🌻Allâh revealed 104 books; and from those books comes the source of knowledge.
🌻The one who wishes to call to Allâh must have knowledge and must learn from the people of knowledge.
🌻One should not accept knowledge from those who are not known.
🌻The traditions of the people in the religion should not be followed, but only the sahîh hadeeth; and a hadeeth that is not found in the well-known books should not be followed.
🌻The old conditions of distinguishing knowledge remain the same in modern times.
🌻The people of the cave were between the ages of twelve and twenty, not yet in their majority.
🌻There is an example in the people of the cave, who wished to remove themselves from their community to worship Allah; and yet the people of today reach the age of thirty and still think of only the entertainment of the dunyâ.
🌻Today’s youth only live for the quickly changing fads of which phone or car is popular.
🌻The first thing you should ask for when you are afraid is Allâh’s mercy; and if you fear fitnah in your religion, ask Allâh for guidance.
🌻Allah gifts blessings sometimes for a reason, and other times out of His own benevolence.
🌻Allâh gifted îmân to the people of the cave because they went seeking guidance.
🌻If you reject the people for the sake of Allâh, he will make your heart firm on the religion.
🌻Most people guilty of kufr do not disbelieve in Ruboobiyah, but commit shirk in Uloohiyah.
🌻Most people believe in Allâh but commit shirk by calling upon others alongside him.
🌻Everyone who believes in Ruboobįyah, but does shirk in Uloohîyah has committed the greatest hypocrisy.
🌻It is better to stay with the people and be patient on their trials; but if none take advice or incline to your call to Allâh and they become a fitnah for you, it is advised to leave them and isolate yourself from them.
🌻Do not risk your deen and âkhirah for other people. If you are not able to bring the people to Allâh, it is better to denounce them, live away from them, and seek nothing from them.
🌻The best place for worship is within one’s own home.
(Lessons from Tafseer Sûrah Al-Kahf, taught by Dr. ’Isâm ibn Sâlih Al’Uwayd)
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Tafseer Sûrah Al-Kahf: Notes
SpiritualNotes of Tafseer Sûrah Al-Kahf, taught by Dr. 'Isam Al'Uwayd from Ibn Saud University.
