The Compass w/ Mufti Azeemuddin Ahmed | “O My Son” Part 8 by Imam Ghazali | Ep #39 | 10/12

But at the same time, you cannot even practice if you don't have knowledge.

And Mufti Taqi Usmani hafizahullah, I've seen a similar statement of his where he mentions, that knowledge without practicing is a calamity, it's a disaster.

And practicing without knowledge is misguidance, right? So you have to have both hand in hand.

It's like the two wings of a airplane.

Without one, the airplane will not function.

So similarly is knowledge and amal, they go hand in hand.

And that's the central theme that Imam Ghazali rahimahullah is trying to impart throughout this book and in many of his works because as you know, he went through this renaissance type period in his life where he realized that, "Look, I've reached the pinnacle of ilm, I've reached the pinnacle of society, everyone respects me, but there's still something missing." There's still something that he felt that needs to be repaired, needs to be fixed.

And that's why he went into his khalwah for a little bit to reconnect with Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala and to just break away from everything for a little bit.

Oftentimes, when people are caught in the cycle of life, you don't really get time to think about things.

But then when you break away from the routine, from the cycle of life, then you can really sit, ponder, really assess what's going on.

And that's why when Imam Ghazali rahimahullah ta'ala during this period and when he came back, he came back with a lot of powerful thoughts, powerful insights that scholars till this day still benefit from because, you know, they say the players are new, the game is old.

The shaitan, it's the same old tricks.

Like many times the stuff Mufti Ali told us in first year, now in seventh year he's telling us things, and then we see everything.

It's just like year by year people come with the same problems.

The same problems we came and told Mufti Sahib we want to leave madrasa because of this, because of that, then younger year students come and tell us the same thing.

So as they say, the game is old, the players are new, right? Shaitan just repeats the same tricks.

So it's not like we're just reading some fairy tale, some fantasy book, some Shakespeare, the English doesn't make sense, but rather this is very applicable stuff to all of us, whether you're a full-time student of knowledge or part-time student of knowledge.

Because the reality is, seeking knowledge is from the cradle to the grave.

So why is a person not attending tafsir? Why is he not consistent? Why is he not attending the compass? Because he doesn't view himself as a full-time student of knowledge.

That you should just-- whatever you do, be consistent, right? That's what the ulama mentioned, that consistency is above a thousand miracles.

So if you're just attending, attending only this one program, then make niyyah, "Ya Allah, I'm a student of knowledge at least for this one program." And then accordingly abide by the adab that a student of knowledge should abide by, the proper etiquette and decorum that a student of knowledge has when attending duroos, right? That you're not on the phone, you're not wandering, you're not daydreaming, you know, gazing into the sky and whatnot, inshaAllah, bi-idhnillah.