JiHaDiYa
15-06-07, 08:53 PM
Virtues of the Scholars
Allaah - the Most High - said: "Say: Are they equal, those who have knowledge and those who do not? But only the men of understanding will take admonition." [Soorah Zumar 39:9].
"Allaah will raise up in degrees those of you who believe and those who have been granted knowledge." [Soorah al-Mujaadalah 58:11].
"It is only those who possess knowledge amongst His slaves that fear Allaah" [Soorah Faatir 35:28].
"Indeed those who believe and do righteous actions, they are the best of creatures ... This is for those who fear their Lord." [Soorah al-Bayyinah 98:7-8].
Ibn Jamaa'ah, rahimahullaah, said: "So Allaah decreed in these two Verses that the scholars are those who most fear Allaah, and that those who fear Allaah are the best of creatures. The consequence of this is that the scholars are therefore the best of creatures."
The Prophet sallallaahu 'alalyhi wa sallam said: "The superiority of the scholar over the worshipper is like that of the full moon on a clear night over the rest of the stars. Indeed the scholars are the inheritors of the Prophets and the Prophets do not leave behind them the deenaar nor the dirham as inheritance, they leave only knowledge behind as inheritance. So whosoever aquires it, aquires a huge fortune."
Imaam al-Aajurree, rahimahullaah, said: "Consider - may Allaah have mercy upon you - a path thwarted with great dangers, yet people need to traverse it, even in the darkness of the night. If there were no light upon this path the people would be terrified. However, Allaah gave to them a guiding light with which they were able to traverse this path in peace and safety. Then came groups of people who also needed to traverse this path, so they traversed it. However, during this time the guiding light became extinguished and the people returned to a state of darkness. So what would your opinion be about their condition? This is the example of the scholars and the people. Most people do not know how to fulfill their obligatory duties, nor how to avoid forbidden matters, nor how to worship Allaah correctly; all of this they learn from the scholars. So with the death of the scholars, mankind returns to a state of anxiety and terror, the teaching of knowledge dies, whilst ignorance prevails; what an enormous calamity this is for the Muslims. Indeed to Allaah we belong and to Him will we all return."
Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah, rahimahullaah, said: "Every nation, before the sending of our Prophet Muhammad sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, then their scholars were the worst of them, except for the Muslims. For indeed their scholars are the best of them, and they are the successors of the Messenger sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam in this nation."
Allaah - the Most High - said: "Say: Are they equal, those who have knowledge and those who do not? But only the men of understanding will take admonition." [Soorah Zumar 39:9].
"Allaah will raise up in degrees those of you who believe and those who have been granted knowledge." [Soorah al-Mujaadalah 58:11].
"It is only those who possess knowledge amongst His slaves that fear Allaah" [Soorah Faatir 35:28].
"Indeed those who believe and do righteous actions, they are the best of creatures ... This is for those who fear their Lord." [Soorah al-Bayyinah 98:7-8].
Ibn Jamaa'ah, rahimahullaah, said: "So Allaah decreed in these two Verses that the scholars are those who most fear Allaah, and that those who fear Allaah are the best of creatures. The consequence of this is that the scholars are therefore the best of creatures."
The Prophet sallallaahu 'alalyhi wa sallam said: "The superiority of the scholar over the worshipper is like that of the full moon on a clear night over the rest of the stars. Indeed the scholars are the inheritors of the Prophets and the Prophets do not leave behind them the deenaar nor the dirham as inheritance, they leave only knowledge behind as inheritance. So whosoever aquires it, aquires a huge fortune."
Imaam al-Aajurree, rahimahullaah, said: "Consider - may Allaah have mercy upon you - a path thwarted with great dangers, yet people need to traverse it, even in the darkness of the night. If there were no light upon this path the people would be terrified. However, Allaah gave to them a guiding light with which they were able to traverse this path in peace and safety. Then came groups of people who also needed to traverse this path, so they traversed it. However, during this time the guiding light became extinguished and the people returned to a state of darkness. So what would your opinion be about their condition? This is the example of the scholars and the people. Most people do not know how to fulfill their obligatory duties, nor how to avoid forbidden matters, nor how to worship Allaah correctly; all of this they learn from the scholars. So with the death of the scholars, mankind returns to a state of anxiety and terror, the teaching of knowledge dies, whilst ignorance prevails; what an enormous calamity this is for the Muslims. Indeed to Allaah we belong and to Him will we all return."
Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah, rahimahullaah, said: "Every nation, before the sending of our Prophet Muhammad sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, then their scholars were the worst of them, except for the Muslims. For indeed their scholars are the best of them, and they are the successors of the Messenger sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam in this nation."