The Meaning of the Salaf's Statement: This Knowledge is Religion, So Look to Whom You Take Your Religion From
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The questioner:
A questioner asks: What is the meaning of what one of the Salaf said, "This knowledge is religion, so look to whom you take your religion from"?
The Shaykh:
This is a statement by al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him), the imam of the Tabi'un. He said: Learn from the people of knowledge, learn from the people of knowledge who are well-versed in knowledge, and do not learn from those who pretend to be scholars or from the people of misguidance, because this knowledge is religion. So look to whom you take your religion from. Do you take it from the people of misguidance? No. Do you take it from the ignorant? No. You take it from the scholars who practice what they know. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
Do not learn from whoever comes and goes; learn from the people of knowledge who are firmly grounded and well-known. And do not listen to what is disseminated on websites until you sift it and check it against the Book and the Sunnah. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
A questioner asks: What is the meaning of what one of the Salaf said, "This knowledge is religion, so look to whom you take your religion from"?
The Shaykh:
This is a statement by al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him), the imam of the Tabi'un. He said: Learn from the people of knowledge, learn from the people of knowledge who are well-versed in knowledge, and do not learn from those who pretend to be scholars or from the people of misguidance, because this knowledge is religion. So look to whom you take your religion from. Do you take it from the people of misguidance? No. Do you take it from the ignorant? No. You take it from the scholars who practice what they know. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
Do not learn from whoever comes and goes; learn from the people of knowledge who are firmly grounded and well-known. And do not listen to what is disseminated on websites until you sift it and check it against the Book and the Sunnah. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
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