Science and Charity

Recognized or not, science had to be in order before the charity. A doctor should be knowledgeable first, before treating the patient. True science will bear safety. Science is wrong will cause the error. In Surah 22:54 God says,''For those who have been given knowledge that believes that the Koran is the truth from your Lord, then they believe in and submit their hearts to him, and that Allah is the giver of instructions for those who believe in straight path.''

This verse shows that the science will come from faith, and of faith, submission hearts will come to pass. In another verse (Surah 47:19) is mentioned in a tone command,''fa'lam 'ketahulilah' that there is no God but Allah, and ask forgiveness for your sins and for the believers, men and Women'' . Note the word''fa'lam''take precedence over the command of faith and charity.

Imam Bukhari hadith sahih in preparing to put a chapter titled''Babul ilmi wal qablal qauli charity'''chapter of science before the words and deeds'. The scholars, said Bukhari, see science as a condition of validity of words and deeds. A lot of people who are sincere, but because of lack of knowledge, they often assume that one so true, and the right to be wrong, or the sunnah to be heretical and a heretic so sunnah.

Strangely they do not feel wrong, like the Koran says,''Say: Shall We inform you about the people the greatest losers in their actions? Namely, people who have been in vain deeds in the life of this world, while they thought that they were doing their best''(Surah 18:103 - 104).

In Surah 35:8 is told that the devil easily affect people who are not knowledgeable, so he considers his actions - even one - to be true,''then he who is deceived is to think well of a bad job, so he believes that his work it's good?''.

Messenger of Allah always pray,''O Allah show us truth as truth, and give us the strength to follow it, and show evil as evil, and grant us the strength to stay away.''

In this prayer the Prophet pleading science, then apply power to practice it. Imam Al-Ghazali in his book Minhajul Abidiin mention some steps that must be taken towards God, and the first steps was the science. Caliph Umar bin Abdul Aziz said that the perpetrators act without equipped science, he instead will destroy, not improve.

By. AMir Faishol Fath