Advice for Students of Knowledge on Mastering the Issues of Tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and Faith, and the Relied-Upon Books
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Question:
The twenty-sixth question: What is your advice for students of knowledge who wish to master the issues of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and shirk (associating partners with Allah), and the issues of iman (faith) and kufr (disbelief)? What are the books that discuss and detail these issues? May Allah reward you with good, and may Allah suffice you.
Answer:
We have referred to this at the beginning of the answers, stating that the relied-upon sources in this matter are the books of the righteous Salaf (the earliest generations). Therefore, he should review the books of the Salaf of this Ummah (the Muslim community), from the four Imams, and before them, the Companions, the Tabi'un (the generation after the Companions), and those who followed them, and the blessed centuries. This is found in their books, praise be to Allah, in the books of faith, books of creed, and books of tawhid that are circulated and known from the great Imams (may Allah have mercy on them).
Such as the books of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, the books of Imam Ibn al-Qayyim, the books of Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, and the books of the righteous Salaf, such as the book al-Shar'iyyah by Ahmad, al-Sunnah by al-Khallal (the entire book is a subject and has been printed), and such as the book al-'Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah and its commentary by al-'Izz ibn 'Abd al-Salam. And the introduction by Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani to the famous Risalah (Treatise). All of these are from the books of the people of the Sunnah and the community, and from the correct creeds inherited from the righteous Salaf.
So the Muslim should review them, but as we mentioned, it is not sufficient to restrict oneself to books and reading books and taking knowledge from them without a teacher and without an instructor. Rather, it is necessary, it is necessary to meet with the scholars, and it is necessary to sit in the circles of teaching, either in the academic semesters, or in the circles of knowledge in the mosques and the gatherings of knowledge. It is necessary to receive knowledge from its people, whether in creed or in other matters. But in creed, the need for this is more intense; because it is the foundation, and because the mistake and error in it is not like the error and mistake in other matters. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
The twenty-sixth question: What is your advice for students of knowledge who wish to master the issues of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and shirk (associating partners with Allah), and the issues of iman (faith) and kufr (disbelief)? What are the books that discuss and detail these issues? May Allah reward you with good, and may Allah suffice you.
Answer:
We have referred to this at the beginning of the answers, stating that the relied-upon sources in this matter are the books of the righteous Salaf (the earliest generations). Therefore, he should review the books of the Salaf of this Ummah (the Muslim community), from the four Imams, and before them, the Companions, the Tabi'un (the generation after the Companions), and those who followed them, and the blessed centuries. This is found in their books, praise be to Allah, in the books of faith, books of creed, and books of tawhid that are circulated and known from the great Imams (may Allah have mercy on them).
Such as the books of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, the books of Imam Ibn al-Qayyim, the books of Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, and the books of the righteous Salaf, such as the book al-Shar'iyyah by Ahmad, al-Sunnah by al-Khallal (the entire book is a subject and has been printed), and such as the book al-'Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah and its commentary by al-'Izz ibn 'Abd al-Salam. And the introduction by Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani to the famous Risalah (Treatise). All of these are from the books of the people of the Sunnah and the community, and from the correct creeds inherited from the righteous Salaf.
So the Muslim should review them, but as we mentioned, it is not sufficient to restrict oneself to books and reading books and taking knowledge from them without a teacher and without an instructor. Rather, it is necessary, it is necessary to meet with the scholars, and it is necessary to sit in the circles of teaching, either in the academic semesters, or in the circles of knowledge in the mosques and the gatherings of knowledge. It is necessary to receive knowledge from its people, whether in creed or in other matters. But in creed, the need for this is more intense; because it is the foundation, and because the mistake and error in it is not like the error and mistake in other matters. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- أسئلة وأجوبة من دروس التوحيد - أسئلة وأجوبة في العقيدة - مسائل الإيمان - الفوزان — archive.org (37:21)
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