Reminders and Encouraging Words for the Students of Knowledge

Reminders and Encouraging Words for the Students of Knowledge

by Nisaar Y. Nadiadwala on Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 9:05pm

 
 Once the Prophet a.s. vowed to abstain from his wives for a month. He took a place in the upper chambers and preferred to be there. The wives were tensed and so was Abu Bakr and Umar R.A. They feared that the Prophet may divorce their daughters. But it did not happened. On the 29 th of the month the Prophet A.S climbed down and ended his vow and went to Aisha R.A. of course under a normal circumstance any wife would be over-joyed to receive her husband, but Aisha R.A the student of Fiqh asked him “But the month is of 30 days” (why did you return a day earlier ?) The Prophet a.s. replied and taught his best student a lesson in fiqh..”The months are of 29 or 30 days…” 

   This was the spirit of learning. Even in the midst of a severe crisis a student of knowledge seeks knowledge. One of the qualities of Aisha r.a  that made her the favorite wife of the Prophet a.s. was her spirit in learning deen. When the Qur'anic verse was revealed giving a testimony of her modesty her parents asked her to thank the Prophet a.s. but she said : Why should I thank him? I will thank Allah for revealing verses to give witness in my favour.. The Prophet smiled..sallalahu alaihi wasallam. What a lesson of Touhid from Aisha's reponse! radiallahu anho.

  Religious knowledge is always honored in Islam. Nowhere in the Qur’an you will find Allah addressing O Jews and Christians !, but He addresses  them with a title “ Ya Ahlul Kitab” O People of the Book. In Surah Mujadilah Allah says : Allah will exalt in degree those of you who have believed and  HAVE BEEN GRANTED KNOWLEDGE…  note here that knowledge is granted by Allah. It is bestowed and that is why Allah declares “ Allah grants wisdom whom ever He wishes to ,and He to whom wisdom is granted has been granted good I abundance.. Surah Baqarah ch 2, verse 269.

 All the four khulfa e Rashideen were scholars of fiqh, and so was Ameer Muawiya r.a. and Umar bin Abdul Azeez. No one should under estimate them.

At the time of Ibn al-Mubarak, the khalifa was Haroon al-Rasheed. One day, his mother was on the balcony of the Khalifa's estate and she saw a huge gathering of thousands of people around Abdullah Ibn al-Mubarak, she asked who is that man? Someone told her that that is Abdullah Ibn al-Mubarak, the faqeeh, and the aalim of Khurasan to which she replied, 'He should be the Khalifah, not my son, my son needs bodyguards to go out in the public, but this man is able to travel and teach in front of thousands.'

We have millions of Hafiz e Qur’an but few are granted with the wisdom of Tafser ul Qur’an. Memorizing Qur’an is one thing and studying is another thing.  Ofcourse memorizing has its own virtues but we are discussing about learning the constitution of Allah.

 Even the Prophets also prayed .. Rabbi zidni ilm.. O Allah increase my knowledge…and the famous supplications of the Prophet a.s. " Allahumma inni as'aluka ilman nafe'aa... O Allah ! I ask from you the knowledge that is beneficial.

Author : Nisaar Nadiadwala speaks and writes on socio-educational issues from Islamic perspective. He can be reached at nisaar_yusuf@yahoo.com


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