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ترجمۂ کنزالایمان: اللہ کے نام سے شروع جو نہایت مہربان رحم والا

Translation: Allah in the name of the most Affectionate the Merciful

Du’a for Reading the Book or Islamic Lesson

Read the following Du’a (supplication) before studying a religious book or Islamic lesson , you will remember whatever you study.

Translation:Ya Allah! Open the portal of knowledge and wisdom for us, and have mercy on us! O the one who is the most honourable and glorious! (Al-Mustaraf, vol. 1, pp. 40)

Note: Recite Durud Sharif once before and after the Du’a.

ترجمۂ کنزالایمان:اور اگر جب وہ اپنی جانوں پر ظلم کریں تو اے محبوب تمہارے حضور حاضر ہوں اور پھر اللہ سے معافی چاہیں اور رسول ان کی شفاعت فرمائے تو ضرور اللہ کو بہت توبہ قبول کرنے والا مہربان پائیں۔

                                                                                                      

Translation of Kanzul Iman:And if when they do justice unto their souls, then O beloved! They should come to you and then beg forgiveness of Allah and the messenger should intercede for them then surely, they would find Allah Most Relenting, Merciful (4:64)

Excellence of Durud Shareef

The Noble Rasool صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم has stated, ‘Whoever recites Salat upon me one time, Allah عزوجل sends ten mercies upon him.’ (Sahih Muslim, pp. 166, vol. 1)

Knowledge & Teaching as Mentioned in Hadith

Hadith 1: The Beloved Rasool  صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said, ‘If Allah wills to bestow someone with special virtue, He makes him a Faqih of the Religion, and I am the Distributor and Allah is the Giver.’ [Bukhari & Muslim]

Hadith 2: People too have mines, like those of gold and silver. Those who were good in the days of ignorance are also good in Islam, if they acquire knowledge. [Muslim]

Hadith 3: When a person dies, all his deeds are terminated, except for three things (that even after passing away, they are still recorded in his book of deeds): (1) Sadqa-e-Jaariyah, (2) That knowledge which is beneficial, (3) and Pious children (that he left behind) who continue to make Dua for him. [Muslim]

Hadith 4: Allah ta’aala will make easy the path to Jannat for the person who travels any path, with the intention of attaining knowledge (of Deen). When any nation gathers together in the Kaaba for the recitation of the Holy Qur’an, and they recite it and teach it, then Sakina[1] descends upon them, and they are enveloped by Mercy and the Angels encircle them. Allah ta’aala remembers them amongst those who are close to Him, and one whose deeds have made him lazy (slow), will not become swift based on his lineage (i.e. Nobility). [Muslim]

Hadith 5: A person presented himself before Hazrat Abu Dardah رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ in the Mosque of Damascus and said that he had travelled from Madina to learn a (particular) Hadith of Rasoolullah  صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم from him. He said, ‘I have heard that you narrate this (particular) Hadith, so I have travelled here solely for this reason’. Hazrat Abu Dardah رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ said that he heard Rasoolullah  صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم saying, ‘That person who travels any path for the sake of acquiring knowledge, Allah ta’aala guides him to the path of Paradise and the Angels spread out their wings for the pleasure of the students (who strive to attain Ilm-e-Deen). Those in the skies and those who populate the earth and the fish in the sea, (all) make dua for an Aalim, and the superiority of an Aalim over an Aabid (worshipper), is like that of full moon over all the stars, and undoubtedly, the Ulama are the heirs of the Ambia. The Ambia did not appoint heirs to gold coins and wealth. They appointed inheritors to (their) knowledge. So whomsoever has taken (this) knowledge, he has attained a complete share’. [Ahmed, Tirmizi, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, Daarimi]

Hadith 6: Rasoolullah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم  said, ‘The Excellence of an Aalim over an Aabid (ordinary worshipper) is like my excellence over the most humble of you (i.e. the lowest of you)’. After this, Rasoolullah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم  said, ‘Allah ta’aala and all the Angels, and all those in the skies and the earth, even the ants inside their holes and the fish desire goodness for a person who teaches good things to the people’. [Tirmizi]

Hadith 7: A single Faqih is more powerful over shaitaan, than a thousand worshippers. [Tirmizi, Ibn Majah]

Hadith 8: The Prophet صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم  said, ‘To acquire knowledge is Fard upon every Muslim, and the one who entrusts knowledge to an undeserving person, is like the person who places a necklace of jewels, pearls and gold around the neck of a swine’. [Ibn Majah]

Hadith 9: The Prophet  صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said, ‘When a person leaves home with the intention of acquiring knowledge, then for as long as he does not return, he is in way of Allah’. [Tirmizi, Daarimi]

Hadith 10: The Prophet  صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said, ‘A Mo’min is never fully enriched (satisfied) with goodness (i.e. knowledge), until such time its last part does not come in Jannat’. [Tirmizi] (In other words in Jannat he will gain the ultimate gift of goodness and knowledge and that is the Divine Vision of Allah will be blessed to every believer)

Hadith 11: The Prophet  صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said, ‘Allah keep that person happy, who heard any one of my words and memorised it, and preserved it, passing it on to others. Since, many who are bearers of knowledge are not Faqihs (Jurists), and many of those who bear this knowledge, (sometimes) share it with those who are greater Jurists than them’. [Ahmed, Tirmizi, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, Daarimi]

Hadith 12: The Prophet  صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said, ‘A believer receives the benefit of these actions and virtuous deeds, even after passing away. The knowledge, which he imparted (taught) and that which he propagated; pious children that he left behind, or the Sacred Scripture[2] which he left behind in his Estate, or a Musjid which he had constructed, or a resting place for the Musafirs[3], which he had erected, or a stream that he had prepared. Or the wealth which he gave as Sadqa during his good health in his lifetime, (the benefits of which) he will receive after he has passed away’. [Ibn Majah]

Hadith 13: Hazrat Ibn Ab’bas رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہما mentioned that to learn or teach for just one moment at night, is greater than being in worship for the entire night. [Daarimi]

Hadith 14: Rasoolullah  صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم entered the Musjid and whilst two gatherings were in session (in the Musjid). Huzoor  صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said, ‘Both gatherings are virtuous, but one is greater than the other. These people are asking Dua from Allah and they are inclined towards Him. If He Wills He may either bestow or not bestow upon them (what they request). As for those in the second gathering, they acquire knowledge and educate the ignorant by way of it and this is more exalted’. Huzoor  صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم then said, ‘I have been sent as a Teacher (to the entire Universe)’. He  صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم then sat in that particular gathering.

Hadith 15: The Prophet صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم  said, ‘Allah will raise that person as a Faqih who memorises 40 Hadith pertaining to the Deen of my Ummat, and I shall be his intercessor and a witness (over him)’. [Baihaqi]

Hadith 16: Two types of insatiable persons are never fully  satisfied: One who is greedy for knowledge, for his knowledge will never fill his stomach (i.e. satisfy him) and the other is one who has greed for materialistic things (the world), for he will never be satisfied (with whatever he possesses). [Baihaqi]

Hadith 17: Abdullah bin Mas’ud رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ said that two covetous people are never satisfied: the one is a Saahib-e-Duniya[4] and the other being is a Saahib-e-Ilm[5], but both of them are not alike. A Saahib-e-Ilm continues to acquire the pleasure of Allah and a Saahib-e-Duniya grows in obstinacy. Thereafter, Hazrat Abdullah رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ recited the following verse of the Qur’an,

(کَلَّاۤ اِنَّ الْاِنۡسَانَ لَیَطْغٰۤی ۙ﴿۶﴾اَنۡ رَّاٰہُ اسْتَغْنٰی ﴿ؕ۷﴾ )

‘Indeed, man is disobedient, for he regards himself as being free (independent).’

[Surah 96 Verses 6-7]

And referring to the other, he said:

(اِنَّمَا یَخْشَی اللہَ مِنْ عِبَادِہِ الْعُلَمٰٓؤُا ؕ)

‘Only the ones who possess knowledge amongst His servants, truly fear Allah.’

 [Surah 35 Verse 28]

HADITH 18: That knowledge, through which benefit cannot be attained, is like treasure of which nothing is spent in the way of Allah. [Ahmed]

HADITH 19: The most disappointed person on the Day of Qiyaamah will be one who had the opportunity to acquire knowledge in the world, but did not acquire it. Also that person, who acquired knowledge, but others neither heard it from him nor benefited from it, or if he himself did not attain any benefit from it. [Ibn Asakir]

HADITH 20: The ink of the Ulama will be measured with the blood of the martyr, and the ink will prevail over it. [Khateeb]

HADITH 21: The examples of the Ulama are like the stars in the sky, by which one finds direction in a desert and in the darkness of the sea. If the stars were to vanish, then those travelling would be lost. [Ahmed]

HADITH 22: Knowledge is (of three types): a Precise Verse, an Established Sunnat, or a just share (of inheritance), and anything other than this is additional.

HADITH 23: Hazrat Hassan Basri رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ said, ‘There are two types of knowledge. One is that, which the heart possesses, and this (type of knowledge) is ‘Beneficial Knowledge’ and the second is that, which is on the tongue. This is Allah’s evidence over Ibn Adam (humans)’. [Daarimi]

HADITH 24: The one, who sought knowledge and acquired it, attains two folds reward, and if he does not acquire it, then he receives one fold reward. [Daarimi]

HADITH 25: If death comes upon a person whilst he was acquiring knowledge for the purpose of refreshing Islam, then between him and the Ambia, there shall be a difference of one level in Jannat. [Daarimi]

HADITH 26: A good Aalim is he, who when approached during necessity, gives benefit (i.e. he is helpful) and if he is treated with indifference (i.e. negligently), then he remains indifferent. [Razeen]

HADITH 27: Hazrat Abdullah ibn Mas’ud رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ said, ‘If a person has knowledge of something, he should say it and if he has no knowledge regarding it, he should say: اﷲاعلم ‘Allah Knows (best)’; because the beauty of knowledge is that if one does have knowledge in regards to anything, he should say: اﷲاعلم ‘Allah Knows (best)’. Allah ta’aala said to His Nabi صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم :

(قُلْ مَاۤ اَسْـَٔلُکُمْ عَلَیۡہِ مِنْ اَجْرٍ وَّ مَاۤ اَنَا مِنَ الْمُتَکَلِّفِیۡنَ ﴿۸۶﴾)

Say (O Beloved Prophet): “No reward whatsoever do I ask of you for this (message), and I am not one of those who claim to be what they are not.” [Surah 38Verse 86]

Hadith 28: An Aalim who was not generous with his knowledge shall have the worst position before Allah, on the Day of Qiyaamat. [Daarimi]

Hadith 29: Ziad bin Lubaid رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ says that Nabi صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم  mentioned something and then said, ‘This will happen at the time when knowledge starts to vanish’. I asked, ‘How will knowledge vanish? We recite the Qur’an and teach it to our sons and they shall teach it to their children, so this manner will continue until Qiyaamah’. Huzoor صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم  said, ‘Ziad! May your mother weep over you! I thought that you are a Faqih in Madina. Did the Jews and Christians not read the Taurat and Injeel? However, is it not true, that they practice not upon what is mentioned therein?’ [Ahmed, Tirmizi, Ibn Majah]

Hadith 30: Hazrat Umar ◌ asked Ka’ab Ahbar to describe the People of Knowledge. (He said), they are those who have knowledge and practice in accordance with it. He asked, ‘what has caused knowledge to be taken away from the hearts of the Ulama?’ He replied, ‘Greed’. [Daarimi]

Hadith 31: There shall be those in my Ummah who will learn the Qur’an and then say, ‘We will go to the wealthy leaders and acquire the worldly possessions from them, and we shall keep our Deen safeguarded from them, but it will not be so. Just as one cannot acquire anything from a Tragacanth (thorny tree) except its thorns. Similarly, one cannot acquire anything from wealthy leaders, except for error’. [Ibn Majah]

Hadith 32: The very malicious Qur’a[6] by Allah, are those who visit the wealthy leaders. [Ibn Majah]

Hadith 33: Abdullah ibn Mas’ud رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ said, ‘if the Men of Knowledge preserve this knowledge and pass it over to those deserving of it, then due to this, they shall become the Rulers over the People of their Era. However, (rather) they have depleted their knowledge for the sake of worldly people, in order to attain the materialistic world from them, causing themselves to be disgraced before them. I heard from your Nabi صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم  that the one who has made all his concerns the one concern in regards to his concern of the hereafter shall be protected by Allah from the concerns of the world. For the one who has diverse concerns in regards to the affairs of the world, Allah does not have any concern for him, no matter which valley he dies in’. [Ibn Majah]

Hadith 34: On the Day of Qiyaamat, a bridle of fire will be fitted to the mouth of a person who is asked about something in regards to knowledge and he desists from answering it. [Ahmed, Abu Dawud, Tirmizi, Ibn Majah]

Hadith 35: Allah ta’aala will enter into hell, a person who acquired knowledge so that he may challenge the Ulama, or so that he may argue with the ignorant people, or because he wishes to direct the attention of the people towards him. [Tirmizi, Ibn Majah]

Hadith 36: If the knowledge (of Deen) which is to be acquired for attaining the pleasure of Allah, is acquired by a person so that he may acquire through it the materialistic and worldly possessions, then on the Day of Qiyaamat such a person shall not even attain the fragrance of Jannat. [Ahmed, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah]

Hadith 37: A sermon (discourse) is not delivered, except by a Leader, or one appointed by the authority of the Leader, or by an arrogant person. In other words, to give counsel or deliver a discourse is the duty of the Muslim Leader or by someone appointed by him to fulfil this duty, and with the exception of them, anyone who delivers a discourse, does so with the intention of seeking status or seeking materialistic (benefit). [Abu Dawud]

Hadith 38: Whosoever issues a fatwa without knowledge, the sin will be on the one, who gives the fatwa, and one who gives advice to 490 his brother and knows well that it is not the (best) advice; it is a breach of trust. [Abu Dawud]

Hadith 39: Rasoolullah  صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم looked towards the sky and then said, ‘This is the time when knowledge will be separated from the people, to an extent that they shall have no authority over any issues of knowledge’. [Tirmizi]

Hadith 40: Allah will not take away knowledge by taking it away from the hearts of the people, but taking away knowledge will be by taking away the Ulama. When no Aalim shall remain, the people will appoint the ignorant ones as their leaders. They shall issue edicts (Fatawa) without knowledge. They will themselves be astray and they will lead others astray as well. [Bukhari, Muslim]

Hadith 41: The worst of all are the nefarious Ulama and the best of all are the virtuous Ulama. [Daarimi]

Hadith 42: The disaster of knowledge is forgetfulness and to discuss issues of knowledge (learning) with the undeserving is to waste this knowledge. [Daarimi]

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[1] Sakina refers to peace and tranquillity.

[2] Sacred Scripture here refers to the Holy Qur’an.

[3] A Musafir refers to a wayfarer (i.e. traveller).

[4] A Saahib-e-Duniya refers to a Possessor of materialistic and worldly effects.

[5] A Saahib-e-Ilm refers to a Possessor of Knowledge.

[6] Qur’a here refers to the reciters of the Qur’an and Ulama.

Ya Allah عزوجل of Mustafa  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم! We make sincere Dua that  blesses us all with strength in Imaan and true love for the Holy Prophet  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلمand for all those who follow that which has been taught and commanded by Him. Amin! (Source: Extracted from Bahaar-e-Shariat Volume 16)

Courtesy: Imam Mustafa Raza Research Center

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