The path for seeking knowledge is long

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Shaikh Saaleh Aal al-Shaikh حفظه الله said:

“The path for seeking knowledge is long, and it cannot be attained except by leaving off (wasting time in) amusement and desires, while approaching it with all seriousness and determination. Because Allaah عز وجل described what He تعالى would reveal upon Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم would be a “Weighty Word””

﴿إِنَّا سَنُلْقِي عَلَيْكَ قَوْلًا ثَقِيلًا﴾

{Verily, We shall send down to you a weighty Word (i.e. obligations, legal laws, etc.)} [Surah al-Muzzammil (73): 5]

[المنهجية في قراءة كتب أهل العلم لفضيلة الشيخ صالح آل الشيخ]

Imaam Maalik bin Anas, the Imaam of Daar al-Hijrah, رحمه الله was asked about an issue, so he said: “I don’t know.” The questioner said: It is a small and an easy issue and I wanted to inform the Ameer (the governor) about it. The questioner was a person in authority. Imaam Maalik got angry and said: “A small and an easy issue? There is nothing regarding knowledge which is something small. Did you not hear the saying of Allaah تعالى:

﴿إِنَّا سَنُلْقِي عَلَيْكَ قَوْلًا ثَقِيلًا﴾

{Verily, We shall send down to you a weighty Word (i.e. obligations, legal laws, etc.)} [Surah al-Muzzammil (73): 5]

The knowledge, all of it is weighty, especially that about which it would be asked on the Day of Judgment.” [al-Muwaafaqaat of al-Shaatibee (5/329) and `Ilaam al-Muwaqqi`een (4/167)]