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al-Albani (rahimahullah) said: I am not the leader of a Jama’ah whatsoever. I am only a talibu ‘ilm (ie: student of knowledge) engaged in researching and al-taḥqīq (ie: verifying), The people of knowledge know the reality of what I am saying. We ask Allah…
The Quran of the Tullab al-‘Ilm
Q. How much Qur’an should a student of knowledge read a day?
A. 5-7 Ajza* every day (at least, or an equivalent portion, or more)
[Shaykh Firkous (hafidhahullah), an audio from the shaykh]
Postscript:
Ajza is the plural of the word Juz’
There are a total of 30 Juz’ in the Quran:
5 Ajza is 1/6th of the Quran
7 Ajza is 1/4th of the Quran
That means, (either) completing the Quran in 7 days or 4 days by (reciting) OR reciting daily an equivalent amount of that or more.
Q. What then do you think is the daily recitation portion of the elder scholars?
What did Shaykh al-Albani (rahimahullah) say?
Q. How much Qur’an should a student of knowledge read a day?
A. 5-7 Ajza* every day (at least, or an equivalent portion, or more)
[Shaykh Firkous (hafidhahullah), an audio from the shaykh]
Postscript:
Ajza is the plural of the word Juz’
There are a total of 30 Juz’ in the Quran:
5 Ajza is 1/6th of the Quran
7 Ajza is 1/4th of the Quran
That means, (either) completing the Quran in 7 days or 4 days by (reciting) OR reciting daily an equivalent amount of that or more.
Q. What then do you think is the daily recitation portion of the elder scholars?
What did Shaykh al-Albani (rahimahullah) say?
Dawood at-Ta’i (rahimahullah) used to drink bread soup instead of eating bread.
When he was asked why, he said:
“The difference between chewing bread and drinking soup is enough time for the recitation of 50 verses.”
[al-Majaalis wal-Jawaahir al-‘Ilm, 1/346]
When he was asked why, he said:
“The difference between chewing bread and drinking soup is enough time for the recitation of 50 verses.”
[al-Majaalis wal-Jawaahir al-‘Ilm, 1/346]
Inkpots of Ilm
Imam al-Mujtahid, the Exegete of the Quran, Ibn Jareer al-Tabari (rahimahullah) said: I preserved (memorized) the Quran when I was seven years old, and I led people in salah when I was eight years old. And I wrote hadeeth when I was nine years old.…
Ahmad ibn an-Nadr al-Hilali (rahimahullah) said that he heard his father (i.e., an-Nadr - rahimahullah) narrate (to him):
I was in a majlis (sitting) with Sufyan Ibn ‘Uyaynah (rahimahullah) and he looked at a young boy (who was present in his gathering),
while the rest of the people in the masjid were looking down upon him (because a child is at a gathering of knowledge).
So Sufyan recited to them: {That is how you were in the past; then Allah blessed you} [an-Nisaa, 4:94] (i.e., you too used to be children like him)
Then he said: O Nadr, if you were to see me when I was ten years old, I was five handspans in height,
My face was like a dinar,
I was like a flame,
My thawb was short,
My sleeves were short,
My tail (i.e., of the imāmah/turban) was lengthy,
My slippers were like the ears of mice,
I would travel and sit with the ʿulamāʾ al-amṣār (scholars of the various lands) like al-Zuhrī and ʿAmr b. Dīnār,
I would sit between them like a nail,
أَجلِسُ بَيْنهُم كَالمِسْمَارِ،
My inkwell was like a walnut,
مِحْبَرتِي كَالجَوْزَةِ،
My quill-holder was like a small banana,
وَمَقْلَمَتِي كَالمَوْزَةِ،
My pen was like an almond,
وَقَلَمِي كَاللَّوزَةِ،
But when I would come they would say: “Make room for the young Shaykh!”
فَإِذَا أَتَيْتُ، قَالُوا: أَوْسِعُوا لِلشَّيْخِ الصَّغِيْرِ،
Then he laughed.
Imām al-Ḏahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ 8/459
I was in a majlis (sitting) with Sufyan Ibn ‘Uyaynah (rahimahullah) and he looked at a young boy (who was present in his gathering),
while the rest of the people in the masjid were looking down upon him (because a child is at a gathering of knowledge).
So Sufyan recited to them: {That is how you were in the past; then Allah blessed you} [an-Nisaa, 4:94] (i.e., you too used to be children like him)
Then he said: O Nadr, if you were to see me when I was ten years old, I was five handspans in height,
My face was like a dinar,
I was like a flame,
My thawb was short,
My sleeves were short,
My tail (i.e., of the imāmah/turban) was lengthy,
My slippers were like the ears of mice,
I would travel and sit with the ʿulamāʾ al-amṣār (scholars of the various lands) like al-Zuhrī and ʿAmr b. Dīnār,
I would sit between them like a nail,
أَجلِسُ بَيْنهُم كَالمِسْمَارِ،
My inkwell was like a walnut,
مِحْبَرتِي كَالجَوْزَةِ،
My quill-holder was like a small banana,
وَمَقْلَمَتِي كَالمَوْزَةِ،
My pen was like an almond,
وَقَلَمِي كَاللَّوزَةِ،
But when I would come they would say: “Make room for the young Shaykh!”
فَإِذَا أَتَيْتُ، قَالُوا: أَوْسِعُوا لِلشَّيْخِ الصَّغِيْرِ،
Then he laughed.
Imām al-Ḏahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ 8/459
A man came to Abu Hurairah (radiyAllahu anhu) and said:
“I desire to learn the knowledge but I fear that I may waste it.”
So Abu Hurairah (radiyAllahu anhu) replied to him:
“Your abandonment of learning it is sufficient in wasting it.”
[Tafseer us-Sa'dee, 5/194, from the Book: The Path To Guidance by Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (rahimahullāh), pg. 52]
“I desire to learn the knowledge but I fear that I may waste it.”
So Abu Hurairah (radiyAllahu anhu) replied to him:
“Your abandonment of learning it is sufficient in wasting it.”
[Tafseer us-Sa'dee, 5/194, from the Book: The Path To Guidance by Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (rahimahullāh), pg. 52]
A man came to Abu Hurairah (radiyAllahu anhu) and said:
“I desire to learn the knowledge but I fear that I may waste it.”
So Abu Hurairah (radiyAllahu anhu) replied to him:
“Your abandonment of learning it is sufficient in wasting it.”
[Tafseer us-Sa'dee, 5/194, from the Book: The Path To Guidance by Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (rahimahullāh), pg. 52]
“I desire to learn the knowledge but I fear that I may waste it.”
So Abu Hurairah (radiyAllahu anhu) replied to him:
“Your abandonment of learning it is sufficient in wasting it.”
[Tafseer us-Sa'dee, 5/194, from the Book: The Path To Guidance by Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (rahimahullāh), pg. 52]
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Every so often, the pleasure I take in seeking knowledge causes me to fear that I’ve reaped the reward of my good deeds in this world.
[al-Yafi’i (rahimahullah), Shaykh ‘Abd el-Salam al-Shuqay’ir (hafidhahullah), al-Manhajiyyah fee Talab al-‘Ilm, pg. 9]
[al-Yafi’i (rahimahullah), Shaykh ‘Abd el-Salam al-Shuqay’ir (hafidhahullah), al-Manhajiyyah fee Talab al-‘Ilm, pg. 9]
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al-Muzani (rahimahullah) narrated that
ash-Shafi’ee (rahimahullah) was asked, "How do you seek knowledge?"
He (rahimahullah) replied, "Like a mother frantically searching for her missing child."
[al-Muzani (rahimahullah), Manaqib ash-Shafi’ee (rahimahullah) by al-Bahaqi (rahimahullah), 144 and Tadhkirah as-Sami’ fi Adab al-‘Alim wal Muta’allim of Ibn Jama’ah (rahimahullah), pg. 3]
A student of knowledge yearns to recite and study the Quran the same way.
ash-Shafi’ee (rahimahullah) was asked, "How do you seek knowledge?"
He (rahimahullah) replied, "Like a mother frantically searching for her missing child."
[al-Muzani (rahimahullah), Manaqib ash-Shafi’ee (rahimahullah) by al-Bahaqi (rahimahullah), 144 and Tadhkirah as-Sami’ fi Adab al-‘Alim wal Muta’allim of Ibn Jama’ah (rahimahullah), pg. 3]
A student of knowledge yearns to recite and study the Quran the same way.
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Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah) stated:
As for the happiness of knowledge, nothing will allow you to inherit it except the exerting of oneself, truthfulness in one’s seeking (of it) and the soundness of the intentions.
[Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah), Miftaah Daaris-Sa’aadah 1/167]
As for the happiness of knowledge, nothing will allow you to inherit it except the exerting of oneself, truthfulness in one’s seeking (of it) and the soundness of the intentions.
[Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah), Miftaah Daaris-Sa’aadah 1/167]
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Imam Bukhari (rahimahullah) said:
Before I wrote down a Hadith in Sahih Bukhari, I would perform Ghusl and pray 2 Rak'at.
[Fath al-Bari Sharh Saheeh al-Bukhari, 1/489]
Before I wrote down a Hadith in Sahih Bukhari, I would perform Ghusl and pray 2 Rak'at.
[Fath al-Bari Sharh Saheeh al-Bukhari, 1/489]
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al-Albani (rahimahullah) said:
I am not the leader of a Jama’ah whatsoever.
I am only a talibu ‘ilm (ie: student of knowledge) engaged in researching and al-taḥqīq (ie: verifying),
The people of knowledge know the reality of what I am saying.
We ask Allah the Mighty and Majestic to rectify the condition of the Muslims.
[Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani (rahimahullah), Silsilah al-Huda wan-Noor, 10/1]
I am not the leader of a Jama’ah whatsoever.
I am only a talibu ‘ilm (ie: student of knowledge) engaged in researching and al-taḥqīq (ie: verifying),
The people of knowledge know the reality of what I am saying.
We ask Allah the Mighty and Majestic to rectify the condition of the Muslims.
[Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani (rahimahullah), Silsilah al-Huda wan-Noor, 10/1]
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The Quran of the Tullab al-‘Ilm
Q. How much Qur’an should a student of knowledge read a day?
A. 5-7 Ajza* every day (or more or an equivalent portion)
[Shaykh Firkous (hafidhahullah), an audio from the shaykh]
Postscript:
Ajza is the plural of the word Juz’
There are a total of 30 Juz’ in the Quran:
5 Ajza is 1/6th of the Quran
7 Ajza is 1/4th of the Quran
That means, (either) completing the Quran in 7 days or 4 days by (reciting) an equivalent amount or more.
Q. How much Qur’an should a student of knowledge read a day?
A. 5-7 Ajza* every day (or more or an equivalent portion)
[Shaykh Firkous (hafidhahullah), an audio from the shaykh]
Postscript:
Ajza is the plural of the word Juz’
There are a total of 30 Juz’ in the Quran:
5 Ajza is 1/6th of the Quran
7 Ajza is 1/4th of the Quran
That means, (either) completing the Quran in 7 days or 4 days by (reciting) an equivalent amount or more.
It is reported that az-Zuhri (rahimahullah) said to Yunus Ibn Yazid (rahimahullah)
O Yunus! Do not try to overcome knowledge, for verily knowledge is (like vast) valleys:
whichever of them you take will stop you before you traverse it.
Instead, take it over the days and nights. And do not take knowledge all at once, for whoever tries to take it all at once will lose it all at once.
Rather take it bit by bit over the days and nights.
[Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr (rahimahullah), Jaami Bayaan al-‘Ilm, article 652.]
O Yunus! Do not try to overcome knowledge, for verily knowledge is (like vast) valleys:
whichever of them you take will stop you before you traverse it.
Instead, take it over the days and nights. And do not take knowledge all at once, for whoever tries to take it all at once will lose it all at once.
Rather take it bit by bit over the days and nights.
[Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr (rahimahullah), Jaami Bayaan al-‘Ilm, article 652.]
ʿIlm: something that will not give you (even) part of it until you give it your whole...
(Sacred knowledge will not give you a part of it until you give it your all)
[al-Faqih wal-Mutafaqqih, Khateeb al-Baghdadi (rahimahullah), no. 859]
(Sacred knowledge will not give you a part of it until you give it your all)
[al-Faqih wal-Mutafaqqih, Khateeb al-Baghdadi (rahimahullah), no. 859]
Delight in Worship, Good Deeds and Seeking Knowledge for the sake of Allah
Ibrahim ibn Adham (rahimahullah):
If the kings and their sons knew what (delight) we were experiencing (of inner-peace, sweetness of eemaan and happiness), they would have fought us with their swords over it!
[Tārīkh Dimashq, Ibn Asakeer (rahimahullah), 4475]
Sometimes, my heart experiences an overwhelming state (due to being in the company of Allāh) that makes me exclaim, if the dwellers of Paradise experience such a state of happiness and comfort, I am confident that they lavish in a delight beyond imagination.
[Heartfelt Advice to a Friend by Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah), pg. 39]
Ibrahim ibn Adham (rahimahullah):
If the kings and their sons knew what (delight) we were experiencing (of inner-peace, sweetness of eemaan and happiness), they would have fought us with their swords over it!
[Tārīkh Dimashq, Ibn Asakeer (rahimahullah), 4475]
Sometimes, my heart experiences an overwhelming state (due to being in the company of Allāh) that makes me exclaim, if the dwellers of Paradise experience such a state of happiness and comfort, I am confident that they lavish in a delight beyond imagination.
[Heartfelt Advice to a Friend by Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah), pg. 39]
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The Quran of the Tullab al-‘Ilm
Q. How much Qur’an should a student of knowledge read a day?
A. 5-7 Ajza* every day (or more or an equivalent portion)
[Shaykh Firkous (hafidhahullah), an audio from the shaykh]
Postscript:
Ajza is the plural of the word Juz’
There are a total of 30 Juz’ in the Quran:
5 Ajza is 1/6th of the Quran
7 Ajza is 1/4th of the Quran
That means, (either) completing the Quran in 7 days or 4 days by (reciting) OR reciting daily an equivalent amount of that or more.
Q. What do you think then is the daily recitation portion of the elder scholars?
Q. How much Qur’an should a student of knowledge read a day?
A. 5-7 Ajza* every day (or more or an equivalent portion)
[Shaykh Firkous (hafidhahullah), an audio from the shaykh]
Postscript:
Ajza is the plural of the word Juz’
There are a total of 30 Juz’ in the Quran:
5 Ajza is 1/6th of the Quran
7 Ajza is 1/4th of the Quran
That means, (either) completing the Quran in 7 days or 4 days by (reciting) OR reciting daily an equivalent amount of that or more.
Q. What do you think then is the daily recitation portion of the elder scholars?
Know O Noble reader, that beneficial knowledge is built upon the Book (the Quran) and the Sunnah.
[Shaykh Ṣāliḥ Ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān (hafidzahullāh), al-Mulakhhaṣ al-Fiqhī, 1/10]
[Shaykh Ṣāliḥ Ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān (hafidzahullāh), al-Mulakhhaṣ al-Fiqhī, 1/10]