Seeking Knowledge is Obligatory on Every Muslim, Man or Woman — Dr Zakir Naik

Seeking Knowledge is Obligatory on Every Muslim, Man or Woman — Dr Zakir Naik

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Though Allah (swt) has given us the first guidance in the Glorious Qur’an that we should read but unfortunately we realize that the Muslims, in the Muslim community everyone does not read and those Muslims who are involved in acquiring knowledge in reading they don’t read as per the guidance of Allah (swt). Allah does not say only read, Allah says “Iqra bismi rabbika allathee khalaq” “Read in the name of thy Lord” so when we read, when we acquire knowledge, we should acquire knowledge in such a way that we come closer to our Creator, Allah (swt). If the knowledge does not bring you closer towards your Creator, towards your Rabb then that knowledge is not useful for the Aakhira.

And our beloved Prophet Muhammad (saws) said, it’s a Sahih Hadith which is mentioned in Ibn Maajah Hadith no. 224, our beloved Prophet said “Talbul ilmi” “Seeking knowledge” “Falidatun ali kulli Muslim” “is obligatory on every Muslim”. Seeking knowledge is obligatory on every Muslim, man or woman. Its compulsory that every Muslim should acquire knowledge and it is the duty of us Muslim to see to it that we acquire knowledge. Many of us, we think that knowledge is only what we study in schools and collages and universities. Education and knowledge starts at home and the best teacher is the mother. It is the duty of the parents to see to it that they properly educate the children, see to it that they give them proper education because the child when he or she is born they are not responsible or the environment in which they are born. It is the duty of the parents to see to it that irrespective of the environment they give them proper education.