Part of Lives of the Salaf — the Pious Predecessors (series completed)
· Lesson 6 of 72
The life of the predecessors between words and deeds | Episode (6) | What was said about science and scientists
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In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
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The lives of the salaf between word and deed.
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What has been said regarding knowledge and the scholars.
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'Umar Ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said to a man:
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"Do you know what destroys Islam?"
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He replied, "No."
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He said:
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"It is destroyed by the slip of a scholar,
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the argumentation of a hypocrite using the Book,
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and the rulings of misguided leaders."
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Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, said:
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"Do you know how knowledge departs?"
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They replied, "No."
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He said:
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"By the passing of the scholars."
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Al-Hasan al-Basri, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
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"They used to say:
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'The death of a scholar is a breach in Islam
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that nothing can fill as long as the night and day alternate.'"
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Muhammad Ibn al-Munkadir, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
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"The jurist (faqih) stands between Allah and His servants,
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so let him consider how he enters."
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Abu Ja'far,
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Muhammad Ibn 'Ali, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
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"By Allah, the death of a scholar is more beloved to Iblis than the death of seventy worshippers."
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He also said, may Allah have mercy on him:
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"A scholar whose knowledge is benefited from is better than a thousand worshippers."
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Ibn Muhayriz, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
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"We used to think that action was better than knowledge,
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but today we are in greater need of knowledge than we are of action."
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Muhammad Ibn Sirin, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
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"Indeed, this knowledge is religion,
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so look to whom you take your religion from."
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'Abd al-A'la al-Taymi, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
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"Whoever is given knowledge that does not make him weep,
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it is likely that he has not been given knowledge that benefits him,
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because Allah the Exalted described the scholars,"
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then he recited:
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“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)
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“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)
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"They fall upon their faces weeping."
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“Saying: Glory to our Lord! Verily the promise of our Lord must be fulfilled.” (17:108)
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“They fall down on their faces, weeping, and it increaseth humility in them.” (17:109)
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Sufyan al-Thawri, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
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"This hadith is honor;
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whoever seeks the world through it, then it is the world,
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and whoever seeks the Hereafter through it, then it is the Hereafter."
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It is authentically reported from Rabi'ah, may Allah have mercy on him, that he said:
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"Knowledge is the means to every virtue."
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Maymun Ibn Mihran, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
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"Scholars are my quest in every town,
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and they are my goal.
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I have found the rectitude of my heart in sitting with the scholars."
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Al-Shafi'i, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
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"Seeking knowledge is better than voluntary prayer."
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He also said, may Allah have mercy on him:
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"If the practicing jurists are not the allies (awliya') of Allah,
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then Allah has no ally."
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Imam Ahmad, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked:
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"Whom shall we ask after you?"
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He replied, "'Abd al-Wahhab al-Warraq."
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It was said to him, "He does not have vast knowledge."
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He said, "He is a righteous man;
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one like him is granted success in hitting the truth."
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He, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked about Ma'ruf al-Karkhi,
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and he said, "He possessed the essence of knowledge:
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the fear of Allah."
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Abu Bakr Ibn Tahir, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked:
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"Why does a person tolerate from his teacher
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what he does not tolerate from his parents?"
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He replied, "Because his parents are the cause of his fleeting life,
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while his teacher is the cause of his everlasting life."