Will a person be rewarded by God for dedicating a great deal of time and effort (around 8 hours daily) to serious reading, research, and follow-up on global religious and political affairs, then offering advice and guidance to friends and close ones with the aim of educating and alerting them to dangers facing the Ummah?
Seeking permissible knowledge with the intention of personal benefit and benefiting Muslims is a great good and a significant reward if one purifies their intention for Allah and benefits His servants in their religion or their worldly affairs. This is in accordance with the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying: "Seeking knowledge is an obligation upon every Muslim, and indeed everything, even the fish in the sea, seeks forgiveness for the seeker of knowledge," and his saying: "When a person dies, his deeds cease except for three: ... knowledge from which benefit is derived." The most deserving knowledge in this regard is the sciences of and what is related to them, as well as political science, economics, and other beneficial sciences, while observing a balance between deeds and prioritizing what is most obligatory and most virtuous.
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