Part Overview
Before beginning the Three Fundamental Principles themselves, the student first learns four matters that every Muslim needs to know:
1. Knowledge
2. Acting upon knowledge
3. Calling others to that knowledge
4. Being patient upon the harm encountered in doing so
Learning Objectives
By the end of this part, the student should be able to:
* Name the four matters mentioned by the author.
* Explain what is meant by knowledge in this context.
* Explain why knowledge must come before speech and action.
* Distinguish between possessing knowledge and acting upon it.
* Explain why daʿwah is connected to knowledge.
* Explain why patience is necessary for the student of knowledge and caller to Allah.
* Identify the evidence the author gives from Sūrat al-ʿAṣr.
* Explain how Sūrat al-ʿAṣr contains all four matters.
