Seeking Sacred Knowledge and Its Relationship to the Love of Allah and His Messenger
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is seeking sacred knowledge for the sake of Allah and following the example of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) considered a form of loving Allah and His Messenger?
Answer:
It is a form of loving Allah. Yes, it is a cause; its cause is the love of Allah and His Messenger. Yes, learning sacred knowledge with a desire for it is a form of loving Allah and His Messenger. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is seeking sacred knowledge for the sake of Allah and following the example of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) considered a form of loving Allah and His Messenger?
Answer:
It is a form of loving Allah. Yes, it is a cause; its cause is the love of Allah and His Messenger. Yes, learning sacred knowledge with a desire for it is a form of loving Allah and His Messenger. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل فمن المحبة النافعة : محبة الزوجة وما ملكت يمين الرجل — islamhouse.com (47:46)
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