(Knowledge): From the tricks of the Shaytaan: I don’t have enough time to memorize! I have a lot of things to attend to! I have responsibilities! On average we may take two- four hours to get to and come from work. If we are in a car we can listen to the Qur’an and the texts we want to memorize. If we are in a bus we can actually spend time memorizing instead of looking outside the window or checking out our messages on different types of social media. How about lunch time? Do we actually spend a whole hour eating? Or can we spend some time to eat, pray and memorize? And what about at home? Yes we may have responsibilities but what does it take from us to spend at least an hour or two away from our devices to study or memorize something beneficial? In fact we can spend an hour memorizing and an hour studying. Not saying that we are machines, we have to make time for our family, our jobs etc. but from the great deceptions of Shaytaan is that he tells us we have no time and we believe him. So I have a challenge for all. Reduce your usage of all devices to 10-15 minutes per day and use the time you would have used for social media, he said and she said for memorizing, reading, gaining benefit etc and I am sure everyone would see the difference within a week. May Allah guide us to what he loves and is pleased with.
Musa Millington

The importance of the student of knowledge organizing his time in seeking Knowledge

 The Prophet (ﷺ) said: 
وَلَكِنْ يَا حَنْظَلَةُ سَاعَةً وَسَاعَةً
However, Oh Handhala, time for this and time for that [Muslim no. 2750]

Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen rahimahullah commented on the hadith saying:
“An hour for [your] Lord, an hour for your family and children, and an hour for himself so that a person can give his soul its relaxation. So that he can give those who have rights [upon him] their rights. This is the justice of the Islamic legislation and its perfection. Verily Allah has a right, so he gives Him, the Exalted, His right. And likewise the soul has a right, so he gives it its right and the people who have rights [upon him] are given their rights. The visitors and guests have rights, so they are given their rights. Until a person establishes all the rights which are upon him in comfort and worships Allah in comfort. This is because if a person is hard on himself he will be bored and tired and waste a lot of the rights upon him…if a person seeks knowledge and feels bored in reviewing any book, then let him move to another book. If he finds himself bored in studying a specific science, then let him move to another one. Like this he will relieve himself and gain a lot of knowledge…” [Sharh Riyad us-Saliheen (2/236)]
Ibn Jama’ah rahimahullah mentioned from the etiquette of a student of knowledge in regards to himself:
“The fifth point, that he divides the time in his night and day and benefit from what remains of his life. For what is remaining of his life is priceless” [Tadhkiratus-Saami’ wal-Mutakallim fi Adaab al-‘Alim wal-Muta’lim pg. 108]
And he said:
“He should hasten in his youth and in the time in his life towards the attainment of knowledge. He should not be deceived by the deception of procrastination and boredom. For every hour that passes from his life does not have a recompense and substitute for it…” [Tadhkiratus-Saami’ wal-Mutakallim fi Adaab al-‘Alim wal-Muta’lim pg. 105] 
This is especially true if we know that the Salaf used to benefit from their time. 
Imam Ibn Jawzi rahimahullah said: 
وقد كان السلف يغتنمون اللحظات

“Verily the Salaf used to benefit from every second/moment”
[Laft ul-Kabid Fi Nasheehatil-Wald (pg. 6)]
And Allah Knows Best
Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan

Abu Sulaymaan

Ash Shaykh Saalih As Suhaymee said:
And knowledge is the greatest provision which the Muslim takes as a provision and that is because with knowledge Islaam is known from Disbelief, guidance is known from misguidance, Tawheed from Shirk, the Sunnah from innovation, Truth from falsehood, the knowledge which its companion acts with is like a scale which the things are weighed with, so the matters are weighed with it and he doesn’t place his foot except where its befitting that it be placed, so knowledge is a light which illuminates for him the path as Imam Maalik said ‘Knowledge is not by many narration, rather knowledge is a light which Allah aza wa jal places in the hearts’
And as Ash shaafiee said 
I complained to Wakee about my bad memory 
So he directed me to leaving off sins 
And said know that the knowledge is light 
And the light of Allah is not given to a sinner 
Explanation of An Nuniyah al Qahtaaniyah called Al Qutoof Ad Dawaani
Pg 83
Majid Jawed Al Afghanee

Having a Zeal for Attending The Circles of knowledge – Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen
Ash-Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-Uthaymeen rahimahullah said when mentioning some affairs which causes a person to lose his zeal and his enthusiasm to seek knowledge:
ضعفُ الهمَّةِ والعزيمة؛ وإلاَّ فالإنسان ينبغي كلما ازداد في طلب العلم أنْ يزداد نشاطاً؛ لأنه يجد زيادة في معلوماته؛ فيَفرح كما يفرح التاجر إذا ربح في سلعة فتجده ينشط. فإذا ربح في نوع من السلع ربحًا كثيرًا تجده يحرص على أن يحصُل على كمية كبيرة من هذا النوع.
Firstly: “Having a lack of aspiration (i.e ambition) and determination or else. What is appropriate for a person is that every time he increases in seeking knowledge, he should increase in enthusiasm, being the reason (that) he found something extra to add to his knowledge. Therefore, he becomes happy as a merchant becomes happy when he profits from his merchandise, and you find him become energetic. So, if he were to profit much in a certain type of merchandise, you will find him strive to obtain a great amount of quantity from this type of merchandise”
كذلك طالب العلم ما دام جادًّا في طلبه الصَّادق؛ فإنَّه كلما اكتسب مسألة ازداد رغبة في العلم.
“Likewise, the student of knowledge, as long as he is serious in his seeking of knowledge while being truthful, then surely every time he achieves understanding in one matter, he increases in his interest for knowledge”
أمَّا الإنسان الذي لا يطلب العلم إلا ليقضي وقته فقط؛ فهذا يلحقه الفتور والكسل.
“As for the person who doesn’t seek knowledge except to spend his time only, then this (type of person) will eventually become unenthusiastic and lazy”
ثانيًا: أنَّ الشَّيطان يُيئِّس طالب العلم؛ يقول: “المدى بعيد, ولا يمكن أن تدرك ما أدرك العلماء”؛ فيكْسَل ويدعُ الطَّلب, وهذا خطأ.
Secondly: “That the Shaytan makes the student of knowledge lose hope. He whispers (to him) saying ‘the target is too far and it is not possible that you achieve what the scholars have achieved. Then, he begins to become lazy and begins to leave off seeking knowledge, while (this mentality, verily) this is wrong…”
ثالثًا: مصاحبة الأشقياء؛ فإنَّ الصحبة لها تأثيرٌ على الإنسان ….حتى أنَّها تؤثر على الإنسان، لا في ترك طلب العلم فقط؛ بل حتى في العبادة؛
Thirdly: “Accompany the miserable ones, for verily companionship plays a big role upon a person… to the extent (that) it doesn’t only affect the person in leaving off seeking knowledge. Rather, even in performing certain acts of worship…”
رابعًا: التَّلهي عنه بالمغريات, وإضاعة الوقت, مرة يخرج يتمشَّى, وبعض الناس يكون مفتونًا بمشاهدة ألعاب الكرة، وما أشبه ذلك.
Fourthly: “Becoming distracted from it by temptations and through wasting one’s time, at times (solely) for the purpose (of wanting to) just go for a walk. And some people have been greatly trialed with watching soccer games and its likes”
خامسًا: أنَّ الإنسان لا يُشعِر نفسه بأنَّه حال طلبِهِ للعلم؛ كالمجاهد في سبيل الله؛ بل أبلغ
Fifthly: “That the person doesn’t bring to his attention (the fact) that during him seeking knowledge, he is like a Mujaahid in the path of Allah, rather greater…”
Reference: (206/ 16) Liqaa al-Baab al-Maftuuh .
A Side Note: The Shaykh mentioned a story of a man who became a great scholar in the Arabic literature after being inspired by an ant. He once seen an ant carry its food, trying to climb a wall, while it kept falling down up until its tenth try. Eventually, the ant finally made it up the wall carrying its food. Therefore, that person took from it a lesson that he was more deserving to be patient in seeking knowledge and having endurance (and doing it) up until he reaches his goal.

العلامة صالح الفوزان -حفظه الله-:
“عالج الفتور في طلب العلم بالجد والاجتهاد ومصاحبة المجدين والمجتهدين”

The sheikh, the scholar, Salih Al-fawzan- may Allah preserve him:
“Cure the apathy in seeking knowledge through seriousness, diligence and working hard and by accompany those who are hard working and serious”
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