 I just want to, insha'Allah, give a quick advice, by the will of Allah, this knowledge, this knowledge, it took scholars many years of their life, 10, 15, 20, 30, some of them, they died and they were still carrying the ink and the log in which they were writing the narrations in. The Imam, the Shafi'i, he said, Achi, lantana l'ilma illa besittatin, sa'umbika an tafseelihab ibayani, daka'un wa hirsun, wa jtihaadun wa bulgatun wa sohbatu ustaz wa tula zaman. The Imam, the Shafi'i, said, My brother, you're not going to gain knowledge unless you come with six things. My brother, you will not gain knowledge unless you come with six things. The first one he said, Achi, lantana l'ilma illa besittatin, sa'umbika an tafseelihab ibayani, I will explain it to you in details. Zaka'un, you have to be a very smart person. Do you know a smart person? A smart person is the one who works towards that which will benefit them. That's a very smart person. And the zaka'a, it's two types. The scholars mentioned it. Ibn Utamiya mentioned it in his Kitab. The Dar'u Ta'arud al-Aqli wal-Nakal and he also mentioned it in his Bayanu Ta'asees. The first one is jibilli. Allah naturally gives you a smart mind. You're just a clever person. That's just natural. You didn't work for it. The second type is muktasab. Muktasab means you work for it. And Ibn al-Hibban al-Busti also mentioned it in his Kitab. The one which is muktasab is the one that the person works towards the masalih al-dunya with deen. The person, you see them, they're either going to work making money or they're working towards their akhirah. That's a smart person. It doesn't waste his time with what will benefit him. He will not sit around, talk to people who doesn't benefit him. The Ka'un is the first one. Wa-hirsun, brothers, working hard. This knowledge, it needs hirs, it needs hard work. No one gains this knowledge to the second thing. You won't gain knowledge if you don't work hard for it. Allah, He won't. The only person who Allah gave him knowledge without him having to work for it is Nabilah Muhammad. Anyone other than him will have to work for this knowledge. I was reading the biography of Jalaluddin al-Suyuti. Suyuti said, I studied the Arabic language only by itself from my teacher al-Kafiji, 11 years, takriban, just Arabic. This man or any other scholar like that cannot become something overnight, or two, three weeks, or four months. It has to be a person who takes away from his sleep, who takes away from the times he wanted to enjoy. Wulid al-Aliqah, a man came to Al-Imam al-Shafi'i and he said to him, I want to become a scholar of hadith. I want to become a scholar of hadith. And Al-Imam al-Shafi'i said to him, I give you the glad tidings of poverty that will never leave you, because it can't happen that hadith and living a lavish life, a glamorous life, cannot combine. Al-ilmu la yunalu al-ilmu bi-rahaat al-jasad. Knowledge cannot be attained with a relaxed body. You can't sleep eight hours, eat three course meals, you know, have what you want in life and then turn out to be a scholar like that. It will somehow affect you. Hirsun, and another Rewire says, wa ftikar, and I like this one. Shafi'i said, iftikar. Iftikar is the person is hungry for knowledge, really hungry. He really wants it. It's become an addiction for him. If you read the biography of the great scholars, they're used to sell their children's pots and pans. They'll come home and they will sell the pots and they will sell the pans for what reason? So they can travel somewhere and they can hear one or two hadiths. They will sell their children's food so they can travel to a scholar so they can take hadith from him. Your hunger for knowledge has to be very deep. It has to be very strong. How many points did we mention? It's in Aqeelantan al-Ailma, B.C. 30, it's on B.K., on Tafsiliha, B.B.A.Yani. Naka'un wa hirsun wa ftikarun wa ghorbatun. Ghorba means what? Another Rewire, copy says, ghorba. You become strange. A student of knowledge will become strange. Loneliness will come to you because you're going to leave your land. You're going to leave your people. You're going to leave what you once upon a time knew and you're going to come to a land that you don't know and people you don't know in a situation that you're not aware of. You become gharib. You also even become gharib amongst the people. They see you crazy all the time. You're carrying a book on the streets with the like eyes of some students who, when they would memorize, they would be crossing the road and cars would... When you look at them, you think this person is not... Are they sane? It's become very deep for them. Gharib, the student of knowledge becomes gharib, strange. The fifth is... Is this the fifth or the fourth? The fifth is... Talqin wa ustadil. You have a teacher who monitors you, who guides you, who tells you what it is that you need to do and what is it that you need to stay away from. The scholar, Amr the Sheikh, is a person who went before you and now he's telling you the mistakes that he fell into. And he's going to tell you, don't take that path. I took it and it wasted one or two years of my life. Don't let it waste your time. Take that path. The teacher, he's shortened for you the road. Without a teacher, you won't really gain good knowledge. You can read as much volumes as you like, but if you do not have a teacher who monitors you, who advises you, you won't gain knowledge. Last but not least is... Walto le Zaman. It's a long time. The sixth one is, knowledge is a long thing. You may not see the effects that these classes have for you today or tomorrow. You may not see it, but I can reassure you, if you carry on for a long time and you don't give up and you're consistent, you'll see it. I just came back from Egypt yesterday and when I came back, Egypt has memories. Thirteen years ago, I used to be there. And this journey, for me, was different from the previous journeys. It really had an effect on me because I saw the place I used to be when I was young. Ala kulli hal. A thought came to my mind. I tried to remember the people who took this path with me many years back to seek knowledge. It's sad to say I couldn't remember one person who still is consistent upon seeking knowledge and learning. Everyone I remember who took this path with me, who was learning, every one of them I don't... Either they died or they are no longer into this field of seeking knowledge. The reason is because the road seemed very long to them. And they thought, I studied and I learned and that's enough. Knowledge is going to take your life. It's going to take your money. It's going to take everything. Give it everything. Is it fair that Allah's religion is little in your eyes and the dunya is a lot? Is it fair that you know how to make money but you do not know how to increase your righteous deeds? Is it fair that you decorate this dunya, the house that you're living in and you decorate it with beautiful things but your grave that you're going to go into, you haven't decorated it with righteous deeds, is that fair? Is it fair that you haven't thought about the day that you meet Allah Azza wa Jalla and you come in front of him? The two things that would have helped you, beneficial knowledge and righteous actions, wasn't it true? You haven't increased in it. Brothers, the last thing I want to say is to gain knowledge and to be given the chance to learn it's a privilege. It's an honor Allah gives to whoever he wishes. And Imam al-Tawfi'u, he said when he came to the ayah, Allahu a'lamu haithu yaj'alu risalata the way Allah chooses the prophets and he doesn't give this message to everybody. Allah selected who he wants the prophets to be. The people of knowledge are also selected. They are they're chosen that everybody can be a skala and it's a sign that Allah loves you when he allows you to seek knowledge may yuridil lahubihi khayran yufaqihu fiddin if Allah was good for you he makes you understand his religion. Some of you might think that this path is hard. It's long I can't give it everything. I can reassure you if you do not endure the hardship of seeking knowledge you will endure the humiliation of ignorance. If you do not endure the patience of seeking knowledge you will endure the humiliation of ignorance. Either way you're going to suffer both ways. It's better to suffer in gaining knowledge than enduring humiliation. Anything which I have said that was wrong or incorrect is from me. As shayatana Allah, this message I'll free from it. SubhanakAllah wa bi hamdika shadu Allah ilaha illa Allah astaghfiruk wa atubu ilayh.