Steps in seeking ilm

[Umm Mohammad]

Alee ibn al-Hasan ibn Shaqeeq said

I heard Abdullaah ibn al-Mubaarak say:


The first step towards (seeking) knowledge is

the (sincerity of) intention, then it is listening,


then it is understanding (this knowledge),

then it is memorising (this knowledge),


then it is acting (upon this knowledge),

then it is spreading (this knowledge).


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