What is best for a student of knowledge after memorizing the Qur'an
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Question:
This person asks and says: What is better for a student of knowledge after memorizing the Qur'an? Does he begin by memorizing the foundational texts, or by memorizing the two Sahihs?
Answer:
That is not seeking knowledge through memorization. Seeking knowledge is by sitting with the scholars, either in formal study in the palaces, or in the mosque, or in the gatherings of the scholars. As for memorization without being associated with the scholars, that is not seeking knowledge. Even if you memorized all the texts, that is not seeking knowledge. Yes. Knowledge is received from the scholars; it is not received from books. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah forgive you
This person asks and says: What is better for a student of knowledge after memorizing the Qur'an? Does he begin by memorizing the foundational texts, or by memorizing the two Sahihs?
Answer:
That is not seeking knowledge through memorization. Seeking knowledge is by sitting with the scholars, either in formal study in the palaces, or in the mosque, or in the gatherings of the scholars. As for memorization without being associated with the scholars, that is not seeking knowledge. Even if you memorized all the texts, that is not seeking knowledge. Yes. Knowledge is received from the scholars; it is not received from books. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah forgive you
Source
75-لقاءات مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 15-.-12-5-1439 — archive.org (59:12)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.