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What is the validity of the statement: “Whoever memorizes something from the Qur'an and the Sunnah is obligated to call people to it”?

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Question:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: Is the statement correct that whoever memorizes some verses and some hadiths is obligated to call people to them, based on the hadith “Convey from me, even if it is a single verse”? Or is it necessary to learn the religious knowledge in all its types?

Answer:
If he memorizes the entire Qur'an and all the hadiths, leaving nothing behind, but he does not understand their meanings, it is not permissible for him to interpret them or explain to people what has come. Yes, he conveys them to them as texts; he memorizes them for them and reads them to them. As for him explaining them to them and interpreting them for them when he does not know this, it is not permissible. It is not permissible for him to do this. Conveyance is of two types: conveying texts and conveying meanings. Conveying meanings is for the scholars. Conveying texts is for the memorizers who memorize the Qur'an or something of it, or the hadiths; they read them to others and memorize them for them only, and they do not explain them to them. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3172- 4717] ما صحة من يقول: من حفظ شيئا من القرآن والسنة يجب عليه دعوة الناس إلى ذلك؟ -صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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