The messenger of Allah (SAWS) said:" Seeking knowledge is a Fard (obligatory) on every Muslim."
This hadith refers to Islamic knowledge, the knowledge that will save us from torture of death, torment of grave, and terrible punishment in the hellfire.
In the Hadith, Prophet (SAWS) also said:"Whoever dies knowing (understanding, having the knowledge) that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah will enter paradise.” (Muslim)
Islam is the religion of knowledge. Indeed, all the Prophets came with the religion of Islam to every nation when the nation was lost or in doubt about religion. Doubt comes into the minds of mankind when they are deprived of Islamic knowledge.
Think about the first revelation that was revealed to our Prophet (SAWS).
It was“ Iqrah” which means “read”.
"Read! In the Name of your Lord Who created mankind."
Before Allah even mentioned His name or who He was, Allah (swt) commanded the Prophet (saws) to read.
We read to earn knowledge.
Knowledge has a very important place in Islam. Allah Subhana Wa ta’llah praises knowledge because knowledge made us the best creation. Knowledge made Adam (AS) superior to the Angels.
Allah said in the Quran, in Surah Baqarah Ayah 30-32
"When Allah created Adam ASW. He taught Adam the names - all of them.(names of living or nonliving things everything's) Then He showed them (same things) to the angels and said, "Inform Me of the names of these, if you are truthful."
What did the angels answer?
They said, "Exalted are You; we have no knowledge except what You have taught us. Indeed, it is You who is the Knowing, the Wise."
Allah then said, "O Adam, inform them of their names." And when he had informed them of their names, Allah said, "Did I not tell you that I know the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth? And I know what you reveal and what you have concealed."
Allah ordered the angels, "Prostrate before Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees. He refused out of arrogance and became one of the disbelievers.
SubhanAllah! Angels prostrated before Adam because of his superiority over angels. It is the knowledge that Allah gave to Adam that made him superior to angels.
Islam values knowledge because knowledge is the key factor behind everything. Without knowledge, worship becomes a job or an everyday ritual.
Allah said in the Quran,
"He created jinn and mankind in order to worship Him."
Those who don't have proper knowledge would think this means that we can't marry, we can't work, we can't go to school, we can't have life at all. They would think that all we have to do is just worship pray, fast and do dikr. Although praying, fasting and doing dikr are essential acts of Ibadah, we can do other things in life such as work, marry, etc.
In a Hadith, Ibn Masud reported that the Prophet (SAWS) said “Those who make things hard for themselves will be destroyed.” Prophet (SAWS) repeated this three times. (Muslim)
In another hadith, Anas said: “Three men came to the house of the wives of the prophet (SAWS) to ask about how the prophet (saw) worshipped. When they were told, it was as if they thought it was little and said, ‘where are we in relation to the messenger of Allah (saws) who has been forgiven his past and future wrong actions?’ He said: “ one of them said, ‘I will pray all of every night.' Another said; ‘ I will fast all the time and not break the fast.' The other said, ‘I will withdraw from women and never marry.’ The messenger of Allah (saws) came to them and said, “ Are you the ones who said such – and- such? By Allah, I am the one among you with the most fear and awareness of Allah, but I fast and break the fast, I pray and I sleep. And I marry women. Whoever rejects or refuses my sunnah is not with me”.
When we attain Islamic knowledge and learn to follow the middle path, deen will become easy. The Prophet (SAWS) advised us not to make deen too hard.
Simple acts of our everyday lifestyle can turn into acts of worship when we start with "Bismillah." If we say “Bismillah” before eating, it becomes worship because we started our food with the name of Allah. Saying the bedtime dua before sleeping makes the sleep an act of worship because the whole night we will be under Allah’s protection while Allah takes our soul temporarilyy. If Allah doesn’t return our soul back to our body, we will die with Allah's name. Even the simple deed of remembering Allah is an act of worship. Remembering Him, thanking Him, praising Him are all acts of worship.
I’ll give you one more example. Did you know that sleeping with spouses is Ibadah?
Yes, even sleeping with spouses, having sexual relationship is an Ibadah “worshiping Allah”. It’s a charity, act of “sadaqa”.
Allah's Messenger (pbuh) said: "In the sexual act of each of you there is a Sadaqa." The Companions replied: "O Messenger of Allah! When one of us fulfils his sexual desire, will he be given a reward for that?" And he said, "Do you not think that were he to act upon it unlawfully, he would be sinning? Likewise, if he acts upon it lawfully he will be rewarded." (Muslim)
SubhanAllah! We please our husbands and get rewards from Allah (swt). So with knowledge, we could make our daily life work into worship. Without knowledge worship become hardship.
Prophet saw. Said: “who ever takes a path in search of knowledge Allah will make his path to Jannah easy for him”.
This hadith refers to Islamic knowledge, the knowledge that will save us from torture of death, torment of grave, and terrible punishment in the hellfire.
In the Hadith, Prophet (SAWS) also said:"Whoever dies knowing (understanding, having the knowledge) that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah will enter paradise.” (Muslim)
Islam is the religion of knowledge. Indeed, all the Prophets came with the religion of Islam to every nation when the nation was lost or in doubt about religion. Doubt comes into the minds of mankind when they are deprived of Islamic knowledge.
Think about the first revelation that was revealed to our Prophet (SAWS).
It was“ Iqrah” which means “read”.
"Read! In the Name of your Lord Who created mankind."
Before Allah even mentioned His name or who He was, Allah (swt) commanded the Prophet (saws) to read.
We read to earn knowledge.
Knowledge has a very important place in Islam. Allah Subhana Wa ta’llah praises knowledge because knowledge made us the best creation. Knowledge made Adam (AS) superior to the Angels.
Allah said in the Quran, in Surah Baqarah Ayah 30-32
"When Allah created Adam ASW. He taught Adam the names - all of them.(names of living or nonliving things everything's) Then He showed them (same things) to the angels and said, "Inform Me of the names of these, if you are truthful."
What did the angels answer?
They said, "Exalted are You; we have no knowledge except what You have taught us. Indeed, it is You who is the Knowing, the Wise."
Allah then said, "O Adam, inform them of their names." And when he had informed them of their names, Allah said, "Did I not tell you that I know the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth? And I know what you reveal and what you have concealed."
Allah ordered the angels, "Prostrate before Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees. He refused out of arrogance and became one of the disbelievers.
SubhanAllah! Angels prostrated before Adam because of his superiority over angels. It is the knowledge that Allah gave to Adam that made him superior to angels.
Islam values knowledge because knowledge is the key factor behind everything. Without knowledge, worship becomes a job or an everyday ritual.
Allah said in the Quran,
"He created jinn and mankind in order to worship Him."
Those who don't have proper knowledge would think this means that we can't marry, we can't work, we can't go to school, we can't have life at all. They would think that all we have to do is just worship pray, fast and do dikr. Although praying, fasting and doing dikr are essential acts of Ibadah, we can do other things in life such as work, marry, etc.
In a Hadith, Ibn Masud reported that the Prophet (SAWS) said “Those who make things hard for themselves will be destroyed.” Prophet (SAWS) repeated this three times. (Muslim)
In another hadith, Anas said: “Three men came to the house of the wives of the prophet (SAWS) to ask about how the prophet (saw) worshipped. When they were told, it was as if they thought it was little and said, ‘where are we in relation to the messenger of Allah (saws) who has been forgiven his past and future wrong actions?’ He said: “ one of them said, ‘I will pray all of every night.' Another said; ‘ I will fast all the time and not break the fast.' The other said, ‘I will withdraw from women and never marry.’ The messenger of Allah (saws) came to them and said, “ Are you the ones who said such – and- such? By Allah, I am the one among you with the most fear and awareness of Allah, but I fast and break the fast, I pray and I sleep. And I marry women. Whoever rejects or refuses my sunnah is not with me”.
When we attain Islamic knowledge and learn to follow the middle path, deen will become easy. The Prophet (SAWS) advised us not to make deen too hard.
Simple acts of our everyday lifestyle can turn into acts of worship when we start with "Bismillah." If we say “Bismillah” before eating, it becomes worship because we started our food with the name of Allah. Saying the bedtime dua before sleeping makes the sleep an act of worship because the whole night we will be under Allah’s protection while Allah takes our soul temporarilyy. If Allah doesn’t return our soul back to our body, we will die with Allah's name. Even the simple deed of remembering Allah is an act of worship. Remembering Him, thanking Him, praising Him are all acts of worship.
I’ll give you one more example. Did you know that sleeping with spouses is Ibadah?
Yes, even sleeping with spouses, having sexual relationship is an Ibadah “worshiping Allah”. It’s a charity, act of “sadaqa”.
Allah's Messenger (pbuh) said: "In the sexual act of each of you there is a Sadaqa." The Companions replied: "O Messenger of Allah! When one of us fulfils his sexual desire, will he be given a reward for that?" And he said, "Do you not think that were he to act upon it unlawfully, he would be sinning? Likewise, if he acts upon it lawfully he will be rewarded." (Muslim)
SubhanAllah! We please our husbands and get rewards from Allah (swt). So with knowledge, we could make our daily life work into worship. Without knowledge worship become hardship.
Prophet saw. Said: “who ever takes a path in search of knowledge Allah will make his path to Jannah easy for him”.
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