1 00:00:00,820 --> 00:00:04,120 In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:09,560 The lives of the salaf between word and deed. 3 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:14,839 What has been said regarding knowledge and the scholars. 4 00:00:14,839 --> 00:00:19,769 'Umar Ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said to a man: 5 00:00:19,769 --> 00:00:22,839 "Do you know what destroys Islam?" 6 00:00:22,839 --> 00:00:25,030 He replied, "No." 7 00:00:25,030 --> 00:00:26,030 He said: 8 00:00:26,030 --> 00:00:29,030 "It is destroyed by the slip of a scholar, 9 00:00:29,030 --> 00:00:32,030 the argumentation of a hypocrite using the Book, 10 00:00:32,530 --> 00:00:36,170 and the rulings of misguided leaders." 11 00:00:36,170 --> 00:00:40,170 Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, said: 12 00:00:40,170 --> 00:00:43,229 "Do you know how knowledge departs?" 13 00:00:43,229 --> 00:00:45,259 They replied, "No." 14 00:00:45,259 --> 00:00:46,259 He said: 15 00:00:46,259 --> 00:00:48,259 "By the passing of the scholars." 16 00:00:48,259 --> 00:00:53,060 Al-Hasan al-Basri, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 17 00:00:53,060 --> 00:00:55,060 "They used to say: 18 00:00:55,060 --> 00:00:59,060 'The death of a scholar is a breach in Islam 19 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:05,329 that nothing can fill as long as the night and day alternate.'" 20 00:01:05,329 --> 00:01:09,359 Muhammad Ibn al-Munkadir, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 21 00:01:09,359 --> 00:01:13,359 "The jurist (faqih) stands between Allah and His servants, 22 00:01:13,359 --> 00:01:17,159 so let him consider how he enters." 23 00:01:17,159 --> 00:01:19,159 Abu Ja'far, 24 00:01:19,159 --> 00:01:22,290 Muhammad Ibn 'Ali, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 25 00:01:22,290 --> 00:01:29,480 "By Allah, the death of a scholar is more beloved to Iblis than the death of seventy worshippers." 26 00:01:29,980 --> 00:01:32,049 He also said, may Allah have mercy on him: 27 00:01:32,049 --> 00:01:38,750 "A scholar whose knowledge is benefited from is better than a thousand worshippers." 28 00:01:38,750 --> 00:01:41,909 Ibn Muhayriz, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 29 00:01:41,909 --> 00:01:45,909 "We used to think that action was better than knowledge, 30 00:01:45,909 --> 00:01:50,909 but today we are in greater need of knowledge than we are of action." 31 00:01:50,909 --> 00:01:55,260 Muhammad Ibn Sirin, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 32 00:01:55,260 --> 00:01:57,260 "Indeed, this knowledge is religion, 33 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:02,469 so look to whom you take your religion from." 34 00:02:02,469 --> 00:02:06,129 'Abd al-A'la al-Taymi, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 35 00:02:06,129 --> 00:02:10,129 "Whoever is given knowledge that does not make him weep, 36 00:02:10,129 --> 00:02:14,759 it is likely that he has not been given knowledge that benefits him, 37 00:02:14,759 --> 00:02:18,259 because Allah the Exalted described the scholars," 38 00:02:18,259 --> 00:02:20,319 then he recited: 39 00:02:20,319 --> 00:02:25,319 “Say: Believe therein or believe not, lo! those who were given knowledge before it, when it is read unto them, fall down prostrate on their faces, adoring,” (17:107) 40 00:02:25,319 --> 00:02:29,319 “Say: Believe therein or believe not, lo! those who were given knowledge before it, when it is read unto them, fall down prostrate on their faces, adoring,” (17:107) 41 00:02:29,319 --> 00:02:33,319 "They fall upon their faces weeping." 42 00:02:33,319 --> 00:02:41,319 “Saying: Glory to our Lord! Verily the promise of our Lord must be fulfilled.” (17:108) 43 00:02:41,319 --> 00:02:49,729 “They fall down on their faces, weeping, and it increaseth humility in them.” (17:109) 44 00:02:49,729 --> 00:02:53,759 Sufyan al-Thawri, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 45 00:02:53,759 --> 00:02:56,319 "This hadith is honor; 46 00:02:56,319 --> 00:02:59,319 whoever seeks the world through it, then it is the world, 47 00:02:59,319 --> 00:03:03,319 and whoever seeks the Hereafter through it, then it is the Hereafter." 48 00:03:03,319 --> 00:03:08,159 It is authentically reported from Rabi'ah, may Allah have mercy on him, that he said: 49 00:03:08,159 --> 00:03:12,159 "Knowledge is the means to every virtue." 50 00:03:12,159 --> 00:03:16,990 Maymun Ibn Mihran, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 51 00:03:16,990 --> 00:03:20,990 "Scholars are my quest in every town, 52 00:03:20,990 --> 00:03:23,050 and they are my goal. 53 00:03:23,050 --> 00:03:28,400 I have found the rectitude of my heart in sitting with the scholars." 54 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:31,400 Al-Shafi'i, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 55 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:35,599 "Seeking knowledge is better than voluntary prayer." 56 00:03:35,599 --> 00:03:37,599 He also said, may Allah have mercy on him: 57 00:03:37,599 --> 00:03:42,629 "If the practicing jurists are not the allies (awliya') of Allah, 58 00:03:42,629 --> 00:03:46,400 then Allah has no ally." 59 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:49,400 Imam Ahmad, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked: 60 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:51,430 "Whom shall we ask after you?" 61 00:03:51,430 --> 00:03:55,430 He replied, "'Abd al-Wahhab al-Warraq." 62 00:03:55,430 --> 00:04:00,560 It was said to him, "He does not have vast knowledge." 63 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:04,560 He said, "He is a righteous man; 64 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:08,780 one like him is granted success in hitting the truth." 65 00:04:08,780 --> 00:04:12,780 He, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked about Ma'ruf al-Karkhi, 66 00:04:12,780 --> 00:04:16,779 and he said, "He possessed the essence of knowledge: 67 00:04:16,779 --> 00:04:19,579 the fear of Allah." 68 00:04:19,579 --> 00:04:22,579 Abu Bakr Ibn Tahir, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked: 69 00:04:22,579 --> 00:04:26,639 "Why does a person tolerate from his teacher 70 00:04:26,639 --> 00:04:29,740 what he does not tolerate from his parents?" 71 00:04:29,740 --> 00:04:34,740 He replied, "Because his parents are the cause of his fleeting life, 72 00:04:34,740 --> 00:04:38,740 while his teacher is the cause of his everlasting life."