A short poem containing vital guidelines for a student to follow from the onset of learning and throughout the duration of study:
Instructing the Student on How to Open of the Gates of Knowledge and Comprehension-
For anyone who desires to open the Gates of Knowledge and become outstanding in Comprehension:
- Observe Taqwaa of Allaah and adhere to the Sunan, and remain far away from people of notoriety and turmoil.
- And tread, in your conduct, the course of the Salaf, and stay away from the innovations of the Khalaf.
- For every good lies in following the Salaf and every ill lies in the innovations of the Khalaf.
- To anyone who desires to lead others in knowledge, spreading its good to all.
- Stay sincere to your Lord and set your standards high, and you shall find yourself gifted with aptitude.
- The effort comes from you, and then opening the gates comes from your Lord, the All-Acquainted Watcher, the Bestower.
- He promised guidance to those who strive and struggle saying: “We shall most certainly guide them,” so seek direction from this.
- However, effort alone will be futile if not completed by the opening from Him.
- Thus, may Allaah, the Most Generous, have mercy upon anyone who in a time like this devotes himself.
- To seeking this noble knowledge, turning away from all distraction, and rejecting the fake worldly desires;
- Embarking in earnest, kneeling down before the possessors of guidance, attentively listening.
- Writing everything that he hears, noting all the points that which will be to his advantage.
- Memorizing and revising what he recorded with his esteemed, guiding peers
- That is the one who will have the gates opened for him by his Lord, who removes all barriers.
- We ask You, O Allaah, to bless us with knowledge, Taqwaa, and Jannah – The Abode of Happiness.
Barakallahu Feekum!
