What is the way to sincerity in learning knowledge?
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Question:
What is the way to sincerity in seeking knowledge?
Answer:
That you learn for the sake of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), not for the purpose of this world and its perishable things, nor for showing off and seeking fame, but rather you learn to know your religion and to act in accordance with the law of your Lord, hoping for His reward and fearing His punishment. This is sincerity.
And whatever comes after this from the matters of this world, such as a job or assistance, is good upon good, but the motive for seeking knowledge must be that you intend the Face of your Lord, by knowing your religion and acting in accordance with the law of Allah with insight: [Yusuf:108], [An-Nahl:120].
So sincerity to Allah is: that you intend His noble Face and the good with Him through your actions: seeking knowledge, prayer, jihad, and other matters of the religion.
What is the way to sincerity in seeking knowledge?
Answer:
That you learn for the sake of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), not for the purpose of this world and its perishable things, nor for showing off and seeking fame, but rather you learn to know your religion and to act in accordance with the law of your Lord, hoping for His reward and fearing His punishment. This is sincerity.
And whatever comes after this from the matters of this world, such as a job or assistance, is good upon good, but the motive for seeking knowledge must be that you intend the Face of your Lord, by knowing your religion and acting in accordance with the law of Allah with insight:
Say, “This is my path; I call to Allah with insight,
قُلْ هَذِهِ سَبِيلِي أَدْعُو إِلَى اللَّهِ عَلَى بَصِيرَةٍIndeed, Abraham was a [comprehensive] leader, devoutly obedient to Allah, inclining toward truth
إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ كَانَ أُمَّةً قَانِتًا لِلَّهِ حَنِيفًاSo sincerity to Allah is: that you intend His noble Face and the good with Him through your actions: seeking knowledge, prayer, jihad, and other matters of the religion.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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