Is the one who memorizes the Qur'an and the two Sahihs considered among the scholars?
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Question:
Another questioner says: Is one who memorizes the Qur'an, Sahih al-Bukhari, and Sahih Muslim considered among the trusted scholars and the pious?
Answer:
My brother, if you memorized all the books of hadith along with the Qur'an but did not understand the meaning, you are not among the scholars. Knowledge is not memorization; knowledge is understanding and jurisprudence in the religion of Allah. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said when he made a supplication for Ibn Abbas:Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 29:588. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih Muslim 1037a. So knowledge is jurisprudence, not merely memorization. Memorization is a means to knowledge, not the goal itself.
Another questioner says: Is one who memorizes the Qur'an, Sahih al-Bukhari, and Sahih Muslim considered among the trusted scholars and the pious?
Answer:
My brother, if you memorized all the books of hadith along with the Qur'an but did not understand the meaning, you are not among the scholars. Knowledge is not memorization; knowledge is understanding and jurisprudence in the religion of Allah. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said when he made a supplication for Ibn Abbas:
O Allah, grant him understanding in the religion and teach him the interpretation
اللهم فقهه في الدين وعلمه التأويلHe upon whom Allah intends to bestow goodness, He confers upon him an insight in religion
من يرد الله به خيرا يفقهه في الدين
Source
75-لقاءات مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 11- — archive.org (1:14:26)
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