💌 "Pabibo", "pasikat", "cringe! Pabida masyado",
"Nosebleed!", "Daming mong alam!", "Feeling matalino!",
"Narcissist!", "Edi wow!", "So you know, and we don't know?",
"Ikaw na?", and "Mamanti ka!" are some silly slurs
From someone who fears learning or whose pride was injured.
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Do Da'wah for Allah, and some assume you're acting
As if you're superior or you desire compliments.
Enjoin good, forbid wrong, remind Muslims when eating
And drinking to use their right, to some you're "arrogant"
Or "Controlling", not letting people do what they want.
~•~
Attend an Islamic class, hear Islamic podcasts,
Or be caught reading a book, and some may judge you as
A "nerd" or "know-it-all" who thinks they're a "smart badass".
Their distaste for those who love learning proves that they lack
The will to improve themselves or they've got jealous hearts.
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In areas where ignorance has become the "in thing",
Where stupidity is normalized or so common,
Those who strive to learn Islam and share what they have learned
Are oft accused of "arrogance" or "narcissism".
It's from shaytan's tricks to scare you with not fitting in.
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So to students of knowledge, and Allah's Love we seek,
Patiently keep learning even if most are displeased.
Read the Qur'an and listen to lectures frequently,
Implement what you've studied, practice what you preach,
And don't be sidetracked by the unlearned majority.
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📖 Anas ibn Malik RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said: "Seeking knowledge is an obligation upon every Muslim."
Source: Sunan Ibn Mājah 224
Grade: Sahih
📖 Mu’awiyah RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said: "If Allah intends goodness for someone, He gives him understanding of the religion."
Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari 71
Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi
📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said: "Whoever travels a path in search of knowledge, Allah will make easy for him a path to Paradise. People do not gather in the Houses of Allah, reciting the Book of Allah and studying It together, but that tranquility will descend upon them, Mercy will cover them, Angels will surround them, and Allah will mention them to those near Him."
Source: Sahih Muslim 2699, Grade: Sahih
📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said: "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to those who follow him, without detracting from their rewards at all.
Whoever calls to misguidance will have sin upon him similar to those who follow him, without detracting from their sins at all."
Source: Sahih Muslim 2674, Grade: Sahih
📖 Ka’b ibn Malik RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Whoever seeks knowledge to impress the scholars, to argue with the foolish, or to attract the attention of people, Allah will admit him into Hellfire."
Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 2654
Grade: Hasan (Fair) according to Al-Albani