*One should seek knowledge sincerely for the sake of Allah.
*One should realize the importance and praiseworthiness of seeking Shari'ah knowledge.
*One should ask Allah to grant them success in attaining beneficial knowledge.
*One should travel in pursuit of seeking knowledge if necessary.
*One should attend as many lectures and sittings of knowledge he can.
*If someone attends a lecture or circle of knowledge after it has started, it is better for him not to greet anyone, for this might lead to the interruption of that session. If it is certain that he will not interrupt the session, then it is a Sunnah practice for him to greet those in the circle.
*It is narrated that Imam Ahmed, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked by a man: 'I am seeking knowledge and my mother is preventing me from seeking it. She wants me to work in a trade. He said to him: 'Be kind to her and make her happy, but do not forsake your quest to seek knowledge.'(Al a'daab ash-Share'yah 2/53) *Not applying what one has learned of knowledge is a primary cause for one to lose the Barakah (blessing and goodness) of knowledge. Allah dispraises these people saying:
O you who have believed, why do you say what you do not do? Great is hatred in the sight of Allah that you say what you do not do. (61:2-3)
*Imam Ahmed, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 'I have not written a hadeeth of the Prophet () except that I put it into practice. When I came across the hadeeth of the Prophet () in which it states that he cupped6 and gave the cupper (Abu Taibah) a dinar, I cupped and gave the cupper a Dinar as well. (Al a'daab ash-Share'yah 2/145)
*One should be saddened by the death of Scholars. One should try to emulate them in their manners. Al-Khal'laal narrated in his book 'Manners of Imam Ahmed'on the authority of Ibrahim, may Allah have mercy on him that he said:
'When they approached a man from whom they wished to take knowledge, they would look at him while he performed prayers and view his manners in general and his outer appearance. After this they would take knowledge from him.' Al-A'mash, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 'They would learn from the jurist everything; even how to wear their clothes and shoes.'
