Taking knowledge from those who have understood it, from books and tapes
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Question:
A questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible to take knowledge from shaykhs who do not have shaykhs, but rather have acquired understanding from books and tapes?
Answer:
No, these are not scholars; these are pretenders to knowledge, and knowledge is not taken from them. Knowledge is only taken from the well-known scholars who received it from scholars before them. This knowledge is like lineage. So the one who takes knowledge from books and pretends to be a scholar, his knowledge has no lineage. Knowledge is received from the people of knowledge, generation after generation, until Allah inherits the earth and those upon it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
A questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible to take knowledge from shaykhs who do not have shaykhs, but rather have acquired understanding from books and tapes?
Answer:
No, these are not scholars; these are pretenders to knowledge, and knowledge is not taken from them. Knowledge is only taken from the well-known scholars who received it from scholars before them. This knowledge is like lineage. So the one who takes knowledge from books and pretends to be a scholar, his knowledge has no lineage. Knowledge is received from the people of knowledge, generation after generation, until Allah inherits the earth and those upon it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
فتاوى على الهواء 28-12-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (41:25)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.