2. All praise is due to Allah, Who is alone without a partner and
Allah's blessings be upon His slave and His final
Messenger, Muhammad (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon
him) and his household, his companions, and those who follow
them in goodness till the Day of Judgment.
3.
4. The purpose of these lessons we intend to do, is
to educate ourselves to obtain an understanding
of our religion through reliable sources based on
the Quran and Sunnah.
the topic: al ilm or the knowledge.
When talking knowledge, it’s about religious
knowledge not other sciences, it’s about
knowing Allah
his messenger
and his deen
8. For this last reason, we must
know that any worship has
TWO conditions:
9. 1) Purity of intention, the proof of this:
From Quran : (And they are ordered naught else than to serve Allah, keeping religion
pure for Him, as men by nature upright), surat al bayyinah,(98) verse 5.
From sunnah : the hadeeth narrated on the authority of Umar ibn al-Khattab who
said: I heard the Messenger of Allah saying: ‘’The reward of deeds depends upon the
intentions and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended ‘’
sahih al bukhari (1).
2) Following the Quran and the sunnah, the way the prophet sws
showed us, as said:
In Quran: (He who obeys the Messenger has indeed obeyed Allah . . .) surat al-
Nisaa,(4) verse 80.
And in the hadeeth : “So whoever turns away from my Sunnah (i.e., way) is not from
me.”
11. Allah praises the scholars, as He
says (interpretation of the meaning): (Say:
‘Are those who know equal to those who
know not?’ It is only men of
understanding who will remember). Surat
al-Zumar (39) verse 9 .
The Prophet sws said that
seeking knowledge is a way leading to
Paradise. He sws said: (Whoever follows a
path in the pursuit of knowledge, Allah
will make a path to Paradise easy for
him.) (Al-Bukhari).
12. Knowledge brings a great reward.
The one who points the way to something
good is like the one who does it. When the
knowledgeable person dies, his reward with
Allah does not cease when he dies, rather it
continues to increase so long as people benefit
from his knowledge. The Prophet sws) said:
(When a man dies, all his deeds come to an
end except for three – an ongoing
charity, beneficial knowledge or a righteous
son who will pray for him.) Narrated by
Muslim, 1631
13. Proper understanding of Islam is
one of the best of good characteristics
with which a Muslim may be honored, as
the Prophet sws) said: (When Allah
wishes good for a person, He makes him
understand the religion.) (Agreed upon).
