All knowledge is sacred knowledge – Shaykh Ramadan Bouti

Wise words from the late Shaykh Ramadan Bouti, may Allah have mercy on him. Translated by Ustadh Torab Torabi.

“It is of utmost importance, that ifyou want to direct yourself toward knowledge, whichever type of knowledge it maybe, to make your intention to draw nearer to Allah.
“All knowledge is sacred knowledge. And I have mentioned it before and written about it as well, the words of my father. The words that have never left me since I was 15 or 16 years old. When he took me by the hand and enrolled me in my first Islamic schooling.”
“He said to me: “Had I found out that arriving to Allah would be through picking up garbage off the streets, I would have made you a garbage man. But I have reflected and found that the path to reaching Allah is knowledge. And for this reason I have directed you down this path.  Now I ask from you to not study this Deen for a job, not for a degree, not for wealth, but rather to study it for Allah’s contentment and pleasure.””
“If a person intends Allah pleasure, even if he studies medicine it will draw him near to Allah. Even if he studies chemistry, physics, mathematics, engineering, astronomy, etc.. All forms of knowledge for that matter, because what does knowledge do? It (knowledge) unveils reality of Truth. And what is the only true Reality of creation? Allah! The Truth of all Truths. And there is no doubt about that.”