Is asking scholars considered seeking knowledge?
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Question : Yes, peace be upon you, and upon you be peace. If you please, I have some questions. What is the first question? The questioner is on the line, Honorable Shaykh. In the hadith , is asking scholars considered seeking knowledge?
Answer : Yes, it is one of the means of knowledge. If a person asks a scholar, whether by phone or by going to his home, he has taken a path in which he seeks knowledge.
The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever takes a path in which he seeks knowledge, Allah will make easy for him a path to Paradise.
الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم من سلك طريقا يلتمس فيه علما سهل الله به طريقا إلى الجنة،Answer : Yes, it is one of the means of knowledge. If a person asks a scholar, whether by phone or by going to his home, he has taken a path in which he seeks knowledge.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 2705- هل سؤال العلماء تعتبر من طلب العلم/سؤال على الهاتف 📞 /ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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