Fariq Naik – Is the Knowledge Acquired in this World Useful in the Akhirah

13 September 2023

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The speaker discusses the use of knowledge in various categories, including sp reading, worshipping Allah, learning music, and technology. They explain that knowledge can be broadly classified into three categories: worldly, spiritual, and technology. The speaker emphasizes that knowledge is not just a source of pleasure, but also can lead to reward and happiness.

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So, let's take the first question. They have Ali

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from Bihar, India, but is living in Kyrgyzstan, he asks is there

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any use of the knowledge that we acquire in this world in the Accra

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the knowledge

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can broadly be classified into two categories. The first is the

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spiritual knowledge, the knowledge of the D.

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In this,

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there is some part of it that is compulsory for you to pay. For

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example, how to offer Salah regarding fasting regarding giving

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Sokka

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So, you need to know this knowledge regarding the Ibadat

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regarding worshipping Allah subhanaw taala

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The second category is the worldly knowledge,

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the worldly knowledge can broadly be classified into three major

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categories.

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The first is the knowledge that will take you away from Allah

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subhanaw taala for example, learning music, this knowledge it

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is prohibited for you to learn because it will take you away from

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the deen it will take you away from Allah subhanaw taala.

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The second category in the worldly knowledge, it is the knowledge

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that neither takes you away from Allah subhanaw taala nor get you

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closer to Allah subhanaw taala and this it is mobile, it is optional.

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If you get it you will not get reward from Allah subhanaw taala

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if you leave it, you will not be sinful.

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And the third category in the world the knowledge it is the

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knowledge that gets you closer to Allah subhanaw taala for example,

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you learn science in order to do Dawa to the non Muslims and to

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prove to them mentioning the scientific points that are

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mentioned in the Glorious Quran.

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So, if you learn science with this intention, inshallah you will be

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rewarded.

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So, the spiritual knowledge, it will help you in the Accra

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the worldly knowledge, if it takes you away from Allah subhanho wa

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Taala it will not help you in darker

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if it gets you closer to Allah subhanaw taala than inshallah this

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worldly knowledge it will help you in the Accra and you will be

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rewarded for it. If the worldly knowledge if it does not take you

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closer to Allah subhanaw taala nor it takes you away from Allah

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subhanaw taala This is MOBA. This is optional.

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