Faraz Rabbani – The Rawha #081 Useful Means for the Attainment of Knowledge
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The importance of good character is a combination of good character and concern for others, and individuals should choose peace. The speaker emphasizes the importance of setting spiritual goals and setting knowledge goals to find the best pleasure in Islam, and the importance of learning to be a good Christian and not to be in the "we" zone. The speaker also discusses the benefits of pursuing benefit, including being a student and being able to benefit from the success of one's day, listening to teachers and being a great scholar, and learning to be a great Christian and not to be in the "we" zone. The speaker encourages listeners to support them through monthly donations.
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You're listening to the daily guidance for seekers
with Sheikh Farazrabani,
who will be covering Imam Yusuf and Abiheni's
beautiful collection of 40 sets of 40 hadith
of the prophet, peace and blessings be upon
him, as well as Imam Zarnooji's guidance for
seekers of knowledge regarding the ways of seeking
knowledge.
In our daily Roha in which we look
at
some
some of some prophetic guidance and guidance for
students of knowledge, we are continuing to look
at Imam Zanuji's work on instruction of the
student on the ways of learning. And we
are in the last part of an important
section on
caution
with,
on sorry. Sincere concern,
right,
and care for others
while
seeking
Islamic knowledge.
And we looked at why that's important because
the student of knowledge firstly,
who's a student of knowledge? Is someone who's
seeking prophetic inheritance.
Right?
Seeking prophetic inheritance. Why? To benefit from it
themselves
and to be able to benefit others with
it. So in terms of benefiting from it
itself,
right,
the the benefit
of
knowledge is action,
and the benefit of action
is that
what you do changes how you are.
Right? What you do is meant to change
how you are.
Right?
And that's,
you know, that's character.
Right?
The weightiest of matters
on the scales
on the day of resurrection is what?
Is
is good character. Right?
So this is,
and at the root of good character
is
concern for the good.
Right?
And if you have concern for the good
of others, then you'd have,
gentle caring,
compassion
for others.
Right?
So,
you know,
when we emphasized in the previous sessions
on
why that is important with everyone whom one
deals with.
And
we stopped
at
the author quoting some lines of poetry right
at the at the close of this section.
One of the great literary figures
wrote much
that has great wisdom in it,
who said,
said the person of intelligence
is never safe from fools.
Right?
Who
hurt who would put them down
wrongfully
and
vengefully.
Right,
would put them down.
So if you're someone of intelligence,
right,
there'll be all these fools who are upset.
Why are you doing
what you're doing? Right?
So someone, for example, the the intelligent person
might make a decision that other people don't
understand.
Right? So everyone's going. So for example, there's
a program that's that finishes late. There's some
people who are going,
okay, why don't we grab pizza at 1
o'clock?
But someone
in often times they consider, well, I'm kind
of full and if I have pizza at
1 o'clock, I might not be able to
get up for tahajjud so they don't go.
So a foolish person, a fool is the
one who doesn't act in principle to
consideration that, okay, why is he doing it?
So they'll they'll,
they'll put, you know, they'll criticize them wrongfully.
They'll put them down vengefully.
Right? So a person of intelligence who acts
who's what is intelligence?
Intelligence
practically
intelligence is the capacity
to pursue benefit.
Right?
The the smart person is the one who
takes themselves to account,
right, who restrains themselves.
Right?
Right?
Is
itself. The word
comes from tying down.
Right?
So you secure benefit
and you tie and you whole tie yourself
down from
haram, from harm,
etcetera.
And so people who don't consider
why you're doing what you're doing may think
you're kind of crazy.
Okay?
So he says,
the person of intelligence,
would so what does a person of intelligence
do?
K? He says
so fools
will always
put you down
and attack you.
So he says,
so let them choose peace over war with
them
and adhere
to to silence if
they
make sound
and from salt.
Right? Because speech,
right,
because speech
if you look at the definition of kalam,
what is the definition of kalam?
Right?
It's.
Right? It's words
that convey benefit.
Right? So this is like a high level
put down by al Busti.
Right? The the definition of kalam in
the speech
are words
that come together
to convey benefit
in accordance with the principles of language,
of sound speech. That is speech.
Right?
It's words that come together
to convey
a, a benefit.
That speech.
Otherwise
so remain silent, have
if they make sound from salt.
Right? Because what what a fool says is
not speech,
by the standard of speech.
Right?
Right?
Words
that benefit.
That's speech.
Otherwise, it's just
expression. Right? You're expressing
sound.
Right?
But this is the way of intelligent put
down. Right? It's dignify. You you didn't say
you you made sound, did you not? Yes.
Right? But is it worthy of
calling it anything beyond that? No. Right?
So,
so this is part of diplomacy
that don't foolish people will do foolish things,
and they will attack they'll be keen
to attack you, to put you down, to
speak ill.
So the intelligent person from the intelligence that
you have to live in this world,
so choose
peace over war
because it'll distract you. It'll annoy you. It'll
hurt you. It'll harm you, and it will
turn you away from
your pursuit of benefit,
and it could affect
others
benefiting from you.
Right? So choose peace,
from fighting them. Don't fight fools.
He said, I never argued with an intelligent
person
except that I defeated them.
I never debated an intelligent person except that
I vanquished them in defeat in in debate.
I said, and I never argued with a
fool except that he defeated me.
Right?
Rather
so choose peace.
Right? Why? Because this is what Allah
Right? When they are addressed by
the ignorant.
Right?
They say
peace, meaning they they respond in a manner
that does not lead to argument.
K? So in a family gathering, someone says,
you know, this moon sighting thing, it's outdated,
whatever. Are they gonna listen? No.
Are they gonna change their opinion? No.
Will there be benefit in it? No.
So, you know, that's part of peace that
don't don't don't get entrapped in argument. Right?
Right?
But there is this in the context of
not saying you don't look down at ignorant.
No.
Yes. Concern for the good. So when you
can convey the good, you do so
in a manner that's like to have good
when you're not sure, the prophet said each
of you is a shepherd, and each of
you is responsible for their flock. Right? So
part of shepherding people is that sometimes
the flock is not ready
to listen, and the shepherd has to have
patience.
Change takes time.
Right? So one has to be patient with
them. Right? But don't get into war because
if you if you have a if you
fight with the sheep,
yeah,
right, like the you know, there's no basis
for argument, right,
if you don't share a common language. Right?
And if they talk if they make sound,
keep silent. Of course, which but you keep
silence in a manner that does not convey
that you agree with it, because that is
right?
And one of the simple ways is to
either change the topic
or disengage.
Another useful thing
is,
you know,
your religion is not up for discussion. Right?
So in family gatherings, people have this bad
habit of wanting to argue about religious things
and so on.
Right? We've changed the subject. When I was
going to Pakistan, one of my teachers, I
asked him for advice. He said,
fame,
mild, or complete disinterest about religious topics.
So if they if they ask you about
a religious topic
and if they're if you don't think that,
you know, that they're keen to listen,
just ask them what do they think? What
they what have they heard about this? And
they'll be shocked.
And actually force them to be reasonable. Like
someone says, so,
why do people
go with
with moonsigning? Is it outdated?
He said,
that's a clear balance. It's a it's a
good question.
What have you you know, so just ask
them honestly. I said, so what have what
have you, you know, what why do why,
you know, why why do some people, you
know, why why do I do some some
some people go with moon sighting?
They'll be surprised because you're expressing respect to
them. So now they have to express it.
They may have to admit and but you
don't do it with ill will. But many
people say, oh, it makes no sense. But
you ask you ask them.
So
I wonder why they they go with it.
So one, they'll respect that you're not saying
that you you know everything. You're asking them
the question very often say, you know what?
I I really don't know.
It's a good good that's a good thing.
They're saying they don't know.
Right?
And they're just doing it because it's it's
convenient. Right? So you you and say,
you know, people argue about all kinds of
stuff. Like, you can just switch it to
the to to whatever other subject. Right?
And
any questions there before we continue?
Go ahead.
So when why would it be beneficial to
engage
in any sort of clarification?
So one,
you know,
one
speaks
Let them say the good.
Is
the good or you can say it. Say,
let them say that way
speak
with benefit or remain silent. Right? So saying
the good is that which you are you
you you are hopeful will be a benefit.
When you're not sure that it'll be a
benefit, don't say it.
And the more
sensitive something is, the more careful you have
to be about it.
Right?
So and, you know, religion, this is the
most sensitive matter so and people's relationship with
their religion which is very often,
you know, so one has to be, you
know, careful about not because one doesn't care
but,
and most people take time to change. Right?
That's the basic reality.
Section on seeking benefit.
Right? So these are a group of councils
related to seeking benefits. So he says,
so it befits the seeker of knowledge that
they be seeking benefit
at all times
until they attain distinction.
Right? Distinction,
virtue.
Right? That which is worthy of commendation in
the sight of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
Right? Virtue,
distinction is from Allah. Right?
How do you do that?
And the way of benefiting is that one
should always have with 1
a
what's a?
An ink pot.
Right? Mean an instrument of writing.
Mahbara
is the place.
Is
is a a place noun.
It
the ink
Mahbara is the place where you put the
ink, the.
Right?
So that one can write what one hears
of points of benefit.
Right?
And this is one of the
aspects that not all learning is through study.
Not all learning is through study.
We should keep
some mode of taking notes
so that sometimes you just may hear,
you know, like, you know, you you meet
with a with a with a scholar, they
mentioned something of benefits. So you write it
down. Someone mentions, oh, there's this you know,
so one of the someone recommended a particular
book, so you write it down.
Someone shared a quote, so you write it
down. Someone mentioned a hadith of benefits, so
you write it down.
Right? And sometimes someone mentioned a hadith that's
interesting, so you write it down, you put
a question mark. Where is this hadith?
Many of the the the scholar the the
well, scholars the scholars would say, one of
the places that's a missed opportunity for people,
especially if you're in a big city, is
where you go for Jummah.
The intelligent person doesn't show up for Jummah
anywhere. If you're in a place where there's
multiple Jummah's available,
on what basis would you choose which Jummah
do you go to?
Well, yeah, on the basis of benefit.
K? Now if it's beneficial,
do you want to retain that benefit or
do you want to lose that benefit?
So you don't want to retain it. But
I also want to the adab of attending
the Jummah is after the fact,
write down the points of benefit.
Right?
And sometimes issues may be raised although the
khutba shouldn't be a place where issues maybe
it's a bad khutba. Write down
what you learned from the bad khutba. So
he was talking about the importance of Surat
Yassin, but you couldn't understand what they're saying
about the benefit. But that's that's a benefit
that Surat Yassin has some benefits, you find
out. Someone gives a khutba on bida'ah and
it's a
completely
terrible the answer was
said the importance of avoiding. We all agree.
It's important. But he didn't define
did not give a scholarly you know, didn't
kinda went like they say now,
he went east and west and didn't end
up
anywhere. So but you write after the khutba,
what is bidah? So he asked, sir, am
I able to define bidah? No. So you
write it down.
We have it for all the benefit. So
you keep pen and paper. Right? Or whatever.
And
and writing it down is powerful. Also, this
first revelation, Allah subhanahu says,
the one who was taught by the pen.
Teaching man all that he did not know.
Right? So this is
a key to benefit.
Right? Of course and that those benefits, one
retains and one should go back and review
them. Right?
So he says,
Right?
That whoever memorize
you
know, whoever memorize
will
your memorizes
will flee,
and whoever writes
will retain. Meaning, whoever memorizes
will find
their memory is fleeting,
and whoever writes will retain.
So this includes, of course, if you're memorizing
something, you should also write it down. So
students of knowledge should get used to writing
things out. A lot of people complain, for
example, they have bad Arabic handwriting. So So
do you write anything in in Arabic? No.
So.
Right?
Then you don't have to write everything. Right?
But let's say you read something by Hatem
Al Asam, for example, there's 8 points. You
don't have to write the whole thing out.
It's already written. But it's okay. Let me
summarize it in Arabic.
Right?
Right?
What are the 8 points? Right?
And you write it down. This will help
you retain it.
And he said and this is a beautiful
statement. He said, it is said that knowledge
is what's taken
from the mouths of the accomplished,
for they retain
the best of what they hear,
which is, of course, a reference to,
to several verses in the Quran.
Those who hear words and who follow
the best of them.
The best meaning that which has most benefit,
that which is most pleasing to Allah.
Right?
So how will they
follow it?
By retaining it somehow.
Right?
But that's not it.
And they state the best of what they
retain.
So I heard from this great scholar who's
known as.
Saying,
So it's related that
said, I saw the prophet
saying to his companions
something
of knowledge and wisdom.
So I said, oh messenger repeat to me
what you have said to them.
So it is said that he asked, do
you have
ink with you?
So I said, I don't have ink with
me.
So he said,
oh, do not part
with your ink pot,
for
for truly
good is in it and in its people
to the last day,
the people of writing.
Right?
And
about the strength of this statement.
But the meaning certainly is true.
So advised
his son,
so this
distinguished scholar,
you know, counsel his son
to memorize each day something
small of knowledge and wisdom.
Because
soon,
it will become a lot.
A little at a time, even it will
become a lot very fast. K? And that's
the power of consistency.
Right?
Right?
Nothing that is
nothing that is done consistently
ever proves small.
Right? And part of becoming a student of
knowledge is to build
good
knowledge routines.
Right?
The, the student of knowledge should
gradually develop good knowledge routines,
good spiritual routines,
good social routines.
Right?
Right?
And it is
through
and
and
that's how
let's say the Aisha the observation of Rasulullah
sallallahu alaihi wa sallam,
the messenger of Allah sallahu alaihi wa sallam,
if he did anything
in the in if he did anything,
he made it firm. And they say,
Whoever remains firm
bears fruit.
Right?
So this is,
yeah, this is,
So
sorry, I yeah. So
purchased a pen for a dinar, which is,
you know, a gold coin for a lot,
in order that he could write down what
he heard immediately.
Meaning, of course, that he was in a
situation where he didn't have a pen, but
he heard something of benefit.
So he spent
a whole dinar and a d it's a
gold coin. Right? And a pen, it's something
normally you pay some dirhams for. Right?
Right? So he paid a significant sum
to buy a pen immediate, so he could
write down what he heard immediately.
Right? Once you always have a pen
or some means of recording
what one has,
immediately.
Because life is short.
And knowledge is
vast.
So it it is incumbent that one not
squander
one's
time
and one's hours.
And one make the most of one's nights
and one's times of solitude.
And a key to that one of the
keys to it is one needs to set
goals in life. Right?
Needs to set goals in life.
Not goals because you want to be something
in the sight of people, but because you
want to get somewhere in your relationship with
Allah.
Right? So one should set spiritual goals, not
so that you can place demands on on
Allah. It's mentioned that imam be before,
you know, in finding
his
ultimate spiritual direction,
imam Abu Hasan,
Shazili,
and a companion of his used to engage
in worship
in a in a cave,
following the sunnah of the prophet
of worshipfulness.
Right?
But they would always
discuss, I wonder when Allah will grant us
an opening.
Maybe if we prayed more, Allah will give
us this. And then one day, as they
were engaged in this kind of conversation, someone
passed by the entrance of their cave and
said,
what what a bunch of losers are those
who who just worship Allah?
Not for his sake, but in order that
but just for openings and ranks.
That's not the purpose. But these are sought
as
as goals
that indicate
attainment with Allah Subha'ala. Right? For the sake
of Allah Subha'ala. Right? So one should set
goals, spiritual goals.
Right? Not because that's sought in itself, but
this is
right?
Right?
Where you find this is where you want
to find the good pleasure of Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala.
So you set spiritual goals.
Right? You set knowledge goals. That okay. What
do you want to
accomplish this year? What do you want to
accomplish in knowledge? You know, I want to
do do these things. I want and they
they say to the extent that you visualize
your goals which is why the Aleman emphasized
intention so much. The intention that you visualize
the goals that you're more able to actualize
them.
Right?
Right?
They say there's a difference between 2 people
who are trying to climb a mountain. 1
person doesn't find anything about the mountain.
Right? Or
the merit of reaching the top. But they
say, look, I'm I'm I'm with the group.
I don't know where you're going, but I'll
just keep doing the work.
And another who's clear
about,
you know, the merit
of climbing the mountain,
of the beauty of reaching the peak. And
then you see pictures of the beautiful sea,
this, all that, like, you know. So 2
people go up the mountain. 1 challenges come
when you're climbing the mountain. 1 person didn't
know why I'm climbing. I'm climbing the mountain
because Omar is climbing the mountain. So what's
gonna happen? 1st challenge is like, oh my
god. 2nd challenge,
can't deal with this. 3rd challenge,
forget about it. I'll see you guys when
you guys come down. Right?
Whereas the person who's clear, that's why the
fada'il are so important.
Right? Knowing the virtues of knowledge.
How beloved it is to Allah.
The, you know, the great merit of being
a benefit to others, etcetera.
And also, the great merit of those who
accomplished it.
Right?
As Sheikh Abdul HaShoohi said, I love to
it's one of my favorite and I say,
right?
K? Oh,
the shadi
is,
you know, the the the, you know, the
each caravan would have someone who sang for
it.
Because they say with beautiful sounds,
the Arabs found that if you sang to
the camels, the camels would go faster.
And they took in that
a metaphor for love.
Right? That if you keep nurturing,
if you keep inspiring,
you need that sustained inspiration
on the long journey.
Right? They also took metaphors from the camel
because the camel's neck is leaning. So that's
the has a metaphor of yearning. It's a
it's a beautiful metaphor.
Oh, you know, oh, singer of the people.
Right? The the the being of those seeking
the spiritual path. Right?
Repeat for me.
Mention of those
who visited
and who traveled. Mean who those who
visited the beloved
and who reached the destination
and then who traveled and they they
they pursued that journey.
Why?
Leaving in the heart light.
Leaving in one's limbs
fire. Right? Igniting the fire of determination.
And this one of the important things for
students in all is to
con to be connected
with the life stories of the scholars and
the righteous.
Right?
Right?
And
and on the path of knowledge of those
who, you know, who studied and serve
and all kinds. And one may find one
may be in in you know, there's a
particular scholarly traditions one interested. You know, the
the
in the the prophet said, my my ummah
is like the rain.
Right?
It's not clear what the first of it
is is bet
is is is where the good is or
the last. It's all good. And say, when
it's raining, doesn't matter where you are in
the rain as long as you're
there.
And thought you you're you're, you know, you're
of an African American background,
amazing history of,
you know, of African scholarship. You are you
know, you may be inclined towards scholars of
a particular background. You like scholars of a
particular region.
Every
every land where Islam has
gone has produced remarkable inheritance of the skull
of the prophet.
You're interested in female no. Just be interested.
So what you're reading about it? Amazing female
scholarship. Right? What other this is 100 of
years before in, you know, you find
earnest discussions,
both among
in in, you know, in the western tradition
that do women have intellects.
Right? Can women even
read
sacred texts.
Right? And the false prophet said take much
of your religion from this
fair from this fair young woman, say the
Aisha. The other
the great
so wherever you want to read about the
companions, the door is open. Right?
And these meanings
are found
amongst all of them. So that's
one of the
the the aspect. So
it
says, one of the great imams of the
spiritual path and a great great scholar.
The night is long.
So don't shorten it with your sleep.
And the day
is radiant
So don't darken it with your sin
with your sins.
Right? The night is long, so don't shorten
it with your sleep.
Meaning, of course,
make the most of the benefit of the
night. The night it's not a time for
it's you're not working now.
Right? So what do you do in that
time? Right?
And there's a time for sleep, but make
the most of your night. Right? Use your
night
beneficially and purposefully.
Although,
it's a challenge in our time, a lot
of people don't sleep enough,
especially because of artificial lighting and technology. It's
important to get the amount of sleep that
your body needs. The prophet that's clear in
the sunnah.
Right?
Truly, your body has rights over you.
Right?
And the preservation of health is an
important
religious duty
and
and giving your body its basic due is
obligatory,
and taking care of good health is a
sunnah. Right? And part of that is sleep.
Right?
But
use your night fruitfully. And and it's sleep,
but also wasteful activities. A lot of people
are tired at night instead of going to
sleep. They're just
drifting in things without benefit. Right?
And your day is radiant,
is full of
possibilities of pursuing benefit.
Right?
Right?
So don't darken it with sin.
It befits one that one makes most of
scholars and to benefit from them.
And not everything that is missed
possible to make
up.
As our teacher,
meaning, Imam
the author of the Hidayah said,
Right?
Right? So what how many
a great scholar
that
who I,
you know,
like, who I
was a contemporary of, but I was not
able to benefit from.
And this is Imam al Barghini
who's legitimately known as Sheikh Liza, author of
arguably
the single greatest
authored work in Islamic law, if you ask
the Hanafis. Right? Brilliant.
The Hanafis actually said poetry that you'd imagine
people on spiritual path would say about this
book. Right? Like that yeah. I won't repeat
some of it for a general audience, but
they were ecstatic about this book. This is
the this book. But he said, how many
a great scholar I wasn't able to benefit
from? That that I that I you know,
at the time I read, would be avid
for benefit. Right? And similarly, in one's own
city. If there are scholars in one's own
city, it's a bad habit not to be
visiting them.
And you see one of the and one
takes the means and applies to men and
it applies to women.
Right?
And that one takes the means. So for
example, one of the great
one one of the very distinguished female scholars
I've met,
Yeah. Every time she'd go to Damascus with
her husband,
she would set up in advanced appointments with
the various scholars.
Right? And she would take the means. She
would ensure her husband went with her or
another female scholar went with her. She would
send the questions and ask. It would be
sort
of unusual thing
to do but there are sound ways of
doing it. So what one does, no one
finds out.
But every time pretty much every time, go
and visit the very shuk and prepare for
it and do it properly, make clear why,
etcetera.
Right? If similarly,
if scholars were visiting,
you know, they'd they'd set up a session
where, you know, where female students of knowledge
and, you know, scholars
could meet with that scholar to ask them
questions to prepare in advance for it. So
be avid for what benefits. And if you're
in a city where there are scholars, we
should see how and not everyone one may
may be someone one is studying with, but
this one of the things that a personal
knowledge, male or female does. 1 visits, one
should know.
You know, they say
debarred is the one
who is prevented from
the blessedness
of
the people of their age.
Right?
And it's sometimes very easy to say, oh,
I'm gonna go to
name that exotic place far away
to learn.
But there's people who benefit where you are,
so benefit from them.
Someone one of the Indian scholars says some
people say, can we find sheikhs
like
Sheikh Abdul Imam al Junaid and Sheikh Abdul
Qadir al Jairani in our time? Said we
don't need to. Said said why? Said because
because you and I aren't like the people
who sought them.
K. Like, what you need is present by
the promise of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. K.
That's Allah's promise.
K. You just have to believe it. You
just have to believe it.
So that's, that's an important thing. Right? There's
male scholars, female scholars and one takes the
means. Right? One takes the means to it.
So
at the end of the section, he quotes
some lines of poetry, we'll recite those and
says says I say regarding the sense of
loss,
mentioning these lines.
Right? He said,
my
my sense
my sense of
eager
missing out
on missing
the the meeting
despite my avidness
is intense
because not everything
that
you know,
because not everything that that was missed
and perished
can be made up.
Right? And one of the important things in
that is just to listen to teachers. Right?
Right? SubhanAllah.
When when I was in Damascus,
one of the advices that a number of
scholars said is that go
try to
benefit something from the senior scholars.
Right?
Even though it's more challenging to study because
they're much older.
There's not many challenges with them.
But, really, if I had to say what's
the biggest benefit were those
moments
with.
Right?
That that's those are precious thing. And there
are many people who heard the same advice,
but they didn't act upon it. Say, yeah.
But, you know, why why not cover the
same thing with someone who'll explain it, who'll
answer all your questions, who won't cancel the
class, who you could finish the text blah
blah blah blah. Okay.
They didn't they didn't tell you because they're
they're
have some ulterior motives for your own benefit.
Right? So those things, that's part of it.
And there's people who are pointing you towards
it. They're just sometimes you have to suspend
your disbelief.
Right? 1 of the mashaikh
said it was very awkward because it's every
day after Maghrib,
before Isha.
You know, Sheikh Sheikh Hassan al Hindi, may
Allah preserve him, advised me to attend,
Sheikh Abdul Razak's lessons on Hashit ibn Abdeen.
It didn't make sense to me.
Like,
I actually used to keep track of how
many words
Sheikh Abderazak said
in total.
Sometimes a whole week passed, and he said
2 words,
one of them being.
Shut up. And you you say it to
his son-in-law who's one of the he was
the Mufti of the.
Because the Mufti of the is also like,
Sheikh Adib Sheikh Abdulazak was hitting 80. His
son-in-law was hitting 70.
But, you know, after a long day, at
the moment, he'd come in a chair and
sit next to the the the the big
teaching chair of Sheikh Abdul Razak.
And he'd be just, like, chilling out. And
he'd listen to Hanafi pecs.
And sometimes he makes some comment, but he's
sort of relaxed more. And Sheikh Abdulazak was
this very focused lesson.
All I meant is some students of knowledge.
It's not like he just give him a
glare, like, which at Sheikh Abdul, that's glare
was enough, like, shh.
And he is
imposing. He's a tiny man, like, you barely
see him above the chair. He's also bent
over. You can literally just see his and
his glasses will be
basically, if you looked, you'll be like
and
subhanallah.
Right? And there's other students who are sometimes
just I don't see what the benefit is.
Literally, whole week, Pashiach Abdul Azak has not
said a single word.
But there are moments where he said something
that really mattered because the but there was
an internal logic to how it worked.
Because every day, they'd read 4 of the
old pages of Hashitah bin Abidine. They'd cover
1 volume a year. So in 5 years,
4 to 5 years, they'd do a full
reading of the Hashi. So 1, when you
ever gonna do that?
Number 2, a whole number of scholars would
gather and there'd be students of knowledge. So
masha'ik themselves, they try to get to the
to Masjid before Maghrib and they say, okay,
what are the issues
today? Ola, do you look that up? Because
what does what does this mean anyway? What
is it so they they discuss it and
they plan out. They'd be like planning.
How do we ask Sheikh Abdul Razak about
this question?
And if you just go ask a dumb
question,
you'd get a glare like
like, sometimes literally,
someone asked, I have a question.
Everyone would look, really?
Someone asked literally, sheikh Abderazak would hear the
from one of the macheikh,
And he just
say
to just point to Sheikh Mohammed Juma, read.
The guy just asked because it wasn't worthy
of asking. Afterwards, it'd be like restorative
care because one of the mashaikh would go,
oh, my, yes, it's it's mentioned last class.
Like the answer to what you asked. Right?
Or it's coming in the next section. Like
you're asking questions, coming up next section? Like,
Bashar alba wouldn't say, just look.
And wouldn't he not just say, like, keep
reading. Like, it wasn't worth but you learned.
That's also a lesson. You're gonna ask a
question. Ask us an intelligent question.
Right?
There's many benefits in it. Right?
But part of that is so
in the end of the section, he says,
This is an amazing statement.
I hope
Sin Ali said,
may Allah
ennoble his countenance.
Right? The one say in the sound hadith
from the prophet the prophet referred to him,
I am the city of knowledge
and and and Ali is a gate
to it.
Abu Ma'i Nasseri said, of course, a city
has 4 gates.
Right?
Right? So this is not
it's a distinction,
not exclusivity.
Says that if you are in a matter,
then be in it.
Right?
If you're if you're in something, then be
in it. Don't be half hearted.
And it's sufficient
to have turned away
from knowledge of Allah
as,
as loss
and missing out.
And seek refuge in Allah from it, from
missing out,
from knowing Allah by day and by night.
Right?
As Sirib Nel Farid says,
Upon their own self, let cry one who's
wasted
their life.
And who does not have from it,
from that knowing of Allah.
Right? Some share
or some portion.
And then he goes on to describe
what that
what that means.
We ask Allah
for facilitation
and success and to make us
of
the people of knowledge. He'll close this section
on
attainment of knowledge
by talking about
bearing difficulty
and trials in seeking knowledge.
Right?
And then he looks at a key quality,
that is required in seeking knowledge which is
scrupulousness.
Right? Which is the key to knowledge
that is a benefit.
Right?
So we ask Allah Subha Ta'ala for facilitation
and success and we'll stop there. Sorry for
the longer than normal session today.
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