From the books mentioned by Abul Hasan in the lesson

Many more can be found in the link below:

https://darpdfs.org/knowledge/

From the benefits mentioned in last night’s lesson:

The objectives of seeking knowledge

1️⃣ Removing oneself from ignorance and misguidance.

2️⃣ Benefiting the people

3️⃣ Reviving knowledge

4️⃣ Acting upon the knowledge acquired.

These four objectives are gathered in lines of poetry:

فلتقصدوا أربعة لدى ابتدآ
تعلـم لكـي تفـوزوا بالهـــدى

Make your aim four things when you start to seek knowledge.

So that you may be successful in being guided.

أولها الخروج من ضــلال
والثاني نفع خلق ذي الجلال.

The first of them is removing yourself from misguidance.

The second is benefiting the creation of the possessor of honour (Allāh)

ثالثهــــا الإحياء للــــعلــوم
والرابع العمل بالمعــــــــلوم.

The third is to revive knowledge.
And the fourth is to act upon the knowledge acquired.

⏺️ The importance of being sincere in the pursuit of knowledge and acting upon it:

The statement of the poet:

فَعـــالِمٌ بِعِلمِــهِ لَـم يَعمَلَن * * * مُعَـــذَّبٌ مِن قَبلِ عُبَّـادِ الوَثَن


So the scholar who does not act upon his knowledge *** will be punished before the polytheists.

وكُلُّ مَن بِغَيرِ عِلمٍ يَعمَلُ *** أعمالُهُ مَردُودةٌ لا تُقبَلُ

And whosoever does not act upon knowledge *** his actions are rejected and not accepted

‏متن الزبد في الفقه الشافعي لابن رسلان

Taken from: Az-Zubad in the Shāfi’ī fiqh.

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‎ :قال الامام الشافعي - رحمه الله

‎،مَن وعظ أخاهُ سرّاً فقد نصحهُ وزانه

‌‏ومَن وعظهُ علانيةً فقد فضحهُ وخانه.

‌‏📚« حلية الأولياء (١٤٠/٩)

Imām Ash-Shāfi’ī rahimahullāh said:
“He who admonishes his brother in secret has advised him and adorned him.

And whoever admonishes him publicly has exposed and betrayed him”.

(Hilyatul Awliyā, 9/140)

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Benefit:

Allāh ﷻ combines between His name Al-Ghafūr & Ash-Shakūr in a few verses in the Qurān. Allāh ﷻ said in His noble book:

{لِيُوَفِّيَهُمْ أُجُورَهُمْ وَيَزِيدَهُم مِّن فَضْلِهِ ۚ إِنَّهُ غَفُورٌ شَكُورٌ} [فاطر: 30]

"That He may give them in full their rewards and increase for them of His bounty. Indeed, He is Forgiving and Appreciative." (35:30)

{وَقَالُوا الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَذْهَبَ عَنَّا الْحَزَنَ إِنَّ رَبَّنَا لَغَفُورٌ شَكُورٌ} [فاطر: 34]

"And they will say, "Praise to Allah, who has removed from us [all] sorrow. Indeed, our Lord is Forgiving and Appreciative." (35:34)

{وَمَن يَقْتَرِفْ حَسَنَةً نَّزِدْ لَهُ فِيهَا حُسْنًا ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ شَكُورٌ} [الشورى: 23]

"And whoever commits a good deed - We will increase for him good therein. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Appreciative." (42:23)

We take from the above verses that Allāh forgives all sins no matter how great they are. No sin is too great for Him to forgive. We also take that Allāh is appreciative of every good action however small it may be, even if it’s an atoms weight.

Shaykh Al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah rahimahullāh said:

الله تعالى غفورٌ شكور، يغفر الكثير من الزلل، ويشكر اليسير من العمل.

(جامع المسائل | لابن تيمية رحمه الله ٤٨/٤)
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“Allāh تعالى is forgiving and appreciative. He forgives many mistakes, and appreciates a small amount of actions”.

For this reason, it’s not permissible for a Muslim to lose hope in Allāh’s forgiveness of sins no matter how great they may be, just as it is not permissible to belittle any acts of righteousness, however small it may be, for indeed our Lord is forgiving and appreciative.

We ask Allāh ﷻ that He forgives us of our sins and that He accepts our actions, indeed He is Al-Ghafūr & Ash-Shakūr.

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Translation of the hāiyyah poem which we will be starting tonight in shā Allāh.

https://darpdfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-Explanation-of-Al-Haaiyah-Sh.-Abdur-Razzaq-Al-Badr-compressed.pdf

The translation of Shaykh ‘Abdurrazāq Al-Badr’s explanation can be found in the above link.