All praise is due to Allāh, the Lord of the worlds. And may He extol the Messenger in the highest company of Angels, and grant him peace, likewise to his family, Companions and those who follow him until the Day of Resurrection.
This is a lecture delivered by Ustaadh Abū Mu’ādh Taqwīm Aslam حفظه الله on the 23rd of Rabiul Thani 1444H/ 18th of November 2022
Points discussed during the lecture
- Benefits of being in a gathering of ilm.
- “Are those who know equal to those who know not?”
Az-Zumar 39:9 - The importance of being knowledgeable.
- Ibn al-Qayyim on knowledge and how it raises dogs within their species.
- Benefits of learning the religion
- Yahya ibn Abī Katheer رحمه الله on Knowledge
- What knowledge gives you when you give it 100% of your energy.
- The realization of one when one starts to seek knowledge.
- The remembrance of the person of knowledge while he’s alive and after his death
- The story of Muhammad bn Abdir-Rahman al-Awqaas.
- How knowledge raised a slave during the khalifa of Umar bn Khataab رضي الله عنه
- The humility of Imām ash-Shafiee
- The humility of Imām Aḥmad
- Reasons for seeking knowledge
- The honour that comes with knowledge
- The inheritors of the knowledge in our era
Questions asked
- What is the ruling on a person who took a mushaf from the masjid and knew the ruling afterwards?
- The eyes that does not shed tears anymore due to fear of what’s going to happen in the hereafter. Is that a sign of sickness of the heart and what is the cure?
- Is it permissible to raise hands while making dua alone?
- There are some people who encourage sisters to seek the guardianship of a Qādī in order to get them married, if their parents refuse to let them get married. This most often results in the sisters severing ties with their parents and other family members.
Please shaykh, I’d like to know if this is something encouraged in the Deen. Also, what advice would you give to sisters whose parents refuse them the permission to get married? - What’s the ruling of a person that finished praying and then notice some stuff on his face like mucus or Eye discharge but didn’t notice it during ablution?
- What is the ruling on using the Qur’ān recitation as background audios?
