What are the books you advise us to read that will benefit us in matters of our religion?
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Question:
What are the books you advise us to read that will benefit us in matters of our religion? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The books that are recommended to read and that benefit in matters of religion are many, praise be to Allah. At the head of them and the first is the Book of Allah the Exalted and Majestic. For Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has commanded its recitation, its contemplation, and understanding its meanings. For it is the Book of the Lord of the worlds. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Isra 17:9] until it becomes stronger.
He, the Exalted, said:[Al-An'am 6:106] The disbeliever said: Allah the Exalted said: [Fatir 35:29] from illness, they are content with [Fatir 35:29]. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) encouraged the recitation of the Qur'an, its reflection, and acting upon what is in it. Likewise, the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), which consists of the hadiths reported from him (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding his words and actions, and his approvals (peace and blessings be upon him); in them is guidance and light, and they are an explanation of the Qur'an and a clarification of the Qur'an. Likewise, the books of the Salaf of this Ummah and its imams, who derived from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) matters of creed and matters of jurisprudence by which there is good for this Ummah. Among these are the books of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, his student Ibn al-Qayyim, Ibn Kathir, Ibn Rajab, and others among the imams of Islam.
The books of Shaykh al-Islam, the reformer Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, and his students from the imams of this blessed Da'wah are all books of good, and they are all books of guidance. Likewise, the books of jurisprudence from the four schools of the people of the Sunnah and the community, especially the abridgments thereof, so that a person learns from the jurisprudence of his religion what allows him to proceed on a sound path. All of these are beneficial and good books.
And they all indicate to the Muslim the path of correctness. Yes. May Allah reward you with good, and may Allah reward you.
What are the books you advise us to read that will benefit us in matters of our religion? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The books that are recommended to read and that benefit in matters of religion are many, praise be to Allah. At the head of them and the first is the Book of Allah the Exalted and Majestic. For Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has commanded its recitation, its contemplation, and understanding its meanings. For it is the Book of the Lord of the worlds. Allah the Exalted said:
Indeed, this Qur'an guides
إِنَّ هَٰذَا الْقُرْآنَ يَهْدِيHe, the Exalted, said:
Follow, [O Muhammad], what has been revealed to you
اتَّبِعْ مَا أُوحِيَ إِلَيْكَ مِنIndeed, those who recite the Book of Allah and establish prayer and spend
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَتْلُونَ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَأَقَامُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَأَنفَقُواsecretly and publicly, [can] expect a profit that will never perish -
سِرًّا وَعَلَانِيَةً يَرْجُونَ تِجَارَةً لَّن تَبُورَThe books of Shaykh al-Islam, the reformer Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, and his students from the imams of this blessed Da'wah are all books of good, and they are all books of guidance. Likewise, the books of jurisprudence from the four schools of the people of the Sunnah and the community, especially the abridgments thereof, so that a person learns from the jurisprudence of his religion what allows him to proceed on a sound path. All of these are beneficial and good books.
And they all indicate to the Muslim the path of correctness. Yes. May Allah reward you with good, and may Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما هي الكتب التي تنصحوننا بقراءتها وتفيدنا في أمور ديننا؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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