The Rawha: Daily Guidance for Seekers with Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

In this episode, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Covers hadiths ten to twelve from Imam Nabahani’s set of hadiths on the virtues of the Qur’an and its recitation. Hadith ten tells us about the great virtue of both the quality and quantity of one’s recitation, such that on the Day of Judgement the person of the Qur’an will be told, “Recite and rise”. In hadith eleven, we learn about the relationship between recitation of the Qur’an and dutifulness to one’s parents, and that this is something that one should strive to make part of their intention. Hadith twelve informs us about the protection granted to one who contains the Qur’an; Shaykh Faraz explains that this “containing” entails that the container itself be pure. Shaykh Faraz then continues the section on venerating knowledge and its people from Imam Zarnuji’s “Instruction of the Student”. We learn about several etiquettes related to the writing of knowledge. In addition, we learn about the deep respect that one must have for their companion’s in seeking knowledge, the danger of envy in this affair, and how to overcome it.

(1) Imam Zarnuji’s Guidance for Seekers of Knowledge Regarding the Ways of Seeking Knowledge (Ta`lim al-Muta`allim Turuq al-Ta`allum); and

(2) Imam Yusuf al-Nabahani’s beautiful collection of 40 sets of 40 Hadiths of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

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In this episode, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani covers hadiths seven to nine from Imam Nabahani’s set of hadiths on the virtues of the Qur’an and its recitation. In hadith seven, we learn about the reward for reciting a single part of the Book of Allah Most High. Shaykh Faraz explains that the indication of the hadith would entail giving each and every single vowel and letter of the Qur’an it’s right and it’s due; to the extent that one does so, the spiritual transformative impact of their recitation is magnified. Hadith eight informs us about what is given to the one who is busied by the Qur’an and remembrance of Allah Most High from asking. Here, we learn about the superiority of Allah Most High’s speech over all other speech, and what it means to be “busied” by the Qur’an. Hadith nine tells us about the state of the one who has nothing of the Qur’an within him. Shaykh Faraz then continues the section on venerating knowledge and its people from Imam Zarnuji’s “Instruction of the Student”. Here, we learn about several additional etiquettes related to books, including never stretching one’s feet towards a book, nor placing anything on top of it.

(1) Imam Zarnuji’s Guidance for Seekers of Knowledge Regarding the Ways of Seeking Knowledge (Ta`lim al-Muta`allim Turuq al-Ta`allum); and

(2) Imam Yusuf al-Nabahani’s beautiful collection of 40 sets of 40 Hadiths of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

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In this episode, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani covers hadiths three to six from Imam Nabahani’s third set of hadiths on the virtues of the Qur’an and its recitation. In the third hadith, we learn about the analogies of two types of believers and two types of hypocrites – those who recite the Qur’an, and those who do not. In the fourth hadith, we learn about how Allah Most High raises and abases people by the Qur’an. Hadith five informs us about the role of the Qur’an as an intercessor, and hadith six tells us about two people whom it is permitted to have envy of: A person whom Allah Most High has granted the Qur’an, and they hold fast to its guidance or recite it by night and by day, and a person whom Allah Most High has granted wealth, so they spend by night and by day. Envy here refers to “positive envy”, in that one wants what another has without wanting them to lose it. Shaykh Faraz then continues the section on venerating knowledge and its people from Imam Zarnuji’s “Instruction of the Student”. We learn about the story of Harun ar-Rashid and his son. We also learn that deep respect for one’s teacher entails deep respect for one’s book – for it is authored by an inheritor, contains inheritance, and is a container through which one acquires what one’s teacher will convey. Thus, it is befitting for the seeker of knowledge to only grasp a book in a state of ritual purity.

(1) Imam Zarnuji’s Guidance for Seekers of Knowledge Regarding the Ways of Seeking Knowledge (Ta`lim al-Muta`allim Turuq al-Ta`allum); and

(2) Imam Yusuf al-Nabahani’s beautiful collection of 40 sets of 40 Hadiths of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

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