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Knowledge and learning in Islam is a duty on every Muslim :It was also related by Anas b. Malik that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “Seeking knowledge is obligatory upon every Muslim.” [Sunan Ibn Mâjah (224) and others] The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “Whoever seeks a way to acquire knowledge Allah will make easy his way to Paradise.” [Sahîh Muslim (2699)] Imam Ahmad b. Hanbal had said: “We will accompany the inkpot until our death.” This explains why the early Muslim scholars were enthusiastic about science and they did discover many facts in different scientific fields long before the west could be scientifically illuminated. The following slides to what extent Islam stressed the importance of science.
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Allah, the Exalted, says: Say: Are those who know equal to those who know not? It is only men of understanding who will remember.� Q39:9 .
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They ask thee concerning the Spirit (of inspiration). Say: "The Spirit (cometh) by command of my Lord. And of knowledge it is only a little that is given to you (O mankind!).� Q17:85 .
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Now such were their houses in utter ruin because they practiced wrongdoing. Verily in this is a SIGN FOR PEOPLE OF KNOWLEDGE.� Q27:52 .
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And such are the
Parables We set for
mankind but none will
understand them except
those who have
Knowledge.� Q29:43.
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Those truly fear Allah
among His Servants
who HAVE
KNOWLEDGE: for
Allah is Exalted in
Might Oft-
Forgiving.� Q35:28 .
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High above all is Allah the King, the Truth! Be not in haste with the Qur'an before its revelation to thee is completed but say "O my Lord! INCREASE ME IN KNOWLEDGE." Q20:114
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Our beloved prophet
Muhammad (PBUH)
said :�
The seeking of
knowledge is
obligatory for every
Muslim�� (Al-
Tirmidhi Hadith 218)
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If anyone travels on a road in search of knowledge, Allah will cause him to travel on one of the roads of Paradise. The angels will lower their wings in their great pleasure with one who seeks knowledge, the inhabitants of the heavens and the Earth and the fish in the deep waters will ask forgiveness for the learned man. The superiority of the learned man over the devout is like that of the moon, on the night when it is
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full, over the rest of the stars .
The learned are the heirs of the Prophets, and the Prophets leave neither dinar nor dirham (money), leaving only knowledge, and he who takes it takes an abundant portion.� (Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 3634).
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The prophet (PBUH) used to supplicate: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from four things: KNOWLEDGE WHICH DOES NOT PROFIT, a heart which is not submissive, a soul which has an insatiable appetite, and a supplication which is not heard." (Sunan of Abu-Dawood hadith 1543)
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O Allah, I ask Thee for BENEFICIAL KNOWLEDGE, acceptable action, and good provision." (Al-Tirmidhi Hadith Hadith 2487).
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And in a hadith Qudsi, the Prophet said that Allah says: �Search for knowledge about Me before you worship Me. How will he who does not know Me worship
Me correctly "?
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