Does a student of knowledge prioritize the science of tafsir over other sciences?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is the status of learning Qur'anic exegesis in the pursuit of knowledge? And does a student of knowledge prioritize tafsir over other sciences?
Answer:
A student of knowledge does not limit himself to a single discipline, because the disciplines are interconnected and each one assists the other. So he has a lesson in tafsir, a lesson in hadith, a lesson in fiqh, a lesson in grammar, a lesson in language, a lesson in usul al-fiqh, and a lesson in fara'id and inheritance. They are interconnected, and one does not limit oneself to a single discipline. Therefore, you find that the curricula in institutes, colleges, and schools are varied, because they serve and assist one another.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is the status of learning Qur'anic exegesis in the pursuit of knowledge? And does a student of knowledge prioritize tafsir over other sciences?
Answer:
A student of knowledge does not limit himself to a single discipline, because the disciplines are interconnected and each one assists the other. So he has a lesson in tafsir, a lesson in hadith, a lesson in fiqh, a lesson in grammar, a lesson in language, a lesson in usul al-fiqh, and a lesson in fara'id and inheritance. They are interconnected, and one does not limit oneself to a single discipline. Therefore, you find that the curricula in institutes, colleges, and schools are varied, because they serve and assist one another.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [753- 4717] هل يقدم طالب العلم علم التفسير على غيره من العلوم؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.