Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a youngster. He carried a large bag of tools with him, and when he arrived, he immediately went to work. He inspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom.
Two of the ship's owners were there, watching this man, hoping he would know what to do. After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life. He carefully put his hammer away. The engine was fixed! A week later, the owners received a bill from the old man for ten thousand dollars.
"What?!" the owners exclaimed. "He hardly did anything!"
So they wrote the old man a note saying, "Please send us an itemized bill."
The man sent a bill that read:
Tapping with a hammer $ 2.00
Knowing where to tap $ 9998.00

Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort in your life makes all the difference. Knowledge in Islam is highly valued. Knowledge will benefit us in this world and in the hereafter.

I'm angry. I’m angry because the above story is unfortunately not a joke. Such is the world. No matter proficiency and experience exist or not, we only rely on empty calculations and this is how others make statements about us, too. I have also been looking for my place in the world where I can live and work. The fate brought me together with a very wealthy entrepreneur who asked questions. How much does a sheikh eat a day? What other expenses do I have in addition to eating? Things like that. Then he put in front of me an offer in a similar amount as the tapping with the hammer above. He was a young man; he missed the appreciation of experience and age. He lived in the enchantment of numbers and money. I would add, the father of the young man was once also a sheikh, a recognized Muslim thinker who had passed away long ago. A generation later, things suddenly changed. I have buried the case to myself, but I realized that the young man is not a unique case. The world is moving in the direction of which he is the embodiment. For today it is common to make calculations the same way in order to measure our consumption and we are also treated as expenditures on a mass scale. Then our costs will be analyzed item by item. Those will be compared with the revenues that can be linked to us, and a judgment will be pronounced over us. As I see the state of culture and education, the brain function and the need of people is damped. But why would be the case different when there is Google in our pockets that knows everything instead of us. It’s true that it lurks there, but the time will come when we won’t be able to ask Google any questions, even though it uploads all the information of the world.

Sometimes I am invited to give a lecture on Islam. Specially to places where an old guy of my own kind invites me. Those who still have some involvement, experiences regarding knowledge. Entering the auditorium, I find many young people with disinterested faces. Why would they be interested, if they form a preconceived notion about me and the subject based on a prior knowledge: I will shout Allah Akbar and say some bullshit that they hear every day in the media. However, if I were to talk about my yachts and luxury entertainments, the room would be crowded! All I see is that they look lazy, then after half an hour they start to watch carefully, and later they are fixed to their chairs. They didn't get what they expected! They are shocked and can hardly believe that this is Islam! Then they ask why don’t I publish, why don’t I organize a bigger presentation about that and comes so many why? I don't even know how am I going from Buda to Pest, however why don't I do this and that? They ask a lot of "why" in a situation when the old guy is shivering of fear from being fired for inviting me there while I gave a lecture on Islam that made it popular and not repulsive. Then some of the youth look for me and raise a request that if I had a job for them, approx. for 2-3 thousand euros a month, they would like to work with me. I remind of the heroic age when people had to struggle for knowledge. The Arabic word طالب Talib, student means also beggar. They begged for knowledge and also asked for a livelihood to have a bite of food and to be able to listen the classes of their masters. There wasn't a student hostel, a student parliament, and such fucking pampering. There was knowledge acquired with suffering, torment, sweat, and so it became valuable. Today, to set the convenience is the first, then comes Google and for 2-3 thousand they would listen to the sheikh if he pays. Today, pricing is the other way around. Tapping with the little hammer is $ 9998.00 and $ 2.00 is for knowledge, but it can be ignored as everything is available for free in the Google

And pursue not that of which thou hast no knowledge; for every act of hearing, or of seeing or of (feeling in) the heart will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning). (Quran 17:36)

… Allah will rise up, to (suitable) ranks (and degrees), those of you who believe and who have been granted Knowledge. And Allah is well- acquainted with all ye do. (Quran 58:11)