Arabic Language

Knowledge & Forbearance

عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ رضي الله عنه قَالَ

إِنَّمَا الْعِلْمُ بِالتَّعَلُّمِ وَإِنَّمَا الْحِلْمُ بِالتَّحَلُّمِ وَمَنْ يَتَوَخَّ الْخَيْرَ يُعْطَهُ وَمَنْ يَتَوَقَّ الشَّرَّ يُوقَهُ

114 المحدث الألباني خلاصة حكم المحدث إسناده صحيح موقوف وله شاهد في العلم لأبي خيثمة

The Companion Abū Al-Dardāʾ – Allāh be pleased with him – said:

Knowledge only comes from learning, and forbearance comes from trying to be forbearing, and whoever seeks what is good will be given it, and whoever avoids evil will be protected from it.

Abū Khaythumah, Kitāb Al-ʿIlm (Albānī edition) ḥadīth 114. Al-Albānī grades its chain of transmission ṣaḥīḥ, and states it has been reported from the Prophet ﷺ.

See Al-Ṣaḥīḥah 342.

Arabic Language

Two Rewards

Question:

A relative of mine loves to read the Quran only he is not good at Arabic grammar and rules of recitation; what should he do?

Answer:

He should strive to read correctly, to understand what he is reading, and not be hasty. He should learn to recite from someone who knows better than him. By working hard, he gains a great reward, for the Prophet [صلى الله عليه وسلم] said, 

The best of you is he who learns the Quran and teaches it. [1]

[1] Al-Bukhari no. 5027.

The Prophet [صلى الله عليه وسلم] also said, 

The person who is proficient in the Quran is with the honourable, pious and just scribes (in heaven). As for the person who reads the Quran, though it is difficult for him and though he stutters, he has two rewards. [2]

[2] Al-Bukhari no. 4937 and Muslim no. 798.

Shaykh `Abdul-`Azeez Bin Baz [رحمه الله]

Fatawa Islamiyah Vol. 7 Page 75

Arabic Language

The Best Language

Imaam Ash-Shafi’ee [رحمه الله] said:

“The language which Allaah favoured was the Arabic Language as he revealed his Noble Book in this (Arabic) and be made this the language of the seal of the Prophet Muhammad [صلى الله عليه وسلم]. And that is why we say that it is befitting for everyone who has the ability to learn Arabic – that they learn it, as it is the best language.”

Iqtidaa Siraatil-Mustaqeem – Volume 1, Page 521