This document discusses the Islamic perspective on seeking knowledge. It defines the obligatory types of knowledge (fard 'ain) that every Muslim must seek to develop themselves and strengthen the Muslim community. These include knowledge of the core principles of Islam like the five pillars, articles of faith, and good character. The document also outlines different categories of knowledge, sources of knowledge, and etiquettes that Muslims should uphold in their pursuit of learning. It emphasizes that acquiring and applying fard 'ain knowledge is essential to one's spiritual and social development according to Islamic teachings.

2. 1. SEEKING KNOWLEDGE FROM ISLAMIC
PERSPECTIVE
• ORDINANCE OBLIGATORY ON EVERY MUSLIM
• HOW KNOWLEDGE IS DETERMINED:
DEGREE OF ITS CRUCIALNESS
USEFULNESS TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY
• DIVISION OF KNOWLEDGE:
FARD’ AYN
FARD KIFAYAH

3. 2. DEFINITION OF FARDHU’ AIN
• RELIGIOUS OBLIGATION THAT IS BINDING ON EVERY MUSLIM

4. 3. STATUS & ROLE OF KNOWLEDGE OF FARD’
AIN IN PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT
• ISLAM STRESSES ON UNITY
• EDUCATION STRENGTHEN INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUAL UNIFIED UMMAH
• UNDERSTAND AND PRACTICE THE KNOWLEDGE
• THE SCOPE OF FARD’ AIN VARIES FROM PERSON TO PERSON
• WIDER SCOPE, MORE RESPONSIBILITY

5. 4. FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPT & DISCIPLINE
OF EDUCATION (TARBIYAH)
• TARBIYAH (INCREASE, GROWTH) - THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE TRAINING OF PEOPLE IN VARIOUS
ASPECTS
• TARBIYAH WASTE OF TIME, ENERGY, EFFORT & WEALTH ACCOUNTABLE ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT
• CONSIST OF 9 THINGS

6. a) Definition of knowledge & Asbabul
Ilmu
b) Category of knowledge c) Degree of genuineness of
knowledge
• Asbāb (pl. sabab) - cause, reason
• Understand its essence
• Nur in the heart
• Devote whole self, have chance
obtained part of knowledge
• And they ask you, [O Muhammad],
about the soul. Say, "The soul is of
the affair of my Lord. And mankind
have not been given of knowledge
except a little.“ (17:85)
• Asbabul Ilm: Sound senses (Al-
Hawas), Rational faculty (Al-’Aql),
News/Report (Al-Khabar)
1. Ilmu Kulli – General knowledge
2. Ilmu Juz’iy – Partial of the
knowledge
1. Reveal knowledge (Al-Ilm) :
- Absolute truth
2. Human science
-Truth/False, (ilmu kalam/insaniyah)
guided by revealed knowledge
3. Opinion (Al-Ra’)
- Ijtihad
- Tawadhu
4. Presumption/hypothesis (Al-Khirs)
- Handle with care

7. D. PROCESS OF EDUCATION
JUST AS WE HAVE SENT AMONG YOU A MESSENGER FROM YOURSELVES
RECITING TO YOU OUR VERSES AND PURIFYING YOU AND TEACHING YOU THE
BOOK AND WISDOM AND TEACHING YOU THAT WHICH YOU DID NOT KNOW
SURAH AL-BAQARAH : 151

8. E. TARGET OF EDUCATION
IHYA AL-QULUB
O YOU WHO HAVE BELIEVED, RESPOND
TO THE ALLAH AND THE MESSENGER
WHEN HE CALLS YOU TO THAT WHICH
GIVES YOU LIFE. AND KNOW THAT ALLAH,
INTERVENES BETWEEN A MAN AND HIS
HEART AND THAT TO HIM YOU WILL BE
GATHERED
SURAH AL-ANFAL : 24
GHARSU AL-YAQEEN
INCULCATE TRUE FAITH IN GOD
AL-BASEERAH
SAY, “THIS IS MY WAY ; I INVITE
ALLAH TO ALLAH IN INSIGHT , I AND
THOSE WHO FOLLOW ME. AND
EXALTED IS ALLAH ; AND I AM NOT OF
THOSE WHO ASSOCIATE OTHERS
WITH HIM.
SURAH YUSUF : 108

9. F. WORDS TO BE PONDERED
TO KNOW THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW IS THE BEST. TO PRETEND TO KNOW
WHEN YOU DO NOT KNOW IS A DISEASE. ONLY WHEN ONE RECOGNIZES THIS
DISEASE AS A DISEASE CAN ONE BE FREE FROM THE DISEASE. (THE WAY OF
LAO TZE)

10. G. THE IMPORTANCE OF SEEKING KNOWLEDGE
A HADITH AND QUOTATIONS RELATED TO ADAB:
THE PROPHET PBUH SAID :
INDEED THIS QURAN IS THE SPIRITUAL RECIPE OF ALLAH ON THIS EARTH, SO LEARN
FROM IT AS MUCH AS YOU COULD. THE WORD “MA’DUBAH” DERIVES FROM THE
ROOT WORD ADAB. FOR THAT, TO PERSUE THE ESSENCE OF AL-QUR’AN WE NED TO
OBSERVE ADAB.
INDEED ALLAH IS TENDER AND LOVE TENDERNESS, HE ALSO SAID, INDEED
TENDERNESS DO APPEAR IN SOMETHING EXCEPT IT WILL DECORATE IT AN IF IT IS
PULLED OUT OF SOMETHING DISGRACE WILL EVENTUALLY BEFALL UPON IT.

11. THE FAMOUS SAINT HASAN AL-BASRI RAHIMAHULLAH
SAID : THOSE WHO NOT POSSESS ADAB
NO KNOWLEDGE FOR HIM
THOSE WHO DO NOT POSSESS PATIENCE
NO DEEN FOR HIM
THOSE WHO DO NOT POSSESS WARA’
NO ‘ZULFA’ FOR HIM

12. ADAB OF SEEKING KNOWLEDGE
• IKHLAS
• PRACTICE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND ABSTRAIN FROM MA’AASI
• TAWADHU
• TO RESPECT AND HONOUR THE LEARNED AND KNOWLEDGE GATHERING
• PATIENCE AND COMPETITIVENESS IN SEEKING KNOWLEDGE
• SIDQ AND AMANAH IN DEALING WITH KNOWLEDGE
• PROPAGATING KNOWLEDGE AND TEACHING OF IT
• ZUHD
• BE PARTICULAR OF TIME AND MAKING FULL USE OF IT
• CONSTANT REVISION TO AVOID FORGETFULNESS
• ALWAYS IN STATE OF HONOUR AND SHYNESS
• IN THE COMPANY OF SOLIHIN

13. • CATEGORY OF AL-ADAB (CONDUCT, MANNERS, ETIQUETTE, CULTURE, DISCIPLINE, COURTEOUSNESS, TACT,
ETHNIC, MORALITY
• 1. ADAB AHLU DUNYA : ELOQUENCY & RHETORIC, MEMORIZATION OF BEAUTIFUL EXPRESSION, POEM,
QUOTATION ETC.
• 2. ADAB AHLU DEEN : TARINING OF THE SOUL, DISCIPLINE OF THE ORGANS, OBSERVATION OF THE LIMITS,
ABANDONMENT OF THE LUST AND ZEALOUS DESIRE
• 3. ADAB AHLU KHUSUS : PURIFICATION OF THE HEART, AWARENESS, OF GOD’S SUPERVISION IN PRIVACY,
FULFILLMENT OF PROMISES, OBESRVATION OF THE TIME, LITTLE ATTENTION TOWARD FLASH OF MIND AND
THOUGHT, FINE ADAB IN STATE OF DEVOTION AND INVOCATION

14. 5. SCOPE OF KNOWLEDGE OF FARDHU’ AIN
BASED ON HADITH JIBRAEL (A.S)
• WHY THIS HADITH IS CHOSEN FOR THIS SUB-TOPIC???
• SPECIAL COMMENT GIVEN BY IBNU REJAB AL-HAMBALI ON FORTY HADITH AN-NAWAWI (JAMI’ ULUM WAL
HIKAM)

15. HADITH NO. 2 :
• ALSO, ON THE AUTHORITY OF ‘UMAR (MAY ALLAH BE PLEASED WITH HIM), WHO S AID,
• ONE DAY WHILE WE WERE SITTING WITH THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH (MAY THE BLESSINGS AND PEACE OF
ALLAH BE UPON HIM), THERE APPEARED BEFORE US A MAN WHOSE CLOTHES WERE EXCEEDINGLY WHITE
AND WHOSE HAIR WAS EXCEEDING BLACK; NO SIGNS OF JOURNEYING WERE TO BE SEEN ON HIM AND
NONE OF US KNEW HIM. HE WALKED UP AND SAT DOWN BY THE PROPHET (MAY THE BLESSINGS AND
PEACE OF ALLAH BE UPON HIM). RESTING HIS KNEES AGAINST HIS AND PLACING THE PALMS OF HIS
HANDS ON HIS THIGHS, HE SAID: O MUHAMMAD, TELL ME ABOUT ISLAM. THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH (MAY
THE BLESSINGS AND PEACE OF ALLAH BE UPON HIM) SAID: ISLAM IS TO TESTIFY THAT THERE IS NO GOD
BUT ALLAH AND MUHAMMAD IS THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH, TO PERFORM THE PRAYERS, TO PAY THE
ZAKAT, TO FAST IN RAMADAN AND TO MAKE THE PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOUSE IF YOU ARE ABLE TO DO SO.
HE SAID: YOU HAVE SPOKEN RIGHTLY, AND WE WERE AMAZED AT HIM ASKING HIM AND SAYING THAT HE
HAD SPOKEN RIGHTLY. HE SAID: THEN TELL ME ABOUT IMAN. HE SAID: IT IS TO BELIEVE IN ALLAH, HIS
ANGELS, HIS BOOKS, HIS MESSENGERS AND THE LAST DAY, AND TO BELIEVE IN DIVINE DESTINY, BOTH THE
GOOD AND THE EVIL THEREOF.

16. CONTD…
• HE SAID: YOU HAVE SPOKEN RIGHTLY. HE SAID: THEN TELL ME ABOUT IHSAN. HE SAID: IT IS TO WORSHIP
ALLAH AS THOUGH YOU ARE SEEING HIM, AND WHILE YOU SEE HIM NOT YET TRULY HE SEES YOU. HE SAID:
THEN TELL ME ABOUT THE HOUR. HE SAID: THE ONE QUESTIONED ABOUT IT KNOWS NO BETTER THAN THE
QUESTIONER. HE SAID: THEN TELL ME ABOUT ITS SIGNS. HE SAID THAT THE SLAVE-GIRL WILL GIVE BIRTH
TO HER MISTRESS AND THAT YOU WILL SEE THE BAREFOOTED, NAKED DESTITUTE HERDSMEN COMPETING
IN CONSTRUCTING LOFTY BUILDINGS. THEN HE TOOK HIMSELF OFF AND I STAYED FOR A TIME: THEN HE
SAID: O ‘UMAR, DO YOU KNOW WHO THE QUESTIONER WAS? I SAID: ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER KNOW
BEST. HE SAID: IT WAS GABRIEL, WHO CAME TO YOU TO TEACH YOU YOUR RELIGION.
• IT WAS RELATED BY MUSLIM.

17. 6. 3 BRANCHES OF KNOWLEDGE
• IMAN : MID-SETTING, AQEEDAH, TAUHEED, FIQH-AL-AKBAR (SIX ARTICLE)
Believe in ALLAH
Believe in His Angles
Believe in His Books
Believe in His Messengers
Believe in the Last Day
Believe in Devine Destiny

18. ISLAM : MANIFESTATION, SHARI’AH,
ORDINANCE, WAY (FIVE PILLARS)
There is no God but
Allah and
Muhammad is the
Messenger of Allah
Perform the
prayers
Pay the Zakat
Fast in Ramadan
Make the
pilgrimage to the
House if you are
able to do so
CONTD…

19. CONTD…
3TH BRANCH OF KNOWLEDGE
• IHSAN : PERFECTION, AKHLAQ, CULTURE (CONSCIENCE AND FITRAH)
ALL THESE COME UNDER FARDHU ‘AIN FOR THEY CONSTITUTE THE FUNDAMENTAL MESSAGE OF ISLAM

20. MESSAGE OF ISLAM
• DIGNITY AND LEADERSHIP (‘IZZA WA SIYADAH)
• AL-JUSTICE (AL-’ADL) 5:8
• AL-ISLAH (REFORM) 11:88
• AL-FALAH FID DUNYA WAL AKHIRAH (VICTORY)

21. APPENDIX A
• 1. WHO ARE WE?
• WHAT ARE WE COMPOSED OF?
• WHAT IS OUR DIGNITY AS HUMAN BEING OR GOD’S CREATURE?
• STAGES THAT WE ARE GOING TO PASS THROUGH
• WHAT GENDER DO WE BELONG TO? (AL-LAIL, 92: 1-4)
• MUSLIM BY NATURE (ALI ‘IMRAN, 3: 83)
• 2. WHY ARE WE HERE?
• SLAVE (AL-DZARIYAT, 51: 56)
• KHALIFAH (AL-BAQARAH, 2: 30)
• KHAIRUL UMMAH (ALI ‘IMRAN, 3: 110)
• UMMAH WASATA (AL-BAQARAH, 2: 143)
• IMMEDIATE MASTER
• 3. FOR WHAT PURPOSE ARE WE ARE?
• TO SERVE AND WORSHIP ALLAH (AL-DZARIYAT, 51: 56)
• 4. WHERE ARE WE HEADING FOR?
• BACK TO ALLAH (AL-BAQARAH, 2: 28) / (AL-MU’MINUN, 23:
115
• BACK TO THE ETERNAL LIFE (YUNUS, 10: 26)

22. • 1. WHAT IS THE ESSENCE OF LIFE?
• TEST, TRIAL (AL-’ANKABUT, 29: 2) / (AL-MULK, 67: 1-2)
• STRUGGLE BETWEEN TRUTH & FALSEHOOD
• TRANSACTION (HADITH NO. 23)
• 2. WHAT IS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSE? (IBRAHIM, 14: 32-34)
• 3. WHAT IS THE ESSENCE OF THIS UNIVERSE? (AL-HADID, 57: 20, HADITH NO. 24)
• 4. WHAT IS THE OBJECTIVE OF LIFE? (AL-LAIL, 92: 20, AL-BAYYINAH, 98: 5)
• 5. WHAT IS THE PATH THATWE SHOULD TAKE? (HADITH & AL-AN’AM, 6: 153)
• 6. HOW TO GET THROUGH THE OBSTACLES AND TEMPTATION OF THIS WORLDLY LIFE SUCCESSLY (AL-’ANKABUT, 29: 69 /
AL-HUJURAT, 49: 15 / ALI ‘IMRAN, 3: 14-15 / AT-TAUBAH, 9: 23-24)

23. TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS, IT NEEDS
CLEAR, CONCRETE AND SOLID KNOWLEDGE
WITH FULL CERTAINTY
REMINDER :

24. APPENDIX B
• 1. EXISTENCE
• 2. DIVINITY
• 3. PROPHETIC
• 4. HEARING
• 5. UNIVERSE
• 6. MANKIND
• 7. LIFE
• 8. FARUQI’S TAUHID DOCTRINE

25. 7. IMPORTANT TERMS RELATED TO FARDHU’
AYN THAT NEED ELABORATION
An act that is almost as compulsory
as a Fard. The Messenger of Allah
SallAllaho Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam
never omitted it. It is a graded
second, below a Fard in its necessity
1. One who denies a Wajib
is misguided.
3. If one omits a Wajib without any valid
shari'i reason, then he is a transgressor
and liable for the punishment of Hell.
4. To miss a Wajib once is a minor sin .
However, persistently omitting a Wajib
shall turn it into a major sin.
Fardhu or Wajib

26. HARAM
Totally forbidden in
Islam. Haram is
considered the opposite
of Fard.
Anyone who denies
something proven from
the Qur'an and Hadith to
be Haram, becomes a
kafir
If this act is committed deliberately
and intentionally, even once, then
such a person is a transgressor
(fasiq), and has committed a major .
Thus, such a person shall be punished.
SUNNAH
1. THE WAY OF LIFE PRESCRIBED AS
NORMATIVE IN ISLAM, BASED ON THE
TEACHINGS AND PRACTICES OF
MUHAMMAD AND ON EXEGESIS OF THE
QURAN. ALSO CALLED HADITH.

27. An act that is disliked by
the Shari'ah.
If this act is done, then
there is no sin or
punishment. However, it is
bad to make it a habit of
doing such an act
One gains reward
for not doing it
MUBAH
1.AN ACT THAT IS NEITHER COMMANDED
NOR PROHIBITED BY THE SHARI'AH.
2.THERE IS NO REWARD FOR DOING IT,
AND NO PUNISHMENT OR OMITTING IT.

28. THREE CATEGORIES OF THE MUSLIM
SCHOLARS
•DARURIYAT
MEANS ABSOLUTE NEED. WHICH MAY RESULT IN LIFE & DEATH IN ITS
CONSEQUENCES
•HAJIYYAT
LINKED WITH SUNNAH OR MAKRUH. CAN BE LABELLED AS A NESSITY RELATED TO
STRENGTH & WEAKNESS
•TAHSINIYAT
RELATED WITH SOMETHING WHICH IS MUBAH AS IT FURTHER EASES & BEAUTIFIES
THE LIVELIHOOD OF A PERSON

29. LESSONS GAINED
• SEEKER OF TRUTH & KNOWLEDGE SHOULD BE REMINDED THAT ALLAH IS THE SOURCE OF ALL
WISDOM & KNOWLEDGE.
• KNOWLEDGE OF RELIGION REVEALED TO MANKIND IS NIKMAT & RAHMAT FROM ALLAH TO
HUMANS.
• RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IS BASIC AND FUNDAMENTAL
“LIFE WILL BE TOTAL DARKNESS IF MAN IS DEPRIVED OF RELIGIOUS
GUIDANCE”

30. THE END