The Ruling on Learning the Science of Logic and the Logical Introduction

The questioner:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: What is the ruling on learning the science of logic in matters of creed? And what is the ruling on learning the logical introduction that Ibn Qudamah (may Allah have mercy on him) placed at the beginning of his book Rawdat al-Nazir?

The Shaykh:
The scholars warn against learning the science of logic, the science of dialectics, and they say that knowing the Book and the Sunnah is sufficient. In them is satisfaction, and in them is sufficiency. They tried to persuade Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) when he opened the institutes and colleges to include the science of logic, but he refused and insisted on his position until he passed away (may Allah have mercy on him). He followed the path of those before him in warning against the science of dialectics, and they say that the knowledge of the Book and the Sunnah is sufficient. There is no doubt that this is sufficient.

The questioner:
Yes. Is the introduction in Rawdat al-Nazir part of the author's work or not? The evidence is that some, or many, of the copies do not have an introduction.

The Shaykh:
It does not have this introduction. Allah knows best; it was appended to it.