Preoccupation with Recitations and Chains of Narration over the Pursuit of Knowledge
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Question:
He says: May Allah preserve you, I see some students of knowledge preoccupied with learning more than one recitation of the Qur'an, and striving to learn the chains of narration for the Noble Qur'an. Does this have importance? And does it take precedence over the pursuit of knowledge?
Answer:
This does not take precedence over the pursuit of knowledge. Specializing in recitations is for one who has time and it does not affect his pursuit of knowledge. The pursuit of knowledge takes precedence. As for recitations, praise be to Allah, one recitation from the seven recitations is sufficient; one recitation that he masters and reads with is sufficient. What is more than that is specialization. This is for one who has the ability and the time, and who has learned the knowledge before that. Yes.
He says: May Allah preserve you, I see some students of knowledge preoccupied with learning more than one recitation of the Qur'an, and striving to learn the chains of narration for the Noble Qur'an. Does this have importance? And does it take precedence over the pursuit of knowledge?
Answer:
This does not take precedence over the pursuit of knowledge. Specializing in recitations is for one who has time and it does not affect his pursuit of knowledge. The pursuit of knowledge takes precedence. As for recitations, praise be to Allah, one recitation from the seven recitations is sufficient; one recitation that he masters and reads with is sufficient. What is more than that is specialization. This is for one who has the ability and the time, and who has learned the knowledge before that. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-60-أسباب محبة الله للعبد|صالح الفوزان|العام|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:03:42)
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