Advice for incoming scholarship students studying at the university
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Question:
This questioner mentions giving advice to your children, the scholarship students who have come from various countries to study at this blessed university?
Answer:
Yes, we welcome these brothers who have come to this university to seek knowledge. We welcome them and ask Allah to grant them what they intended and aimed for in their coming. They are our brothers, and they undoubtedly represent this country and its people. They represent it and demonstrate it when they return to their countries. The aim is not for a person to learn for himself alone, but rather to learn in order to act and to teach others. If they do,[Ali 'Imran 3:187], this is a characteristic of the Jews: they learn but do not teach and do not spread beneficial knowledge. As for the Muslim, he learns for himself, for his community, and for his brothers. This is the student of knowledge: the one who benefits himself, benefits his brothers, and benefits his society.
Allah the Exalted said:[At-Tawbah 9:122] meaning that it is not possible for all Muslims to set out to seek knowledge. [At-Tawbah 9:122] So you, praise be to Allah, have come to seek knowledge.
So if Allah grants you success and you acquire some of this sacred knowledge, do not keep it only in your chests, but explain it to the people and teach it. Teach those who come after you.[At-Tawbah 9:122] Yes.
This questioner mentions giving advice to your children, the scholarship students who have come from various countries to study at this blessed university?
Answer:
Yes, we welcome these brothers who have come to this university to seek knowledge. We welcome them and ask Allah to grant them what they intended and aimed for in their coming. They are our brothers, and they undoubtedly represent this country and its people. They represent it and demonstrate it when they return to their countries. The aim is not for a person to learn for himself alone, but rather to learn in order to act and to teach others. If they do,
Allah took a covenant from those who were given the Scripture, [saying], "You must make it clear to the people and not conceal it."
اللَّهُ مِيثَاقَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ لَتُبَيِّنُنَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَكْتُمُونَهُAllah the Exalted said:
And it is not for the believers to go forth [to battle] all at once
وَمَا كَانَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لِيَنفِرُوا كَافَّةًAnd it is not for the believers to go forth [to battle] all at once. For there should separate from every division of them a group [remaining] to obtain understanding in the religion and warn their people when they return to them that they might be cautious.
وَمَا كَانَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لِيَنفِرُوا كَافَّةً فَلَوْلَا نَفَرَ مِن كُلِّ فِرْقَةٍ مِّنْهُمْ طَائِفَةٌ لِّيَتَفَقَّهُوا فِي الدِّينِ وَلِيُنذِرُوا قَوْمَهُمْ إِذَا رَجَعُوا إِلَيْهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَحْذَرُونَSo if Allah grants you success and you acquire some of this sacred knowledge, do not keep it only in your chests, but explain it to the people and teach it. Teach those who come after you.
to obtain understanding in the religion and warn their people when they return to them that they might be cautious.
لِّيَتَفَقَّهُوا فِي الدِّينِ وَلِيُنذِرُوا قَوْمَهُمْ إِذَا رَجَعُوا إِلَيْهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَحْذَرُونَ
Source
محاضرة وصايا وتوجيهات-18-1-1441 — alfawzan.live (22:35)
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