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Bismillah.

Volume 3, Book 34, Number 277:

Narrated 'Ubai bin 'Umar:

Abu Musa (radiallaahu `anhu) asked Umar (radiallaahu `anhu) to admit him but he was not admitted as 'Umar (radiallaahu `anhu) was busy, so Abu Musa (radiallaahu `anhu) went back. When 'Umar finished his job he said, "Didn't I hear the voice of 'Abdullah bin Qais (radiallaahu `anhu)? Let him come in." 'Umar (radiallaahu `anhu) was told that he had left. So, he sent for him and on his arrival, he (Abu Musa) said, "We were ordered to do so (i.e. to leave if not admitted after asking permission thrice). 'Umar (radiallaahu `anhu) told him, "Bring witness in proof of your statement." Abu Musa (radiallaahu `anhu) went to the Ansar's meeting places and asked them. They said, "None amongst us will give this witness except the youngest of us, Abu Said Al-Khudri (radiallaahu `anhu). Abu Musa then took Abu Said Al-Khudri (radiallaahu `anhu) (to 'Umar) and 'Umar (radiallaahu `anhu) said, surprisingly, "Has this order of Allah's Apostle (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam) been hidden from me?" (Then he added), "I used to be busy trading in markets."

Umar (radiallaahu `anhu) admitted that he was unaware of that statement of the Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam) because his trade used to keep him busy. He didn't have enough time to spend in the company of Allah's Apostle (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam) and increase his knowledge like some other Companions did, for example Abu Huraira (radiallaahu `anhu).

Isn't this the case with many of us today? Something or the other keeps us away from increasing our knowledge about Islam, be it studies, work or whatever else. While it's not wrong to be busy with this stuff, one must try their level best to take out time for Deen as well. Depending on your situation and circumstances, you MUST be involved in some sort of Islamic classes or courses. If weekdays are busy, join weekend classes. If commuting is an issue, study online. There are a lot of options nowadays and you know you don't have an excuse to not study Islam anymore. Take action now. Yes, Umar (radiallaahu `anhu) didn't have as much knowledge of the Hadith as Abu Huraira (radiallaahu `anhu) so to speak, but he didn't become the second caliph for no reason. Get it?

Taken from: http://ilookilisten.wordpress.com/2013/10/23/does-work-keep-you-busy-hadith-no-1772/

Assalamu`alaykum,
Bismillah.

Hadith no. 740 is a repeat. Read it here.

Volume 2, Book 13, Number 741:

Narrated Ibn Umar:

The Prophet (p.b.u.h) used to deliver the Khutba while standing and then he would sit, then stand again as you do now-a-days.

Volume 2, Book 13, Number 742:

Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:

One day the Prophet sat on the pulpit and we sat around him.

So that's how it was back then. Circles. Halaqaat. One person speaking and others sitting 'around' him. And the khateeb (one who is delivering the sermon) would sometimes sit in the middle, to give his legs some rest, or maybe just to be at the eye level of his audience.

Alhamdulillah, we do have halaqaat of `Ilm these days as well. May Allah increase our knowledge and help us acquire it the way the best of people did. Prophet (SAW) did not have all the teaching methods and resources back then. He did not have access to multimedia or even electricity, really. All he and his students had was Imaan and Ikhlaas. Those students of a completely 'unprofessional' institute later on changed the face of this Earth. Precisely, those people.

And here's an interesting video:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o6kpCLDMVg&list=PL409C23E2F903F8D3&index=1&feature=plpp_video]

Wassalam.

Taken from: http://ilookilisten.wordpress.com/2012/04/05/the-khutbah-scene-ahadith-741-742/

Assalamu`alaykum,
Bismillah.

Repeats: Ahadith 736 - 737.

Volume 2, Book 13, Number 738:

Narrated Abu Hazim bin Dinar:

Some people went to Sahl bin Sad As-Sa'idi and told him that they had different opinions regarding the wood of the pulpit. They asked him about it and he said, "By Allah, I know of what wood the pulpit was made, and no doubt I saw it on thy very first day when Allah's Apostle I took his seat on it. Allah's Apostle sent for such and such an Ansari woman (and Sahl mentioned her name) and said to her, 'Order your slave-carpenter to prepare for me some pieces of wood (i.e. pulpit) on which I may sit at the time of addressing the people.' So she ordered her slave-carpenter and he made it from the tamarisk of the forest and brought it (to the woman). The woman sent that (pulpit) to Allah's Apostle who ordered it to be placed here. Then I saw Allah's Apostle praying on it and then bowed on it. Then he stepped back, got down and prostrated on the ground near the foot of the pulpit and again ascended the pulpit. After finishing the prayer he faced the people and said, 'I have done this so that you may follow me and learn the way I pray.' "

Related post here.

I have done this so that you may follow me and learn the way I pray.

Understanding these words properly can suffice us inshaAllah. ^
What did Prophet (SAW) do but to teach us the right way to go about things? His life was a mission - to teach, to deliver the message. So learn. Learn. Learn! Learn from the Prophet (SAW). Learn from those who follow him. Learn from those who love him. Learn about him, his life, his mission, his journey, his everything.
`Ilm - giving or taking - is noble, bro. It honors a person. This is what made Adam (AS) the 'best of creation'. Because this is how Allah (SWT) sort of defended him in this incident:

And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority." They said, "Will You place upon it one who causes corruption therein and sheds blood, while we declare Your praise and sanctify You?" Allah said, "Indeed, I know that which you do not know."
And He taught Adam the names - all of them. Then He showed them to the angels and said, "Inform Me of the names of these, if you are truthful."
They said, "Exalted are You; we have no knowledge except what You have taught us. Indeed, it is You who is the Knowing, the Wise."
He said, "O Adam, inform them of their names." And when he had informed them of their names, He said, "Did I not tell you that I know the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth? And I know what you reveal and what you have concealed."
[Surah al-Baqarah: 30-33]

And this is why the angels were made to bow down (in honor) before him. This `Ilm. So learn, will you?

P.S. 'learning' and 'gathering information' are two different things. Look it up. :)

Wassalam.

Taken from: http://ilookilisten.wordpress.com/2012/04/03/learn-hadith-no-738/