How a student of knowledge can get rid of intrusive thoughts
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Question:
This questioner says: How can a student of knowledge get rid of the intrusive thoughts that come to him, telling him that he wants the certificate and does not want the knowledge?
Answer:
He should repent to Allah the Exalted. When he learns the knowledge, the knowledge will have an effect on him. Some of the Salaf said, "We learned the knowledge for the sake of this world, but it refused to be for anything other than the religion." Allahu Akbar. So learn; the One who says you are seeking jobs, seeking worldly greed, seeking... no, He will not let you down. Continue in seeking knowledge. Knowledge is light; knowledge is light that testifies to itself, even if you intended it for this world, Allah will make it for the sake of the religion. That is its origin and its nature, and that is what it came with.
This questioner says: How can a student of knowledge get rid of the intrusive thoughts that come to him, telling him that he wants the certificate and does not want the knowledge?
Answer:
He should repent to Allah the Exalted. When he learns the knowledge, the knowledge will have an effect on him. Some of the Salaf said, "We learned the knowledge for the sake of this world, but it refused to be for anything other than the religion." Allahu Akbar. So learn; the One who says you are seeking jobs, seeking worldly greed, seeking... no, He will not let you down. Continue in seeking knowledge. Knowledge is light; knowledge is light that testifies to itself, even if you intended it for this world, Allah will make it for the sake of the religion. That is its origin and its nature, and that is what it came with.
Source
كيفية إخلاص النية لله في طلب العلم — alfawzan.live
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.