Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – In Search of Sacred Knowledge (Hadith Commentary from Zad alTalibin)

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