The ruling on one who learns knowledge and refuses to teach the people
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Question:
Young men who have reached a good level in knowledge were advised in the best manner to guide the people, but they said: "It is enough for us to remove ignorance from ourselves." Do they have any argument for that?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible. The one who has knowledge must make it clear to the people. Allah has taken upon those who have knowledge that they make it clear [Al Imran: 187], but only if they speak with knowledge, gentleness, and wisdom, not with ignorance...
Q: Is this their argument, or do they not teach the people?
A: This is a mistake.Sunan Abi Dawud 1452Sahih (Al-Albani), and in the hadith it is narrated from him (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: Sunan Ibn Majah 999Sahih (Darussalam), and greater than that is the saying of the Exalted: [Fussilat: 33], and He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said: [Yusuf: 108].
And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 1893a, and there are many hadiths on this.
Young men who have reached a good level in knowledge were advised in the best manner to guide the people, but they said: "It is enough for us to remove ignorance from ourselves." Do they have any argument for that?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible. The one who has knowledge must make it clear to the people. Allah has taken upon those who have knowledge that they make it clear
And [mention, O Muhammad], when Allah took a covenant from those who were given the Scripture, [saying], "You must make it clear to the people and not conceal it."
وَإِذْ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ مِيثَاقَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ لَتُبَيِّنُنَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَكْتُمُونَهُQ: Is this their argument, or do they not teach the people?
A: This is a mistake.
The best among you is he who learns and teaches the Qur'an.
خَيْرُكُمْ مَن تَعَلَّمَ القُرْآنَ وعَلَّمَهُIt was narrated from Ibrahim bin ‘Abdur-Rahman bin ‘Awf that his father said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Allah and the angels send blessings upon the first row.’”
إنَّ اللَّهَ وملائكتَهُ يصلُّونَ علَى مُعلِّمِ النَّاسِ الخيرَAnd who is better in speech than one who invites to Allah and does righteousness
وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ قَوْلًا مِمَّنْ دَعَا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا...Say, “This is my path; I call to Allah with insight,
قُلْ هَذِهِ سَبِيلِي أَدْعُو إِلَى اللَّهِ عَلَى بَصِيرَةٍAnd he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
One who guides to something good has a reward similar to that of its doer.
مَن دَلَّ علَى خَيْرٍ فَلَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِ فَاعِلِهِ
Source
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