Recommended Cultural Books
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Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, what books does Shaykh Salih (may Allah preserve him) recommend? The cultural books that children learn from, read, and benefit from.
Answer:
The books of Allah the Exalted: they memorize the Qur'an and memorize whatever is easy for them of the hadiths. They are ordered to read the reliable tafsir, such as the tafsir of Ibn Kathir. From the hadiths, the Forty Prophetic Hadiths, al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib by al-Mundhiri, and Riad al-Salihin by al-Nawawi. They read these books or whatever is easy for them of them, so that they benefit and so that they develop a solid foundation of knowledge.
The presenter:
Yes, may Allah reward you and bless you.
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, what books does Shaykh Salih (may Allah preserve him) recommend? The cultural books that children learn from, read, and benefit from.
Answer:
The books of Allah the Exalted: they memorize the Qur'an and memorize whatever is easy for them of the hadiths. They are ordered to read the reliable tafsir, such as the tafsir of Ibn Kathir. From the hadiths, the Forty Prophetic Hadiths, al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib by al-Mundhiri, and Riad al-Salihin by al-Nawawi. They read these books or whatever is easy for them of them, so that they benefit and so that they develop a solid foundation of knowledge.
The presenter:
Yes, may Allah reward you and bless you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، نور على الدرب 252 من المجموعة الثالثة للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (4:20)
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