Quran and Sunnah
10 Requirements for Seeking Knowledge, from Surah ash-Shu’araa
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Atif
March 26, 2008 at 4:02 PM
Assalamu’alaykum
Is that a coincidence that today’s date is the 26th, and you’re quoting Surah #26 from the Qur’an?
Kaywan Salah
March 26, 2008 at 4:48 PM
Al-salam
Masha Allah, muslim brothers and sisters. may Allah (swt) reward you for your good work and shower his mercy upon all the muslins in the world.
Wa-salam.
ibnabeeomar
March 26, 2008 at 5:04 PM
wsalam..
atif- pure coincidence
kaywan – jazakallahukhayr
True Virtues
March 26, 2008 at 6:25 PM
Jazakallahu Khair! That was short, sweet, and to the point!
ExEx Blogger
March 26, 2008 at 7:40 PM
* Yawn * JK
Short & Concise. Nice
Nadia
March 26, 2008 at 8:20 PM
Excellent points, especially since they’re all from Qur’an. And like others said, it’s concise and therefore easy to remember. Jazakallah khayr for posting!
Solomon2
March 26, 2008 at 9:45 PM
Ugh. These sound more like a recipe for getting brainwashed rather than learning. Where are doubt, experiment, logic, analysis, self-honesty, piety, memorization, practice, and skills for confronting yet respecting one’s teachers?
If you still don’t get it, think deeply and consider: what sort of doctor is the Muslim who subscribes to Surah’s list? An effective physician, or merely what Russians call a “faith healer” and others a “witch doctor”?
Since I know good Muslim doctors do exist, I think that if they consider Surah’s list at all, they dismiss as quickly as a puff of smoke: get it out of your lungs so you feel better, but never consider lighting up ever again.
ibnabeeomar
March 26, 2008 at 10:50 PM
solomon – no need for the harshness. its some etiquettes for seeking religious knowledge not an exhaustive and exclusive list for anything and everything.. get a grip :)
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whatever
March 27, 2008 at 6:29 AM
“Who sees you (O Muhammad SAW) when you stand up (alone at night for Tahajjud prayers).And your movements among those who fall prostrate (along with you to Allah in the five compulsory congregational prayers).(26:218-219)”
I pray the five prayers but with regard to the above ayats, which English translation is this from? I have never seen the number 5 in any English translations. just asking…….
ibnabeeomar
March 27, 2008 at 9:38 AM
whatever – it is from the muhsin khan translation. the parenthetical portion is added explanation by the translation as to what is being referred to based on the tafseer of the ayah. a more literal translation would be,
Who sees you when you arise (218), And your movement among those who prostrate. (219)
whatever
March 27, 2008 at 11:51 AM
Thank you ibnabeeomar. Do you know if this translation is available on the net for download or purchase? I would like to read and compare with what I have already read elsewhere.
ibnabeeomar
March 27, 2008 at 12:17 PM
I pulled both of the above translations from this site:
http://searchquran.net/ (Muhsin Khan and Saheeh International).
I have seen them in PDF in various places online but can’t recall where. here’s the purchase links though:
Muhsin Khan:
http://www.dar-us-salam.com/store/main.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=Dus&Product_Code=Q01C&Category_Code=Eng_Quran
Saheeh International:
http://islamicbookstore.com/b5269.html
whatever
March 27, 2008 at 1:20 PM
Thanks ibnabeeomar.
Solomon2
March 27, 2008 at 9:39 PM
Ah, I remember what I left out of my list! Integrity.
Why do I have to be the one to point these things out? Is the concept of integrity so alien to others at muslimmatters.org?
Abû Mûsâ Al-Ḥabashî
March 27, 2008 at 11:56 PM
Integrity falls under a number of the above but most specifically number 1 and 9.
shiney
June 18, 2010 at 10:37 PM
nice guidelines-thank you for posting them up