Adorning Oneself with Good Character and Manners for the Student of Knowledge

Question:
Some of our colleagues and students are found to be smoking or perhaps drinking, or they are facing advice frankly.

Answer:
It is obligatory for Muslims in general to adhere to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with good character and to abandon falsehood, especially students of knowledge. Especially since you are seeking knowledge, you must qualify yourselves for seeking knowledge by adopting its manners and acting upon the advice of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to the student of knowledge, because he is the model for training after him. And because if one engages in any of the sins, he is deprived of knowledge; if one engages in any of the sins, he is deprived of knowledge to the extent of what he engages in. So you must adorn yourselves with the character of students of knowledge, so that Allah grants you knowledge. Fear Allah, and Allah will teach you, and Allah is All-Knowing of all things. Yes.