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Umm ul-Shaheed
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how do you deprive it and discipline it so that you can have some kind of programe to seek knowledge.
i mean i know that one has to revise after fajr, for example...i know all those tips, but how do i suppress my nafs and be motivated again.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem,
Wa 'Alaykum Salam Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh,
It depends on the types of desires your nafs has. You may want to start fasting more. Seek the guidance of some learned people around you.
For studying, maybe you may want to surround yourself with good sisters who also study, and set your place up to be a good study enviroment, take all distractions out of the house/room that you live in.
Set up a time table and read some books on how to seek knowledge. Books for seeking knowledge, I would reccomend:
The Etiquette of Seeking Knowledge
By: Shaykh Bakr Aboo Zayd. The Etiquette of Seeking Knowledge ... to adorn oneself with beautiful etiquette, noble manners, good behaviour, and pious conduct are distinguishing characteristics of the people of Islaam, and knowledge - the most precious pearl in the crown of the purified Shareeah - cannot be attained except by those who adorn themselves with its etiquette and those who leave evil qualities associated to it. For this reason the scholars devoted their attention to this etiquette, outlined its importance and wrote books solely on this topic; either pertaining to (general conduct] with all types of knowledge or to specific types of knowledge such as the etiquette of the carriers of the Noble Quireaan, the etiquette of the muhaddith, the etiquette of the muftee, the etiquette of the qaadee (judge), the etiquette of the muhtasib (the one who enjoins good and forbids evil for the sake of Allaah) and so on. The issue of this book is the general conduct of those who take the path of seeking the knowledge of the Sharee'ah.
http://kalamullah.com/Books/The%20Et...0Knowledge.pdf
AND:
The Manners of the Knowledge Seeker
By Abu 'Abdillah Muhammad Sa'id Raslan. Translated By Abu Sabaayaa.
“I spent thirty years learning manners, and I spent twenty years learning knowledge.” - ‘Abdullah bin al-Mubarak
1 Purify Your Intention for Allah in Seeking Knowledge
2 Purify Yourself Inwardly and Outwardly From That Which Contradicts the Shari’ah
3 Completely Free Your Heart for Knowledge and Remove All Obstacles
4 Eat Little, Be Cautious, and Constantly Remember Allah
5 Eat, Sleep, and Speak as Seldom as Possible
6 Reduce Socialization and Choose the Right Friends
7 Choose What to Start With and Who to Teach You
8 Have the Best Manners with Your Teacher
9 Treat Your Books Well
10 How to Act During a Lesson
http://kalamullah.com/Books/the-mann...dge-seeker.pdf
Also you can look at shaykh Ibn al-Uthaymeen's book of knowledge which is published in english.
Don't pack your time up doing too much all at once if you are not used to it, whoever tries to take knowledge all at once will loose it all at once, take a gradual approach and try to revise under knowledgeable people, read the small consice texts on a subject before moving to the bigger ones and do not move until you have mastered them and do not change from one small text to another in the same field except for a good reason.
When you are not studying (i.e. taking notes from books or speakers etc) you can just listen to lectures which talk about the hereafter, or companions etc to boost the emaan, or read tafsir and contemplate over the book of Allah.
The major stumbling block I have is living in a non-Muslim household, it is a big problem to studying for me, the major problem you may have may be totally different, so speak to someone knowledgeable whom you trust, for specific advice.
And Allah knows best.
Br.al-Habeshi