The Ruling on Reading Literary Books
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Question:
The presenter: This questioner says in his question: I desire and love to read books, especially literary books, so I read in the books of the unique disease, and I read in the books of One Thousand and One Nights and the books of animals. Is there anything wrong with reading these books? In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
Answer:
There is no doubt that this indicates your desire to acquire knowledge and literature. However, you must first choose to read in concise books of 'aqidah (creed), so that you know the correct 'aqidah by what contradicts it or diminishes it. This is a necessary matter. Then, you should also read the rulings of prayer, the rulings of zakah, the rulings of fasting, and the rulings of Hajj. You should read these useful summaries under the guidance of one of the shaykhs who explains them to you. After that, you read from the books whatever benefits you in Islamic knowledge, in the Arabic language, and in the manners of the people. Yes. Good literary books that benefit you in this language and benefit you in the manners. Continue with them. There are many from the image. Yes.
The presenter: This questioner says in his question: I desire and love to read books, especially literary books, so I read in the books of the unique disease, and I read in the books of One Thousand and One Nights and the books of animals. Is there anything wrong with reading these books? In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
Answer:
There is no doubt that this indicates your desire to acquire knowledge and literature. However, you must first choose to read in concise books of 'aqidah (creed), so that you know the correct 'aqidah by what contradicts it or diminishes it. This is a necessary matter. Then, you should also read the rulings of prayer, the rulings of zakah, the rulings of fasting, and the rulings of Hajj. You should read these useful summaries under the guidance of one of the shaykhs who explains them to you. After that, you read from the books whatever benefits you in Islamic knowledge, in the Arabic language, and in the manners of the people. Yes. Good literary books that benefit you in this language and benefit you in the manners. Continue with them. There are many from the image. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، نور على الدرب 221 من المجموعة الثالثة للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (0:54)
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