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BENEFIT 47: WE CAN ALL SPREAD BENEFICIAL KNOWLEDGE❗️ We live in times of extreme ignorance and fitan. The callers to evil & corruption are stubbornly misguiding the masses, utilising every means in their possession; social media in particular. So, it's upon us -Ahlus Sunnah- to double our efforts to counter their evil by spreading the truth, especially as we are outnumbered. Know O Muslim! that spreading beneficial knowledge is one of the greatest obligations. Sheikh 'Abdul-Laṭīf Āl Ash-Sheikh raḥimahullāh said: “Spreading (beneficial) knowledge and clarifying the Sunnah are among the greatest duties and the best acts of obedience.” 📕Majmū' Ar-Rasā'il An-Najdiyyah The spread of social media and its easy accessibility provides an excellent opportunity for spreading beneficial knowledge and warning against falsehood. Sheikh Fawzān ḥafidhahullāh said: “Social media is an opportunity for you. Take advantage of it, and do not leave it to the wicked and those who advocate misguidance.” 📕 Lecture entitled, 'Ahammiyyatul Aqeedah As-Saheehah' (23/7/1437) In order to motivate yourself in this task, O you who seeks to spread beneficial knowledge, it is important that you are aware of the merits of spreading beneficial knowledge, and the great reward, high ranks, and lofty stations Allāh has prepared for those who do so. Here are some of the virtues of spreading beneficial knowledge: 1️⃣- The one who spreads beneficial knowledge receives the same reward as those who implement that knowledge 2⃣- Spreading beneficial knowledge adds to the reward of the Prophet ﷺ as well as the Salaf; they are credited every time you spread this knowledge, as they transmitted it to us. Al-Munāwi raḥimahullāh said: “The more the successors increase in good, the reward of the predecessors increases and multiplies. Whoever contemplates this meaning and is blessed with success, his determination to teach and desire to spread knowledge -in order to multiply his reward in this life and after his death- will always be increased, and he will refrain from innovations, acts of oppression...for sins are multiplied in the same manner, as long as someone continues to carry it out. So let the Muslim reflect over this meaning; the happiness of the one who directs others to good, and the misery of the one who directs others to evil.” 📕 Fayḍhul Qadīr 3⃣- The one who spreads beneficial knowledge is occupied with good, for certainly, if the soul is not occupied with the truth, it will occupy you with falsehood; as Ibnul Qayyim mentioned in Al-Wābil As-Sayyib. 4⃣- The reward for those who spread beneficial knowledge continues even when they fall sick or travel. The Prophet ﷺ said: ((إِذَا مَرِضَ الْعَبْدُ أَوْ سَافَرَ، كُتِبَ لَهُ مِثْلُ مَا كَانَ يَعْمَلُ مُقِيمًا صَحِيحًا)) “When the servant falls ill or on a journey, he is credited with the equal of whatever good works he used to do when he was healthy or at home.” 📕 [Bukhāri] And this hadeeth is general! 5⃣- Those who spread beneficial knowledge are following the example of the Prophet ﷺ: Allāh Almighty said: (قُلۡ هَـٰذِهِۦ سَبِیلِیۤ أَدۡعُوۤا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۚ عَلَىٰ بَصِیرَةٍ أَنَا۠ وَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَنِیۖ وَسُبۡحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَاۤ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِینَ) Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “This is my way. I invite to Allah with insight—I and those who follow me. Glory be to Allah, and I am not one of the polytheists.” 📕[Sūrah Yūsuf 108] 6⃣- Spreading beneficial knowledge increases one's knowledge. Sheikh 'Uthaymīn raḥimahullāh said: “Spreading knowledge and teaching it is a means to increase it; so the knowledge of the scholar increases if he teaches the people; because by this he reviews what he already knows and it enables him to learn more, just as the poet said: It (knowledge) increases the more you spend from it And it decreases if you hold onto it with a tight fist 📕Majmū' fatāwa ibn 'Uthaymīn 7⃣- Spreading beneficial knowledge is a means of preserving the Sharī'ah.