The Method of Seeking Knowledge and the Books That Make a Person a Scholar

Question:
The questioner asks: What are the books that, if a person reads and memorizes them, make him a scholar? And what is the good method in reading, memorizing, and reviewing?

Answer:
Knowledge is not taken from books, and you will not become a scholar even if you read all the books and memorize them all. Rather, knowledge is acquired by receiving it from scholars. The books are merely tools; they are merely tools. But knowledge is taken from scholars, so reading books and memorizing books is not sufficient. It is necessary to receive knowledge from the people of knowledge, either in schools and formal study, or in the circles of knowledge in the mosques.
As for reading books alone without the scholars, it will harm you more than it will benefit you, because you think that you have become a scholar while you have not understood anything. You issue fatwas while you are not on the correct path. Do not rely on your own understanding; it is necessary to receive knowledge from its people. Yes.