 وَأَقُولُ فِي القُرْآنِ مَا جَاءَتْ بِيهِ آيَاتُوهُ فَهُوَ الْكَارِيمُ الْمُنْزَالُوَ وَأَقُولُ قَالَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ جَلَالُوهُ وَالْمُصْطَافَ الْهَاديِ وَلَا أَتْ أَوَّالُوَ الحمد لله رب العالمين له الحمد الحسن والثاناء الجميل وشد والله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له يقول الحق وهو يهد السبيل وأشد أن سيدنا ونبينا محمد صلى الله عليه وعليه وعلى آله وأصحابه والتابعين لهم بإحسان إلى يوم الدين أما بعد في نهاية المساعدة نحن قمنا بسيطة في المساعدة 10 في مجموعة المعرفة يدفع ونبحث عن المعرفة نحن now going to go into the 11 الهم الحادي عخم the 11th stressor which a student of knowledge goes through and that is the stress of going to academic schools universities colleges student of knowledge he wants to study the religion he wants to learn the deen of Allah سبحانه وتعالى but he has college to go to he has universities to go to and so he really struggles with how should he how should he do this both the way to cure the stress and to overcome it إن شاء الله وتعالى is to take these two points on board the student of knowledge has متنفسان الثناني he has two openings الله has done for him سبحانه وتعالى two openings two golden opportunities the first one is if you are seeking knowledge and you go to uni and you go to college take on board the holidays in which you have you have summer holidays christmas holidays easter holidays you have متن these holidays you benefit from them you note it down you make a diary for it and you write what books you are going to study in those holidays so you tell the علماء and the مشايق or whoever you want to study with you inform them that you are going to what you are going to read this book on them in this holiday so you benefit from الإجازات الدراسية the holidays in which you get the second one is after you graduate and you start to get to you get a job you can then choose to take some of your studies for after that the sciences don't have to be all studied at the same time you can't delay some things الإمام ابن الجوزي رحمه الله the great scholar it was said about him فإنه لم يأخ with علم القراءات he did not take the science of علم القراءات إلا في آخر عمري he did it in the latest stages of his life when he passed the age of 80 وقد تجاوزت ثمانين من عمري he passed 80 then he done it but pay attention to this he was making sure that he didn't just sit around and when he reached 80 then he started to seek he was busy with other things he was busy with studying other sciences so in every single science can you learn in one time in your life so there are some things that you're going to have to push to the end of your life so that's one way to overcome this stress and if students of knowledge واللهي بربيز they did that you made a diary for yourself every single holiday that came in the year you made sure you wrote what books you're going to study what particular books and every single year you went through a مستوى a level and you went through this level and then you went through this level and this level واللهي you see yourself years to come you've benefited from your time the 12th stress الهم الثاني عشة the 12th stress is همز دحام المطط اللبات the stress of is دحام المطط اللبات the demands that you have and the things that are needed from you overcrowded it becomes too much it's crowding the demands are two types مطط اللبات شرعية and مطط اللبات قدرية what does it mean مطط اللبات شرعية مطط اللبات شرعية are things that are requested and needed from you and you have to come with through the شريعة the شريعة is what's requesting you for these things so it kind of gets in your way when you're seeking knowledge such as كبير الوالي دين being dutiful toward your parents your parents want you to come over they want you to visit they want you to do things for them they are asking you for this and that بير الوالي دين بير الوالي دين is مطط اللبات شرعية صلة الأرحام going and visiting ties of kingship and family members إصلاح زوجة rectify حمزة جوجي حمزة جوجي it's distracting me Allah وإصلاح زوجة perfect in the situation of your family your marriage and things like that they are مطط اللبات شرعية things that the شريعة wants from you it is what it is what the شريعة requests from you and the شريعة needs from you so these kind of things they get in the way of seeking knowledge there's second type of مطط اللبات second things that are that are demanded from you these are مطط اللبات مطالب قدرية which is your own health your own physical health making sure that you are getting the right amount of sleeping and getting the right amount of fitness and etc these are مطط اللبات قدرية because your sleep and your eating pattern plays a role in your seeking knowledge so you don't you don't know how to reconcile between all of that so how can a person overcome this and how can he come to cure this problem the way that he can do that is is two points brothers number one is organize your time because there are مطط اللبات شرعية and مطط اللبات قدرية that you need to come with you need to organize your time تنظيم وقتك organize your time number one and number two is the responsibilities that are on you the demands that are coming to you what you need to do is you need to write them in order how important they are so you place a مراتب a level for the demands what's the most important then what comes second then what comes third and what comes fourth what comes fifth you organize it like that with those two you would be able to overcome this stress then what you would do is that the time that you get you would first of all go through the most important thing and then the second most important and then the third most important and the fourth and the fifth with that إن شاء الله تعالى a person can but if you don't have your time organized you don't have no organization for your time and of course the حقوق the responsibilities that are on you you don't know how their levels are then what you're going to do sometimes is you're going to do things that are less important when you should be doing what's more important and if you don't have restriction on your time and your time is not organized for you then you would what you would be spending extra time some places where that time could actually be given to to somebody who your mother for example your father and you're spending this time with your friends ألهموا ثالث عشرة the thirteenth stress that a student of knowledge goes through is هم مضع في البد في الدعوة إلى الله تعالى the student has this stress which is giving دعوة and calling to الله سبحانه وتعالى the student feels that because he's seeking knowledge he's actually not calling the people to the deen of Allah and it's just his about calling to الله سبحانه وتعالى is أحسن الأقوال and it is from the أكمل الأعمال it's from the greatest speech and it's from the greatest of actions as Allah says in the Quran ومن أحسن قولا من من دعا إلى الله وعمل الصالح وقال إنني من المسلمين who is greater in speech than the one who calls to Allah and comes with righteous action and says that I'm from the believers but the key to دعوة is what brothers the key to دعوة is ومفتحوها العلم its key is knowledge والبصيرة and to have insight as Allah says in the Quran قل هذه سبيل قل هذه سبيل say to the Muhammad that this is my path أدعو إلى الله which I call to Allah على بصيرات upon insight and I do that وما نتابعني and anyone who follows me does that وسبحان الله he exalted is Allah وما أنا من المشركين and I am not from the pagers and the polytheists so this ayah tells us that أدعو إلى الله I call to Allah upon what على بصيرة upon insight إذا دعوة needs what it requires insight it requires the key which is knowledge to go and give دعوة you need knowledge ولذلك العلم ابن القيم he says that the person who busies himself with knowledge he is actually busy in giving دعوة the reason why he is busy in giving دعوة is because لأن العلم وصيلة موصيلة إلى الدعوة that knowledge is a means that will reach you to call into Allah and the one who busies himself with the means is also the one who is busying himself with the means is busying himself with the foundation and as the qaida goes وما لا يتم الواجب إلا بهي فهو واجب if calling to Allah becomes obligatory is what you have to do then any means which you have to take any means to fulfill this ultimate goal of calling to Allah also becomes obligatory so it takes its ruling رحمه الله so how does a person overcome this stress of feeling that I'm seeking knowledge but I also I'm not giving دعوة the way that the person does this is that is that by understanding and comprehending that the responsibility of your دعوة when you're at your early stages of seeking knowledge is not what it is when you become a scholar or a Mufti or a Qadi not every single person's دعوة is the same people are different ولذلك فليس الواجب على أحد المتعلمين من المبتديين والمتوسطين من الدعوة الخلق كالواجب على العلماء والقضاة والمفتين the way that it's obligatory on the Mufti on the Qadi it's not the same way that it's upon a student of knowledge a beginner a beginner there's an amount that might be needed from him the student who's advanced there's an amount that's needed from him and the scholar there's an amount that's needed from him ولذلك who's دعوة is the ultimate and it's the completest and they fully have to go out to give دعوة is none other than what the prophets and the messengers the prophets and the messengers ولذلك when you are young there are some particular clothing that you wear that was good for you when you were young when you grow older can you wear those same clothes not because of the size because of the style you can't wear this type of clothes for you it's not appropriate for you so when you were a beginner and seeking knowledge there was this particular thing for you and now that you have become an advanced individual there's an amount that's needed from you and that basically means that the person stays in line with what is upon him and doesn't go overboard الهم الرابع عشر the 14th stress that a student of knowledge will attain the stress of provision and income students very are stressful when they seek when seeking knowledge money finishes you stress you don't have nowhere sometimes you want to come to a lesson and you're unable to come because you don't have the money or you want to buy a book to study but you don't have the money to buy the book and etc so the person becomes stressed and the enemy of بنو عدم he uses this method to scare you and terrorize you on poverty and to make you feel that you need money and he scares you with it and he tries to build in your heart the love of this dunya so how is a person able to overcome this number one bring tranquility to your heart by realizing that the risk that Allah has written for you will come and you will get that risk as Allah said in the Quran وما من دابة في الأرض إلا على الله رزقها that there is no riding beast or there is no individual on the face of this earth except it is upon Allah their provision so the provision of your provision your income your food it's all upon Allah you have to realize that one you have to know that and in this world you have to realize that one you have to realize that one you have to realize and entrust الله تبارك وتعالى with it that's what Allah says in the Quran إن الله هو الرزاق ذو القوة المتين that verily Allah سبحانه وتعالى is a razzak the provider ذو القوة المتين and what's very powerful is that Allah said this after he told you to worship him alone he said to you وما خلقت الجنة والإنسة إلا ليعبدون ما أريدوا منهم من رزق وما أريدوا أن يطعمون إن الله هو الرزاق ذو القوة المتين after Allah told you to worship him alone and not to associate partners with him and that he created you and brought you to this world to worship him alone in that same context Allah tells you I will provide for you in other words if you busy yourself with worshiping Allah alone and you surrender your affairs to him then إن الله هو الرزاق ذو القوة المتين the second thing that the person needs to come with is that to have this unwavering conviction this certainty بإعانة الله الله is going to aid his Awliya Allah is going to aid his Awliya and every single Muslim is a Wali of Allah الشيخ الإسلام ابن تيمي said every single Muslim is a Wali من Awliya إلا the levels in which people are the Awliya of Allah differs of course because Allah said in the ayah ألا إن Awliya Allah لا خوف عليهم ولا هم يحزنون الذين أاملوا وكانوا يتقون and every believer has إيمانا تقوى to an extent so every believer is a Wali من Awliya إلا but the إيمان and the تقوى are not the same some people's إيمان is great and high and complete and some people's it's low and the variation of that إيمان and تقوى is the variation of the people's ولاية to Allah سبحانه وتعالى إذا الله تبارك وتعالى يجب أن يكون أولياء الله يضعهم سبحانه وتعالى تعالى إذا لديك today إذا لديك today إذا لديك today إذا لديك today لديك today will not forsake من قام بخدمتهم will not forsake من قام بخدمتهم the leader who if you do him justice and you do for him what he wanted from you he will stand up for your rights and he will give you what you want فهل يظنوا أن أعدل العادلين should we think of the most just الله سبحانه وتعالى the أحكم الحاكمين the best one يضيع الحق من قام that he's going to forsake the one who stood up for في نصرة ديني to give victory to his religion وحفظ الشريعة the one who stood up to protect the religion by educating himself and learning do you think الله is going to forsake that one? that's not the case ولذلك pay attention to this حديث that is not generated in his Sunan حديث زيدي بالتابط in which زيدي بالتابط said that the prophet said من كانت ديني anyone who makes this dunya his ultimate goal هم he makes this dunya his ultimate goal he lives for this dunya he aspires things about this it's all the dunya for him فرق الله عليه أمره الله تبارك وتعالى will disperse his affairs what will Allah do Allah will disperse his affairs his own matter Allah will scatter سبحانه وتعالى وجعل فقره بين عيني and Allah will place his affairs and Allah will place poverty right in front of his face this man's got so much money in his account he's a millionaire but poverty will not leave him Allah will make him feel poor فرق وجعل فقره بين عيني the poverty Allah will place it right in front of his face all he can see when something's right in front of your face that's what you can see right all he sees is poverty he doesn't see the money that's in his account he can't see it ولم يأتيه من الدنيا إلا ما كتب له and what he will receive from this dunya it will be only what Allah will reap for him he wanted this much but what will come to him is what Allah will reap for him ومن كانت الآخرة نيته and anyone who's him his aspiration his want is the آخرة جمع الله عليه أمره الله bring all of his affairs together okay Allah will organize everything for you وجعل غناه في قلبه Allah will place in your heart heart richness you know that day you got no money but you know what you just feel rich you don't feel stressed Allah will make you rich سبحانه وتعالى واتتوا الدنيا لان الدنيا will come to you وهي راغبة that dunya will come after you and you're running away from it and it's coming after you that dunya will come to you so why is this is because you turn to Allah you turn to the آخرة so Allah will bring the dunya to you the third thing that the person needs to do is that إحسان وضني بالله think good of Allah سبحانه وتعالى فقد أحسن إليك في رسقك Allah did He not perfect your provision منذ كنت رضيعا when you were being breastfed and you were being nursed who is it that was taking care of your provision when you couldn't even walk and you knew nothing who is it that brought risk to you until the age that you reached now who is the one who is bringing you risk from all places and who is providing for you سبحانه وتعالى now that you started to realize things what makes you think your affairs is fully all in your hands the poverty is said مالك قد أحزنك الفقر why is it that poverty has brought sorrow and sadness to you وقد جمعت الهم في الصدري and you've compiled and you brought in your heart and you gathered in your heart stress إِنَّ اللَّذي أحسن فيما مضى the one who was good to you in the past يحسنوا في الباقي من العمري he's the one that's going to be good for you in the time that awaits you in the future to come he's the one who's going to take care of you سبحانه وتعالى number 4 أسععو فيطالة بالرسط number 4 is that we're not denying that you need to stand up and look for your provision number 4 is the way to overcome this stress is you have to work you need to you need to take the means you need to work because Allah says in the Quran فإذا قضية الصلاة فانتشهروا في الأرض وابتغوا من فضل الله الله didn't say stay in the masjid وان الصلاة finished and the Jum'a is done الله didn't say to you فإذا قضية الصلاة فانتشهروا في الأرض وابتغوا من فضل الله go out and look for the from the virtues of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and then the believer works it's not mean it's not from our religion that people just stay in the masjid it is not from our religion rather what Allah commands you here is to go out and make an income and that the person gets and the final thing the fifth thing that the person needs to come with is after they work and they put the effort in the fifth thing that they need to come with is that the risk that they are trying to attain and the risk in which they are trying to get you need to tell yourself you're only going to get you only should try to get risk ما يحفظوا قوتها that which you can only keep your strength with ويسدوا حاجتها the provision that you're trying to attain let it just be based on your needs and what you want and that which you can keep your strength and your backbone as a student of knowledge بذلك الشيخ ناصر رحمه الله الشيخ الباني he used to open his shop because he used to fix watches and so what he would do is he would make money for that day and what he needed so he doesn't ask anyone and as soon as he's made his daily income he would close the shop بذلك ايما تسلف they used to do that they used to make sure that they had their daily income best once they made their daily income they would not in any way form or shape carry on making money they would close their shop and they would go out to seek knowledge so if a student of knowledge does that it's better for him he makes what he needs for the month the means to get to his place A to Z and then he focus in his seeking knowledge and that would insha'Allah to remove that stress الهم الخامس عشر the fifteenth stress هم إعفاء في النفسي بالنكاحي the stress of being trust the fifteenth stress is being a person who is trust by getting married this would be marriage reconciling as some would say between marrying and seeking knowledge as we all know that the فطرة الإنسانية the way Allah created us as men is that we are inclined to women and Allah the Almighty He created the women towards the men both parties Allah the Almighty created in each party inclination towards the other the opposite gender and so this desire is in each and every one of us the person has a desire so this desire or getting married getting married and seeking knowledge how would one reconcile between the two first of all the one who says to you that getting married and seeking knowledge that it would disconnect you عموى صلاة طلب that it would disconnect you from seeking knowledge the way you need to remember this is أكذوبة الشيطانية it's a lie it's a satanic lie and that's not the case it will not stop you from seeking knowledge but there are other factors that can cause it not to happen the marriage itself will not stop you from seeking knowledge but there are things that come with it that can cause you not to seek and attain knowledge so the person who has the desire to get married then they should go forward and get married who have the ability then they should go forward and get married but they should follow these steps if they want to overcome the problem of not seeking knowledge later the first of that is if you don't have the desire to get married it's not in you that's not it doesn't come to your mind you're focused then don't sitting gatherings where marriage has been spoken about and waste your time of talking about something you truly know that you have no desire for because other people are doing it it seems that you can focus on seeking knowledge then you should go and focus on seeking knowledge because you don't have that distraction in your head but the one who is distracted that every time he is thinking about marriage then that individual is what I would say to him here at the following is find a spouse a wife and the sister find a husband who loves knowledge a person who is passionate about seeking knowledge now they are sorry they are in love with knowledge they don't have to be students of knowledge but they love knowledge محبت ل العلم معظمة ل أهله she venerates and glorifies the people of knowledge she knows their status and how they are ولا يلزم أن تكون طالبة علم she doesn't have to be a student of knowledge herself there are some women who know the scholars what they are and their value she knows the importance of knowledge and how it is but she's never embarked on it and she's never sought knowledge marry a woman like that and if she's a student of knowledge then that is what it's a cherry on the cake but if she's not as long as she respects knowledge and she knows it's status and what it means then this is a woman you should go forward for she's not an obstacle she's an asset she's not a liability the second thing is إحسان السياسة it's to perfect your running of the situation of your house if you're running your house correctly and the way that your house is running is correct and it's right and how is that making sure that Allah as a man he placed the responsibility in your hands you're the man of the house you're making sure that you're running your house and you're making sure that everything is going accordingly and you don't place the responsibility then everything will go in accordance to the plan that you set but when you take a step back there will be things that will be put into the schedule that would slow down your seeking knowledge number four making sure that your spouse whether it be her wife for her husband and her husband and his wife if a wife, a sister sees her husband is not seeking knowledge like that the way she is she tries to bring him on board she tries to make him seek knowledge with her and the same with the brother if he's married bring your wife with you مشاركة فيطلب that she participates in seeking knowledge with her you bring her to the seminars that you go to the intensive courses you're there together you're seeking knowledge together number five informing your wife and the wife informing her husband بمعله من الأجري the reward that comes with seeking knowledge and the participation that this your spouse is doing with you in seeking knowledge the virtue that it has and also informing them of the reward that Allah will give them for 80% in taking this path by helping and supporting you the next point is اتفاق معهم to agree with your spouse the wife either agrees with her husband or the husband agrees with the wife اتفاق معهم you take an agreement with your spouse على تقتيب الوقت that there's going to be a time that's going to be yours I'm going to designate a time for you a time where I'm going to give you your rights a time إن شاء الله تعالى that if you want to have a discussion and a meeting it's going to be on that particular day there's a problem we don't talk about it through the whole week on Saturday or on Sunday or Monday that day is the day we sit down and we speak about if there's a problem in the week that we need to discuss so that your spouse will not then take it out in the other days of the week and that you inform them in that day would be the day where I would do anything you need for me whether it be general or specific the next one is rewarding them for the patience that they are showing the husband he rewards his wife for the patience that she's showing in him seeking knowledge and aiding them the free time that you get and also bringing to them what their nefs is inclined to as in gifts to show and express you are really the gratitude the شكر that you have that they are allowing you to attain knowledge and gain knowledge the wife does that for husband and the husband does that the husband does that for his wife buy them a gift you express gratitude for their patience in you seeking knowledge all of these brothers and sisters are factors that will help you still carry on seeking knowledge and then and then your spouse will then not be an obstacle for you all of these that I mention all of these أصول that I mention يا إخوة it applies to the person who is married to one wife or the one who is married to more than one wife ولكن يا إخوة but brothers it's obligatory and I say the word obligatory for a student of knowledge that he doesn't hasten بضم زوجة that he marries a second wife that if a brother is married to one wife ألا يبادر نفسه بضم زوجة that he goes and he marries a second wife why else he wants to seek knowledge the reason is فكثرة الواجبات increasing on the obligation on yourself تثقل it slows you it makes you heavy if you're carrying a big heavy load on yourself and then somebody comes and adds another load on هل ستأكد ستأكد هل ستأكد ستأكد ستأكد فكثرة الواجبات فكثرة الواجبات ستأكد فكثرة الواجبات it makes you heavy and weak and it slows you down even if you're still moving and you're strong and you're picking the load you're going to get to that destination and the end you're going to get to it slower whereas the one who doesn't have any of that he's running faster he's running faster than you are he's going there faster so a person a student who's dedicated who's married my sincere advice is اللى يباديرا نفسه that he does not hate hasten to making himself marry another wife that he sticks with his first wife if he's married to her الهم مسادث عالم the sixteenth stress is هم إصلاحة درية when you're seeking knowledge and you have an offspring you have children or you have family members brothers or sisters perfecting their situation or you seeking knowledge my own family are like this but I want to seek knowledge my own children ولذلك the علمات they said they said أن الفساد the corruption that steeps into the Da'ee's children is greater than other people the reason is because نشغالهم بالنس they are busy with the people and إصلاحة أولادهم than their own children they are preoccupied with the general mass and the people so whilst they are carried away with that their own children they lose the plot and Shaytan he puts his effort and supplies it towards them so what's the way to overcome that because the person sees their children growing and the children are getting older and older and you're seeking knowledge you're in the middle of عين you still haven't reached your level that you're looking for but you see your children they're not they're not going to stay there they're growing so how do you how do you overcome this stress the first one brothers is by choosing a righteous wife this is where the benefit comes in that the righteous wife because you're out there seeking knowledge she's holding it down for you at home she's educating these children for you she's teaching them she's correcting their manners she's correcting their way that they carry themselves يا إخوة زوجة صالحة the Prophet told us الدنيا متاع this dunya is a it's a slight joy this dunya is not eternal وخير متاعه المرأة الصالحة والله the best joy in this dunya the Prophet said it's a righteous wife any man who loses everything in this world but just has a righteous wife he will be masha Allah that day يا إخوة your house is not good and your house is not in line and you're struggling in your own household يا أخي your life is stressful and you will feel pain and agony so your own children and your offspring and your offspring being good you can say that by making sure that the women you bring to your children who's raising them their mother is a woman who can hold hold the children and educate them and teach them it's very very important number 2 دوام الدعائلهم consistently making dua for your children why else you're seeking knowledge why else you're traveling you're always remembering your children you're making dua for them بالصلاح والهداية that Allah perfects their situation that Allah guides them سبحانه وتعالى فسرايا دعائل والدي في والديه عظيم النفع لقرب الإجابة the parents' supplication to their children is the fastest it reaches them and it's one of the times in which the dua is accepted when a parent makes dua for his own child so when you're seeking knowledge and you're in that time of righteousness and good you're looking at your children and you're asking الله تبارك وتعالى to keep them steadfast and that Allah تبارك وتعالى makes them pious number 3 is استحابهم companionship that your children you befriend them to wear إلى رياضي ديك to the gardens and the circles of knowledge you bring your children with you you tell them to come out they come to you حلق with ذكر the circles of knowledge you tell your children come out the reason why you do that is because the barakah is not coming down when the people are in the circles of knowledge then the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and said نزلتهم السكينة وغاشيتهم الرحمة وذكرهم الله في من عنده ومن بطاء بي عمله لم يسع به نسبه that Allah is mercy and the barakah is covering the people in the circles of knowledge so if you're bringing your child to this place where barakah and rahmah is coming so your child is still going to receive that also as well ولي ذلك the reward to get so much to bring your children to these places all of them today بالله عليكم if you were told that there's a place in which you're going to get money a lot of the people and if you come anybody who comes will be given money you see parents bringing all their children so each child can get the money for them and when they go home they take all the money of the children صحيح five kids they know is good for them today صحيح what about if your children coming to that place all of you guys are getting barakah and rahmah this is something that the person will do ولي ذلك there's a story I'm going to tell you brothers this story is none other than the great imam his name was called أبو الوقت أبو الوقت عبدالأول عبدالأول ابن الشعيب ابن عيسة السجزي رحمه الله this man many people don't know him عبدالأول أبو الوقت his name was his name is عبدالأول ابن الشعيب ابن عيسة السجزي رحمه الله عبدالأول there's a story about him stories mentioned by another imam by the name of use of ابن أحمد الشعيب رحمه الله he said I came to عبدالأول I came to أبو الوقت I came to him and I told him that I traveled from a very far land that I came to to take hadith from him and he specifically said I came to take from you بخاري so, عبدالأول he said to him if you truly knew who I was that you will not have wasted your time and he started to cry because the man traveled very long distance cut a very long then عبدالأول said to him I will tell your story he said I will tell you a I will tell your story he said when I was young my father and I used to go out and seek knowledge and he said I was seven years of age I was seven he said my dad gave me two rocks he told me to put one rock in my right and the other rock in my left and he tied his leg with my leg and he said come let's go seek knowledge he said I'm seven year old my father his steps are bigger than mine he's given me extra load when he sees that I get tired he tells me to take one of the rocks and get rid of it and then after I walk for a while he says to me drop the other rock in the other hand that you have and I drop it and then he tells me to keep walking and then when I keep walking I get tired I can't keep up with him he would take me and he would put me on his shoulder and he would go and seek knowledge and people would go by and they would say to him عيسا come on this riding beast and if you don't want to then let your son عبدالأول at least sit on a riding beast and be there and he would say wallahi I will not take a riding beast to gain a hadith of the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم I will go for it on my bare foot so he is the age of seven brothers وردارك عبدالأول رحمه الله رحمة واسعة he became an Imam يرحلوا إليه people would travel to him from all over the world and how did he attain this and how did he get this the reason he got this is because his father befriended him his father took him in and he took him to every circles of knowledge that he went and the books of hadith he took from him and he became what he became known as عبدالأول a man who knew the value of time and what it meant وَقِسَطُوا تَوِيدَهِ he has a long story the fourth thing brothers is is that you place love in the heart of your children about knowledge and the reality of knowledge and how do you do that you do little competition in the house for the kids and you try to make a prize and a gift for the person who wins this is a way that you do it you say whoever you test them and anyone who wins gets a gift this is something that would what that would place in the children's heart I will lahee I never forget personally I never forget my Quran teacher when we were young we finished the first five juice was six years old six or seven years old we finished the first five juice I remember that last day I read that page with Quran I read that part finished it so he said tomorrow there is a competition now five juice I am going to test anyone who wins is going to get you know those old cassettes those Walkman you remember those Walkman he brought us that when he opened it he brought us that what he did was what he did he made the whole Quran the cassettes you remember these cassettes used to be books that were وقت محمد صديق المشاوية ورحمة الله هتعود معنا خلال أحد الآخر who won هو الشخص النقله هو الكثير من廁ório ومع كلاته and he had a قرآن all of it was given to you and you had your batteries and he gave you those three and it was so big for us so we were trying hard everyone was reading it and test لذلك لا أعلم who won for my brothers and sisters ما أعلم was I was one of those who got the gift لا أعلم how did he just give it to all of us at the end لا أعلم where but I got it و سبحان الله it helped me a lot it really did as a child it meant a lot to us so these جوائز and مصابقات and competitions it goes far a child will never forget it تسجيع لهم it will make him love the Quran and love the hadiths and whatever you're teaching him number five is that if you're seeking knowledge and it's stressful for you then find a good teacher maybe اختياره مؤد بالله someone who's gonna manage them and discipline them who's gonna correct their etiquettes و لذلك at the self if you look at them the leaders would bring their children to the scholars and they would say to the children's elite scholars I bought my son to you so you can manage him discipline him so they would make sure that the child is disciplined also that the parent observes the children's situation inside the house and outside the house they observe it if he comes with something that's outside the house what are you doing? why are you doing this? correcting him also the parent what does he do buy your children pen and paper and even buy Allah سبحان الله you just now when I went to the ma'rad Egypt ma'rad I took my kids with me so I went to the book fair so they took the books they were picking their little mutoon so they don't know what the book is but they just look at the cover so they like it they base their love on the cover so you buy these little mutoon and guess what I did for them in the house there's a little section we said this is your library this is your little maktaba this is your little library so every morning they will wake up they look at the library and they woke up you don't understand but it means value in knowledge and books and the time that you're reading as a student of knowledge and you're learning you just give them a pen and a paper and you say take a book from your library just like I have to kind of book from my own library and everyone study these are things that will help the young kid benefit him a lot also that the parent observes the children who and who have they taken as a friend and who are they hanging around with الحمو سابع عشر the 17th stress is حمو الركون إلى الدنيا the stress of the dunya soon of knowledge brothers the dunya throws itself at you and it glimmers and it glitters you're here all day seeking knowledge the people are going to come they come to you and they say to you أخي while you were sitting here the Ummah are mashallah building palaces and skyscrapers and you're here just sitting and reading books so then they put this play there in your heart what الحرص على الدنيا run after the dunya make money Allah said in the Quran زينا للناس يحبوا الشهواتي من النساء والبنين والقناطير المقنطرة من الدهب والفضل والخيل والنعام والحر دالكة متاع والحيات الدنيا اللهم سبحانه وتعالى has placed inside us the love of all of those things women cause gold this and etc we love it but don't you know that running after the dunya is actually what brings about stress يولد الهمة والغم running after the dunya will bring stress you know why it brings stress is because you're running after a mirage والذين كفروا عمانهم كسراب بقيعة يحسبوا الضمان وماء you're running after a mirage and every time you get there there's nothing there you're running after it you get there there's nothing there so it stresses you out you become like the dog that's chasing his tail you should never get to where you're looking for و لذلك أبو عبد الله الداري رحمه الله سن كان أهل العلم بالله والقبول منه يقولونه they used to say to be aesthetic from this dunya to be a person who boycotts this dunya what will it bring you it brings comfort relaxation to the heart and it also brings you know when you just become aesthetic and you leave this dunya you know what it does for you you find the minute you start running after the dunya you get tired stressed everyday how much is the currency right now oh it's gone down oh my money that's it when you gain knowledge what would knowledge do to you knowledge will protect you knowledge will look after you knowledge will care for you knowledge will take care of you but when you make money you need to look after the money you need to take care of it and the more it gets the more stressful it gets for you all day you say where can I invest this money I got so much in my house I don't know what to do I just don't hope nobody takes it stress so it's the more it becomes you should be more enjoying yourself right but the more it becomes the more stressful it becomes وهذا حقيقة that's the reality so then he goes on to say وإن الرغبة في الدنيا تكتر الهم والحزن he said the drive and the passion of having in this dunya it will increase in your depression and sadness sorrow and fear والبطالة تخص القلب وتغيروا البدل a laziness and not doing anything will also darken your heart and it will change your body some of the scholars they used to say إنما يحصلوا الهم والغم stress and sadness and sorrow it comes من جهتيني from two angles التقصيروا في طاعة when you go short in obedience والحرصة على الدنيا and when you run after the dunya these two they bring about depression they bring about sadness sadness comes from those two they said what is it the two ways that sadness comes from التقصيروا في طاعة when you come short in obedience of Allah and the second one is والحرصة على الدنيا so how can a person overcome this stress the way that they can overcome it is first of all by making dua by what? by making dua what kind of dua should you make by saying to Allah اللهم لا تجع للدنيا أكبرها منها ولا مبلغة المناء والله لا تجع للدنيا our greatest ultimate goal and don't make this dunya our ultimate knowledge don't make us people who just know the dunya as Allah said about the disbelievers يعلمون باهرة من الحياة الدنيا وهم عن الآخرة ومرافلون حسن البصلي who he said about those people that if they were to see gold before they even weigh the gold they can tell you how much it weighs they don't need to touch it they'll look it from far and they'll tell you that gold that you're carrying it's false it's fake don't bring it to me he hasn't even looked at it he hasn't touched it that's how much they know it he said حسن البصلي he said but he said if you see the way that they pray the way that they do ruku the way that they do sujud you'll be shocked these people don't know nothing they don't even know tahr يعلمون باهرة من الحياة الدنيا but when it comes to the matters of this dunya he said they know it so well they don't know how to do ruku they don't know how to do sujud they don't know how to pray they know nothing about the basics of Islam and they know more sophisticated things they know more sophisticated things سبحان الله I was shocked when I especially went to Dubai for example that's a place where a lot of the Muslims there are truly businessmen everybody's money, business those people every single day the overwhelming majority of the Muslims there every single day they know the currency and how much each country the currency is and the rate it is and everything they'll tell you الله from the top of their head they will tell you not only that they'll tell you days ago how much it was they'll tell you how much it rose and how much it went down if you were Allah you asked them what's the Islamic calendar today the Islamic calendar which is a symbol of Islam if you ask them what is the Islamic calendar they may not know if you ask them how much is the zakat that you need to pay they don't know anything about it if you ask them مساعد مصاعد they probably don't know it it's a problem it's a big problem so don't ask ask Allah that he doesn't make you a person who's a scolla in what in the dunya and you're جاهل about the deal the second thing that you need to do brothers is ترك الحرص والطمع stay away from running after the dunya stay away from striving to the dunya and having this desire for the dunya stay away from it ابراهيم بن أدهم he said كثرة الحرص والطمع تورة الحم والجزع increase in striving and desiring the dunya it will increase in you and it will bring in your heart depression and fear you get scared this person is in a state of jazaa the person is in هم غم depression he takes what you call it depression tablet anxieties and etc the third إخوة الكران is تقصير الهم فيها تقصير في المحاول that you have of this dunya what do I mean by that what it means is that تقصير الهم that you're going to stay in this dunya for too long if you look at the overwhelming majority of the people who run after the dunya who are making money who are saving who are opening a savers account and joining the account with their spouse and etc if you look at many of them they have this belief that they're going to live for a while and that's why they're gathering money I need this money for my children I need this money for when I get married I need this money for this this time who promised you you're going to live who promised you that you're going to live و لذلك أحد صالحين one of the righteous scholars that I had a bed he one day asked a man to lead the prayer and the man said to him I don't want to lead the prayer he said lead the prayer he said I don't want to lead and so the man the abbot he insisted that he goes forward and he leads so he looked at him and said I'm going to lead now I'm going to lead now but next time don't ask me again and he said you're a facif to even think that's going to be a next time we don't think that far we don't think about tomorrow prayer and the day after we're going to pray this Salat and this Salat and we're doing we're going to pray this prayer is the last prayer why do you think you're going to be tomorrow and the day after what makes you think you're going to lead us another prayer this lengthy hope that we have و لذلك الحراني رحمه الله أكبر الهم والاهتمام the greatest type of hum, drive and desire and a consideration إنما هو من طول الامن if you see a person who's got aspiration of something and he has what he has he gives importance just watch it it's based on طول الامن he believes that there's a lengthy he's got a future observation فليأجلي تتكلف الأعمال because of that he's doing so much work look what he's doing و الأجغال و تجمع و تدخر الأموال and there he is storing the money putting it into account saving all of that based on what طول الامن but a person who knew who's going to die tomorrow would he do all of that he wouldn't do all of that number four brothers is أقلوا بهذه الدنيا وعدة متباتيها على حال the fourth thing brothers to overcome this illness is what believing having this belief that the dunya it changes situation this dunya is not as it seems today it's not going to be like that for you tomorrow and as some of the salaf they used to say الدنيا this dunya even if it remains the dunya doesn't remain the way it is yesterday you had money today you what you don't have nothing you have nothing I was reading today سبحان الله that they say in the brexit due to the brexit it could lead to that it could lead to the UK driver's license not taking place in Europe it could not be used so the person goes to Europe can't drive هل يسطل ده و تجده يسطل ده هكذا الدنيا يا إخوة something you thought was like this a law is going to be passed it can't work anymore sorry it doesn't exist anymore it could change so the دنيا يا أخي it's what عد مثباتيها it doesn't remain على حالي according to one situation and the salaf they said الدنيا إبقيت لك less hypothetically say that the dunya remains for you the way it is it doesn't change لم تبقى أنت لها you're not going to remain for it are you you're not going to remain you're going to go even if it stays the way it is you're not going to stay if I ever are you so the issue is to know that the دنيا مقلبة this dunya is going to change its situation from one place to another and one of the greatest things يا إخوة that allows a person to be aesthetic and not see no importance for this dunya is to actually digest this particular point which is to know that what you have today not necessarily you might not have it tomorrow if you're a leader how many leaders have we seen who are leaders they were the leaders and they were what they were killed the way they were killed they were one time drinking gold cups and now what they were dragged on the ground صحيح we saw that right and that's the dunya and that's its حقيقة that's its reality so don't give no importance ألهم الثامن عشان the 18th stress that we go through as students of knowledge or hopefully hoping that we're students of knowledge it's هم محالي المسلمين the stress of when you look at the situation of the Muslims a student of knowledge becomes stressed when he looks at what's happening in the Muslim world what's taking place in Syria what is taking place in Palestine what is taking place in Kashmir what's taking place in Afghanistan and the Muslim countries the Somalia and everywhere you look at it you get hurt you get upset it stresses you out it burns your heart the fact that the Prophet ﷺ told us مثل المؤمنين في تواديهم وطارا حميهم وطعاطوفهم كمثل جسد واخرد إذا اشتكاملوا عضون تداعى سائر الجسد بالسهري والحماة تبليبز عوات like one body المؤمن للمؤمن كالبنيان يشدوا بعضه بعضا they're like one body if your finger was hurting you tonight this little finger reveals was hurting you your whole body won't be able to sleep this is just a finger what's it got to do with the eyes what's it got to do with the other parts of the body but that finger is connected to your body so it won't allow your whole body to sleep you're stressed you can't sleep you stay awake because of the pain that you have the believers are like that the pain that the believers go through in one place of the world the other Muslims are feeling it with their brothers they can't sleep because of it they're stressed so the student of knowledge from the greatest people suffer in this particular issue so he stresses him out he sometimes stops him he gets in the way of his seeking knowledge and etc so what is it that he needs to do and he even asks himself what I'm doing is it right the stress comes to you يا إخوة there's a problem that is out there right bloodshed innocent people dying women children but he needs a solution and the solution يا إخوة is معصلة بلا by carrying on seeking knowledge by learning the reason is because هو من إعداد العدة that's actually a preparation for victory that's the road to victory the reason is why فإن آخر هذه الأمة لا يصلح إلا بما صلح به أولها the later generation they're not going to attain success the later generation us we're not going to attain success except that which the pious predecessors they found success in احمد فوق where he found success in and شافعي and ماليك and بخاري and others is what we're going to find success in and what they found success in it was with knowledge يا إخوة جهل الأمة the ignorance being in the ummah of their religion يجيب ضعفها is actually what brings about weakness didn't the prophet say لا يأتي زمان إلا والذي بعده أشهر بالضبط that there does not come a time except the generation that come after it are worse and then what did the hadith mention that this been worse doesn't mean that the crops are low it doesn't mean that the vegetation is low what it actually means that what it actually means is that the فقاها and the علاماء are going to die and who's going to remain those who don't know when the prophet told us in the hadith لا تقوموا الساعة the hour will not strike حتى يرفع علم knowledge will be taken up ويكثروا الجهل and ignorance will spread and the prophet also told us what and haraj killing will also take place in large amount powerful isn't it not brothers that ignorance was mentioned in the context of blood shed becoming more so it's by learning and educating ourselves with the deen of Allah سبحانه وتعالى that we will actually bring about victory for the ummah and by being ignorant of our religion is what will weaken the ummah that's why even in jihad الله سبحانه وتعالى ليس المؤمنون لينفروا كافة not every single person should go and fight فلولا نفر من كل فرقة if a group go الله تبارك وتعالى ودلي تلس ليس المؤمنون لينفروا كافة فلولا نفر من كل فرقة منهم طائفة ليتفقه في الدين ولينذروا قومهم إذا رجعوا إليهم العلم يحذرون that a group of people should remain and that they should stay so that they can warn the ones who've come back because those who've come back weren't seeking knowledge they were fighting they need their brothers who were staying behind who were learning who were educating themselves to educate them when they come back so not everybody goes to fight because the knowledge is given importance وليذلك العلمة نظير حسين الدهلوي from India رحمه الله رحمة الواسعة when the British troops came into India العلمة نظير حسين الدهلوي when the British troops came into India and they were killing the Muslims نظير حسين الدهلوي was still teaching صحيح البخاري ولم يتوقف تدفي تدريسي he did not stop the teaching they carried on teaching and every time through Islamic history if you look calamities were happening the Muslims were suffering but seeking knowledge did not stop and the day that the Muslims do stop seeking knowledge and they do stop then that's what brings about that is what brings about the problem increases it البكاء والتباك crying and wailing and screaming and acting emotional will not benefit us if we turn away from what if we turn away from the foundations that we should be upon which is knowledge number 19 brothers is هم تقلية الولاية تقبل بلور الراية before we reach our ultimate goal and we reach being scholars and people of knowledge leadership is given to us we become in charge of matters we become project managers we become even presidents and prime ministers etc we take over authorities and leadership and our noble the noble companion عمر رضي الله تعالى عنه he said تفقه attain knowledge to learn قبل ان تسودوا before you are placed in charge before you are put in charge of anything attain knowledge and learn so the student of knowledge he is put in those places because of what the stress increases because you have as an individual the need to go forward and do things in the community your community need your help they need you to take projects on board they need you to do things but then you want to learn because you haven't reached your goal in knowledge you haven't reached far you're still wanting to attain knowledge but you have to take charge of and message it for example you have to be the chairman of the message you have to be a committee member and be busy with what the issues of the community but that's going to take away from your what from your seeking knowledge so how does one overcome that and how does he deal how does he deal with that the first is that if he's able to not take those positions before he reaches the place that he wants to seek to gain in knowledge he should not take those positions and he should refuse it but if it becomes binding and it becomes obligatory on him that he takes it for reasons that he sees then what he should do is he should reconcile he should sorry he should combine between playing that role and also attaining knowledge he should what he should make sure that he gains knowledge whilst giving and this also is similar with the 20th point this is also similar to the 20th point which is هم التصدي this is also similar to the 20th to the 20th point which is هم التصدي والإفادة a person wants to go out and he wants to become a lecturer he wants to be a speaker he wants to be a داعي and give دعوة but he also knows he hasn't fully attained the knowledge he wanted this is not leadership necessarily he is just a person he is a person who wants to take رئاسة فلعلمة مثلا maybe leadership in the religion he wants to benefit others but he wants to also benefit as well to how does he reconcile between this is the stress that a studio of knowledge will also have the scholars they say to overcome this one is by doing the following two you place a time وقت تحمل a time in your schedule where you take on knowledge this is called وقت تحمل the time where I take on knowledge I gain knowledge I study I learn and then you place a second time which is وقت تبليغ الله like a time where you go out and you convey that knowledge that you learn and you pass it on and if a person does that then they will attain success and they will overcome this stress but if you do one and you go out and you do تبليغ and you're not gaining anything you're not gaining knowledge and you're not enhancing in your knowledge then you're going to definitely not number one increase in knowledge and secondly you will definitely be speaking without knowledge in the long run you'll be speaking what without knowledge because there's going to come نوازيل and مصدر that كنتمبري ماتي اس going to come to you because you haven't equipped yourself well because you've not been studying you're going to struggle يازوا يا إخوة الكرام عشرون هموين 20 stress they are جماع الأصول they are the foundation of all of the stress that a student of knowledge will have We clarified in this series and in these lectures نحن نتكلم أن نتكلم هذه التحديات كل شيء منهم. يوجد روحة لن تتكلم. ويسأل الله سبحانه وتعالى لن تتخيل من أي أحدنا التحديات. تبريسيا. ويأتي المسلم الذي يوجدها. وإن الله تعالى يتكلمنا في المعرفة. ويجعلنا أن يتكلمنا ما يعرف. ويأتي ما الذي أخبرنا أنها كانت صحيحة أو صحيحة أو مجموعة أو مجموعة و أنها من شيطان سبحانك اللهم وبحمدك أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله أستغفرك وأتوب إليه