Do you advise a student of knowledge to start with the principles or the branches?
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Question:
He says: What is your advice for one who wants to seek knowledge? Does he start with the principles or the branches?
Answer:
One who seeks knowledge must seek it under the guidance of scholars, and the scholars have experience in teaching the sciences. So they guide you to the correct method. There is no harm in you studying 'aqidah, studying fiqh, and studying hadith all together. You study all these sciences because some of them help others. So you will have a reading in hadith, a reading in fiqh, a reading in tawhid (the oneness of Allah), a reading in usul al-fiqh (the principles of jurisprudence), a reading in terminology, a reading in grammar and Arabic. There is no harm in you combining these matters under several shaykhs or under one shaykh. Yes.
He says: What is your advice for one who wants to seek knowledge? Does he start with the principles or the branches?
Answer:
One who seeks knowledge must seek it under the guidance of scholars, and the scholars have experience in teaching the sciences. So they guide you to the correct method. There is no harm in you studying 'aqidah, studying fiqh, and studying hadith all together. You study all these sciences because some of them help others. So you will have a reading in hadith, a reading in fiqh, a reading in tawhid (the oneness of Allah), a reading in usul al-fiqh (the principles of jurisprudence), a reading in terminology, a reading in grammar and Arabic. There is no harm in you combining these matters under several shaykhs or under one shaykh. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل تنصحون طالب العلم أن يبدأ بالأصول أم الفروع؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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