 وما أرسلنا من قبلك إلا رجالا نحي إليهم فسألوا أهل الذكر إن كنتم لا تعلمون وما قاله أنا سأتكلم عن أمام أبو محمد بن حزم وهي بوك رسالة مراتي بالعلوم يقول أن أعاقم العلم ومعرفة عندما يتكلم عنهم ومعرفة عندما يتكلم عن المعرفة يقول أن يستكثاره من الكتب لتكلم أمامك فلا يخلو كتابه وزيادة علم يجدها فيه إذا احتاج إليه وانه يحتاج إليه فلا سبيلا إلا حفظ المرأة الجميع المي الذي يختص به لأنه ليس يمكن أن تستطيع أن تتكلم كل شيء في أسبب الدين All of it This helps you to know And the book is the best storage in which when your person wants to store something if you want to memorize and remember things and bring things together a book is the best way to do it Without books knowledge would have been what? For seiken it would be lost من من ذما anyone who rebukes or scolds a person to increase the number of books I don't buy a lot of books, forget it, it's not good anyone who does that is wrong he's saying ولو أخذ برأيه if his view was taken that person لا تلافة العلوم the knowledge would all be lost ولا جاذبهم الجهال فيها an ignorance would be striving inside knowledge and playing around with the dean ودعوا ما شاءون they would claim whatever they wanted فلو لا شهادة الكتب if it wasn't for the witnessing of these books لاستوت دعو العالم والجهين the claiming of a scholar and an ignorance would be the same the distinguishing thing is the books distinguish between who is not a scholar and who is not a scholar as the شاعر said وقائلة وفقت في الكتب ما حاوت يمينو كمن مانين فقلتوا دعيني so without no doubt that is until the poet carried on saying لعلي أرى فيها كتابا يدلني لا أخذ كتابا آمينا بيمين نعم he said وقائلة وفقت في الكتب ما حاوت يمينو كمن مانين فقلتوا دعيني لا لأرى فيها كتابا يدلني لا أخذ كتابا آمينا بيميني and now I'm going to mention some stories of the أئمة العلم the scholars how they were towards reading and the love and the passion they had for it شيخ الاسلام ابن عبدالهادي who was the student of شيخ الاسلام ابن عبدالهادي ابن عبدالهادي يمانجز في الكتاب مختصر الطبقات وعلماء الحريث and also in his كتابا العقود الدرية he said when he was talking about the characteristics of شيخ الاسلام ابن عبدالهادي he said لا تكادوا نفسه his soul was unable to تشبع من العلم to get filled up with knowledge ابن تيمين never got sufficed and thought to himself I'm full with knowledge now الحمد لله he was always hungry for more ولا تروى من المطالعة and his thirst was never quenched of reading ولا تملوا من الاشتغال and he never turned away from beasing himself in it ولا تكلوا بن البحث and he never surrendered for researching وقل it was little ويتخل في علم it was little ابن تيمين to enter into our knowledge from the knowledge that existed فيبابن from his chapters from his chapters إلا except ويستحلوا من ذلك الباب أبواب except that when he enters from that door many other doors would be open for him chapters after chapters sections after sections فصول came out for him ويستدرك and he would actually he would gather from that subject في ذلك العلم in that knowledge علا حذك علي that some of the scholars who would say are specialists in that field will not be able to get from it إبن تيمي الله will give it to him سبحانه وتعالى that's another way to show you that he's مطالع his reading was a lot ولي ذلك الشيخ سام تيمي when he came to an island the Quran is when he talked about باب الاسماء he was speaking about it he mentioned that he went through over more he stood over 70 books of تفسير or the علم and the تفسير on this island he didn't find anyone to translate it that way that's مطالع he was sitting down and researching and reading نعم also الشيخ محمد خليل الحراص he mentioned something like that about ابن تيمي إذا كان لي ابن تيمي تبصروا النافذ ونفسهم طلعه شاوسان ديبي he had a very high very insight a very strong insight ونفسهم he had a soul طلعة الله تكان تشبع من العب that never got filled and full up from reading and researching you see ولا تكلوا من البحث ولا تروح من طلعه مع التوفر على ذلك وقطعوا النفسي وصرف الهمة نحوه that he would cut off everything else and just put his aspiration and his want only for just reading حتى إنه لم ينقطع عن البحث that he did not stop reading and researching طيلة حياتي all his life when he was in Sham when he was in Egypt when he was in prison أو في البيت even when he was in his house وكن إنه كان يتوجع ألمن rather he used to become ill وحصل and regret حينما أخرج الكتب when they took his books and they took the papers from him من إني from him في خريات أيام in his last stages because he regretted a lot he hated the idea نعم ونذلك أليما ببنور قيم he mentioned in his كتاب روضة المحبين ونوسط المشتاقين in page 70 he says that book he talks about love and اشتقاء نعم he says امام ابنور قيم he says وحدثني شيخنا أو الشيخ told us he referred to him ابنور قيم قال ابتدأني مرض أبنور قيم that ابنور قيم ابنور قيم he said that illness came to him فقال لي الطبيب then the doctor said to me ابنور قيم he said إنه مطالعتك you're reading وكلامك and your lessons that you give and your speech في العلم it increases you in your illness فقلت له I then said to the doctor لا أصبروا على ذلك I can't be patient from knowledge I can't be patient or not reading I can't do that وانا حاكموا إلى علمك and I will be judged from my knowledge ليست النفس إذا فريحت وصرت unless I am not النفس إذا فريحت وصرت قوية طبيعة ابنور قيم I find joy and happiness in reading والله I find tranquility and then he said to the doctor he said doctor isn't it if the soul of the person finds happiness and joy and excitement and tranquility in something his nature becomes strong and then that illness should go right then the doctor looked at him and he said to him yes you're right then ابنور قيم he said to him my soul finds happiness joy and excitement when I seek knowledge فتقوى بالطبيعة فأجد راحة I find calmness relaxation when I read then the doctor said to him ابنور قيم that which you mention is خارج على علاجنا what you mention is beyond our capability it's beyond our cure we don't know this type of cure we've never seen this type of thing ابنور قيم ابنور قيم also mentions in the same book same place same page page 70 he says وأعرفوا I know من أصابه مرض a person that illness hit him من صداع هرك وحمة and he became fever وكان الكتاب عند رأسي and the book was next to his head فإذا وجد إفاقة when he finds that he comes back conscious again قرأ فيه he starts reading فإذا قولي با when he becomes unconscious وضعه he puts the book aside next to his head فدقى لعليه طبيب يوم a doctor entered him on him one day he said to him and his situation was like that he said to him إن هذا لا يحلو this is not right فإنك تعمل على نفسك وتكون سبلي fought him at the public you're harming yourself like this you're killing yourself you're leading your soul to its destruction and its harm so this is to show you how these people love knowledge ابنور عقيل ابنور عقيل ابنور رجب الحمبلي he mentioned in his كتاب ديلة طبقات الحنابلة إن ترجمه ابنور عقيل الحمبلي ابنور جوزي he says أنه قال كان دائمة تشاغول ابن العلم he was always busy with knowledge حتى إني رأيته ابنور جوزي he said until I saw him بخطه he's writing إني لا يحلو لي أن أضيع ساعة ابنور عمري that it is not right for me or lawful for me to forsaken one hour of my life or time of my life No حتى إذا تعطل الإساني عن مذكرة that even if my tongue becomes unable to remember and to debate and my eyes to research أعمل تفكلي he said I don't waste time I start using my brain if my tongue is unable to move and my eyesight is unable to to read what I do is instead of just sitting there not doing anything and wasting my time I benefit from my brain and I use that أعمل تفكلي في حالة راحتي at the time that I'm resting و أنا مستطرح فلأن حضو إلا و قد خطر لي ما أسترق he said I prepare my lessons in my brain what I'm going to talk about what I'm going to do I can't talk anymore I'm tired and my eyes are too weak to read so he said I just use my brain and I make my brain I use و إني لأجد من حرسي على العم he said I find my striving in knowledge and my want في عشر ثمانين الشد من ما كنت أجدو at the age of 80 that I am right now I find joy and efforts and ability that I never used to find when I was younger than that which is when I was 20 years old ابن رجبه in his kitab he narrated from his kitab الفنون ابن عقيل رو بقود الفنون أنه قال عن نفسي that he said that ابن عقيل said this about his own self he said أنا أقصر بغاية جهدي أو قات أكري he said I shorten my time of eating as much as I can as much as I can حتى أخطاروا صفع أكاك أو تحسيه بالمأ that he gets he never gets things that take time to chew and that he has to take efforts and stuff so he gets dry bread just breaks them crumbles them up and then he throws them into his mouth straight away and then he drinks the water after it he doesn't want anything that has to go through a process of chewing because it's waste of time for him على الخبز لأجي ما بينهما من تفاوت المضر why? because the difference between my actual biting and the time that goes with it I don't want that توفرا على مطالعتين because I want to spend that time in researching and reading أو تصطيروا فايدتين or I can seal a benefit somewhere لم أدركها فيه that I've never come across before إنّا لله وإنّا للرجن الله أكبر الله أكبر they realize the importance of learning and seeking knowledge and reading إذا لم أشتغل بالعلم المام المقريزي كلام which is very well and famous from him إمام مقريزي mentions إنكتابة المقفة when he spoke about ترجمة of ابن صدقة الحماوي who died a year 599 توفية سنة تسقي وتسقي وخمسة ميام he said that he was a person who was a lot إن اشتغال العلم he used to his efforts and he's striving and knowledge was a lot دائم التحصي you're always concerned about gaining more and achieving more and gaining more this is how he was that إمام محافظ المذري he said that he mentioned دخلتو علي يومن I entered upon him one day إبن صدقة الحماوي I entered upon him وهو في سربين تحت الأرض he was on the ground السرب لأجلي شدة الحر he was under a shelter وهو at this point because of the excessive heat in which he found وهو اشتغل and he was reading فقلتو لو I said to him في هذا المكان even in here you wanna read right here are you gonna read he then said to him إذا لم اشتغل بل علم ماذا أصنع if I don't strive and I don't read and I don't busy myself with knowledge so what will I do إمام مذري سري إنه وجدة في تركتي when he died it was found بحابر ثلاثة three ma'paras were found أحدوها one of it was تسعة عشر أرباط أرطال and another one is mine this is thousands of volumes of books that he wrote and used إيمام المذري إيمام المذري also even mentioned that he used to get books that were worthless that didn't cost a lot of money they didn't work they were books that were little in quality and people would read he would take that book so much effort in writing stuff on their benefits and so much for what and extra things that that book will then become later what حتى يصير من الأمهات it becomes one of the most بحافلات books that people die to go to see and get efforts of striving and seeking knowledge and not even belittling the small books he will put his time in reading those books as well إيمام أبو طاهر إبن أبي سكر إنه منطفم لبن الجوزي he mentions إبن جوزي he mentions in his ترجمة لحافظ أبو طاهر إبن أبي سكر he says كان من الجوالين في الأفاق يجب أن يشهد العالم والمكسترينة من الشيوك الأمصار and he was one of the people who had a lot of teachers that he learned from all the cities وكان يقولوا he used to say هاذي يكوطو بي these books that I have right now here right now with me أحب إليه من وزنيها to have it it's more beloved to me than a weight of gold if a weight of gold was given to me now of my books and I was given these books are more beloved to me I love my books more and when they said this they didn't just say it but they really meant it nothing in the world meant more to them than books nothing meant more to them in their one and this is why they strive they used to give every minute in every second of their time in just making sure that they sit down and they read read read read to get their mind ولي دالك السخاوي الحافظ السخاوي رحمه الله ينس كتوب ضوء اللامع ينس كتوب ضوء اللامع ينس ترجمض أحمد يبنو سليمان يبنو نسط البلقاسي who was a scholar who lived in Cairo who was a chef in his madhab he mentions who died a year 1852 1752 هجرية this man was young في ريعان الشباب he wasn't old in age very young and youth and I would advise sisters and I would advise brothers as well to buy this book written by Sheikh Ali Amrani Ali Muhammad Amrani he wrote a book called the scholars who have not passed age of youthness he wrote a whole book all the scholars that were youth and he mentions their names and their ترجم and their biography they were all young they were all young in that book he mentions all the علماء he comes across in which who were young and how how they were in terms of knowledge in that book he forgot to scholar he forgot to add the scholar to it نعم he forgot to edit his name he's one to it he says وكان إماما علامة قوية الحافظة حسن حسن الفاهمة مشاركا في فنون طلق للساني محبا في العلم والمذاكرة والمباحث والمباحث غير منفكن عن التحسين بحيث إنه كان يطالع في مشه ويقرأ القراءات في حال أكله خوفا من ضيع وقته في غيره عجوبة في هذا المعنى لا علم في وقته من يوازيه فيه طارحة للتقلو فيه كثير التوابع مع الفقراء سحما على غيرهم سريع القراءة جدا he says that كان إمام and he was an imam علامة قوية he was an intense, strong illustrious scholar حافظة his memorization was strong حسن الفاهمة فهم his understanding was great مشاركا في فنون he participated in fields of the religion that were lot طلق للسان he was open mouth مشالله eloquent speech basically محبا في العلم he loved knowledge excessively والمذاكرة research sorry revising and researching غير مفكن عن تحسيه he was never distance from researching and learning and seeking and reading بحيث أنه كان يوطاليا that it was that he mentioned that he used to even read في مشه when he used to walk ويقرأ القراءات and he used to read different of the Quran في حال أكله when he used to eat even when he used to eat he used to read the different قراءات of the Quran why خوف من ضيع وقت he was scared that he would waste his time whilst eating if he didn't read something or he might forget it عجون في هذا يعني he was amazing in that way لا علم في وقته من يوازي I don't know anyone that was like him at his era the time he lived طارحة للتكلف كثير طلوع عمال فقراء he was a person who was very على غير يم أضنهم the people arrogant and who were سريع القراءة he was reading was very very fast الإمام السخاوية رحمة للسكتاب أضبوع اللامة هي أوسو من جد ترجم أفن بس قولك محمد ابن أحمد ابن محمد العمري الصغاني الصغاني محمد ابن أحمد ابن محمد العمري الصغاني الصغاني he says كان إمام اللامة متقدمة في الفق والاصلين حسن التقييد حسن التقييد عريم الرقبة في المطالعة والانتقائي بحيث بلغني أن أبي الخير بالن عبد القوي أنه قال أعرفه أزيد من خمسين سنة وما دخلت إلي قرطن إلا ووجدت ويطالع أو يكتو he mentions that he was a scholar he was he was put forward in fiq أن أصلين كتابنا سنة in the Arabic language he participated all the fields of the religion he had a very powerful and strong way of combining knowledge in his with him عريم الرقبة في المطالعة he had a very big passion for reading and researching you see بحيث بلغني عن أبي الخير إمام عبد القوي that he said reach me from this man the scholar أبي الخير إمام عبد القوي أنه قال أنه قال أعرفه أزيد من خمسين سنة I've known him for 50 over 50 years وما دخل I never entered over on him إلا وجدت I found him يطالع he was reading or he was writing that's all his life was not only that's not amazing look what's even more amazing إمام ابن القيب in this كتاب روض المحبين when he was talking about the عشق of love the love for knowledge he said حدثني أخي أخو شيخنا the brother of our sheikh who referred to ابن القيب his brother told him who was عبد رحمان ابن القيب was the brother of he told ابن القيب what أبيه his father so the father of who ابن القيب the father of ابن القيب عبد الحليم mentioned to him that he's grandfather so ابن القيب his grandfather أبو البركات he's the guy who wrote المتقى which ابن القيب he came later and he done he's he's he done the he done the the ابن البركات جد ابن باري إذا دخل القلاء if he entered to the toilet he went to the toilet يقول لي he would say to me اقرأ في هذا الكتاب ورفع صوتك حتى أسمع when he went to the toilet he wouldn't stop reading he would say to he's he would say to me عبد الحليم saying this his dad would read for his granddad and he would say to him read on me and put your voice up so I can hear you so these people were people who loved reading they never left reading whatsoever whether it's at times of eating at times where they do call of nature they just wanted to learn and read and read ولي ذلك that's where the person's greatness comes from على قدر القراءة according to his reading ذابي رحمه الله لمام والذهبي منشز نصير علامي نبلا من عبد الله المبارك يكتروا الجلوس في بيتي he used to sit in his house a lot فقيل لو ألا تستوحش they said don't you find loneliness that you don't feel you don't feel lonely by saying at home by yourself all the time فقال هيدنسن كيف أستوحش how am I going to find loneliness وانا معاني بصعصة I'm with the prophet of Allah and his companions وصحابي what does he mean I'm reading about them and their narrations I live with them الامام الخطيب البغدان في كتاب تقيد العلم he also narrated from عبد الله he used to say من أحبه anyone who wants يستفيده anyone who wants to benefit فليونظر في كتبه let him look into his books let him look into his books and also تاريخ بغداد الامام تاريخ بغداد it's narrated that يحيا بن محمد يبري يحيا الزوهلي he said دخلت على أبي I entered upon my father الصائف ووقت القائلة وهو في بيتي كتب I entered my father upon the time ووقت القائلة وبين يديه السراج and in front of him was what he had a candle وهو يُصَنِّفُ when he was authoring I entered when he was authoring فقلت أعيلان and said to him يا أبتي my father هذا الوقت هذا الوقت of صلاة this is the time of prayer this is the time of prayer it's salat time والدخار وهذا السراج بالنهار and the light of this candle is for the daytime تقولوا لي هذا you say this to me وأنا مع رسول الله and I'm with the messengers صلى الله عليه وسلم وصحابه and his companions والتابعين and the great companions the students of the companions so the people before sisters and brothers they learned the importance and how it meant to read and I can go on and on and read and read and read and read and read and read and I can go on and on and bring a lot of and a lot of biographies of the scholars how they were in regards to reading stories one after the other فيطيلوا بنا المقام they sit and will become long