Presented at the inauguration of the Winter School organized by the Institute of Objective Knowledge, Delhi, India, on March 9, 2026, by Professor Omar Hasan Kasule, MB ChB (MUK), MPH (Harvard), DrPH (Harvard).
► ماثور عن أبو الدرداء (وقيل عن النبي ﷺ) بلفظ: "اغدُ عالماً أو متعلماً، أو محباً، أو مستمعاً، ولا تكن الخامس فتهلك .
2.0 5 GRADES
3.0 CONTINUOUS LEARNING► First grade: ‘aalim.
► Second grade: learner.
► Third grade: lover of knowers.
► Fourth grade: listener.
► Fifth: the lost who hate the ulama.
► اطلُبوا العلمَ من المهدِ إلى اللَّحدِ.
4.0 LEARNING IN CHILDHOOD
5.0 ACTIVE LEARNING IN YOUTH► Intra-uterine effects of the mother’s talk or singing.
► Adhan and iqama at birth.
► Children who are stimulated by speaking get superior intellect.
► Parents must talk to children in complete sentences because they retain.
► Children must listen to the Qur’an and should be taken to the masjid to listen to knowledge, and we must tolerate their childhood behavior with gentle correction.
► If children do not go to the mosque in their early years, they may not go in their adult years.
6.0 PASSIVE LEARNING IN LATER LIFE► We need definite programs of Islamic tarbiyat.
► Use all media.
► Relate Islam to realities of life so that the Qur’an is really the guide of our lives.
► Attend teachings in the mosque or any other venue.
► Listen to all credible sources of knowledge, but be selective in what you adopt.
► You learn better if you also teach.
7.0 EXPECTATIONS FROM THE SUMMER SCHOOL► بلغوا عني ولو آية. البخاري.
► Intellectual networking.
► Ask questions and think creatively.
► Relate Islamic knowledge to solving actual problems in society.
► Develop a love for research to get more knowledge.
► Appreciate the importance of integration of knowledge which emanates from the paradigm of tauhid.