Do the hadiths reported from the Messenger regarding knowledge and the stations of scholars refer only to the student of Islamic knowledge?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. A clarification and sound advice, if Allah wills. The hadiths that came from our Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding knowledge and the stations of scholars: is this status exclusive to the student of Islamic knowledge, or does it extend to include students of other sciences, such as applied sciences and engineering?
Answer:
It is known among the scholars that all these reports are regarding Islamic knowledge related to the religion. As for the other sciences, they have no share in that. Medicine, engineering, mathematics, astronomy, and the like have no share in this. However, according to the intentions of these people and their good deeds, they will have their rewards according to their intentions. If the engineer, doctor, astronomer, or other intends by his work and knowledge to help people toward good, guide them to good, make them independent of their enemy, and the like of such good intentions, then he is upon his good deeds, and he will be rewarded according to them. But if his intention is only the worldly life, then he has only his intention. As for the knowledge of the Shari'ah and the acts of the Shari'ah, people are in the greatest need and necessity for them for the purpose of salvation from the Fire, fulfilling the right of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and drawing near to Him. What has come in the hadiths and verses praising knowledge and its virtue is, according to the people of knowledge, regarding the knowledge of the Shari'ah and what aids in it, as in His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He)[Al-Mujadila 58:11] (Glorified and Exalted is He) [Ali 'Imran 3:18] All of this is regarding the scholars of the Shari'ah, the scholars of guidance. Similarly, His saying (Exalted and Majestic is He) regarding the one who knows that what my Lord has weighed is not other than the truth, as He ended [Ar-Ra'd 13:19] and His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He) [Az-Zumar 39:9] All of this is regarding Islamic knowledge. And so is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) All of this is regarding the knowledge of the Shari'ah and purity, the knowledge of the Qur'an and the Sunnah, and what aids in that from the principles of the religion, the principles of terminology, the rules of Arabic, and the like of what its owner intends to understand the religion and use as an aid to the knowledge of the Shari'ah. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good. A clarification and sound advice, if Allah wills. The hadiths that came from our Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding knowledge and the stations of scholars: is this status exclusive to the student of Islamic knowledge, or does it extend to include students of other sciences, such as applied sciences and engineering?
Answer:
It is known among the scholars that all these reports are regarding Islamic knowledge related to the religion. As for the other sciences, they have no share in that. Medicine, engineering, mathematics, astronomy, and the like have no share in this. However, according to the intentions of these people and their good deeds, they will have their rewards according to their intentions. If the engineer, doctor, astronomer, or other intends by his work and knowledge to help people toward good, guide them to good, make them independent of their enemy, and the like of such good intentions, then he is upon his good deeds, and he will be rewarded according to them. But if his intention is only the worldly life, then he has only his intention. As for the knowledge of the Shari'ah and the acts of the Shari'ah, people are in the greatest need and necessity for them for the purpose of salvation from the Fire, fulfilling the right of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and drawing near to Him. What has come in the hadiths and verses praising knowledge and its virtue is, according to the people of knowledge, regarding the knowledge of the Shari'ah and what aids in it, as in His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He)
Allah will raise those who have believed among you and those who were given knowledge, by degrees
يَرْفَعِ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنكُمْ وَالَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ دَرَجَاتٍAllah witnesses that there is no deity except Him, and [so do] the angels and those of knowledge
شَهِدَ اللَّهُ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ وَأُولُو الْعِلْمِblind? They will only be reminded who are people of understanding -
أَعْمَىٰ إِنَّمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ أُولُو الْأَلْبَابِSay, "Are those who know equal to those who do not know?" Only they will remember [who are] people of understanding.
قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِي الَّذِينَ يَعْلَمُونَ وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ إِنَّمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ أُولُو الْأَلْبَابِHe will find good therein and he will understand the religion for him. And his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): "Whoever travels a path seeking therein knowledge, Allah will testify for him to a path to Paradise." All of this is regarding the knowledge of the Shari'ah. The other hadith: "The angels place their wings for the student of knowledge" also for what he does.
يجد له فيه خيرا ويفقهه في الدين، وقوله صلى الله عليه وسلم من سلك طريقا يلتمس فيه علما يشهد الله له بطريق إلى الجنة كل هذا في علم الشرع، الحديث الآخر إن الملائكة لتضع أجنحتها لطالب العلم أيضا بما يصنع،
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 072 هل الأحاديث الواردة عن الرسول في العلم ومنازل العلماء يقصد بها طالب العلم الشرعي فقط؟ — youtube.com
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