AND REMIND, FOR INDEED THE REMINDER BENEFITS THE BELIEVERS!
27 May 2021 • 4.1K views
The Prophet ﷺ said:
((من يرد الله به خيرا يفقه في الدين))
“If Allāh wants good for a person He grants him/her understanding of the Deen.”
(Bukhāri)
And the greatest way to gain understanding of the Deen is by exerting effort to study & learn the Deen - just as the Prophet ﷺ said:
((إِنَّمَا الْعِلْمُ بِالتَّعَلُّمِ))
“Knowledge is merely through learning.”
[أخرجه الخطيب البغدادي في تاريخه(9 /127) برقم: (4744) بسنده عن أبي هريرة مرفوعا إلى النبي ﷺ وفي سنده ضعف، والطبراني في الكبير (19 /395)، بلفظ آخر. والحديث حسنه الألباني في الصحيحة (1 /670-672)برقم: (342)، وفي صحيح الجامع (2328).]
And the Arabic language is one of the most important aids in understanding the Deen!
Take this simple example:
Ibn Abbās raḍhiyallāhu ‘anhu (the most versed Sahabi in Qur'ān exegesis) said:
((ما كنتُ أدري ما معنى: ﴿ فَاطِرِ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ﴾ [الأنعام: 14] حتى سمعتُ امرأةً من العربِ تقول: أنا فطرتُه؛ أي: ابتدأته"
I didn't understand the meaning of (Allāh's saying):
﴿ فَاطِرِ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ﴾ [الأنعام: 14]
until I heard a woman from the (original) ‘Arabs saying: “Ana faṭartuhu” i.e. I originated it.
[background: there was an ownership dispute regarding a well. The disputing parties raised their case to ibn Abbās. This is when one of the claimants, the aforementioned lady, raised the above argument (“Ana faṭartuhu” i.e. I originated it)]
[الإحكام في أصول القرآن لابن حزم (1/15)]
So if this is Ibn Abbās raḍhiyallāhu ‘anhu saying this, what about me & you?