The Scarcity of Knowledge and the Passing of Scholars: Signs of the Approach of the Hour
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Question:
Shaykh Salih, I may find a doctor, I may find this or that, but I do not find a scholar with the same abundance as others. Is there a final word on this topic?
Answer:
There is no doubt in this, and as time progresses, scholars will become fewer. The saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and it also came in the hadith that in the end times readers will be many and jurists will be few. We understand.
This is undoubtedly one of the signs of the Hour. However, Muslims should fear Allah as much as they are able, and try to maintain contact with the people of knowledge, even if they are few, by any means of communication. Yes. May Allah reward you with good.
Shaykh Salih, I may find a doctor, I may find this or that, but I do not find a scholar with the same abundance as others. Is there a final word on this topic?
Answer:
There is no doubt in this, and as time progresses, scholars will become fewer. The saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
Indeed, Allah does not take away this knowledge by plucking it out of the hearts of the people, but He takes away knowledge by the death of scholars, until when no scholar remains, the people take as leaders those who are not qualified, and they issue rulings without knowledge, so they go astray and lead others astray.
إن الله لا يقبض هذا العلم انتزاعا ينتزعه من صدور الدجال، ولكن يقبض العلم بموت العلماء، حتى إذا لم يبقى عالم اتخذ الناس رؤوسا يهالا فأفتوا بغير علم، فضلوا وأضلواIn the end times
في آخر الزمانThis is undoubtedly one of the signs of the Hour. However, Muslims should fear Allah as much as they are able, and try to maintain contact with the people of knowledge, even if they are few, by any means of communication. Yes. May Allah reward you with good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، قلة العلم وقبض العلماء من علامات قرب الساعة – الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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