The Ruling on Memorizing Fiqh Texts Without Explanation

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, he says: Regarding a student memorizing fiqh according to the school of Imam Ahmad, is one text sufficient, or more than that? And when does one move on to studying the other schools, namely the Shafi'i, Maliki, and Hanafi?

Answer:
Learning fiqh is not by memorization alone, not by memorization alone. You may memorize one text, ten texts, or a hundred texts; this is not sufficient. It is necessary to have a jurist teacher who explains the book to you, and you memorize the book bit by bit, and he explains it to you until you complete it. This is the method of learning fiqh and other sciences. As for determining what you memorize, there is no limit; memorize whatever you wish of the texts, but do not limit yourself to memorization. It is necessary that you memorize and read to one of the shaykhs who explains it to you until you finish the book in both memorization and understanding. As for mere memorization, or that you understand it on your own and think that you have understood it, this is not sufficient. Yes.

The presenter:
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