Habib Ahmad, Author at AlJumuah Magazine

Seeking Knowledge: The Way to the Garden (5) | Branches of Islamic Sciences

(4) What Every Muslim Should Know about His Dîn Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said, Seeking knowledge is obligatory upon every Muslim. (Bayhaqi and >abarâni). Though this ḥadîth is known and memorized by most Muslims, the essence, the amount, and the kind of knowledge…

Seeking Knowledge: The Way to the Garden (4)

(3) Ethics for the Seeker of Knowledge A SEEKER OF knowledge must know that there are many ethical principles that he or she is to observe so as to achieve the proper and blessed way of learning that Islam has directed for…

Seeking Knowledge: The Way to the Garden (3)

(2) The Correct Method for Seeking Religious Knowledge (continued) Guideline No. 4: Be Gradual in Learning and Suppress Haste IT MAY TAKE just a few weeks to learn the obligatory knowledge. Still, you should learn gradually and practice what you learn as you…

Seeking Knowledge: The Way to the Garden (2)

(2) The Correct Method for Seeking Religious Knowledge IN THE WORLD we now live in, there are an overwhelming number of schools, teachers, and books from which to learn. It may seem, then, an irony that unequipped with proper knowledge and insight, the…

Seeking Knowledge: The Way to the Garden (1)

FROM THE BEGINNING Islam honored knowledge and the search for it. O you who believe! When you are told in [your] gatherings [that grow crowded]: Make room [for one another]! Then make room [with a spirit of patient fellowship]. Allah will make…