The books a student of knowledge must read
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The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: What are the matters that a student of knowledge is required to read from books, and to attend in terms of lessons? Please guide us in light of the student of knowledge, and what is obligatory for him?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for the books, they are those chosen by the teacher, those the teacher chooses in his lesson and explains. So the student attends to this book and reviews it before attending, or memorizes it, so that it becomes a means for seeking knowledge and acquisition.
And as for the discipline he strives for first, it is 'aqidah (creed). He studies 'aqidah, even if in a concise form, the correct 'aqidah.
Then he reads in tafsir (exegesis), commentaries on hadith, and he reads in fiqh (jurisprudence). Also, and this is very important, he reads in nahw (Arabic grammar), because nahw is the key to understanding in the pursuit of knowledge. It is not possible for him to understand what he reads unless he learns i'rab (grammatical inflection), the beginning of sentences and their end, and their connection. So the study of nahw is very, very important. Yes.
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: What are the matters that a student of knowledge is required to read from books, and to attend in terms of lessons? Please guide us in light of the student of knowledge, and what is obligatory for him?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for the books, they are those chosen by the teacher, those the teacher chooses in his lesson and explains. So the student attends to this book and reviews it before attending, or memorizes it, so that it becomes a means for seeking knowledge and acquisition.
And as for the discipline he strives for first, it is 'aqidah (creed). He studies 'aqidah, even if in a concise form, the correct 'aqidah.
Then he reads in tafsir (exegesis), commentaries on hadith, and he reads in fiqh (jurisprudence). Also, and this is very important, he reads in nahw (Arabic grammar), because nahw is the key to understanding in the pursuit of knowledge. It is not possible for him to understand what he reads unless he learns i'rab (grammatical inflection), the beginning of sentences and their end, and their connection. So the study of nahw is very, very important. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/014 — archive.org (0:54)
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