The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:
"Seeking knowledge is obligatory upon every Muslim.”
[Narrated by Ibn Maajah]
“Knowledge” – What does this mean? What does it signify? Is there such a thing as useless knowledge? Or can we safely say that all knowledge is beneficial? Obviously there are certain categories of knowledge that can be classified as useless. Others, potentially dangerous as it may threaten the life of anyone who possesses it. But the fact is, a good number of people today spend huge portions of their precious time going through, reflecting, watching, listening to and reading useless knowledge which are of no relevance to their lives and others around them. Such things include different genres of books, movies, songs, documentaries, video games etc. Moreover, they get so much occupied in such worthless “junk”, that they lose the ability to differentiate between useful and useless knowledge. Meaning they become desensitized to the most beneficial and awe inspiring fields of knowledge. But on top of that, our minds are constantly bombarded with this absolutely useless information day in and day out. Now someone might say that the examples I mentioned here do have a positive side to it as well. But the point is, the harm inflicted by most of those things far outweigh their benefits. And this is where we have to draw the line. This is a tragedy that we need to solve with a collective effort by aiming our hearts in the right direction and embedding the purpose of our lives into our minds.
