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1. Shirk - Associating partners with Allah
The Messenger of Allah said: “I have been sent before the
Hour, so that Allah Alone should be worshiped without the
association of partners with Him, and my provision has been
placed under the shade of my spear, and subservience and
humiliation have been placed upon those who disobey my
orders, and whoever imitates a people, then he is one of them.” 6
2. Ignorance of the Religion of Allah
Narrated Abdullah Ibn Amr Ibn al-Aas : “I heard Allah’s
Messenger saying: “Allah does not take away the knowledge
by taking it away from (the hearts of) the people, but He takes it
away by the death of the scholars till when none of the
(scholars) remains, people will take as their leaders ignorant
persons who when consulted will give their verdict without
knowledge. So, they will go astray and will lead the people
astray.” 7
The Messenger of Allah knew that the only defense from the
temptations of Shaytaan and his evil traps is the correct Islamic
Knowledge therefore, he said: “Seeking Knowledge is
obligatory on every Muslim.” 8 He encouraged his followers to
seek the knowledge, saying: “He who treads a path in search of
knowledge, Allah will direct him to tread a path from the paths
of Paradise.” And “…Verily the knowledgeable are the heirs of
the Prophets, who leave behind neither Deenaar nor Dirham.
They only leave knowledge as their heritage; so whoever
acquires it, acquires a great fortune.” 9
6 Musnad Imam Ahmad bin Hambal, no.5114.
7 Saheeh al-Bukharee vol: 1, no: 100.
8 Collected by al-Bayhaqee in Shu’ab al-Eemaan.
9 Sunan Abu Dawood (Eng. Trans.) vol.3, p.1034, no.3634, Sunan Ibn
Majah (Eng. Trans.) vol.1, p.126, no.223 and Musnad Ahmad bin
Hambal and authenticated by Shaikh al-Albanee in Saheeh Sunan
Abu Dawood no.3096.
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