Ignorance is the night of the mind without Stars- Muhammad Al-Shareef

-Friday Khutbah (sermon) is the last place to seek knowledge. If you're not there, then you're freestyling through life.

-There was a great scholar in Baghdad. Students of knowledge wanted to learn from him but had halaqah's all day. The only time they had left is during their sleep. So they decided to shorten their sleeping time to be able to learn from the great scholar.

-For many years these students of knowledge didn't eat sweets because during the time they were seeking knowledge, the sweet store was open.

-Imam As-seewati (sp?) wrote a tafseer for Surah Al-Fatiha at the age of 7.

-Because of knowledge there are two destinations:

1)Highest level of Jannah
2)Lowest pit of hell-fire

-If a person of knowledge commits haram other people precieve it to be ok and follow him.

-A person who may be studying computer science for selfish reasons is no problem BUT a person who is studying Islam for selfish reasons is BIG TROUBLE!

-The more chance of higher return, the higher chance of punishment. If you don't practice what you preach.

-Once a couple of young men heard that the inheritence of the Prophet (saw) was being distributed at the masjid. They thought it was money but when got there found hadith being thought. This is the inheritance of the Prophet. Knowledge.

-People of the past who had less technology had much more knowledge and were much more wiser than people of today.

-In an old book there are no table of contents when you want to find something quickly. Why you ask? The writer is simply telling you to READ THE BOOK.

-Quoting this and that is nothing but fake knowledge if you didn't read the whole book.

-With all the technology the knowledge should be increasing.

-The path of seeking knowledge leads to Jannah.

-Verily Allah and his angels, ants, fish in the sea all make dua to the Muallim, the teacher.

-The person who hears a hadith from us and passes it on is as if he is given a blank check to be checked in his name.

-Umar (RA)- I seek Allah's protection from the strengthened enthusiasm of a Fasiq.
(Reading a Quran for 1/2 hour compared to reading a novel for 6 hours)

-I've never seen a sadder flaw in the community than to see people who can go all the way and don't.

Excuses Shaytan tricks you with:

1) "I want to study Islam BUTTTTTTTTTTTTTT I'll wait until I can go overseas."

-How long will that take? 10 years. If you don't take advantage of knowledge in your own backyard, you won't take advantage of the ones overseas

2) "You know everything already". Everytime you go to a class its just repetition. You need to go somewhere else with advanced knowledge

A Person should make dua to increase in knowledge
"Rabbi Zidni 3ilman"