Steps to increasing our Imaan! Part - 10

Steps to increasing our Imaan!

8 - GAINING KNOWLEDGE

رب زدنى علما
"Our Lord! Increase us in our knowledge".

To seek knowledge is a sacred duty, it is obligatory on every Muslim, male and female. The first word revealed of the Qur’an was "اقراء" READ! Seek knowledge! Educate yourselves! Be educated!

A person without knowledge is like someone walking along a track in complete darkness. Most likely his steps will wander aside and he easily can be deceived by shaytaan. This shows that our greatest danger lies in our ignorance of Islamic teachings and in our unawareness of what the Qur’an teaches and what guidance has been given by the Prophet (S). But if we are blessed with the light of knowledge we will be able to see plainly the clear path of Islam at every step of our lives. We shall also be able to identify and avoid the dangerous paths of Kufr, Shirk and immorality, which may cross it. And, whenever a false guide meets us on the way, a few words with him will quickly establish that he is not a guide who should be followed!

Surah Al-Zumr, ayah 9 reveals: "Are those equal, those who know and those
who do not know?"

Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 269 reveals: "Allah grants wisdom to whom He
pleases and to whom wisdom is granted indeed he receives an overflowing
benefit."

Ibn Mas’ud (Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of
Allah (S) said: The position of only two persons is enviable; the person whom Allah bestowed wealth empowering him to spend it in the way of righteousness, and the person whom Allah gave wisdom with which he adjudges and which he teaches to others.

According to Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah, Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with
him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (S) said: A single scholar of
religion is more formidable against shaytaan than a thousand devout persons.

May Allah (SWT) give us strength to behave and act just as He likes us to do and be pleased with us, and that should be the purpose of our lives.
[Aameen]