The Knowledge Required for Calling Others to Allah
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Question:
Calling people to Allah requires knowledge. Is this knowledge the ruling of the Book and the Sunnah? And is the knowledge studied in schools and universities sufficient?
Answer:
Knowledge is preserving the texts and preserving their meanings. Preserving the texts alone is not sufficient. It is not sufficient for a person to memorize from the Qur'an and memorize hadiths. He must know their meanings in the correct way. As for merely preserving the texts without understanding their meanings, this does not qualify one for calling people to Allah the Exalted. As for what is studied in schools, if it includes preserving the texts and understanding their meanings, there is nothing wrong with it. But if it is merely preserving texts without understanding the meanings, this does not qualify one for calling people to Allah. Yes.
Calling people to Allah requires knowledge. Is this knowledge the ruling of the Book and the Sunnah? And is the knowledge studied in schools and universities sufficient?
Answer:
Knowledge is preserving the texts and preserving their meanings. Preserving the texts alone is not sufficient. It is not sufficient for a person to memorize from the Qur'an and memorize hadiths. He must know their meanings in the correct way. As for merely preserving the texts without understanding their meanings, this does not qualify one for calling people to Allah the Exalted. As for what is studied in schools, if it includes preserving the texts and understanding their meanings, there is nothing wrong with it. But if it is merely preserving texts without understanding the meanings, this does not qualify one for calling people to Allah. Yes.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- أسئلة وأجوبة من دروس التوحيد - الفوزان - أسئلة وأجوبة - 04 — archive.org (50:18)
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