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Seeking
Knowledge is Obligatory.
As
far as the knowledge of the Sharee’ah is concerned, it is incumbent, since
Allah has created jinn and mankind so that they may worship and fear Him. As
He declares it in His Book saying:
And
worship is not permissible except through Islamic knowledge. He cited the
obligation of acquiring knowledge in His Book saying: “So ask the
people of Knowledge if you don’t know”
He
also pointed out this obligation [i.e. seeking knowledge of Allah] prior to
declaration of the Shahadah:
The
Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wa-sallam) made this obligation certain
in his (sallallahu alaihi wa-sallam) Sunnah, when he said:
[Transmitted
by Ibn Majah and Bayhaqi in Shu'ab al-Iman up to the word "Muslim"
saying: This is a hadith the text of which is quite well known but the chain
of transmission is weak.
Consequently,
we understand that it is a duty of every Muslim to study and understand the
Deen, and reflect upon what Allah has prescribed. To explore the authentic
Pure Aqeedah, which the Prophet of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wa-sallam) was
sent with, which he (sallallahu alaihi wa-sallam), his Companions (radhi
allahu anhu) and their followers in righteous were upon - which is belief in
Allah, His Messenger (sallallahu alaihi wa-sallam), His Names and His
Attributes, believing in them in a manner, which is fitting to Allah without
distortion (tahreef), denial (ta’teel), qualification (takyeef), or likening
(tamtheel) – without increase or decrease.
