“Until when will we say: ‘Know,
may Allaah have mercy upon you’?”ash-Shaykh al-’Allaamah Muhammad
Amaan bin ‘Alee al-Jaamee
A student of knowledge asks how he should seek
knowledge, how he should study the books he’s studying and how he should stick
to the scholars.
In short:
Sadly, the small students of knowledge in this
time busy themselves with siyaasah (politics) while they don’t know the meaning
of siyaasah. It is often the case that students come to my house when I arrive
here, in ar-Riyaad and in al-Kharj. I was expecting them to ask me questions
related to knowledge, but instead they ask me about the agitations, the
jamaa’aat (groups) and the ideologies. They busy themselves [with this].
Whoever wants to seek knowledge should turn
himself completely away from the traces of [political] agitation and he should
begin with memorizing the small books. He should begin with al-Usool
ath-Thalaathah (the Three Fundamentals) and not pay any attention to the
statement of the agitating troublemakers who say, “Until when will we say:
‘Know, may Allaah have mercy upon you’? Until when?”
Until you die, you will say these words! And when
you die you will be asked in your grave about that which you used to ridicule:
“Who is your Lord? What is your religion? Who is your Prophet?” You ridicule
this in your life, while you will be asked in your grave about that which you
used to ridicule. The first thing you will be asked about, is the meaning of
al-Usool ath-Thalaathah.
Don’t pay any attention to this harmful
agitation! Memorize this small book which contains Tawheed, the rulings and the
actualisation of the statement of Tawheed. Nawaaqid al-Islaam (the Nullifiers of
Islaam) and al-Qawaa’id al-Arba’ (the Four Principles): memorize these like the
memorisation of al-Faatihah. Then go to the students of knowledge so that they
can explain it to you and so that you understand it.
I am sure that a student of knowledge who
understands al-Usool ath-Thalaathah; if he was sent as a daa’iyah (caller) to a
non-Arabic country, he would become [like] ibn Taymiyyah there (in the eyes of
the people). With al-Usool ath-Thalaathah! And this is something which has been
noticed before. If you have memorized this text and understood it, and you stand
there between the Africans and Asians explaining al-Usool ath-Thalaathah to
them, then you will be [like] ibn Taymiyyah there. But, all praise is due to
Allaah, their children there are memorizing it, but they need someone to explain
it to them. Don’t let them lead you to destruction! Don’t let those, who don’t
[sincerely] advise, lead you to destruction!
Memorize these books: Kitaab at-Tawheed,
al-Bayqooniyyah, al-Arba’een an-Nawawiyyah. These books! You busy yourselves
here [with other things], while the children of the Muslims in India, Pakistan
and Africa are memorizing these books. With these two ears of me I listened to
African youth while they were memorizing al-Usool ath-Thalaathah, Kashf
ash-Shubuhaat, Kitaab at-Tawheed and al-Arba’een an-Nawawiyyah. I stood there in
the classroom listening to them while they were memorizing [these texts] like
the memorisation of al-Faatihah.
This is because the [political] agitation has not
reached that place; they are upon al-Fitrah (natural disposition). We ask Allaah
to protect them from that which has affected many of the youth. So memorize
these texts and then go to the Scholars and the students of knowledge (for the
explanation). Then you can continue with more detailed and advanced [books].
Begin with the small affairs of knowledge, until you reach the big affairs of
knowledge – if this expression is correct.
This is how the one who wants to seek knowledge
progresses. And he should never listen to these agitations which take place
around him! A person might say to himself, “Does this mean that you want us to
live isolated from the world, and that we don’t have any knowledge about Fiqh
al-Waaqi’ (science of the current affairs)?”
As for Fiqh al-Waaqi’: listen to the radio and
read the newspaper sometimes. Fiqh al-Waaqi’ will reach you while you are
walking in the street, while you are in the car or at home.
Do not burden yourself [with this], just learn
[your religion] and stick to knowledge.
Translated by Yâsîn
Abu Ibrâhîm
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