The Ruling on Writing in the Lesson
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, he says: You spoke in the previous lesson about writing in the lesson. We are writing with you for two reasons: first, that this writing is private; second, that it is to record this listening for fear of forgetting. The question is: Have you given us permission? May Allah reward you. Is it permissible to write that?
Answer:
By Allah, I am unable to give permission for this, because this writing remains, and it may be read by someone other than the one who wrote it, and this opinion is attributed to him, whereas it is only the understanding of the one who wrote it. So, so, I do not permit writing. This is from one aspect. The second aspect is that writing occupies you from listening and understanding the speech. You must listen. And as I mentioned to you, the one who wants to preserve the speech should use a recorder. Recording today has a solution, because it is by the voice of the speaker, not by the handwriting of the writer, who may understand something other than what the speaker says. How many times has it happened that things were attributed to some people that were not their words because of this error.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, he says: You spoke in the previous lesson about writing in the lesson. We are writing with you for two reasons: first, that this writing is private; second, that it is to record this listening for fear of forgetting. The question is: Have you given us permission? May Allah reward you. Is it permissible to write that?
Answer:
By Allah, I am unable to give permission for this, because this writing remains, and it may be read by someone other than the one who wrote it, and this opinion is attributed to him, whereas it is only the understanding of the one who wrote it. So, so, I do not permit writing. This is from one aspect. The second aspect is that writing occupies you from listening and understanding the speech. You must listen. And as I mentioned to you, the one who wants to preserve the speech should use a recorder. Recording today has a solution, because it is by the voice of the speaker, not by the handwriting of the writer, who may understand something other than what the speaker says. How many times has it happened that things were attributed to some people that were not their words because of this error.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 04 — archive.org (8:12)
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