Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
Knowledge, Learning,
And Teaching
Compiled by:
Seeking ‘Ilm (Knowledge)
Ibn Majah reported this Hadith as follows: Anas Ibn Maalik reported, the
Messenger of Allah (SAAW) said: “Seeking knowledge is incumbent on
every Muslim; he who offers knowledge to those who do not appreciate it,
is like the one who decorates pigs with precious stones, pearls and gold”
Jabir Ibn ‘Abd Allah narrated, the Messenger of Allah (SAAW) said:
“People are of different substances, the best of them in the Jahiliyah (A
state of ignorance), are the best in Islam, if they gain ‘ilm (knowledge).”
(Ahmad Ibn Hanbal)
“People are of substances like the substance of gold and silver: the best
among them in the Jahiliyah , are the the best in Islam, if they gain
knowledge, and the souls are hosts which are sent around, the similar
ones get acquainted, and from the different ones depart from each other.”
(Muslim; An-Nawawi, Riyah As-Salihin)
Ibn ‘Abbas reported, the Messenger of Allah (SAAW) said [to a group of
companions]: “When you pass by the meadows of Paradise indulge freely
in it. They said: O Messenger of Allah! What are the meadows of
Paradise? He said: The circles of ‘Ilm.” (At-Tabarani, Al-Mu’jam Al-Kabir)
Seeking ‘Ilm (Knowledge)
Abu Bakrah reported, I heard the Prophet (SAAW) saying: “You should be
a scholar, or a student, or a listener, or a lover of ‘Ilm and scholars, and
you should not be the fifth which makes you perish. ‘Ata’ said, Mis’ar said
to me: You added a fifth point which we do not have. The fifth point is: To
hate ‘Ilm and its people.” (At-Tabarani; Al-Bazzar)
Abu Hurairah narrated, the Messenger of Allah (SAAW) said: “The most
honest men of future generations will carry this ‘Ilm (i.e. Hadith), they will
purify it from the falsification of the extremists, and the assumptions of the
liars, and the misinterpretation of the fools.” (Al-Khatib Al-Baghdadi, Sharaf As/
hab Al-Hadith; At-Tabrizi, Mishkat Al-Masabih)
Education
Ibn ‘Abbas narrated, the Messenger of Allah (SAAW) said: “Teach! Make
things easy! And do not make things complicated He (SAAW) repeated
this three times and then he added: And if you get angry, keep quiet”
(Ibn Hajar Al-‘Asqalani, Al-Matalib Al-‘Aliyah; At-Tayalisi; Ibn Hanbal; Ibn Abi Shaibah)
Ahmad Ibn Hanbal narrated it as follows: “Teach and give good tidings.
Make things easy, and do not make them hard”
Reporting Hadith
‘Abd Allah Ibn Mas’ud narrated, the Messanger of Allah (SAAW) said:
“May Allah brighten [the face of] a person who hears a hadith from us, and
reports it as he heard it, because many people which the hadith is
reported to, perceive it better than the one who reported it to them.”
(Ibn Hibban, Sahih)
Envy
‘Abd Allah Ibn Mas’ud (SAAW) said, the Messenger of Allah (SAAW) said:
“Let there be no envy, except in two things:
Jabir Ibn ‘Abd Allah narrated, the Messenger of Allah (SAAW) said:
“Do not acquire knowledge in order to vie with scholars, and to wrangle
with the foolish, and to sit in the best seats: whoever does that his abode
will be the Fire, the Fire.” (Ibn Hibban, Sahih)
Beneficial Knowledge
Jabir Ibn ‘Abd Allah narrated, I heard the Messenger of Allah (SAAW)
saying: “My Lord, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, and I seek refuge
with You from non-beneficial knowledge.” (Ibn Hibban, Sahih)
Allah’s Path
Anas (RA) said: the Messenger of Allah (SAAW) said: “He who leaves his
home in order to seek knowledge, he is in Allah’s path until he returns [to
his home].” At-Tirmidhi, Sunan, An-Nawawi, Riyad As-Salahin)
A Path to Paradise
Safwan Ibn ‘Assal said: I came to the Prophet (SAAW) while he was
reclining on a red coat [in the mosque] and I said to him: “O’ Messenger of
Allah, I came to seek knowledge. He said: Welcome knowledge seeker,
Indeed, the angles surround the knowledge seeker with their wings, then
they pile on top of each other until they reach the lower heaven out of their
love of what he is seeking.” (Ahmad Ibn Hanbal; At-Tabarani; Ibn Hajar
Al-‘Asqalani, Mukhtasar At-Targhib; Ibn Hajar Al-‘Asqalani, Al-Isabah fi Tamyziz As-
Sahabah, article “Safwan Ibn ‘Assal”)
The Messanger of Allah (SAAW) said: “You will conquer land, and some
people” Or he said: “Young men will come to you seeking knowledge, and
comprehending religion, and learning from you: if they come to you teach
them, and be kind to them, and make space for them in your circles, an
explain Hadith to them.”
Learning