THE PROPHET’S SPEECH ABOUT ENJOINING GOOD AND FORBIDDING EVIL
Ibn ‘Umar narrated that the Messenger of Alláh said:
“O people! Enjoin righteousness and forbid evil before a time comes when you invoke Alláh, but He will not accept your invocation, and you will seek His forgiveness, but He will not forgive you. Verily, enjoining righteousness does not shorten life. Verily, when the Jewish rabbis and Christian monks abandoned enjoining righteousness and forbidding evil, Alláh cursed them by the words of their Prophets and surrounded them with affliction.”
The Prophet discourages liking this Life
The Prophet once gave a sermon in which he said after thanking AIlah and praising Him:
“O people! This life is the dwelling of crookedness not straightness, and the residence of sadness rather than happiness. Those who acquire knowledge in its true reality will not feel joy in times of ease, nor grieve in times of hardship. Verily, Alláh the Exalted has created this life as a test and the Hereafter as the dwelling of recompense. He made the test of this life a reason behind earning the reward of the Hereafter and the reward in the Hereafter as compensation for the test in this life. He takes so that He gives and tests so that He recompenses. The life of this world vanishes rapidly and changes suddenly. Therefore, beware of its sweetness so as to avoid the bitterness of its depriving, and beware of its delights so as to avoid the pains they lead too Do not excessively build a life that Allah has decided is bound to destruction, and do not recline to (or like) it. Verily, Alláh has ordained on you that you should avoid its danger. Otherwise, you will expose yourselves to His Anger and justifiably earn His Punishment.”
The Prophet’s Khutbah on the virtue of seeking religious knowledge
Mu’adh ibn Jabal said that the Messenger of Alláh said:
“Learn Al-Ilm (knowledge), for learning it is a type of Khasyah (Fear) of Alláh, seeking it is an act of worship, studying it is a type of Tasbih (glorification of Alláh), searching for it is a Jihád, teaching it to those who do not know it is a charity and delivering it to those worthy of it is an act of drawing closer (to Alláh), Knowledge is the reference guide to the allowed and the disallowed, a light on the path for the people of Paradise, the companion during loneliness, the friend during estrangement, the converser during seclusion, the guide in times of ease and times of difficulty, a weapon to use against the enemies and the quality that is valued by friends. Alláh elevates some people by knowledge to the rank of leaders in righteousness who are followed, their actions imitated and their opinions referred to. The angels long to attend their gatherings (of learning knowledge) and shade them with their wings. Everything wet or dry, the fish in the sea and its creatures, beasts of prey and cattle that live on land invoke Alláh to forgive them (people of knowledge). VeriIy, This is because it is the life of the hearts against ignorance and the lamps of the eyes against darkness. With knowledge the slave reaches the ranks of the righteous and the elevated grades in this life and the hereafter. Thinking about knowledge is equivalent to Siyam (Fasting), and studying it is equivalent to Qiyam (praying at night voluntarily). With knowledge, ties of kinship are kept and the allowed and prohibited become distinguished. It is the imam (Leader) of all actions and all actions follow its lead. Only the happy ones are endowed with knowledge while the miserable ones are deprived of it.”
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