Among the signs of the Hour is the elevation of knowledge and the spread of ignorance, so what is the response to those who say: In this age, the opposite has occurred?

Question:
May Allah be with you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: Among the signs of the Hour is the elevation of knowledge and the spread of ignorance. And one of the contemporary scholars says that in this age, knowledge has been elevated and ignorance has spread. Is this statement correct?

Answer:
This is evidence of his own ignorance. What is meant by knowledge? Is it the knowledge of industry and inventions? That is worldly knowledge. The knowledge intended in the hadith and in the Qur'an is religious knowledge. That is what is meant in the hadith. If you become skilled in industry and engineering but do not know how to pray, and you have not learned how to pay zakah, that is not what is meant. What is meant is religious knowledge by which you know your religion and how to worship your Lord. A person may be skilled in industry and worldly knowledge, but he may be an atheist or ignorant, not knowing the matters of his religion. Yes.