Is it permissible for a student of knowledge to limit himself to listening to scientific audio tapes on a computer, including hadith, fiqh, and other subjects?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, scientific audio tapes for computers have appeared recently, containing fiqh, hadith, and other Islamic sciences. Is it permissible for a student of knowledge to limit himself to them, especially with the availability of portable computers?

Answer:
No. No, he does not limit himself to them. There is no difference between them and a book; the tapes are no different from a book. If something is unclear to you, do you ask the tape? And what is more common than something being unclear to the listener? You ask the tape, and it does not benefit you. It is obligatory to sit with the people of knowledge, to be patient, to spend a long time, to be consistent, to persist, and not to be bored or lazy, if you want to seek knowledge.