Beneficial knowledge

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Ibn Abee Shaybah  رحمه اللهreported in Kitaab Al-Imaan & also in Al-Musannaf that Abu Dardaa رضي اللّه عنـه  always use to supplicate saying:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي  أَسْأَلُكَ إيمَانًا دَائِمًا وَعِلْمًا نَافِعًا وَهَدْيًا قَيِّمًا

‘O Allaah! I ask you for abiding Imaan, beneficial knowledge & upright guidance.’



Mu-aawiyyah Ibn Qurra رحمه الله transmitted this narration from Abu Dardaa & then said: “Because there is Imaan that is not abiding, knowledge that is not beneficial & guidance that is not upright.”

[Source: Quoted by Shaikh Abdur-Razzaaq Al-Badr in Al-Madkhal Li-diraasaat Al-Aqeedah Al-Islaamiyyah: Lesson 2]

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