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The People of Taqwa
incorrect to follow those who do not know the Quran, nor memorise and comprehend hadith.[1]
Imam Shaʿrāni رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه said:
An old man with many followers came to me. He was extremely ignorant, yet he spoke of matters regarding spiritual wayfaring and proceeded to misguide people. I asked him to tell me the obligatory actions of wuḍū and salah, to which he admitted, “I do not know of sharīʿah’s outward dimensions.”
I said, “You will not perform worship correctly until you have knowledge of Quran and hadith. He who does not understand the difference between wājib, mustaḥab, makrūh and haram is ignorant. How can it be correct to follow such a person?” Upon hearing what I said, the man could not reply and left alongside those he came with.[2]
Dear Islamic brothers! The reality is, if we do not know how to perform wuḍū, if we do not know how to offer salah, if we do not know about issues of purity and impurity, if we do not know what Allah has ordered us to do, if we do not know what He has forbidden us from doing, if we do not know which actions will take us to Paradise, if we do not know which actions will lead us to Hellfire, if we do not know how Satan attacks us and how to save ourselves; how could we ever possibly save ourselves from sin? If we cannot save ourselves from sin, how then will we ever become people of taqwā?
In and of itself, taqwā is that which saves one from sin. For anyone looking to be a person of taqwā, it is necessary for them to learn Islamic knowledge, learn how to recite the Quran, understand it, read hadith,
BOOK TOPIC
- The people of taqwā
- Excellence of sending salāt upon the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- Advice of the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- Acting upon Advice
- Taqwā is the basis of all goodness
- Glad tidings and reward for people of taqwā
- Advice for all nations
- The beloved of the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- Honour is in taqwā
- Taqwā is the best provision for a journey
- The qualities of the people of taqwā
- 1. Refraining from that which is doubtful
- The taqwā of Imam Ibn Sirīn رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه
- The taqwā of Bāyazīd Bisṭāmi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه
- An excellent quality of the pious
- Having taqwā is easy
- Four Attributes of the Pious
- 1. Fear of Allah
- ʿUmar bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه and his fear of Allah
- How to acquire fear of Allah?
- 2. Acting upon the Quran
- Madrassat al-Madinah for adults
- 3. Being Content
- Examples of our Pious Predecessors
- Virtues of being content
- 4. Preparing for the Hereafter
- Fear the day you will die
- The people of taqwā and their preparation for death
- Department for Serving Masjids
- Madani pearls of wisdom about preventing the wastage of water
