Assalamu'alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuhu Brothers & Sisters,
Yahya (RA) related to me from Malik (RA) that he heard that Luqman al-Hakim made his will and counselled his son, saying, "My son! Sit with the learned men and keep close to them. Allah gives life to the hearts with the light of wisdom as Allah gives life to the dead earth with the abundant rain of the sky."
(Muwatta Malik, Book 59, Hadith 1859)
Updated on August 15, 2022 at 9:13 a.m.
Some ayaat mentioned in Khutbah by Br Shahied Rasheed for pondering:
59:19
وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ نَسُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ فَأَنسَىٰهُمْ أَنفُسَهُمْ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ ١٩
And do not be like those who forgot Allah, so He made them forget themselves. It is they who are ˹truly˺ rebellious.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran