What are the means that help in achieving sincerity in seeking knowledge?

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The questioner : What are the means that help in achieving sincerity in seeking knowledge?

The Shaykh : Yes, one of the greatest means that help in achieving sincerity is for a person to seek knowledge in order to obey the command of Allah and to hope for His reward. This is because Allah the Exalted encouraged the seeking of knowledge in His saying:

Allah will raise those who have believed among you and those who were given knowledge, by degrees

يَرْفَعِ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنْكُمْ وَالَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ دَرَجَاتٍ

[Al-Mujadila 58:11]

And he should hope for what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) promised, for he said:

He upon whom Allah intends to bestow goodness, He confers upon him an insight in religion

من يرد الله به خيراً يفقهه في الدين

Sahih Muslim 1037a

And let him know that whenever he sits in a gathering to learn knowledge, that gathering is a gain for him, a gain for him. Through this and the like of it, sincerity is formed in the heart. And a person should seek knowledge for the sake of Allah the Exalted and the Hereafter. Yes.

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