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Knowledge Mandates Action

KNOWLEDGE MANDATES ACTION

Book contents

• A Brief Biography of the Author
• A Point of Benefit
• Introduction to the Treatise
• Text of the Treatise
• The Censure of Those who do not Act upon Knowledge, but rather Lean towards its Opposite, And to the Contrary of what Knowledge Mandates
• The Disapproval of Seeking Knowledge in order to Compete and Debate with Others, to Fulfill Personal Goals, and to Receive Compensation from it
• The Warning, Threat and Severe Caution against those Who Recite the Qur’aan to Gain Repute and Fame and Not in Order to Act on it and Gain Reward
• What has been Stated concerning Memorizing Its Letters yet Neglecting its Commandments
• The Disapproval of Acquiring Knowledge for Other than the Sake of Worship
• The Dislike of Seeking Hadeeth in order to Boast, Hold Gatherings or Gain Followers And Companions through Narration
• Those who Disliked Learning Grammar (Nahu) Due to what that Breeds from Arrogance and Pride
• Abiding by the Guarantee Of what will Occur in the Hereafter
• Good Deeds are the Provisions and Useful Supplies on the Day of Final Return
• Taking Advantage of Youth, Health and Free Time and Hastening to do Good Deeds before the Occurrence of that which will cause these Things to Cease
• The Disapproval of Procrastinating
•  Glossary of Terms Used

A Brief Biography of the Author

He was the Shaikh, the Imaam Abu Bakr Ahmad bin ‘Alee bin Thaabit, better known as Al-Khateeb Al-Baghdaadee, the author of many books, the most famous of which was Taareekh Baghdad.

He was born in the year 392H. His father was the khateeb (lecturer) of (the village of) Darzijaan, from the noblemen of ‘Iraq.

He had high hopes for his son of his (Al- Khateeb), so he narrated Hadeeth to him while he was still young, in the year 403H.

Afterward, Al-Khateeb desired to seek knowledge of the Science of Hadeeth, so he traveled for that purpose to the different regions (of ‘Iraq).

He excelled in his studies, wrote books and collected narrations. And he was at the forefront in all of the disciplines of the Science of Hadeeth.

He heard from a large amount of reliable Hadeeth Scholars in various lands, such as Baghdad, Basrah, Naisapur, Asbahaan, Dinawar, Hamdaan, Koofah, the Haramain (two holy cities of Makkah and Madeenah), Damascus, Jerusalem and other places.

 He arrived at Syria in 451H and lived there for eleven years.

Many of the great scholars of Hadeeth reported from him, such as his teacher Abu Bakr Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Ahmad Al-Barqaanee, the Shaikh of Baghdad.

Ibn Makoolaa said:

“Abu Bakr Al-Khateeb was one of the last prominent figures whom we witnessed having knowledge, memorization, precision, accuracy in (reporting) the Hadeeth of Allaah’s Messenger, mastery concerning its defects and chains of narration, and knowledge of its authentic and weak, as well as its solitary, rejected, and discarded.”

Then he said: “There wasn’t found amongst the people of Baghdad, after Ad- Daaraqutnee, anyone like him.”

He wrote on the subject of Fiqh and gained mastery in it.

Then he preoccupied himself with Hadeeth, and he achieved supremacy in that.

 He was also eloquent in speech, loud-voiced,possessed a good recitation and had beautiful penmanship.

He gave away all of his money, which consisted of two hundred deenaars, in charity to the people of knowledge and the poor.

 He even wrote in his Last Will that he would give his clothes in charity.

He would also donate his books to the Muslims. This wassuch that nothing remained with him.