The ruling on relying solely on audio tapes and books in the pursuit of knowledge

Question:
A questioner says: Is studying the explanations of scholars through audio tapes beneficial?

Answer:
No, relying solely on that is not beneficial. Relying solely on audio tapes or on books without learning from the people of knowledge is not beneficial; rather, it is more harmful than beneficial.
However, if a person seeks knowledge from scholars, studies, and proceeds on the correct path in seeking knowledge, there is no harm in him benefiting from audio tapes, benefiting from the explanations in books, and reading them, because they increase his understanding and increase his knowledge. And if something is unclear to him, he refers to his teachers and instructors regarding what is unclear. But a person who relies solely on these audio tapes, these explanations, and these books without a teacher, that is not permissible, and this is the danger. Yes.