What is the ruling on taking knowledge from a man who has studied the Islamic sciences and the creed of the Salaf from books?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: A man teaches people the Islamic sciences and the creed of the Salaf, even though he has not received knowledge from the Shaykhs and scholars. He says: Is it permissible to take knowledge from him?
Answer:
As long as he does not have a foundation from the scholars, and he has only learned from papers and books, then no, knowledge is not taken from him. This is because he does not understand the methodology of the Salaf, and he does not understand it except through study from the scholars. Receiving this knowledge from the scholars by transmission is not merely reading; rather, it is by transmission, but reading is only an aid and is not relied upon. Such a person is called a self-taught scholar, so knowledge is not taken from him. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: A man teaches people the Islamic sciences and the creed of the Salaf, even though he has not received knowledge from the Shaykhs and scholars. He says: Is it permissible to take knowledge from him?
Answer:
As long as he does not have a foundation from the scholars, and he has only learned from papers and books, then no, knowledge is not taken from him. This is because he does not understand the methodology of the Salaf, and he does not understand it except through study from the scholars. Receiving this knowledge from the scholars by transmission is not merely reading; rather, it is by transmission, but reading is only an aid and is not relied upon. Such a person is called a self-taught scholar, so knowledge is not taken from him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [566 -582] ما حكم أخذ العلم عن رجل درس العلوم الشرعية وعقيدة السلف من الكتب؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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