Ustādh Abū Idrīs continues the Pacific Series of lectures by encouraging the communities of Vancouver and Calgary to be patient, forbearing and industrious, working together with sincere efforts.
Ustādh Abū Khadījah speaks to a meet-up of brothers and sisters in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Calgary, Alberta, to kick off the Pacific Series. The first-ever live link with a Salafī student of knowledge for the area, the lecture is an advice on community building and how remote communities can strengthen themselves.
A discussion on the importance of seeking knowledge. The lecture took place during the Sisters Luncheon and Lectures, June 2013.
Say, “Are those who know equal to those who do not know?”
[Al-Zumar, 39:9]
From the topics discussed:
The value of knowledge
Knowledge guides and corrects
It is enough to know the value of knowledge that the people of misguidance rush to feign it
Are those who possess knowledge equal to those who do not?
Knowledge is a key to all good
Seeking knowledge is obligatory upon every Muslim
Imām Ibn al-Qayyim [d. 751 AH] said:
Allāh says:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنكُمْ ۖ فَإِن تَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ فَرُدُّوهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَالرَّسُولِ إِن كُنتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلًا ﴿٥٩﴾
“O you who have believed, obey Allāh and obey the Messenger and those in authority over you. And if you disagree among yourselves over anything then refer it back to Allāh and the Messenger if you truly believe in Allāh and the Last Day. That is better (conduct) and (leads t…
