Intention for Seeking Knowledge — Imam al Haddad

Intention for Seeking Knowledge — نِيَّةُ طَلَبِ العِلمِ

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful

الحَمدُ للهِ رَبِّ العَالمِينَ
Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds

وَصَلَّى اللهُ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحبِهِ وَسَلَّمَ
May God bestow mercy and peace upon our master Muhammad ﷺ as well as upon his family and companions

نَوَيتُ التَّعَلُّمَ وَالتَّعلِيمَ
I Hereby intend to learn and to teach

وَالتَّذَكُّرَ وَالتَّذكِيرَ
To be reminded and to remind

وَالنَّفعَ وَالاِنتِفَاعَ
To be beneficial and to derive benefit

وَالإِفَادَةَ وَالإِستِفَادَةَ
to be useful and to find use.

وَالحَثَّ عَلَى التَّمَسُّكِ بِكِتَابِ اللهِ وَسُنَّةِ رَسُولِهِ ﷺ
And to encourage holding fast to the Book of God and the Sunnah of His messenger

والدّعَاءَ إِلَى الهُدَى وَالدَّلالَةَ عَلَى الخَيرِ ابتِعغَاءَ وَجهِ اللهِ وَمَرضَاتِهِ وَقُربِهِ وَثَوَابِهِ سُبحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى
and to call unto guidance and to guide unto good, for the sake of God, His pleasure, proximity and reward, transcendent and exalted is He!

الإمام عبد الله بن علوي بن مُحَمَّد الحَدّاد

Written by al-Imām Abd-Allāh b. Alawi b. Muhammad al-Haddad