The Merit of Knowledge and Scholars

Shaykh Muḥammad Naqi Ali Khan

Sayyid Muhammad Zarkani (translation)

Paperback

9781999632601

This translation of ‘The Merit of Knowledge and Scholars’ by Shaykh Muḥammad Naqi Ali Khan al-Qadiri (d. 1880)  expands on the methodology of the scholars – discussing the virtues of seeking sacred knowledge and its merits.

This book is a must have for all students of knowledge who wish to combine sincere intentions with the best of etiquette; towards both their teachers and their study of the Deen.

Contents:

• The Virtues of Knowledge in Light of Quranic Statements

• The Virtues of Scholars in Light of Prophetic Narrations

• The Excellence of Knowledge

• Seeking Knowledge and Its Virtues

• A Student of Knowledge and His Intentions

• Eminence of Jurisprudence and Jurists

• Benefit of the Company of Scholars

• The Excellence of Teaching and Writing

• Scholars Who Fail to Act Upon Their Knowledge

• Mischievous and Worldly Scholars

• Discourtesy Towards a Scholar

• The Illiterate Mufti