The Etiquette of Seeking Knowledge
Shaykh Bakr Aboo Zayd
This book has become one of the most important books on the topic of seeking knowledge and has become widely taught by the scholars and seekers of knowledge alike.
We hope that this book will be guidance for those who are in confusion and those who wish to follow the path of knowledge.
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Knowledge is worship
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Adorn yourself with the splendour of knowledge
Adorn yourself with honour
Enjoy Masculine qualities
Forsaking Luxury
To avoid the gatherings of vain speech
Avoid commotion
Adorn yourself with gentleness
Contemplation
Firmness and confirmation
The methodology fo seeking knowledge and its levels
To acquire knowledge from the mashaaikh
Considering the shaykhs consequent status
Your Capital - O seeker - is from your shaykh
The Shaykhs enthusiasm in his lessons
The shaykhs enthusiasm in his lessons
Acquiring knowledge from a mubtadi
Beware of the bad companion
High aspirations in knowledge
The burning desire for seeking knowledge
Emigrating for the sake of seeking knowledge
Preserving knowledge through writing it
Preserving of knowledge through paying attention to it
Occasional revision of knowledge
To gain understanding of Islaam by deriving the issues of fiqh by applying the principles of the Sharee'ah
Seeking refuge in Allah when seeking knowledge and acquiring it
Honesty in Knowledge
Truthfulness
The sanctuary of the seeker of knowledge
Preserving your capital - ie lifetime
Relaxing the body
Precision and correction reading
Summarising long compilations
Excellence in asking questions
Debating without argumentation
Revision of the knowledge in groups
The seeker of knowledge lives between the texts of the Quraan and Sunnah and knowledge associated to them
Completion of learning the tools of every subject
The signs of beneficial knowledge
The alms of knowledge
The glory of the scholars
Protection of Knowledge
Diplomacy not compromise
Passion for the books
The Foundation of Your Library
Dealing with the book
Further to this
Writing with Diacritical points
False Hopes
Father of Span
Becoming manifest before becoming qualified
Deteroriation of manners in knowledge
Merely putting pen to paper
Your stance on the mistakes of those who preceded you
Deterring Dubious Affairs
Beware of Grammatical Errors (in Arabic)
Beware of premature intellectuality
Beware of the new Israeeliyat
Beware of Byzantine Debate
No Walaa and baraa should be pledged over sectarianism and partisanship
The things that nullify the Hilyah