The Ruling on Reading the Torah and the Gospel for the Purpose of Information and Culture
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on reading the Torah and the Gospel for the sake of culture?
Answer:
My brother, Allah has made us independent of the Torah and the Gospel and abrogated them with a book we have, which is the great Qur'an, in which lies our happiness, our well-being, and our success. So let our focus be on the great Qur'an. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not see any papers from the Torah with 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, so he became angry with him and said, "Are you in doubt, O son of al-Khattab? Have I not brought it down pure? By Him in whose hand is my soul, if my brother Musa were alive, he would have had no choice but to follow me." Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on reading the Torah and the Gospel for the sake of culture?
Answer:
My brother, Allah has made us independent of the Torah and the Gospel and abrogated them with a book we have, which is the great Qur'an, in which lies our happiness, our well-being, and our success. So let our focus be on the great Qur'an. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not see any papers from the Torah with 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, so he became angry with him and said, "Are you in doubt, O son of al-Khattab? Have I not brought it down pure? By Him in whose hand is my soul, if my brother Musa were alive, he would have had no choice but to follow me." Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1524- حكم قراءة التوراة والإنجيل بقصد الاطلاع والثقافة - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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