What should we do to stay away from Hell?
What should we do to reach Paradise and beauty?
These questions are answered with knowledge, problems are solved with knowledge, the path is found with knowledge, obstacles are avoided with knowledge, Hell is avoided with knowledge, and Paradise is reached with knowledge. On the path to Paradise, the first obstacle, the first hurdle, the first barrier, the first passage to be overcome is ignorance, unawareness, and lack of knowledge.
Muslims must overcome this threshold. But there are different types of knowledge; there is knowledge that is limited, valuable, preferable, important, essential, and necessary; there are pitfalls and dangers on the path of knowledge. While walking on this path, a person may forget the main goal, get caught up in temporary pleasures, become confused and stray from the right direction; they may abuse knowledge and use their knowledge for evil purposes...
As with everything else, Islam has set boundaries, established measures, pointed out extremes, defined the main goal, and warned of dangers in this matter of knowledge.
In this book, Sayyid Mehmed Zahid Efendi, may Allah have mercy on him, discusses all these topics in a sincere and unpretentious conversational style, drawing on his extensive knowledge and vast spiritual experience.
This work is the first step for those who wish to reach the essence of Islam and faith; it encourages readers to to attain love for knowledge and truth, to encourage them to apply the knowledge they have gained with sincerity and devotion, and to inspire them to act upon it, thereby enabling them to attain the pleasure of the Almighty and become a means of entering Paradise. We sincerely pray and beseech the All-Bountiful and All-Powerful for this.
