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Salaf: They Were Not Oblivious of Their Real Worth or Rightful Status!

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Abu Khaythama narrated to us, (saying): Jareer narrated to us from Al-a’mash from Mas’ood Ibn Maalik who said: ”Ali Ibnul Husain said to me, ”Are you able to make me meet with Saeed Ibn Jubayr?”  I said: ”What need do you have of him?”  He said: ”I want to ask him about some affairs.  Indeed, the people commend us for that which we do not possess.”
Source: Kitaabul Ilm of Abu Khaythama with the checking of Imaam Aal Albaanee, page:18.  narration number: 64]

Six Affairs That Will Deprive Us of Knowledge

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  1. To abandon asking
  2. Not silently listening and not giving an attentive ear
  3. Misunderstanding or wrong understanding
  4. Lack of memorisation
  5. Not disseminating and teaching it; for whoever accumulates [and keeps knowledge as a secret] and does not disseminate it, Allaah will afflict him by making him forget it- as a just recompense.
  6. Not acting upon it, for indeed acting upon [knowledge] compels one to remember and ponder upon it, guard and examine it. But if he does not act upon it, he will forget it.

[Source: (غذاء الألباب) – page 33’ By Muhammad Bin Ahmad Bin Saalim As-Safaareeniy Al-Hanbali (rahimahullaah). Abridged & slightly paraphrased]