Reviving The Quran and Sunnah w Yaqub & Sheikh Abdur Rahim Ibn Couser

Gaining Knowledge to Revive Islam

Hasan Al-Basri narrated that Allah’s Messenger (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) 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 (only) one degree between him and the Prophet in Paradise.” [Tirmidhi and Darimi] 

When Islam first came, society was so corrupt that the teachings of Islam appeared strange. The Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) foretold that there would once again come a time when people would have gone so astray that the teachings of Islam would appear strange to them. 

This hadith promises a fantastic reward to those who exert themselves in acquiring the knowledge of Islam for the sole purpose of reviving Islam again. Before one may revive Islam in oneself or in society, one must first know what Islam is exactly. It is therefore necessary to study Islam in order to cleanse our understanding of it from the cultural and whimsical beliefs and practices that we have added to it. 

Muhammad (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) has the highest level in Jannah. To be only a degree away from him is the greatest success.