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04-16-2007, 11:34 PM
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Ummat Muhammad
Join Date: Nov 2005
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I Acquire Books, But Do Not Read Them
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I am a man who has - All Praise be to Allaah - many beneficial books and reference works, yet I do not read them, instead, I choose just a few of them. Am I guilty of sin in keeping these books in my house, bearing in mind that some people borrow some of these books and benefit from them, after which, they return them to me? Answer: There is no sin upon the Muslim in collecting beneficial books and keeping them with him in his library in order to refer to them, benefit from them, and to lend them to those who visit him among the educated people so that they might benefit from them. Nor is there any sin upon him if he does not refer to them much. As for lending them to reliable people, who benefit from them, this is a lawful action and a means of getting closer to Allaah, the Glorified, since it supports the acquisition of knowledge and because this is included in the Words of Allaah, the Most High: "Help you one another in Al-Birr and At-Taqwa (virtue, righteousness and piety)" [Al-Ma'idah(5): 2] And the words of the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam: "Allaah helps the worshipper so long as the worshipper helps his brother." (Muslim no. 2699) Shaykh `Abdul-`Azeez Bin Baz Fatawa Islamiyah, Vol.1, p.367, DARUSSALAM
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Yoonus Ibn 'Ubayd (d.139H) – rahimahullaah – said:
"With good manners you understand the knowledge. With the knowledge, your actions are corrected. With actions, wisdom is obtained. With wisdom you understand zuhd (abstinence) and are granted its benefits. With zuhd comes abandoning the world. With abandoning the world comes desire for the Hereafter. With desire for the Hereafter the pleasure of Allaah – the Mighty and Majestic – is obtained." Iqtidaa`ul 'Ilmil 'Amal (no. 31) |
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07-04-2007, 07:16 PM
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Re: I Acquire Books, But Do Not Read Them
Jazakallah khair,
I was wondering the same thing. I was thinking or worried that it fell under the category of having knowledge and not using it. Salaam Alaikum |
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07-05-2007, 10:56 PM
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Qabeelat Haqq
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Re: I Acquire Books, But Do Not Read Them
Wow. I also wondered this, and began giving away some of my least-used books to avoid what I felt had become excess and "useless knowledge," because I wasn't using it. JazakaLlahu khairan for posting this.
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07-06-2007, 09:08 AM
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Ummat Muhammad
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Re: I Acquire Books, But Do Not Read Them
Wa iyaakum.
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Yoonus Ibn 'Ubayd (d.139H) – rahimahullaah – said:
"With good manners you understand the knowledge. With the knowledge, your actions are corrected. With actions, wisdom is obtained. With wisdom you understand zuhd (abstinence) and are granted its benefits. With zuhd comes abandoning the world. With abandoning the world comes desire for the Hereafter. With desire for the Hereafter the pleasure of Allaah – the Mighty and Majestic – is obtained." Iqtidaa`ul 'Ilmil 'Amal (no. 31) |
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