The path for seeking knowledge is long.

The path for seeking knowledge is
long.

Shaikh Saaleh Aal al-Shaikh ﺣﻔﻈﻪ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ said:

“The path for seeking knowledge is long,
and it cannot be attained except by
leaving off (wasting time in) amusement
and desires, while approaching it with all
seriousness and determination. Because
Allaah ﻋﺰ ﻭﺟﻞ described what He ﺗﻌﺎﻟﻰ
would reveal upon Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ
ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ would be a “Weighty Word”

{Verily, We shall send down to you a
weighty Word (i.e. obligations, legal laws,
etc.)}

[Surah al-Muzzammil (73): 5]

Imaam Maalik bin Anas, the Imaam of Daar
al-Hijrah, ﺭﺣﻤﻪ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ was asked about an
issue, so he said:

“I don’t know.”

The questioner said:

It is a small and an easy issue
and I wanted to inform the Ameer (the
governor) about it. The questioner was a
person in authority. Imaam Maalik got angry
and said:

“A small and an easy issue? There
is nothing regarding knowledge which is
something small. Did you not hear the
saying of Allaah ﺗﻌﺎﻟﻰ :

{Verily, We shall send down to you a
weighty Word (i.e. obligations, legal laws,
etc.)}

[Surah al-Muzzammil (73): 5]

The knowledge, all of it is weighty,
especially that about which it would be
asked on the Day of Judgment.”

[al- Muwaafaqaat of al-Shaatibee (5/329) and
`Ilaam al-Muwaqqi`een (4/167)]