ADVICE FROM SHAYKH MUQBIL TO HIS SONS AND STUDENTS OF KNOWLEDGE

From the advice of our Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hadee Al Wadiee who said to his sons and students of knowledge:
“How easy is it to memorize mere words like so and so is a hizbi and so and so is a spy. He then takes these words from this sitting to that sitting and he spreads it.

What I want from you is that you start off by:

1. Memorizing the Quraan
2. Memorize what you can of the hadith of the prophet Muhammad salalahu alayhi wa salaam.
3. The same holds true about learning the arabic language.

If you busied yourself with the memorization of the Quran and getting/acquiring beneficial knowledge, then you will find that you don’t have any extra time for this type of kalaam (words)”

Reference: Ighaaratul Ashriqaa Alaa Ahlil Jaahl waa-safsiqaa
of Shaykh Muqbil Ibn Hadee Al Wadiee rahimahullah

Shiekh bin baz rahimahullaah said:

“If you see a man following the gatherings of knowledge, asking regarding knowledge, tries to understand it, ponders over it, so that is from the signs that Allah intends good for him. So adhere to that and strive and do not become bored nor become weak.”

Majmoo al fatawa  (5,68)

Naveed al Bakastani

Shaikh Jamaal al-Haarithi hafidhuhallah said:

“Shaikh Zaid al-Madkhali rahimahullah said that the term student of knowledge is used for the one who seeks knowledge. If he proceeds in seeking knowledge, then he is a student of knowledge. So a small student of knowledge is a beginner, then a intermediate student of knowledge, and then a senior, hard working student of knowledge. Everyone who goes out and treads a path of knowledge to obtain it, is a student of knowledge. It is a honorable title for verily it is the inheritance of the Prophets. Whoever seeks it then he seeks the highest inheritance and it is the inheritance of the Messengers and Prophets. Seeking knowledge does not have an end, rather every time a Scholar increases in knowledge he needs more knowledge than he has. So like this, the more the student of knowledge grows older then he does not dispense from seeking knowledge ever. He does not retire from seeking knowledge especially if it is possible to increase in knowledge that he needs as Allah said:

وقل رب زدني علما

and say: “My Lord! Increase me in knowledge.”

[20:5]

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Translated by

Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan

Ash-Shaikh al-‘Allammah Saalih bin Fawzan Al Fawzan حفظه الله said: “Knowledge without action is like a tree without fruit. The poet says:

‘And the scholar who does not act upon his knowledge, [is promised] torment before the idol worshipper’”.

[The Manners of the Student of Knowledge]

قال الشيخ العلامة صالح الفوزان حفظه الله: فعلم بلا عمل كشجرة بلا ثمر، والناظم يقول :

(وعالم بعلمه لم يعملاً معذب من قبل عباد الوثن)

[من آداب طالب العلم]

Sheikh Uthaymeen رحمه الله
Why students lose knowledge they had memorised?

Question:
“Many students suffer from forgetfulness of knowledge which they had memorized and loss of benefits they read about. So what therefore is the ideal solution for this problem in your opinion oh virtuous Shaykh?”

Answer:
“The reasons for weak memorization are many. From them; sins. For indeed sins bring about forgetfulness. Allah تبارك وتعالى says:
{So because of their breach of their covenant, We cursed them, and made their hearts grow hard. They change the words from their (right) places and have abandoned (نسوا=abandoned, forgot) a good part of the Message that was sent to them.} [Surah Al-Maidah 05:13]

And Imam Ash-Shafi’y said: “I complained to Waki` about my bad memorization. So he advised me to abandon sins.
He said: “Know that knowledge is light. And Allah’s Light is not granted to a disobedient (sinner)!”
And from the reasons for forgetfulness: Is that a person does not read regularly what he has memorized, meaning he does not revise it. And the proof for that is the saying of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم: “Read this Qur’aan regularly”, meaning revise it, “for, by the One in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, it is more likely to escape than a hobbled camel.” [Sahih Muslim]
Thirdly: Frequent preoccupation. When a person has many things that preoccupy him he’ll subsequently forget. Because the heart is a container and he is the vessel. And this vessel has a limit and a restricted capacity. If it is filled with something there is no space for anything else. Thus if a person has no spare time and is constantly preoccupied, those things which keep him busy a lot cause forgetfulness.
And also from the reasons for forgetfulness is not acting upon the knowledge. Hence if you act upon what you know then your action is considered implementation; implementation of knowledge. An example being: If you learnt that Wudhu has to be done in order and you perform it after that in order, then that is without a doubt implementation.”

Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih Al-‘Uthaymeen, may Allah have mercy upon him
Source: Silsilah Liqa’at al baab il maftouh, Laqaa ul Baab il maftouh 197.

Shaykh saalih bin ‘Abdil-‘ Azeez Aali shaykh said: “There is no such thing as “Study time” for the student of knowledge! This is because all of his time is spent in seeking knowledge. In the morning and in the evening, his mind is preoccupied with the various issues of knowledge.”

~ Al-Manhajiyyah fee Talabil – ‘ilm”