The Most Prominent Books for the Student of Knowledge and the Virtue of Seeking It
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Question:
This is Abd al-Rahman from Harimna. He says: We hope that Your Eminence, O Shaykh, will clarify for us the most prominent books with which a student of knowledge begins. We also ask that you clarify for us the virtue of knowledge and its religious seeking.
Answer:
Seeking knowledge must be done under scholars. Either in formal schools, institutes, colleges, and formal schools. You read the curricula assigned to you in tawhid (the oneness of Allah), fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), and hadith. You read them, understand them, and listen to their explanations from the teachers. Or you read under the shaykhs in the mosques. They designate for you the books they will explain to you. Yes.
This is Abd al-Rahman from Harimna. He says: We hope that Your Eminence, O Shaykh, will clarify for us the most prominent books with which a student of knowledge begins. We also ask that you clarify for us the virtue of knowledge and its religious seeking.
Answer:
Seeking knowledge must be done under scholars. Either in formal schools, institutes, colleges, and formal schools. You read the curricula assigned to you in tawhid (the oneness of Allah), fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), and hadith. You read them, understand them, and listen to their explanations from the teachers. Or you read under the shaykhs in the mosques. They designate for you the books they will explain to you. Yes.
Source
قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء الفوزان 25-01-1438هـ — youtube.com (28:59)
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