Name: Ep. 2: The obligation of seeking knowledge | Guidebook to God
Uploaded: 2021-01-03T18:09:45.000Z
Channel: Yahya Ibrahim
Description: What is the status of those who seek knowledge? Why is seeking knowledge an important aspect of faith?

<p>What is the status of those who seek knowledge? Why is seeking knowledge an important aspect of faith?</p>

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This section covers the core articles of faith (Īmān), namely faith in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, the Last Day, and the divine decree (qadr). Other related topics, often found in classical theological works, are also found in this section.

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 Knowledge is power. Knowledge is light. And knowledge is the one thing that nobody can restrict from you if you seek it.  Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala tells us in the Qur'an,  وَفَوْقَ كُلِّ ذِي عِلْمٍ عَلِيمٍ  Above everyone who has knowledge, there's one who is more knowledgeable.  Until you come to that level of the knowledge of the Prophet ﷺ,  and of course then that which is after it,  that nobody is beyond the knowledge of al-'alim, the all-knowing, the Almighty Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala.  One of the most important aspects of our character, of our ethics and ethos as Muslims,  of the things that makes us people of faith,  is that we are sent to be those who are witnesses onto mankind with the evidence provided to us by Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala.  In fact, one of the most important aspects of our faith in Allah, of our dealings with each other,  is that we seek to have it على بصيرة أنا ومن اتبعني.  Allah says to us in the Prophet ﷺ that he commanded the Prophet ﷺ to say to humanity,  I have been sent to call you to a place of righteousness upon basira, upon insightfulness, clear-sightedness.  We are not people who have faith in Allah without seeking to develop it through an understanding, an opportunity of learning.  And therefore you see of the first instructions given to the Prophet ﷺ,  is that Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala says,  فَعَلَمْ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ  Come to know, come to a certainty of knowledge that none is worthy of worship through Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala.  And one of the ways that we come to appreciate Allah is through science, is through knowledge, is through learning,  is through the knowledge of the material world, knowledge of the esoteric world,  knowledge of the inward aspects of our life, knowledge of the physical environments that surround us,  knowledge of the things that are beyond us.  Notice how Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala speaks about the relationship he developed within Ibrahim for himself.  That Ibrahim ﷺ as a very young child, he would ask his father who was an egregious unbeliever,  one who was full of wickedness and sinfulness,  one who was committed to the graven images and the idolatry of his purpose and worship  to the point that he wanted to even murder his own child to preserve his standing within his community as the chief priest and idol maker.  He asked his father, Ya abati, my father, does this idol that you worship, yasm'auna aw ya'lamun aw yamfa'un,  do they hear, do they benefit, do they speak, do they hold any regard for you?  And his father, of course, doesn't have a sufficient answer that can prove to Ibrahim that thought.  And therefore of the first steps of Ibrahim coming to faith, wasn't that he received revelation,  wasn't that an angel came to provide him knowledge of God, is that Ibrahim began to think.  And anyone who begins to think, they begin to appreciate that that which is material,  that which is man-made, that which is of substance, that which had life and therefore the consequence of death,  that which was brought into existence by the hands of those who will at one point not exist,  cannot be the ultimate power, cannot be the ultimate being who has brought everything into existence.  Ilm is therefore one of the most stressed upon aspects of the Quran.  And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala encourages us to be from those who pursue knowledge.  The Prophet ﷺ of the very earliest revelation that was sent to him, the very beginning of the Quran was ikra, read, recite,  read to yourself, read out loud so others hear you, read often, read in a deliberate tone that other people can appreciate  that there's more than what they may know of themselves.  Ikra, bismi rabbik, but seek in it the name of your Lord, your Lord, Ya Muhammad ﷺ, my Lord as an individual  that I have a possessiveness over Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, that to me it's as if he is mine and I turn everybody else away,  that I want it and I want that relationship with Allah of exclusivity.  Alladhi khalaq, you will come to know that he is the only one who has brought creation, not manufacturing,  not bringing things from other smaller parts into bigger parts, not through genetic modifications or tinkering with DNA,  but actually bringing min al-adam, from that which was nothingness, something.  Badee'u s-samawati wal-ard, knowledge and awareness of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala  becomes one of the most important ways of knowing who we are.  You know, very early on, philosophers, Plato, Aristotle, you know, they all have this statement,  know thyself, know who you are, and for you to know who you are, you have to know where you came from,  who brought you into this world, who gave you the consciousness and the awareness that you have.  And therefore, when people would come and question the Prophet ﷺ about whether there would be resurrection,  whether there would be life after death, he would at times turn back people from joining him in a military expedition,  going out to defend the lan…

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