he returns.
Wherever leaves home to seek sacred knowledge is on the path of
Allah until he returns.
Being on the path of Allah subhanaw taala is clearly
understood because of the
verse in the Quran yesterday Lavinia Allah Munna well Levine,
Allah, Allah moon, do the people who know Can they be equated to
those who do not know there's a clear distinction between the two
made in the Quran there are so many Hadith that speak about the
virtues of knowledge. And, in general, the one Hadith which
really stands out, in which the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam
said that the, that the Ambia or prophets and used to be numerous
prophets, among the Bani Israel used to administer their religious
affairs. So they were very fortunate to have prophets who
Allah subhanho wa Taala would
Allah subhanaw taala would
send revelations to a such way. But in this OMA the Allah ma, take
their place. So we don't have any prophets after Muhammad sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam and it's the Redeemer who take their place,
the place of the prophets, the prophets, Allah Allahu Allah was
soon then confirmed that in another narration, it says that we
don't have inheritors, the inheritors, that we do have the
aroma.
And their Aloma are the one that will be the inheritors of the
prophets, because they carry on the knowledge. So you've got
numerous Hadees, that give you an understanding of the level that
knowledge
has in the, in the Sharia in the sight of Allah subhanho data.
So definitely then to
encourage people to go out and study
and not just to encourage them. And this is not some kind of a
false promise. This is the fact that anybody who is then going out
to fulfill this responsibility of communities having knowledgeable
people, they're going to be considered in the path of Allah
subhanaw taala, because what they're doing
would be considered for the sake of Allah subhanho wa taala, it's
there to go and seek knowledge, this is clearly speaking about
sacred knowledge, or any other contemporary form of secular
knowledge that would be necessary for the spiritual upliftment of a
Muslim community. So you could include things which are required
by the Muslim community
to make the living the Dean's more simplified for them. And if there
is something that is not completely a sacred knowledge
aspect of sacred knowledge, but something else, then that would
also be part of this because it's done for the sake, it's done for
the same purpose. Being in the path of Allah subhanaw taala
obviously means that if you are in the path of someone that means
you're their guest, in a sense, and that's why you have some other
hadith is support this give a a more
an idea, a better idea of this, for example, it says that the
angels lay down their wings for such a person, the fish in the
ocean may draw for such a person and as we explained some time
before, the reason for it is that you'd expect that somebody with
knowledge would do less volume in this world, less oppressive to
others and to themselves, and would promote piety and
righteousness. And when that happens, the Mercy of Allah
subhanaw taala descends because of that, the more piety that's
discussed, and the more the name of Allah subhanaw taala is taken,
there are more mercies that are sent down and the Wrath of Allah
subhanho wa Taala are withheld. And it's not just the human beings
that benefit from that, but all of the creatures around they also
benefit from that. So they make a lot of dua for the student of
knowledge. Because student of knowledge has great potential to
be of benefit for everybody. This is what some arrma have explained
as to the meaning of the angels like laying down the wings or the
the
fish in the ocean making the offer for such a person.
Another aspect of this is that if
My son who's in the path of Allah subhanahu wa taala. He's the guest
of Allah subhanaw taala. So Allah is going to facilitate more for
that person.
If you do a study of the scholars that left their own communities to
study outside, you will find that there have been many who've done
that
tell you from personal experience, the further you go, the greater
difficulty that you undertake for that to go and learn something
that is not available locally or in a closer place, the more Allah
subhanaw taala gives you. So I am speaking about one individual who
the the few years that they spent studying in a further a further
place in another country, in more difficult circumstances where the
heat was a lot more the problems with electricity and you know,
things like that in third world countries, the benefits were much
greater, they would seem to be more delicate in time, there just
seems to be more of a facility that was provided for,
for for knowledge to be gained. I mean, aside from certain socio
social, maybe demands and conditions. Clearly there was
Baraka there, clearly there was Baraka in that. So the more a
person is in the path of Allah subhanho wa taala, the more
difficulty that they have to undergo to do this, the greater
the benefit is that Allah subhanaw taala will reward a person,
clearly, if a person has come from very far to our homes, and they've
taken a great journey to do that will probably appreciate them a
lot more than somebody who's just kind of come from maybe next door
will give a lot more to those who pay a lot more attention to those
who come from very far, because we'd really appreciate and
acknowledge that fact, and really appreciate it. So whoever is in
the path or whoever goes out to study the knowledge, to seek the
sacred knowledge, they are in the path of Allah subhanaw taala until
they return. This is not this has nothing to do with knowledge. Some
people try to equate this narration with any type of
knowledge. So if you're going for a university degree or any other
kind of training, if it's, as I said earlier, right in the
beginning, if it's something to do with making it better for Muslims,
and you can type in somehow the intention is righteous, and you
can tie very clearly, with something to do with the religious
community and the intention is sincere, then that could also play
some part in this, but it was just for a degree just to make a better
living and so on. And it's just for a worldly career, then
obviously, that doesn't equate to this. There are many people who
try to equate all times of knowledge and try to put that put
that into this. There's nothing wrong with that. Having said that,
we're just talking about the felida here of one thing. So the
fact that we should be studying knowledge from the cradle to the
grave, that's absolutely that stands in its place. But we're
just trying to make a distinction about the virtues that are
mentioned here.
There is a narration from
that's related by ignorable humbly. And it's a famous
narration. But essentially what it's saying is that, that with the
Allahu Anhu was once sitting in the masjid in Damascus. Now this
is after the prophets of Allah Subhan departed from this world.
He was sitting in the masjid of Damascus, he moved there he was,
he was there and suddenly a man came all the way from Madina.
Munawwara. Madina Munawwara is where
the center of everything was, but in this case, many of the Sahaba
had left the city that gone out. So in this case, we've done that
with the Allah one who was in a masjid in Damascus. And suddenly,
this man comes along. And he says this about delta, or the hola Juan
instead, yes, this is about delta. He says, I've come to you to ask
you about a hadith which you relate from Rasulullah sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam
about that not only Allah Horton who said, Have you come for any
other reason here? Have you come because of some business? Because
Is this a business trip for you? Is this for any other need that
you've come here and you're just kind of visiting me in between
that is there's no magic to it lovely Heather. I've only come for
this reason, meaning I've come purely for asking you about this
hobby. I've not coming for any other reason.
So
that was quite astonishing, that a person is now traveling from the
city of the Prophet sallallahu Sallam where the Hadith that he's
going to attain and seek
was clearly said in that city. But now the source of that the
recipient of that statement of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam
was now sitting in Damascus. He traveled all
that distance, which takes a good number of hours, even by road 1015
hours just by road. And he went there to hear it from a medical
doctor their loved one. And very clearly, it wasn't any kind of
it wasn't any kind of secret narration that only I will tell
that the Allahu Anhu knew. And he would only give it to those who
came to him. It was a famous narration which
he, which this individual had heard as well, but he wanted to
hear it directly from our delta the Allahu anhu, to be connected
with the person who had heard it from Rasulullah salAllahu alayhi
wasallam. So you can tell that that's the kind of endeavor that
the amount of the past our predecessors
that's the kind of endeavors they undertook, that is what they put
themselves under to be able to protect this beam. So to get the
Dean from the primary sources, and then to continue it that way. Had
it not been like that for them, if they had taken it loosely, if they
had focused more on just building up their dunya and their world,
that can you imagine the state of the beam today, you would have
been, as you can understand you would have been very far from it.
And there would have been a lot more distortions, but the emphasis
that the rhythm are put to take the Dean as closely as possible,
in an accurate way as possible authentically as possible. And
reliably, that is what has helped the beam to be preserved as as it
is today.
So that's this hadith that whoever leaves home to seek sacred
knowledge is on the path of Allah until he returns.
And that was a similar narration that Abu Dhabi Allahu Anhu. Then
related to this individual who had come from Madina, Munawwara to
Damascus.