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Subject: Free New E-Book Posted!
All praise be to Allaah, a new e-book has been added to www.al-ibaanah.com.
Please go to the web site to download it:
Laying the Foundations for Seeking Knowledge
By Shaikh Muhammad 'Umar Baazmool
http://www.al-ibaanah.com/ebooks.php?EID=77
About the Book:
This book is a complete translation of the booklet "At-Ta'seel fee
Talab-il-'Ilm" (Laying the Foundations for Seeking Knowledge). The source
used for this translation was the Dar-ul-Imaam Ahmad 1st edition, 2005.
Originally, this treatise was a lecture the Shaikh once gave in a masjid.
The talk was then transcribed and published as a book.
In this treatise, Shaikh Muhammad Baazmool discusses in detail nine
fundamental principles with regard to seeking knowledge, which he puts
together and backs up with proofs and evidences. Consequently, the treatise
is divided into nine chapters and an introduction.
This topic is extremely important since every Muslim is obligated to seek
knowledge at one point in his life or another be it to implement the Islamic
laws that are binding on him or to learn the fundamentals of his faith. So
he must know that seeking knowledge has manners, etiquettes and guidelines,
some of which have been touched upon by the author in this treatise.
Excerpts from the Book:
"The supportive sciences, or what some scholars commonly call 'The applied
sciences', such as the Arabic Language, the Science of Eloquence, the
Science of Principles, Hadeeth Terminology, and the Sciences of the Qur'aan
- a student of knowledge should acquire from these that which will enable
him to actualize the primary objective, which is to properly worship Allaah
- the reason for which we were created. And if this is not the case, then it
falls under the realm of being from the extravagant forms of knowledge, and
Allaah knows best. So it is not required from a student of knowledge
studying Grammar that he becomes like Seebawaih, nor from one studying the
Arabic Language that he becomes like Al-Khaleel and Al-Azharee, nor from one
studying the Science of Eloquence that he becomes like Al-Jirjaanee!!
Rather, it is sufficient for him to only learn from all of that what he
needs to properly understand the Book and the Sunnah and to implement what
Allaah has obligated upon him from worship."
"The Devil enters into the hearts of some people desiring to turn them away
from knowledge based on the argument that one should leave off seeking
knowledge until he first purifies his intention. This is a plot, scheme and
deception of the Devil. Rather, it is upon a Muslim to continue and
persevere in his search for knowledge, and to constantly re-evaluate his
intention, as Sufyaan Ath-Thawree said: 'I did not try to rectify anything
that was more difficult upon me than my intention.' And this is Sufyaan we
are talking about, so it applies even more so for those other than him!!
Therefore, one should not make this into something that diverts him away
from seeking knowledge."
"Disregarding the ahaadeeth and narrations of the Salaf while relying on
just the language and intellect to understand the Qur'aan and Hadeeth is a
method that has been embarked upon in recent times by the Orientalists. So
when they need to research a narration, they simply quote from the books of
Al-Jaahidh or from the book al-Aghaanee or from al-'Aqd-ul-Fareed. And if
quoting becomes hard on them, they just say: 'This conforms to the
intellect!' Contrary to this, a Muslim who follows what the Prophet and his
Companions were upon confines his comprehension and understanding of the
Glorious Qur'aan and Prophetic Sunnah to conform to the understanding of the
Companions, may Allaah be pleased with them, and doesn't leave from their
fold."
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