Advice for young students of knowledge and the beginning of the pursuit
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Question:
May Allah reward you. The questioner, who is from Algeria, says: We ask Your Eminence for advice for us, who are young students of knowledge. We hope you will advise us on what will benefit us in our religion, and advise us on the books with which we should begin our pursuit.
Answer:
Yes, seeking knowledge. It is obligatory for every Muslim man and woman, for the religion does not stand right without it. This is an individual obligation (fard 'ayn). As for what goes beyond that, such as the rulings of transactions, inheritance, marriage, and divorce, that is a collective obligation (fard kifayah). If enough people fulfill it, the sin is lifted from the rest. However, seeking knowledge is a very great matter in itself.
Seeking knowledge is done through scholars; it is not done through books alone. Books are merely a tool. But knowledge is taken from scholars through direct transmission. So either you join the formal studies and study under the teachers, or you go to the mosques and the shaykhs, to the circles of dhikr in the mosques, and seek knowledge from the shaykhs. Yes.
The presenter:
The way of Allah toward you.
May Allah reward you. The questioner, who is from Algeria, says: We ask Your Eminence for advice for us, who are young students of knowledge. We hope you will advise us on what will benefit us in our religion, and advise us on the books with which we should begin our pursuit.
Answer:
Yes, seeking knowledge. It is obligatory for every Muslim man and woman, for the religion does not stand right without it. This is an individual obligation (fard 'ayn). As for what goes beyond that, such as the rulings of transactions, inheritance, marriage, and divorce, that is a collective obligation (fard kifayah). If enough people fulfill it, the sin is lifted from the rest. However, seeking knowledge is a very great matter in itself.
Seeking knowledge is done through scholars; it is not done through books alone. Books are merely a tool. But knowledge is taken from scholars through direct transmission. So either you join the formal studies and study under the teachers, or you go to the mosques and the shaykhs, to the circles of dhikr in the mosques, and seek knowledge from the shaykhs. Yes.
The presenter:
The way of Allah toward you.
Source
بلوغ المرام 22-07-1433هـ — alfawzan.live (1:10:58)
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