لا يكفي أن الإنسان يعلم ويتعلم بل لا بد ان يعمل بعمله، ‏فالعلم بدون عمل إنما هو حجة ‏على الإنسان، فلا يكون العلم نافعاً إلا بالعقل، أما من عَمِلَ ولم يعمل فهذا ‏مغضوب عليه ‏لانه عرف الحق وتركه في بصرة
[شرح ‏الأصول الثلاثة شيخ الفوزان ص ٢٤]
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Knowledge will not be beneficial except with action. As for the person who has knowledge, and he does not act upon it, then he is one upon whom is Anger, because he knows the truth, but he abandons it upon knowledge and insight.
[The Three Fundamental Principles Shaykh Fawzan Explanation pg 15]

The poem that made Imām Ahmad رحمه الله weep, "إذا ما قال لي ربي”.

You can find this poem mentioned by Imām al-Hāfidh Abu’l Faraj ibn al-Jawzī [d.597 AH] رحمه الله in his book Talblīs Iblīs p.219.

وهذا الوقت الذي هو رخيص عند كثير من الناس، يطول عليهم الوقت، يملُّون ويقولون: نريد قتل الوقت، يأتون بالملهيات أو يسافرون للخارج لقضاء العطلة والوقت، أو يضحكون ويمزحون لقطع الوقت، فهؤلاء الذين قطعوه وضيعوه سيكون خسارة وندامة عليهم يوم القيامة. وهو مصدر سعادتهم لو حافظوا عليه. فجميع بني آدم في خسارة وهلاك إلا من اتصف بأربع صفات هي: العلم، والعمل، والدعوة إلى الله، والصبر على الأذى.
‏]شرح الأصول الثلاثة شرح الشيخ فوزان ‏حفظه الله الصفحة ٣٢]
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And this Time which is very cheap with many people, time seems prolonged for them, they become weary and bored, and they say, “We want to kill some time”. So they bring amusements, or they travel abroad to spend a holiday and just to spend some time somewhere, or they laugh and joke to use up time. So those people, they use it up and waste it – then it will be loss and regret upon them on the Day of Resurrection. And it could be the source of their true happiness, if only they took care of it. So all of the descendents of Adam are in loss and destruction, except for those who have the four qualities which are: knowledge and action and calling to Allaah and having patience upon any harm which the person meets.
[The Three Fundamental Principles Explanation by Shaykh Fawzan page 21]

اما ترى الاسد تخشى وهي صامتة، والكلب يخسى لَعَمري وهو نبّاح
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Do you not see how the lion is feared, although it is silent? And yet the dog is despised, although it barks.

مَّا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ ﴿١٨﴾
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‘Not a word does he (or she) utter but there is a watcher by him ready (to record it).’
[50:18]

التعلم هنا معناه: التلقي عن العلماء والحفظ والفهم والإدراك، هذا هو التعلم، ليس المراد مجرد قراءة أو مطالعة حرة كما يسمونها هذا ليس تعلما انما التعلم هو: التلقي عن أهل العلم مع حفظ ذلك وفهمه وإدراکه تماما هذا هو التعلم الصحيح أما مجرد القراءة والمطالعة فإنها لا تكفي في التعلم وإن كانت مطلوبة، وفيها فائدة لكنها لا
تكفي، ولا يكفي الاقتصار عليها.

ولا يجوز التتلمذ على الكتب كما هو الواقع في هذا الوقت، لأن التتلمذ على الكتب خطير جدا يحصل منه مفاسد وتعالم أضر من الجهل، لأن الجاهل يعرف أنه جاهل ويقف عند حده، لكن المتعالم يرى أنه عالم فيحل ما حرم الله، ويحرم ما أحل الله، ويتكلم ويقول على الله بلا علم فالمسألة خطيرة جدا.

فالعلم لا يوخذ من الكتب مباشرة إنما الكتب وسائل، أما حقيقة العلم فإنها تؤخذ عن العلماء جيلاً بعد جيل، والكتب إنما هي
وسائل لطلب العلم.

‏[شرح الاصول الثلاثة الشيخ الفوزان صفحة ٤٠-٤١]
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Learning means to take knowledge from the scholars, and to memorize and to understand and to comprehend, this is true learning. Learning it does not mean merely reading or ‘free reading’ as they call it, this is not learning. Rather learning is to take knowledge from the people of knowledge along with memorization of that and understanding it and comprehending it completely – this is the correct learning. As for mere reading and looking at books, then this will not suffice with regard to learning, even though it is something desirable and contains benefit however it does not suffice, and it will not suffice for a person to restrict himself to it.

And it is not permissible to just become a student with the books as occurs in this time because becoming a student of the books is very dangerous, evils can occur from it and false pretense to knowledge, which is more harmful than ignorance, because the ignorant person knows that he is ignorant so therefore he stops at his limit. However a false claimant to knowledge, he thinks that he is a scholar so he declares lawful that which Allaah has forbidden, and declares forbidden that which Allaah has made lawful, and he talks and speaks about Allaah without knowledge, so the matter is very dangerous.

So knowledge is not taken from the books directly rather the books are a means. As for true and real knowledge, then that is taken from the ‘ulemaa (scholars) generation after generation, and the books are a means to seek knowledge.

[The Three Fundamental Principles Shaykh al-Fawzaan HafithahuAllah pg 28-29]

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
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"O you who believe! Observing As-Saum (the fasting) is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become Al-Muttaqun" (the pious). [2:183]

شَهۡرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِىۡٓ اُنۡزِلَ فِيۡهِ الۡقُرۡاٰنُ هُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ وَ بَيِّنٰتٍ مِّنَ الۡهُدٰى وَالۡفُرۡقَانِۚ فَمَنۡ شَهِدَ مِنۡكُمُ الشَّهۡرَ فَلۡيَـصُمۡهُ ؕ وَمَنۡ کَانَ مَرِيۡضًا اَوۡ عَلٰى سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنۡ اَيَّامٍ اُخَرَؕ يُرِيۡدُ اللّٰهُ بِکُمُ الۡيُسۡرَ وَلَا يُرِيۡدُ بِکُمُ الۡعُسۡرَ وَلِتُکۡمِلُوا الۡعِدَّةَ وَلِتُکَبِّرُوا اللّٰهَ عَلٰى مَا هَدٰٮكُمۡ وَلَعَلَّکُمۡ تَشۡكُرُوۡنَ‏ ﴿2:185﴾
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The month of Ramadan in which was revealed the Qur’ân, a guidance for mankind and clear proofs for the guidance and the criterion (between right and wrong). So whoever of you sights (the crescent on the first night of) the month (of Ramadan i.e. is present at his home), he must observe Saum (fasts) that month, and whoever is ill or on a journey, the same number [of days which one did not observe Saum (fasts) must be made up] from other days. Allâh intends for you ease, and He does not want to make things difficult for you. (He wants that you) must complete the same number (of days), and that you must magnify Allâh [i.e. to say Takbîr (Allâhu Akbar; Allâh is the Most Great] for having guided you so that you may be grateful to Him. [2:185]

قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ من صام رمضان إيمانا واحتسابا غفر له ما تقدم من
ذنبه ‏"‌‏.‏
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Allah's Messenger :SAW: said, "Whoever observes fasts during the month of Ramadan out of sincere faith, and hoping to attain Allah's rewards, then all his past sins will be forgiven." [Al-Bukhari]

‏اللهم بلغنا رمضان..

‏رمضان مبارك
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Ramadan Mubarak

‏ولم يخلقنا لهذا الحياة الدنيا فقط نعيش فيها، ونسرح ونمرح، ونأكل ونشرب، ونتوسع فيها وليس بعدها ‏شيء، وإنما الحياة مزرعة وسوق للدار الآخرة نتزود فيها بالأعمال الصالحة،ثم نموت وننتقل منها، ثم نبعث ثم نحاسب ونجازى بأعمالنا.
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And He did not create us just for the life of this world that we should live in it and roam around freely and make merry and eat and drink and make ourselves at home in it and that there is nothing after it. Rather life is a planting-ground and a market place for the next life so that we should equip ourselves in it with righteous deeds. Then we will die and move on from it, then we will be resurrected, then we will be taken account of, then we will be recompensed in accordance with our deeds.

(‏الأصول الثلاثة الشيخ فوزان ٤٤)
(Three Fundamental Principles Shaykh Fawzan 30)

قُلۡ يٰعِبَادِىَ الَّذِيۡنَ اَسۡرَفُوۡا عَلٰٓى اَنۡفُسِهِمۡ لَا تَقۡنَطُوۡا مِنۡ رَّحۡمَةِ اللّٰهِ ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَغۡفِرُ الذُّنُوۡبَ جَمِيۡعًا ؕ اِنَّهٗ هُوَ الۡغَفُوۡرُ الرَّحِيۡمُ ‏(٥٣)
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Say, "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. It is He who is the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful.

[Az-Zumar 39:53]

كما يَفِرُّ العبدُ من النار المحسوسةِ خشيةَ إيلامِ بدنِه، فلْيَفِرَّ من الذنْب خشيةَ إيلام قلبه؛ فإنَّ ألمَ القلبِ وموتَه أشدُّ من ألم البدن وموتِه.
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Sh. Sālih Al-'Usaymī said:
"Just as the servant flees from the physical fire out of fear of the harm of his body, let him flee from sin out of fear of the harm of his heart. Surely the anguish of the heart and its death is more severe than the anguish of the body and its death."

‏قال الإمام ابن القيم رحمه الله
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"صوت القرآن
يسكن النفوس ويطمئنها ويوقرها

وصوت الغناء
يستفزها ويزعجها ويهيجها."

[بدائع التفسير ٢/١٤٣]
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ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:

“The sound of the Qur’an soothes the souls, gives it tranquility and causes it to be calm.

The sound of music causes the hearts to become agitated, distressed and disturbed causing it [a feeling of] unease.”

[Badā’i’ at-Tafseer 2/143]

قال الشيخ محمد الصالح ابن عثيمين رحمه الله:

لن ينجح العرب فيما أعتقد - والعلم عند الله - في استرداد أرض فلسطين باسم العروبة أبدا؛

ولا يمكن أن يستردوها إلا باسم الإسلام على ما كان عليه النبي ﷺ ، وأصحابه، كما قال تعالى: (إن الأرض لله يورثها من يشاء من عباده والعاقبة للمتقين) [الأعراف: ١٢٨]؛

ومهما حاول العرب، ومهما ملؤوا الدنيا من الأقوال والاحتجاجات، فإنهم لن يفلحوا أبدا حتى ينادوا بإخراج الييهود منها باسم دين الإسلام،

بعد أن يطبقوه في أنفسهم؛ فإن هم فعلوا ذلك فسوف يتحقق لهم ما أخبر به النبي ﷺ :"لا تقوم الساعة حتى يقاتل المسلمون الييهود، فيقتلهم المسلمون حتى يختبئ الييهودي من وراء الحجر، والشجر، فيقول الحجر، أو الشجر: يا مسلم، يا عبد الله، هذا ييهودي خلفي، فتعال فاقتله" [متفق عليه]

فالشجر، والحجر يدل المسلمين على الييهود يقول: "يا عبد الله" باسم العبودية لله، ويقول: "يا مسلم." باسم الإسلام.؛

والرسول ﷺ يقول: "يقاتل المسلمون اليهود"، ولم يقل: "العرب".

ولهذا أقول:
إننا لن نقضي على الييهود باسم العروبة أبدا؛ لن نقضي عليهم إلا باسم الإسلام؛ ومن شاء فليقرأ قوله تعالى: (ولقد كتبنا في الزبور من بعد الذكر أن الأرض يرثها عبادي الصالحون) [الأنبياء: ١٠٥]

تفسير سورة البقرة لابن عثيمين (١ / ١٦٩-١٧٠)
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The Arabs will not succeed from what I believe - and the knowledge is with Allah - in returning the land of Palestine in the name of Arabism, ever.

They will not be able to return it except in the name of Islam, the Islam that the Prophet SAW was upon and his companions.

As Allah said: "The earth belongs to Allah, He makes it be inherited to whomever He wants of His slaves; and the end shall be to the pious" (Surat al-Araf: 128)

And it does not matter however the Arabs try, and however they fill the world with statements and objections, for they will not be successful until they call for the Jews to be expelled from it (Palestine) in the name of Islam, after they apply it to themselves. If they thus do that, it will come to them what the Prophet SAW foretold: The Hour will not be established until the Muslims fight the Jews. Subsequently the Muslims will kill the Jews, until a Jew will hide behind a stone or a tree, so the stone will say: "Oh Muslim, Oh Servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come here and kill him" (Bukhari and Muslim)

The stone and the tree will thus inform the Muslims, and says "Oh Muslim,” in the name of Islam. And the Prophet SAW says "The Muslims will fight the Jews" and he did not say "The Arabs.”

Because of this I say:
We will never be able to defeat the Jews under the name of Arabism; we will never defeat them except under the name of Islam. And whoever wants, may read Allahs statement: "And verily we have written in the Book, after the Reminder, that the earth shall be enherited by My pious servants" (Al-Anbiya: 105)

[Tafsīr Surat al-Baqarah of Ibn Uthaymeen 1/169-170]

قيل للإمام مالك بن أنس: كيف أصبحت؟
فقال: "في عمر ينقص، وذنوب تزيد."

[طبقات المالكية ٨٢/١]‌‌
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It was said to Imam Malik bin Anas: How have you entered this morning?
He said: "In constant decrease of my life span, and an increase in sins ."

[Tabqaat Almaalkiyah 82/1]

قال العلامة ابن عثيمين رحمه الله: "لا تحقر أخاك المسلم؛ حتى لو لم يفهم مسألة بسيطة فلا تحتقره، فلعل الله يفتح عليه، ويتعلم من العلم ما يكون به أعلم منك."
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Shaykh Uthaymīn RahimahuAllah said:
Don’t look down upon your muslim brother, even if he doesn’t understand a simple issue, don’t look down upon him. Perhaps Allah might open for him so he learns from knowledge what would make him more knowledgeable than you.

[شرح النووية ٤٢١]

‏والله في عون العبد ما دام العبد في عون أخيه.

(مسلم ٢٦٩٩)
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And Allah continues to aid the servant for as long as the servant is aiding his brother.
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(Muslim 2699)

هل من وصية لطالب العلم المبتدئ؟

الجواب: الوصية لكل إنسان أن يخلص النية لله عز وجل وألا يكون قصده بذلك الرئاسة ولا الجاه ولا المال بل ويكون مقصده أن يرفع الجهل عن نفسه وعن غيره وأن يقيم الملة ويدافع عنها ويحميها هذا أفضل شيء.

لقاء الباب المفتوح ٢٣٦ | سؤال ٥ | صفحة ٢٥٠ | الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين رحمه الله
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Do you have any advice for the student of knowledge who is a beginner?

Answer: “The advice I have to offer to every person is that he purifies his intention for the sake of Allāh, the Almighty and Majestic. His objective should neither be leadership, nor fame, nor wealth; rather his intention [first and foremost] should be removal of ignorance from himself and [then] from others. He should establish the religion, preserve, protect and defend it. This is the most virtuous of things.”

Liqā’a al-Bāb al-Maftūh 236 | Question 5 | Page 250 | Shaykh Muhammad bin Sālih al-‘Uthaymīn [may Allāh have mercy on him]

وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى الْحَيِّ الَّذِي لَا يَمُوتُ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِهِ وَكَفَىٰ بِهِ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِ خَبِيرً
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“Put your trust in the Ever-Living, Who never dies, and glorify His praises. Sufficient is He as All-Aware of the sins of His servants.”

[al-Furqaan 25:58]

‏قال الإمام ابن القيم رحمه الله:

فمحبة العلم من علامات السعادة، وبغض العلم من علامات الشقاوة.
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Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim Al-Jawzeeyah Rahimahuallah said:

"Loving knowledge is from the signs of delight and happiness.

Hating knowledge is from the signs of wretchedness and misery."

(Miftaah Dar As-Saa'adah, (1/435)

قال شيخ الإسلام رحمه الله:

وليس من شرط المتقين ونحوهم أن لا يقع منهم ذنب بل من تاب من ذنوبه دخل في المتقين."
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Shaykh al-Islam ibn-Taymiyyah رحمه الله said:

It is not conditional for the pious and their likes that they do not fall into sin, rather whoever repents from his sins enters into the pious.

[Minhaj as-Sunnah (2/82)]