Verily, This Knowledge Is Religion So Look from Whom You Take Your Religion From – Shaykh Uways at-Taweel

Verily, This Knowledge Is Religion So Look From Whom You Take Your Religion From, a lecture by Shaykh Uways at-Taweel (hafidhahullāh)

• We were created to worship Allāh, and Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah’s definition of worship
• Seeking knowledge is obligatory on every Muslim, so we must be careful whom we take it from
• The statement of Muḥammad ibn Sīrīn: “This knowledge is religion”
• Worship done other than as Allāh legislated is not accepted, as Shaykh ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān as-Saʿdī explained
• The knowledge needed for daily worship, such as wuḍūʾ, ghusl and purification
• Distinguishing between those who put themselves forward to teach, with advice from Imām al-Awzāʿī