Youth advised to benefit from short-term Islamic courses

Human beings do get some leisure in their everyday lives in spite of all their engagements.  There is no (scheduled) engagement in these hours.  People desire to spend this time in as useful a pursuit as possible.  Some people end up spending their time in useless activities.  Temporary satisfaction is gotten but these kinds of activities affect their health, thoughts and nature negatively.  Usually, this is spent in watching cinema, joking or indecent pursuits and end up bartering harm instead.  Those activities, which are prohibited by the Shariah, their harm is obvious, but Muslims should avoid those activities/games, which are Mubah (permissible) by the Shariah when they exceed the limits of exercise, etc. and make one heedless.  The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said:

 

Translation of Hadith: The best Muslim is the one who abandons useless pursuits.  (Jame’ Tirmidhi)

 

These are the words of Mufti Syed Ziauddin Naqshbandi Qadri, Professor, Islamic Law, Jamia Nizamia, and Founder/Director Abul Hasanaat Islamic Research Center in the weekly lecture held at Masjid Abul Hasanaat under the auspices of Abul Hasanaat Islamic Research Center.

 

Mufti Sahab said that seeking knowledge is the best way to value time.  In the period when the education of the children/youth is going on, the students should engage themselves in educational pursuits in their leisure.  For e.g., the summer holidays can be spent in learning to recite the Holy Quran properly, understanding the Holy Quran, short-term Islamic studies course, spoken Arabic/English courses, various computer courses or the like.

 

Allah Ta’ala has ordered us to seek all kinds of knowledge/sciences through the Holy Quran, be they religious sciences, worldly sciences, political sciences or social sciences, medical or physical sciences.  Each kind of knowledge has its own importance.

 

Muslims should learn all kinds of sciences and they should always be in the front ranks in every field.  They should consider every place where knowledge is being granted as a respite and draw benefit from it.

 

There are various basic issues in our religion, which all of us have to know compulsorily.  These include issues of our tenets of belief (Aqida), rules of Taharah, Salaat, fasting, Zakaat, Haj, etc.  Learning these rules is not only important for us but also propels us towards success in our everyday lives.

 

It is our responsibility that we learn the basic issues of our religion.  Nowadays, for those who are in the pursuit of modern sciences, there are 2 ways to acquire Islamic knowledge, either take out time for it every day or at least during holidays, learn all the basic tenets of belief and rules of Islam.