<b>Guidance from the Hadith:</b><br> 1) It describes how knowledge will be taken away. This will take place by the death of scholars, the guiding light within the darkness of ignorance. So, the believer should derive benefit from the scholars when they are still alive.<br> 2) It urges us to seek knowledge, as the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) informed us about this future incident to beware of the disappearance of scholars. His talk about that reality does not serve as approval of it, but as a warning and guidance.<br> <br> <b>Benefit:</b><br> The author, Al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy upon him), placed the Book of Knowledge right after the Book of Jihad, which clearly indicates that carrying and conveying knowledge is a kind of Jihad in the cause of Allah Almighty.<br> * Abu al-Dardā’ (may Allah be pleased with him) said:<br> “He who does not consider going out in pursuit of knowledge and returning from it as Jihad has a deficient mind and a deficient opinion.” [Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr - Jāmi‘ Bayān al-‘Ilm wa Fadlih]<br> In his book Al-Ādāb al-Shar‘iyyah, Ibn Muflih (may Allah have mercy upon him) said:<br> “Al-Marwazi said: It was said to ‘Abdullāh ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal: If a man has 500 dirhams, do you think he should spend it on Jihad or pursuit of knowledge? He replied: If he is ignorant, then I recommend that he pursue knowledge.”<br> In his book Jalā’ al-Afhām, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (may Allah have mercy upon him) said:<br> “... and conveying the Prophet’s Sunnah to the Ummah is better than conveying arrows at the enemies chests, for the latter is done by many people, whereas conveying the Sunnah is only conducted by the inheritors and successors of the prophets. May Allah make us among them, by His grace and bounty.”