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**oliverlogo** · 06-03-2012, 01:54 PM

Actually because of the clear instruction to acquire knowledge from cradle to grave as well as the supplication Rabbi zidni 'ilma, O Rab increase my knowledge, we can not discourage learning in any form. But we have this clear cut injunction that the knowledge that we have not acted upon will be held against us on the Day of Judgment. In view of these facts converging from opposite directions it becomes a case of striking the balance. It is a fact well acknowledged that the Straight Path is worldly manifestation of the Path Bridge - you can not afford to lean to either direction, you got to keep the balance.

Thus there is this story of an elder who was learning in his youth with his teacher. After learning about the matters of Salah he got up when matters of Zakat started. On being asked about it he said I am a poor student and Zakat is not obligatory on me so corresponding knowledge is not of immediate urgency for me but I do need to practice Salah and I am going to do that.

There is an important lesson for us here. I suppose we should make a sort of routine to acquire little bit of knowledge on the regular bases. This will be our implementation of the injunction to acquire knowledge from cradle to grave. For example learning the matters of Salah is a good option. For non-Madarsa people it is an option that can keep us busy for quite some time. And the second part, to act upon the knowledge, is also easy in this case. Suppose we learn that our fingers of feet must be in the direction of Qibla then it will keep us busy for many days to implement this single Sunnah.

Regarding wealth there is a supplication of beloved Prophet (PBUH) in which he (PBUH) asked Allah (SWT) to give only that much of wealth to his progeny that is sufficient to keep their backbone straight. It means bare enough sustenance. Since there is another Prophetic Tradition that on the Day of Judgment everyone shall wish that it would have been nice if they would have got only bare enough wealth in the world. So it is clear matter in this case - only if we can convince our Baser Self about the wisdom of it.

Finally we can make a comparison between wealth and knowledge but since, by the Grace of Allah (SWT), the matter is clear in its own right we need not make that effort.

06-03-2012, 01:54 PM	#11
oliverlogo Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 379 Senior Member	Actually because of the clear instruction to acquire knowledge from cradle to grave as well as the supplication Rabbi zidni 'ilma, O Rab increase my knowledge, we can not discourage learning in any form. But we have this clear cut injunction that the knowledge that we have not acted upon will be held against us on the Day of Judgment. In view of these facts converging from opposite directions it becomes a case of striking the balance. It is a fact well acknowledged that the Straight Path is worldly manifestation of the Path Bridge - you can not afford to lean to either direction, you got to keep the balance. Thus there is this story of an elder who was learning in his youth with his teacher. After learning about the matters of Salah he got up when matters of Zakat started. On being asked about it he said I am a poor student and Zakat is not obligatory on me so corresponding knowledge is not of immediate urgency for me but I do need to practice Salah and I am going to do that. There is an important lesson for us here. I suppose we should make a sort of routine to acquire little bit of knowledge on the regular bases. This will be our implementation of the injunction to acquire knowledge from cradle to grave. For example learning the matters of Salah is a good option. For non-Madarsa people it is an option that can keep us busy for quite some time. And the second part, to act upon the knowledge, is also easy in this case. Suppose we learn that our fingers of feet must be in the direction of Qibla then it will keep us busy for many days to implement this single Sunnah. Regarding wealth there is a supplication of beloved Prophet (PBUH) in which he (PBUH) asked Allah (SWT) to give only that much of wealth to his progeny that is sufficient to keep their backbone straight. It means bare enough sustenance. Since there is another Prophetic Tradition that on the Day of Judgment everyone shall wish that it would have been nice if they would have got only bare enough wealth in the world. So it is clear matter in this case - only if we can convince our Baser Self about the wisdom of it. Finally we can make a comparison between wealth and knowledge but since, by the Grace of Allah (SWT), the matter is clear in its own right we need not make that effort.
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