I just want to know the significance of learning fiqh, can u please kindly relate to this matter thoroughly
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Learning fiqh
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 5 Surah Al
Maidah verse 3:
Today I (Allah) have perfected your deen for you
and completed my Blessing on you and approved Islam as your way of life.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 3 Surah Ale-Imran verse 19:
Indeed, Islam in the ONLY right way of
life in the Sight of Allah.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 3 Surah
Ale-Imran verse 85:
And whoever adopts any other than this way of
Islam, that way shall not be accepted from him and in the Hereafter, he shall
be among the losers.
Islam is the name of that perfect way or conduct or code
of life which the Lord Creator Himself has approved for mankind. Allah and His Messenger (saws) have guided
mankind who wish to listen to good caution regarding each and every single
aspect of their lives; be it personal, social, commercial, spiritual, determination
of lawful and the unlawful, acts and rites of worship, governance, ….etc. Regardless of which aspect of lives one
wishes Divine guidance, the code or way or conduct can be found from the Quran
and the Sunnah.
This science or philosophy of law of the code or way or conduct of life
ordained and approved by the Lord Creator is known as Islamic Jurisprudence or
Fiqh, and the Messenger of Allah (saws) declared it absolutely obligatory upon
every person who professes belief in Allah and the Last Day to seek and learn
at least the basics of this Knowledge of Fiqh.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: “The
seeking of knowledge is obligatory for every Muslim.”
IT IS THE OBLIGATORY DUTY OF A
BELIEVER TO KNOW AND LEARN AT LEAST THE BASICS OF FIQH….ESPECIALLY THE LAWS WHICH CONCERN HARAAM HALAAL, RITES OF
WORSHIP, ETC. ONE SHOULD BE AT LEAST
AWARE OF THESE LAWS.
By no means does this Command of the Messenger of Allah
(saws) should be taken to mean that each and every believer must become a
scholar and know each and every aspect of Islamic Jurisprudence or Fiqh, but
every person who professes belief in Allah and the Last Day must strive to at
least learn the basics of the deen, especially the laws which concern the
obligatory rites and rituals of worship, the obligatory duties and
responsibilities which the Lord demands from His slaves, the determination of
the lawful and the unlawful in Islam, etc.
Allah's Messenger (saws) said: ‘A single
scholar of religion is more formidable against the Shaytaan than a thousand
devout people!’
Allah's Messenger (saws) said: ‘Acquiring
knowledge in company for an hour in the night is better than spending the whole
night in prayer.’
Allah's Messenger (saws) said: ‘One who goes
out to search for knowledge is (devoted) to the Cause of Allah till he
returns.’
The Prophet (saws) said, "The best among
you (Muslims) are those who learn the Qur'an and teach it."
Allah's Messenger (saws) said: ‘He whom death
overtakes while he is engaged in acquiring knowledge with a view to reviving
Islam with the help of it, there will be one degree between him and the
Prophets in Paradise.’
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister