Story of Muhammad al-Awqas رحمه الله
How Knowledge Raises the Rank of Individuals
How Knowledge Raises the Rank of Individuals
Ibn ul-Qayyim رحمه
الله تعالى mentioned in among the virtues of knowledge and how it raises
the rank of an individual, the story of Muhammad bin ‘Abdurrahman al-Awqas.
It is mentioned his physical appearance was displeasing to
the eye, he was short, his neck was buried in his body, almost non-existent, to
the extent it is reported that on one occasion a woman walked by him as he was
making du’a, “O Allah free my neck from the Fire”, so she said, “O my brothers son,
and what neck do you have?!”
His shoulders were protruding out of normal bodily shape, so
his mother said to him: “O my son,you will not be in a gathering of the people
except that you are the one mocked and ridiculed, so upon you is to seek
knowledge, for indeed it will raise you.”
In another version she said to him, “The knowledge of
religion will complete your deficiency, and remove your imperfection”,he said, “So
Allah benefitted me with her statement, and I learned knowledge, and became a
Judge”.
Furthermore, it is mentioned he was a judge of Makkah for 20
years, and that when the indicted sat before him, they would be shaking until
they arose to leave!
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