O devotees of the Islamic saints! You have just heard the tremendous Madani enthusiasm of the chosen servants of Allah Almighty that they would busy themselves in seeking Islamic knowledge with outstanding fervour and passion even while surviving on just dry bread without any curry. In contrast today, our society is seen busy round the clock chasing the degrees (of worldly education) and monetary achievements of this world; while the number of students studying in Islamic universities and Madaris remains at all-time low despite having wonderful facilities free of cost. Whereas, the state is such that most of the people are unaware of the basic Faraaid and Wajibat of Shari’ah.

It is stated in the Tafseer Siraat-ul-Jinaan: Seeking religious knowledge is not just Fard (obligatory) upon a certain group of people; but seeking religious knowledge according to one’s requirements is Fard upon every Muslim. How regretful is our situation that today, a large number of Muslims are distant from religious knowledge.

If we take a look at Salah offering individuals, we see that they have been offering Salah for 40 years, yet some do not know how to perform Wudhu and some do not know the correct method of Ghusl! Some individuals are not performing the Faraaid (obligatory acts) of Salah in the correct manner while some do not know the Wajibat of Salah! Here someone’s Qira’at is not correct and there someone’s Sajdah is incorrect! Unfortunately, the same predicament is seen in other acts of worship. Especially those who have performed Hajj would know that how many mistakes are made during Hajj.

Majority of them are those who say ‘just travel for Hajj and copy what others are doing’. If this is the case in the acts of worship, then imagine their state in other Fard Uloom (obligatory knowledge)! Similarly, it is compulsory to have knowledge regarding spiritual maladies like jealousy, hatred, malice, arrogance, backbiting, tale-telling, slandering etc. However, the vast majority do not even know the obligation of having knowledge regarding these terms, let alone knowing their definition. These are those things that people generally know to be a sin.

There are other areas such as buying and selling, employment and rules regarding Masajid and Madaris and many other topics where people do not