Points of benefit from the lecture

• From the great blessings of a youth is that he is guided to an upright scholar
• The righteous guided student will adopt the manners of his noble teacher
• Take knowledge form those who are deserving of being benefited from
• The young man should travel and seek knowledge, returning to his community to aid them
• He should follow them (the scholars), imitating them so that he may have thabāt (firmness)
• He will have istiqāmah (and likewise his community) if he learns, benefits and then cultivates upon it
• Observe caution when seeking knowledge, be sure that you know who you are benefitting from, have precision
• The young student should be very careful to take his knowledge from the firmly grounded (scholars and students, past and present)
• A student may be destroyed through partisanship, turning away from the major scholars
• A student may fall into misguidance due to being amazed with himself (thinking he is magnificent and deserving of status and following)
• The humble student (and caller) is the one who does not wish status, shunning the spotlight and the credit
• Most of the people are fumbling around, confused, jumping from one partisan (strategic) allegiance to another
• Align yourself with the upright scholars

We ask Allāh to protect us from trials and tribulations.