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KNOWLEDGE BY IBN BAAZ
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Knowledge

KNOWLEDGE

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In the following pages is a short essay by one of the greatest scholars alive today on the merits of knowledge and the characteristics of the scholars.

 The Shaykh, may Allaah protect him, has beautifully described the importance of seeking knowledge, acting according to it and other related matters.

It is hoped that this booklet will help to create a realization of the importance of knowledge and the status of the scholars.

This booklet has been published in Arabic under the title: Al-‘llm wa Akhlaaqu Ahlihi. The translator, may Allaah reward him has added some useful footnotes and included an appendix containing some very valuable points, taken from the writings of Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah.

The author, Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Azeez bin ‘Abdullaah bin Baaz, may Allaah preserve him, is one of the greatest scholars of this age, who has spent his life calling to the pure Islaam, in creed as well as methodology, as understood by the Companions, the Successors and their successors – may Allaah reward him.

Indeed the virtues and merits of knowledge (‘ilm) are well known to everyone. It is the most noble thing that one can ask for, and the best thing a seeker can strive to attain.

Knowledge consists of many branches, but according to the scholars of Islaam: “What is meant by knowledge in the absolute sense is Islamic knowledge.”

This is the intended meaning of knowledge in the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (sallallahu alaihi wasallam).

In the absolute sense, it is knowledge regarding Allaah, His names and attributes, knowledge of His rights over His creation, and what He, the One free from all defects, the Most High, has prescribed for them.

It is the detailed knowledge of the path that leads to Allaah; knowledge of the purpose of our creation; and the end which the slave will result in, in the Hereafter.

This Islamic knowledge is the best of sciences worth acquiring because through it Allaah is recognized and acknowledged, and by it He is worshipped.

 One who possesses this knowledge knows what Allaah has made lawful for him and what He has prohibited him from; what pleases Him and what evokes His anger. With this knowledge a person knows his result with Allaah and his end.

From amongst the people, those who have taken upon themselves to observe the precepts of the Religion will result in Paradise and bliss, and the rest (which are the majority) will result in a place of disgrace, humiliation and misery. The people of knowledge have cautioned us about this

and explained that knowledge is confined to this meaning.

 Amongst the scholars who indicated this is al-Qaadi ibn Abil’ Izz

1 (commentator of ‘Aqeedatut Tahaawiyyah) at the beginning of his commentary. Others have also referred to it, such as Ibn Qayyim, Shaykh-ul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah 2 and a number of others.

It is very clear that the merits and virtues of knowledge vary depending on the extent of one’s adherence to it.

The greatest and most excellent knowledge is that which pertains to Allaah, His names, and His attributes, and this knowledge is known as ‘aqeedah (belief).

Indeed to Allaah, the Exalted and Supreme, belongs the best example, which is the highest description in every aspect of His essence, names, attributes and actions.

Following this is that which is related to Allaah’s right over His creation, what He has prescribed upon them.

Following this is what supports and bonds it in understanding such as knowledge of the principles of Arabic, Islamic terminology, principles of fiqh, hadeeth methodology and other sciences which are connected to this knowledge, which assist it in both understanding and precision.

The biography of the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wasallam), Islamic history, biography of the narrators of hadeeth and of the scholars of Islaam are also part of this knowledge.

Allaah has honoured and extolled the people who possess this knowledge, and He has raised their status high. He made them o His Oneness with sincere devotion:

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