Guidance for One Who Fears Studying Aqidah

Question:
This questioner, Abu 'Abdullah, says: I hope you will direct my question to Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan (may Allah preserve him). This question includes the following: What guidance does the Shaykh offer to one who does not like studying aqidah, especially regarding the issue of qadar (divine decree), out of fear of making a mistake?

Answer:
This is a mistake. It is obligatory for him to study aqidah. If he does not study aqidah, what will he study? Aqidah is the foundation. He should study aqidah from scholars; he should not read it or study it on his own, or from ignorant people or pretenders to knowledge. Rather, he should study it from scholars, either in schools, institutes, and colleges, or from the shaykhs in their gatherings. The best and most accessible text is al-'Aqidah al-Wasitiyyah by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him), for it is a comprehensive, good, and complete creed, despite its brevity and clarity. Yes.