What is the ruling on reading books of tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis) that contain both good and bad content?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. What is the ruling on reading books of tafsir that contain both good and bad content? And do you advise reading the tafsirs of the innovators for the sake of the benefit that may be found in them?
Answer:
The scholar who knows the difference between the good and the bad takes the good and leaves the bad. As for the ignorant, the beginner, and the student, he should not read except in pure books that contain nothing but good, so that he does not consume the bad and die.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. What is the ruling on reading books of tafsir that contain both good and bad content? And do you advise reading the tafsirs of the innovators for the sake of the benefit that may be found in them?
Answer:
The scholar who knows the difference between the good and the bad takes the good and leaves the bad. As for the ignorant, the beginner, and the student, he should not read except in pure books that contain nothing but good, so that he does not consume the bad and die.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4057- 4717] ما حكم قراءة كتب التفسير التي تحتوي على الغث والسمين؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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