All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of success and guidance, and the one who conveys the truth to those who turn to Him, reaching their ultimate goal. We bear witness that there is no god but Allah, alone with no partner, to whom all matters return, both at the beginning and the end. We bear witness that our master and prophet Muhammad is His servant and messenger, the highest example of conveying Allah's message and guiding others to His exalted presence, the most honored of those who received the message of the Most Merciful and fulfilled the trust for the good of both secret and public matters. O Allah, send Your blessings, peace, and mercy upon Your chosen servant, our master Muhammad, and upon his purified family and his distinguished companions, who received his message about You and upheld it in the best manner. And upon those who follow and love them, and upon their righteous path, and upon his forefathers and brothers among Your great prophets and messengers, and upon their families, companions, and those who seek to emulate them, and upon Your noble angels and all Your righteous servants. And upon us with them and in them, by Your mercy, O Lord of glory and honor.
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To all our brothers in faith, we carry the message of honoring the commands of Allah and serving His sacred law, glorified and exalted is He. One of the highest foundations for serving the Sharia is the acquisition of sound sacred knowledge that is preserved and transmitted through an unbroken chain, with the purpose of practicing, teaching, and disseminating it widely. This foundation encompasses everything that branches from sincerity and excellence in service to support Allah and His Messenger, peace be upon him, his family and companions.
In contributing to this field, the establishment of the Sanad Academy aims to connect knowledge with practice, purification, and the call to Allah, the Exalted. Neglecting and despising knowledge, despite its high status and elevated ranks, has led to numerous calamities and problems in the reality of the Ummah. Moreover, acquiring knowledge from unqualified sources and outside the proper channels, and from those who are not its rightful bearers, in a manner contrary to that of the Companions, their successors, and those who followed them in righteousness, has also caused complications that may, in some cases, be greater and more severe than the issues stemming from neglect.
In this regard, Sayyiduna Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 'The thing I fear most for the Ummah is the hypocritical scholar.' They asked, 'How can he be a hypocritical scholar?' He replied: 'A knowledgeable tongue, but a hypocritical heart.
Thus, harm arises from acquiring knowledge from those who are not qualified and without proper chains of transmission. However, by collectively honoring, revering, and respecting the knowledge of Sharia, obtaining it from its rightful scholars, applying and implementing its rulings and practices, and disseminating them among the people, all deficiencies can be addressed, and every deviation and error can be corrected. This will also elevate all that is problematic and difficult in terms of issues and ailments.
For all of this, we praise Allah who has facilitated these means for connecting with the unbroken chain of transmission. In the time of the Companions and those after them, a journey of two months was undertaken just to receive a single hadith with its broken chain of narration, due to their understanding of the value of knowledge, hadith, and the chain leading back to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. Allah has now made these devices and means available for receiving this knowledge, explaining it, and organizing it according to the methodology established in Dar al-Mustafa and advancing it through the nurturing of teaching the basics of knowledge before the advanced topics, and gradually expanding in the manner received from those who are truthful, knowledgeable, and elevated, may Allah be pleased with them.
Thus, Allah has facilitated the launch of this academy with this program, and during its trial period, over eight thousand participants have joined, approximately eight thousand six hundred (8600). It serves as a means, arena, and field for the service of Sharia and religion, allowing a deep connection to this service through education and learning from those who have authentic chains of transmission linked to the leaders of this noble religion and Sharia. We love to ensure that this benefit expands to bring back abundant blessings to the Ummah, enriching it with the knowledge, taste, and practice inspired by the Chosen One, peace be upon him, and the revelation that Allah has bestowed upon him.
May Allah open hearts and bless all those involved in these charitable works, as well as everyone who contributed and assisted in spreading the effective means to revive the correct way of acquiring the sacred knowledge, with the aim of practicing, teaching, and disseminating it, seeking the pleasure of the Lord of the visible and the unseen, the Lord of creation.
May Allah grant success, guide, and bless all who engage, teach, and learn in these fields, placing them under His care and protection and that of His trustworthy Messenger, peace be upon him. May He unite us with them in the highest ranks among the best of the angels, in kindness and well-being. May Allah rectify the affairs of the Ummah, relieve them of all distress, clarify the path for them, and grant them success in adhering to the most upright and noble way, with kindness and well-being. Indeed, He is the Most Generous, the Most Honorable, through the secret of Al-Fatiha to the presence of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.
