The Method of Seeking Knowledge and Relying on Audio Recordings
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner asks: What is the successful method for seeking knowledge today? And in the process of seeking it, is it obligatory to memorize the Qur'an and the Six Books? And do the explanatory tapes of the books of hadith, fiqh, and others suffice the student of knowledge from attending the scholars' gatherings?
Answer:
This question has been asked and answered, and lessons have been given on it, repeatedly. Seeking knowledge in the past, in the present, and in the future is the same; it does not change. The method of seeking knowledge is known: a person receives knowledge from the scholars. He receives hadith from the hadith scholars, fiqh from the jurists, tafsir from the exegetes, and the Arabic language from the people of language. He receives it from them directly. As for the books, they are merely tools; knowledge is not taken from them to the exclusion of the scholars. One takes knowledge from them, but he does not need the scholars or the teachers. This is a mistake. The books are only instruments. As for knowledge, it is received from the scholars. The books serve as an aid for a person; he reads them, memorizes them, and they are explained to him by the people of knowledge and specialists. This is the method of learning, both in the past and the present. Knowledge is not received from tapes, and a person does not speak based on tapes. However, he benefits from them. There is no harm in listening to them and benefiting from them, but he must not rely on them exclusively and think that they suffice him from sitting with the people of knowledge and receiving knowledge from them. This is never sufficient, and no one among the people of knowledge has said that this is sufficient. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner asks: What is the successful method for seeking knowledge today? And in the process of seeking it, is it obligatory to memorize the Qur'an and the Six Books? And do the explanatory tapes of the books of hadith, fiqh, and others suffice the student of knowledge from attending the scholars' gatherings?
Answer:
This question has been asked and answered, and lessons have been given on it, repeatedly. Seeking knowledge in the past, in the present, and in the future is the same; it does not change. The method of seeking knowledge is known: a person receives knowledge from the scholars. He receives hadith from the hadith scholars, fiqh from the jurists, tafsir from the exegetes, and the Arabic language from the people of language. He receives it from them directly. As for the books, they are merely tools; knowledge is not taken from them to the exclusion of the scholars. One takes knowledge from them, but he does not need the scholars or the teachers. This is a mistake. The books are only instruments. As for knowledge, it is received from the scholars. The books serve as an aid for a person; he reads them, memorizes them, and they are explained to him by the people of knowledge and specialists. This is the method of learning, both in the past and the present. Knowledge is not received from tapes, and a person does not speak based on tapes. However, he benefits from them. There is no harm in listening to them and benefiting from them, but he must not rely on them exclusively and think that they suffice him from sitting with the people of knowledge and receiving knowledge from them. This is never sufficient, and no one among the people of knowledge has said that this is sufficient. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 12 — archive.org (18:24)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.