Islam: Questions And Answers - Knowledge

161 Pages·2003·1.67 MB·English

by  Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman

ISLAM: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Knowledge
Volume 11 of a Series of Islamic Books
by
Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman
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Islam: Questions And Answers
Volume 11
Knowledge
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Islam: Questions And Answers
Volume 11
Knowledge
Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman
B.Sc., DipHE
MSA
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© Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman, 2003
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Contents
Introduction ..............................................................................1
Chapter 1...................................................................................3
32492: Are there any weak points in Islam that
enable the kaafirs to attack it?.........................................3
27080: He wants a list of books on al-raqaa’iq
(heart softening reports)..................................................6
20804: What is the madhhab followed when
answering questions submitted to the site?.....................8
10675: The knowledge which is praised by
Allaah in the Qur’aan and Sunnah..................................9
6524: Is it waajib (obligatory) for non-Arabs
to learn Arabic? .............................................................11
11551: Women and teaching.........................................12
Chapter 2.................................................................................14
Seeking knowledge............................................................14
47273: Is it better to give the adhaan and take care
of the mosque, or to seek knowledge? ..........................14
20191: How to seek knowledge....................................19
39771: al-Saabooni and his book Safwat
al-Tafaaseer ...................................................................24
12841: Travelling to seek knowledge without
parents’ permission........................................................28
31072: Studying in a society that does not
adhere to Islamic sharee’ah...........................................30
9383: Women and the pursuit of knowledge.................32
31887: She wants to know how to acquire
knowledge and act upon it.............................................35
3328: Ways to strengthen one’s memory
and combat forgetfulness ..............................................39
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5337: What field should he study at university?...........41
22317: Putting people off the books of modern
daa’iyahs........................................................................42
22330: Acquiring Islamic knowledge from tapes .........44
22332: Where should one begin when wanting
to memorize Qur’aan?...................................................45
22329: Is it possible to combine da’wah with
seeking knowledge? ......................................................45
22311: The importance of learning Usool
al-Fiqh for the one who wants to learn fiqh ..................50
10721: Feeling that something is not right
with seeking knowledge................................................51
10678: Disadvantages of limiting oneself
only to books.................................................................53
10693: Learning from Ash’ari shaykhs.........................55
10690: How should a Muslim deal with books
of knowledge?...............................................................58
11558: When seeking knowledge conflicts
with honouring one’s parents ........................................63
11562: Will a Muslim be rewarded for
learning math?...............................................................64
10175: Conditions of traveling to kaafir
lands in order to study...................................................65
10124: Is it possible to seek knowledge by
using tapes?...................................................................66
13485: Which is better – devoting oneself
to da’wah or seeking knowledge?.................................67
14082: Important books for the seeker of
Islamic knowledge.........................................................68
20247: Learning from more than one shaykh ...............73
20092: What is the ruling on seeking Islamic
knowledge? ...................................................................74
21590: He loves knowledge - how may he
attain it?.........................................................................76
13637: “Seek knowledge even if you have to
go as far as China” is a false hadeeth............................79
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10471: Knowledge in Islam ..........................................80
10356: Her husband is not interested in
learning about Islam......................................................86
3704: The problem of forgetting Qur’aan.....................87
10217: When he has a question about some
matter of religion, who should he ask? .........................91
3175: How to learn how to read the Qur’aan................92
3151: Learning from trustworthy scholars....................92
2999: Combining one’s secular specialty
with Islamic knowledge ................................................94
2956: Conditions for studying abroad...........................95
4381: Acquire the knowledge of Quran
and Sunnah....................................................................95
7413: A man giving a lecture to a group of
women without partition...............................................97
Chapter 3...............................................................................100
Manners of Seeking Knowledge......................................100
10324: Etiquette of the seeker of knowledge..............100
21420: Is it obligatory to follow a particular
madhhab? ....................................................................106
32670: Mixing of male and female students
for a project required for graduation ...........................110
26298: Women meeting for halaqahs and
study circles.................................................................111
22652: Our attitude towards differences
among the scholars......................................................113
22242: He is asking about the length of
Nuh’s ship ...................................................................117
22119: The problem of the one who memorizes
Qur’aan and comments on it.......................................118
10195: Does feeling pleased with one’s
grades contradict sincerity of intention in
seeking knowledge?....................................................121
20163: Dealing with the lack of interest
in seeking knowledge..................................................122
21643: Attending Graduation Ceremonies..................124
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10296: Those who follow madhhabs and
refuse to learn..............................................................125
10215: Is it bid’ah for daa’iyahs and
seekers of knowledge to get together on
Friday nights to get to know one another
and to study together? .................................................126
10202: Memorizing Qur’aan and Sunnah...................127
8971: Moving to another mosque after Fajr for
a halaqah......................................................................128
5384: He wants to marry a girl but she wants to go to
university and they live in a corrupt society................129
1946: Ruling on making bets in matters of shar’i knowl-
edge .............................................................................131
Chapter 4...............................................................................133
Various branches of knowledge .......................................133
41869: A communist atheist is claiming that fasting is
harmful........................................................................133
26855: The book Durrat al-Naasiheen ........................136
22051: Ruling on studying western theories that go
against sharee’ah.........................................................137
22044: Learning English for the purpose of da’wah...139
10489: Ruling on learning worldly sciences and the
manufacture of military hardware...............................140
20110: What is the ruling on Arabs learning English?141
1887: Islamic view of space exploration.....................142
1513: Doctor’s Knowledge of the Fetus .....................143
820: Benefits of the Internet in spreading knowledge.147
487: Scientific achievements of Islam ........................148
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Introduction
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds, and peace and blessings
be upon His last Messenger, Prophet Muhammad, and on his
family and his companions.
This book, Knowledge, is the eleventh volume of a series of
authoritative Islamic books entitled Islam: Questions And
Answers. The overall series discusses issues relevant to Islam,
and present accurate and reliable information based on the true
beliefs and practices of the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of
Allaah be upon Him) and his companions. The objectives of the
various books include:
to teach and familiarize Muslims with various aspects of their
religion
to be a source for guiding people to Islam
to assist in solving the social and personal problems of the
Muslims in an Islamic context
The books are directed towards Muslims and non-Muslims alike.
Subject areas include, but are not limited to, Islamic fiqh and
jurisprudence, Islamic history, Islamic social laws (including
marriage, divorce, contracts, and inheritance), Islamic finance,
basic tenets and aqeedah of the Islamic faith and tawheed, and
Arabic grammar as it relates to the Qur'an and Islamic texts.
The books are compilations of questions and responses about
Islam, from both Muslims and Non-Muslims. The responses are
handled mainly by internationally re-nowned Islamic shaykhs and
scholars, including Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah, Ibn Katheer,
al-Albaani, Shaykh Ibn Baaz, Ibn al-Jawzi, Ibn al-Qayyim, Al-
‘Izz ibn ‘Abd al-Salaam, al-Nawawi, Shaykh ‘Abd al-Kareem,
al Khudayr, Al-Dhahabi, al-Qurtubi, Al-Sindi, al-Shawkaani and
al-Bastawi using only authentic, scholarly sources based on the
Qur'an and sunnah. References, which include Haashiyat Ibn
Maajah, Sharh Saheeh Muslim, Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah,
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