"After the passing away of the Prophet (peace beupon him), I said to an
Ansari friend of mine: 'The Prophet is not now with us. But a large
number of Sahabah are still among us. Let us go to them and get
knowledge of the Islamic practices.' He said: ' Who is going to approach
you for learning a regulation in the presence of these eminent Sahabah?'
I wasnot discouraged. I kept up my quest for knowledge and approached
every person who was supposed to have heard something from the Prophet.
I managed to gather substantial information from the Ansar. If on my
visit to someone of the Sahabah, I found him asleep, I spread my shawl
at the gate and satwaiting. Sometimes my face and body would getcovered
with dust, but I kept sitting till they woke and I was able to contact
them. Some of them said: 'Abdullah you are the cousin of the Prophet;
you could have sent for us. Why did you take the trouble of coming to
our places?' I said to them: 'I must come to you, for I am a student and
you are my teachers.' Some people for whom I had waited said: 'Since
when have you been waiting for us?' I informed them that I had been
sitting there for a pretty long time. They said: 'What a pity! You could
have awakened us from our sleep.' I said: 'I did not like to disturb you
for my own sake.' I thus carried on my pursuits, till there came a time
when people began to flock to me for learning. My Ansari friend
realizedthis at that time and remarked: 'This boy has surely proved
himself more sensible than us.'"
Source: From the book"Stories of the Sahabah" by Shaikh Muhammad
Zakariyya Kaandhlawi.
Besides our quest for knowledge to earn a livelihood in this world, we
must as well gain sufficient knowledge of Islam. No matter what age
group we belong to at this moment, we should atleast have that much
Islamic knowledgewith which we can turn our 24 hours life into worship.
Those with knowledge and practice will be exalted in this world and in
the hereafter.
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