11 Nov 2021 By Know Muslim
The Holy prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم further said:
The teachings which I have brought is like rain-water and those who heard these teachings are also of three kinds:
(1) There are some who have absorbed these teachings and benefited by them whereby they reformed their deeds, conduct and character and became righteous men to serve as best models for others.
(2) The second category is of those who grasped my teachings. They themselves benefited thereby and preserved them for the benefit of others. Now they are conveying those teachings to others by teaching them, and spreading them by holding assemblies and preaching.
(3) The third category consists of those who heard my teachings with one ear and got them out from the other ear. Neither they themselves benefited by them, nor did they impart the teachings to others for their benefit.
The Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم indicated by this Hadith that the people should take advantage of his sacred teachings in one of the two alternatives, viz., either they should themselves benefit by them and let others also to get benefit therefrom or they should at least themselves take advantage from the teachings. The path other than these two alternatives is the path of ruin. After listening to these teachings they turn their backs on them. The Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم has mentioned the same point in another Hadith:
Either become a religious scholar or a student of religion, but do not take a third course which will lead to your ruin and annihilation.
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