The Shaykh's Life in the Pursuit of Knowledge and What Helps in Having Good Character
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The questioner:
The questioner also mentioned two matters in this question, Your Excellency the Shaykh. He says: We would like, Shaykh, for you to tell us about your life in knowledge, and we ask Allah that we may benefit. The other matter is: what is the thing that helps in having good character?
The Shaykh:
As for the first question, which is about our life in knowledge, I do not think you will find any benefit in it.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
But I say that, praise be to Allah for my little knowledge and little yield, I am like the rest of the students who studied in the blessed institutes and colleges. So I studied in the institutes and I studied in the colleges, and we studied the curricula in tawhid (the oneness of Allah), in fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), in hadith, in tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis), and in language. We studied like others; we have no distinction over others. And these institutes and these colleges are among the blessings of Allah upon this land.
Praise be to Allah. May Allah reward those who founded them with the best reward, and we ask Him that these institutes and these colleges remain a light that shines in this land, and that He protect it from the evil of envy and enemies, and those who want to distort them and work to close them down—may Allah not grant them what they desire.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good. He also asks: what is the thing that helps in having good character?
The Shaykh:
What helps in having good character is studying the character of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and how he dealt with people, and studying the hadiths that encourage good character, and following the righteous. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner also mentioned two matters in this question, Your Excellency the Shaykh. He says: We would like, Shaykh, for you to tell us about your life in knowledge, and we ask Allah that we may benefit. The other matter is: what is the thing that helps in having good character?
The Shaykh:
As for the first question, which is about our life in knowledge, I do not think you will find any benefit in it.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
But I say that, praise be to Allah for my little knowledge and little yield, I am like the rest of the students who studied in the blessed institutes and colleges. So I studied in the institutes and I studied in the colleges, and we studied the curricula in tawhid (the oneness of Allah), in fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), in hadith, in tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis), and in language. We studied like others; we have no distinction over others. And these institutes and these colleges are among the blessings of Allah upon this land.
Praise be to Allah. May Allah reward those who founded them with the best reward, and we ask Him that these institutes and these colleges remain a light that shines in this land, and that He protect it from the evil of envy and enemies, and those who want to distort them and work to close them down—may Allah not grant them what they desire.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good. He also asks: what is the thing that helps in having good character?
The Shaykh:
What helps in having good character is studying the character of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and how he dealt with people, and studying the hadiths that encourage good character, and following the righteous. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
لقاء مفتوح [الرس] — alfawzan.live (35:02)
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