The ruling on limiting oneself to attending lectures and abandoning the memorization of texts
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, he says: Is the method of some students of knowledge correct, which is to attend lectures and seminars, while abandoning the memorization of the Qur'an and the memorization of the scholarly texts? Is this action correct?
Answer:
If one limits himself to attending lectures and conferences only, this is not correct. The correct approach is to combine both: he memorizes the texts and reads them to the shaykhs in the study circles, and attends the conferences and lectures as an addition to the good, an addition to the benefit. Yes. He combines this with that. As for limiting oneself to attending lectures and conferences, this is not sufficient. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, he says: Is the method of some students of knowledge correct, which is to attend lectures and seminars, while abandoning the memorization of the Qur'an and the memorization of the scholarly texts? Is this action correct?
Answer:
If one limits himself to attending lectures and conferences only, this is not correct. The correct approach is to combine both: he memorizes the texts and reads them to the shaykhs in the study circles, and attends the conferences and lectures as an addition to the good, an addition to the benefit. Yes. He combines this with that. As for limiting oneself to attending lectures and conferences, this is not sufficient. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 05 — archive.org (1:01:40)
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