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ln the |lght of the G|orlous Qurn and the (
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By:
5hcIkh Muhammad Ibn 5a!ch Ibn 'Uthaymccn
www.kalamullah.com
Is!amic Prnpagatinn OIIicc in Rabwah, Riyadh
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Is!am at Ynur Fingcrtips
2008-1429

ln the Name of A||h, the Most Beneflcent, the Most Merclfu|

Advice lo lhe Sludenls of
KnovIedge
Sheikh Muhannad Iln SaIeh Iln 'Ulhayneen
IinaIIy, I sinceieIy advise, nyseIf fiisl, and ny MusIin liolheis, especiaIIy
lhe sludenls of knovIedge nol lo nake hasle and le quick vhen a nev issue
lefaIIs a peison unliI he veiifies lhe silualion, gains knovIedge and lhen
speaks, so lhal he does nol speak aloul AIIah vilhoul knovIedge.
As, lhe peison vho gives judgnenl is an enissaiy lelveen lhe peopIe and
AIIah, he conveys lhe Snari'an of AIIah as has leen iepoiled fion lhe
Messengei of AIIah (SaIIaIIahu `aIaihi va saIIan):
'Tnc scnc|ars arc |nc inncri|crs cf |nc Prcpnc|s' (Ahnad (5/196). Aloo Davood,
al-Tiinidhi and olheis),
and lhe Iiophel (saIIaIIahu `aIaihi va saIIan) has aIso said:
'Tnc judgcs arc |nrcc. (cn|q) cnc cf |nc judgcs ocing in paradisc and nc is |nc cnc unc
|ncu |nc |ru|n and judgcd acccrding |c i|.'
ReIaled ly Alu Davood vilh lhe foIIoving voiding:
"The judges aie lhiee, one of lhe judges is in Iaiadise and lvo aie in lhe Iiie.
Wilh iegaids lo lhe one in Iaiadise lhen he is lhe nan vho knev lhe liulh
and judged accoiding lo il. The nan vho knev lhe liulh and vas unjusl in
his iuIing is in lhe Iiie, and lhe nan vho judged lelveen lhe peopIe oul of
ignoiance is in lhe Iiie."
AIso of inpoilance, vhen a nev issue lefaIIs you, diav youi heail lovaids
AIIah and feeI in need of Hin so lhal he causes you lo undeisland and
inpails knovIedge lo you, especiaIIy in giave and inpoilanl nalleis, vheie
nany peopIe ienain in ignoiance.
Sone of ny leacheis nenlioned lo ne lhal il is lefilling foi lhe peison vho
has leen queslioned on an issue, lo seek foigiveness fion AIIah even noie,
deducing lhal fion AIIah's slalenenl,

||SuieIy, ve have ieveaIed lo you lhe ook in liulh lhal you nay judge
lelveen lhe peopIe ly lhal vhich AIIah has shovn you, so do nol le a
pIeadei foi lhe lieacheious. And seek lhe foigiveness of AIIah, ceilainIy,
AIIah is evei Ofl-Ioigiving, Mosl MeicifuI. (Suiah an-Nisaa' (4):1O5-1O6)
An inciease in seeking foigiveness necessilales lhe viping avay of lhe
iepeicussions of sins, vhich is one of lhe causes of foigelling knovIedge and
leconing ignoianl, as AIIah says,
||So, lecause of lheii lieach of lheii covenanl. We cuised lhen and nade
lheii heails giov haid. They change lhe voids fion lheii piopei pIaces and
foigol a good pail of lhe nessage lhal vas senl lo lhen. (Suiah aI-Maa'idah
(5):13)
Inan ash-Shaafi`ee once said: | ccnp|aincd |c la|cc () aocu| nq pccr ncncrq.
Sc nc adtiscd nc |c aoandcn discocdicncc. and nc said, '|ncu |na| |ncu|cdgc is |ign|.
And |nc |ign| cf A||an is nc| ocs|cucd upcn a discocdicn|.
So il is ceilainIy possilIe lhal seeking foigiveness causes AIIah lo give a
peison enIighlennenl.
I ask AIIah lo gianl ne success, nake ne upiighl lhal He keeps us fiin vilh
lhe Iiin Woid (Snanaadan) in lhis Iife and lhe Heieaflei, and lhal He does nol
cause oui heails lo deviale aflei having guided us and lo gianl us fion His
seIf, neicy: Indeed, He is lhe enevoIenl. AII piaise is foi AIIah aIone, and
nay He piaise, send peace and lIessings upon oui Iiophel Muhannad and
his Conpanions.
* Wakee' Iln aI-}aiiaah vas a fanous schoIai fion lhe SaIaf and one of lhe leacheis of Inan
ash- Shaafi`ee. He died in lhe yeai 196H.