sorry i jumped on this thread a little late - Princess Habibah, forgive me in advance for it is not my intention to say this except in the kindest manner, but may I just respectfully suggest (in regards to your comment of not having learnt anything since you have been here) first that - may Allah reward you for your zeal to increase in knowledge and may He increase you in beneficial knowledge -
My sincere advice, and indeed the religion is naseehah, is that if you have not done so already, that you should still take knowledge from the sources available -
• you can become fluent in Arabic (fusha) and grammar so that you can take from the sources and not have to rely on the translation -
• you can strive to obtain ijaaza in recitation and memorize
ive been here a year and hamdulillah have come a far way - I am not saying this for show but rather for encouragement - I learned tajweed, nearly memorized 5 juz (along with tafseer, mostly ibn katheer)- been learning Arabic and have taken courses on usool (hadeeth, fiqh, tafseer) with dr Bilaal at Qatar guest center - I mean usool is usool (usool ul fiqh doesn’t change much between the mazhahib for example)
the point is I am trying to take knowledge from where it is available - I didn’t shy away from knowledge simply because troid has some issues with dr Bilaal (incidentally, issues I have not observed but that is for a different time). It is not feasible for me with a wife and 2 kids to go to yemen, or madinah unv - so I strive to take as much from the authentic sources as possible
I am sure you are well aware that the criticism that has been directed towards the salafis (some exaggerated and unjustified) include
the occupation only with knowledge of refutation (one might label and refute everyone, or be harsh with people more knowledgeable then him for a mistake he made, while not even understanding a simple idaafah construction or having memorized even a single juz) -
this lack of knowledge spills over in areas of adaab (as you mentioned) so that a Muslim is harsh with his brother when he disagrees with him over an issue in fiqh, failing to realize the Sahabah did not all agree on every fiqh issue but maintained a unified front because its benefit outweighed its harm
Ibn Katheer recorded in his tafseer that the Prophet (p) said to some from amongst bani-israel during a dispute "Whatever knowledge you have been given, if Allah saves you from the Fire thereby, then it is great and good, but in comparison to the knowledge of Allah, it is very little.''
May Allah increase you and your husband in beneficial knowledge.
salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh,
sorry i jumped on this thread a little late - Princess Habibah, forgive me in advance for it is not my intention to say this except in the kindest manner, but may I just respectfully suggest (in regards to your comment of not having learnt anything since you have been here) first that - may Allah reward you for your zeal to increase in knowledge and may He increase you in beneficial knowledge -
My sincere advice, and indeed the religion is naseehah, is that if you have not done so already, that you should still take knowledge from the sources available -
• you can become fluent in Arabic (fusha) and grammar so that you can take from the sources and not have to rely on the translation -
• you can strive to obtain ijaaza in recitation and memorize
ive been here a year and hamdulillah have come a far way - I am not saying this for show but rather for encouragement - I learned tajweed, nearly memorized 5 juz (along with tafseer, mostly ibn katheer)- been learning Arabic and have taken courses on usool (hadeeth, fiqh, tafseer) with dr Bilaal at Qatar guest center - I mean usool is usool (usool ul fiqh doesn’t change much between the mazhahib for example)
the point is I am trying to take knowledge from where it is available - I didn’t shy away from knowledge simply because troid has some issues with dr Bilaal (incidentally, issues I have not observed but that is for a different time). It is not feasible for me with a wife and 2 kids to go to yemen, or madinah unv - so I strive to take as much from the authentic sources as possible
I am sure you are well aware that the criticism that has been directed towards the salafis (some exaggerated and unjustified) include
the occupation only with knowledge of refutation (one might label and refute everyone, or be harsh with people more knowledgeable then him for a mistake he made, while not even understanding a simple idaafah construction or having memorized even a single juz) -
this lack of knowledge spills over in areas of adaab (as you mentioned) so that a Muslim is harsh with his brother when he disagrees with him over an issue in fiqh, failing to realize the Sahabah did not all agree on every fiqh issue but maintained a unified front because its benefit outweighed its harm
Ibn Katheer recorded in his tafseer that the Prophet (p) said to some from amongst bani-israel during a dispute "Whatever knowledge you have been given, if Allah saves you from the Fire thereby, then it is great and good, but in comparison to the knowledge of Allah, it is very little.''
May Allah increase you and your husband in beneficial knowledge.
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