 وَأَقُولُ فِي القُرْآنِ مَا جَاءَتْ بِهِ اَيَاتُوهُ فَهُوَ الْكَارِيمُ الْمُنْزَالُهُ وَأَقُولُ قالَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ وَالْمُصْطَافَ الْهَاديِ وَلَا أَتْ أَوَّالُهُ تقصدوا أربعة قبل ابتداء تعلم لكي تفوز بالهداة أولها الخروج من ضلالي والثاني نفع خلقي للجلالي وثالث الحيائي للعلومي والرابع العملي للعلومي هذه are the four objectives of knowledge so the first reason for knowledge is what to take yourself out of darkness you're doing it for yourself no one else yourself you're doing it for yourself no one else yourself أولها الخروج من ضلالي the first reason why you're gaining knowledge is to take yourself out of the darkness of misguidance and take yourself to the light of guidance so the self they learn knowledge for themselves they learn it for people so full on can see you to be a person of great understanding or to prove your point to someone and this generally happens the students of knowledge we had times in our lives that we saw where we would learn a masalah and we would learn it to prove someone wrong may Allah forgive us for that in the Salaf رحمة الله سلم they mentioned that تعلمنا العلمة لغير الله فأبا أن يكون إلا لله we sought knowledge for other than Allah but the knowledge refused with Allah's permission سبحانه وتعالى except that he brought us to guidance or he brought us to sincerity عبد الله من ببارك pointing this issue out of learning knowledge to implement it and not to argue he said إذا أراد الله بعبد خيرا if Allah wants good for a person فتح له باب العمل Allah opens the door of implementation for you وأغلق عنه باب الجدل and Allah closes from that person the door of argumentation disputation from that individual فهنده يا if you want to know that Allah سبحانه وتعالى wants good for you look at your actions and how you are when it comes to the knowledge you learnt and if you want to see if your person الله تعالى didn't want good for or did want good for see how you are when it comes to argumentations some of my great some of my teachers that told me and I learnt knowledge from who I believe were knowledgeable people very knowledgeable their understanding of the religion very deep and what they've read is far greater than what many of us have seen you see مع ذلك they will never argue with anyone they never ever entertain the idea of arguing with people they will look and they will leave and ask something أليمام مالك رحم الله did a man came up to him and he said to him can I discuss an issue with you or can I argue with you on an issue أليمام مالك said what about if you beat me in the argument what do you want from me he said I want you to follow me he said okay what about if I win the man said if you win then I will follow you saying to أليمام مالك he said what about if a third person came and he beat both of us what do you want and then he said we both have to follow him and then أليمام مالك said you your religion is jumping from one to another you're jumping from whoever wins that's your religion and my religion is certainty I know what's right from what is wrong إني على بيينة من أمري I am on certainty in my religion وانت شاك you are someone who's on state of doubt فتحب إلى شاك يمثلك فخاصم go to someone who's doubtful like you and argue with them why did he say this please at this point you have to read and understand أليمام مالك is thinking just because someone won an argumentation or a debate doesn't mean they are right someone is they know the art of debating they know tactics they know sophistry they know how to trick the opponent they know how to make the people see him to be the knowledgeable one the wiser one and so debate and knowledge is not always hand in hand yes there are some people who are very good debaters there were people who are very good at debating and they also have great knowledge they have great knowledge they are good at debating from the people who are like that was sheikh al-Islam Timia no one debated him except that he always made them look like he knew nothing but not everybody was like that not everybody was like that so basting your religion on debates and argumentation and going on YouTube and looking at this and looking at that focus on actions my beloved brothers and sisters and you don't waste your time on that especially nowadays some people's دعوة and their method of دعوة has become based on just debates that's all they do they wake up and they have a particular day in the week and a particular location and they go there and they debate they put that content online and they leave and that's دعوة for them and the صالح the highest predecessors those same people if you look at their actions and their عمل it's very low the صالح and others their religion was like that their religion was what their religion was العمل actions and debates only when the necessity calls for it when it's necessary for them to debate so please take that on board if you learn one word in the religion implement it يعني whatever you read read it for yourself you read it for you to implement it first and foremost you come across اذكار memorize it and implement it in your life you come across حلالة and حرام in issues make sure that you do the حلال and you stay away from the حرام you learn issues of فق regarding your صلاة your تهارة your زكات your صوم your حج implement it straight away don't think about oh yeah this إن شاء الله تعالى I'm going to show my friend that he was wrong or this issue I'm going to teach my local community first of all worry about yourself have I implemented this have I taken this on board how can I incorporate this into my life how does it fit into my life this is the thinking process that you should have regarding the knowledge that you gain and that which you learn and that is an advice first and foremost to myself as my mouth is closer to my ears than yours number 11 حسن الاستماع how the self were when it came to listening that's act of obedience للسن is an act of obedience depending on what you're listening to listening to the Quran is an action of obedience the self they had a unique method and ways of listening عطا ابن أبي رباح it was said about him كان إذا حدثته أحد if someone told him someone spoke to him بحديث و هو يعلم and he told him about a hadith of the prophet and he knew it عطا knew the hadith memorized it knew the chains for it knew the ins and the outs regarding that hadith he knew the thicc and the knowledge inside it if he knew it and someone was to tell him that hadith you see he will bring his ear closer to that person عطا ابن أبي رباح يعني عطا ابن أبي رباح do you know who he was عطا ابن أبي رباح was the successor of the عبدالله بن عباس النحرم يعني عبدالله بن عباس when he died the person who occupied the seat of عبدالله بن عباس النحرم to give fatwa was عطا ابن أبي رباح right after him think here عطا ابن أبي رباح sat in the haram as the mufti after عبدالله بن عباس بحصة وي عطا ابن أبي رباح he used to be a slave he was a black slave عطا was black and he was a slave and he he's a slave for a woman in Makkah she saw how dedicated and hungry he was for knowledge and she said you know what you I can't keep you as a slave because you're someone if I let go you can bring something to this ummah you see she was a wise woman she let him go she freed him he went he sought knowledge he used to live in the haram and he used to learn from عبدالله بن عباس he became an imam يشارو إلهي بالبنان يشارو إلهي بالبنان that he used to point at him in his knowledge and his understanding do you all remember the the the Khalifa the the Amir المؤمنين that I spoke about سليماني بن عبدالملك سليماني بن عبدالملك used to come to the Halakah of عطا ابن عبي رباح and sit down and listen to his lecture and ask him questions related to Hajj and issues of fiqh the leader of the Muslims would ask عطا ابن عبي رباح يعني عطا ابن عبي رباح was a jebel was a mountain in knowledge and in hadith and in تفسير and all of that if a person came to him and asked him about a hadith و هو يعلمه and he knew that hadith يصقي إلهي he would give his heart and mind to that person he would listen attentively to that person كأنه ما سمعه like he's never heard before why would he do that لأن لا يخجل المحدث so he doesn't make the person who's narrating a hadith يقول خجل شيند and embarrassed he didn't okay the prophet said that I'll make the person feel like he's telling حديث عطا ابن عبي رباح يعني this is how they were and this reminds me of something that happened to me something that happened to me one of my teachers one time he we had a gathering we were sitting somewhere and I quoted an Imam and I misquoted who it was يعني the quote was right but the person who I ascribed the statement to was the wrong person so I don't know how it was was the statement an Imam ibn Utami's statement and then did I attribute it to ibn Utamiya but it was actually the Imam with دهبي or was I attributed it to دهبي and it was ibn Utamiya I don't know which was which but anyways it was the statement I attributed it to the wrong person and my sheikh was there and he was listening to me and the feeling I had I was very young the feeling I had was I taught my sheikh something you know when you you're young you're energetic you learn something you think you know you can benefit everybody so he listened to me he nodded his head and I remember subhanAllah the way he listened to me as soon as I finished he said Allah Akbar he was amazed you know like he gave me that feeling he was amazed with what I was saying and I'm young I was about 18 17 he then said to me I came across the same quote but from another Imam and he was correcting me he didn't say to me that's wrong he didn't say that someone so said it he said I came across the same quote but from another Imam I remembered that I was wrong as soon as he said that I was like sheikh you're right right it wasn't the Imam that I mentioned it was the one you just mentioned and the way he even corrected me was it took me back it blew me till today I remember it so from there I learned brothers حسنوا الاستماع I listened to someone giving them your ear and also not making people have a feeling of shame when they talk to you ما يتعلق بالصمت إن شاء الله I'll point number 12 I'm going to speak about how the self were when it came to being silent and not talking this itself something they could give us a lesson in something we can take from them we can benefit from them they're silent وهي ببن الورد رحمه الله he said أل حكمة عشرة أجزاء wisdom is ten parts nine of those parts he said it's in what عشرة أجزاء تسأل منها to something nine of them is silence عمي wisdom حكمة الله didn't not say يؤتل حكمة من يشاء ومن يؤتل حكمة فقد قوتي خيرا كثيرا الله didn't say say that in the Quran الله said he gives wisdom to whoever he wills and whoever Allah gives them wisdom then he's truly been given what a lot of khair that's what Allah mentions in the ayah so wisdom if you have it you have a lot of khair وهي ببن الورد is saying to you حكمة wisdom is what ten types nine of those types is a silence not okay he also said إن العبد ليصموته a person is silent at times فيجتمع له لبه يجتمع له لبه and he his thoughts gather together a person when he's silent and he doesn't talk he can gather his thoughts and he can come with wise statements how many times have you felt you were at a particular place you were in a discussion with someone you didn't go quiet whenever they say something you responded they say something you responded but you went home and you're like oh I could have said that oh I could have why do I not say this why are you feeling this way right now is because you're silent you're quiet you've thought about it you gathered your thoughts remember that statement always إن العبد ليصموته a person when he goes quiet فيجتمع له لبه your thoughts your your gems comes out حتى when you're silent all the the the wisdom that you would have said it will only come out when you go quiet when someone talks just wait and then respond wait and respond internalize their question even at times ask them and say can you repeat that question again can you repeat that question again just so you end up hearing the question in clarity with clarity and your answers إن شاء الله تعالى you think about it about the self some of the pious predecessors they used to say أصمت عبادة look at this silence is عبادة من غير عناين but it's عبادة without any tiredness or fatigue or energy that you have to exert imagine that it's عبادة despite being silent and not saying anything they're saying it's عبادة but it's an عبادة you're not moving you're not running you're not getting tired you're not getting fatigued you're not exerting effort it's nothing just be quiet وزينة من غير حولي and it's also a beauty without having to adorn yourself and you know when you speak you have to adorn yourself with words you have to speak in a particular way indeed you know this that you know elegant words you need to use no silence is a beauty without you saying anything without you exerting any effort without even you trying to beautify yourself silence beautifies a person وَهَيْبَتٌ مِن غيرِ سُلْبَانِ and it brings about veneration without enforcing onto people when you talk you're kind of enforcing on others to respect you but when you're silent you are getting respected without you enforcing on them وحسنٌ غير الصور and it's also what it's a fortress without any walls وراحة للكاتبين من غير تعبي and it's also relaxation it's comfort it's ease for the angels that are writing making them effort and hard work in writing everything that you're saying ما هي الفضو من قولين إلا لديه رقيم العكيد because the angels are writing everything you're saying no it's easy for them they don't have to write anything وَهُنْ يَتُنْ عَنِ الْإِأْتِذَارِ and it suffices you from having to make excuses for yourself later silence suffices you from that how many times have you said something and then you have to come back and make a statement out of it and apologize and listen to that وَذَارِكَ دَأْرُلَ مَا دَيُسْتُ سَيْتُ your tongue you control it when you don't speak and it controls you when you speak the scholars they also said that الله تعالى he imprisoned the tongue between the teeth it's imprisoned the tongue is in prison if you open it you're letting him out now we all know the famous حديثة that when the person wakes up every morning every morning that you wake up you get out of bed that your tongue your whole entire body talks to your tongue and then it says to the tongue اتقل الله فينا في الله in our offense فإن استقمت استقمنا وإن رججنا tongue for Allah in us if you're steadfast we're steadfast with you and if you are crooked and you do wrong we're going to do wrong with you what does that mean it means that you don't end up fighting with someone and going into a physical fight unless there were some statements or speeches that were said to each other صح the fist follows up the fist comes up in an altercation between two people after one person had said 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