The Best Books for a Student of Sacred Knowledge to Begin With
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The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
The questioner, Bandar, reviewed a question he had asked about seeking sacred knowledge. He has a section in this field, Shaykh. He says: May Allah preserve you, what are the best books for a student of knowledge to start with, whether from books of jurisprudence, hadith, or simplified tafsirs, so that he can seek sacred knowledge based on its proper foundations?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. If the student of knowledge is in a formal educational system, he reads the prescribed textbooks, reading and understanding them with the teacher. If he is not in a formal educational system, he studies with one of the scholars; the scholar he studies with is the one who chooses the appropriate book for him.
As for reading books absolutely, without referring to the scholars, that is dangerous. He may read a book that contains deception or evil, or he may read a good book but not understand it, understanding it incorrectly. Therefore, it is necessary to refer to the people of knowledge in both cases: formal study or independent study. Yes.
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
The questioner, Bandar, reviewed a question he had asked about seeking sacred knowledge. He has a section in this field, Shaykh. He says: May Allah preserve you, what are the best books for a student of knowledge to start with, whether from books of jurisprudence, hadith, or simplified tafsirs, so that he can seek sacred knowledge based on its proper foundations?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. If the student of knowledge is in a formal educational system, he reads the prescribed textbooks, reading and understanding them with the teacher. If he is not in a formal educational system, he studies with one of the scholars; the scholar he studies with is the one who chooses the appropriate book for him.
As for reading books absolutely, without referring to the scholars, that is dangerous. He may read a book that contains deception or evil, or he may read a good book but not understand it, understanding it incorrectly. Therefore, it is necessary to refer to the people of knowledge in both cases: formal study or independent study. Yes.
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نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/105 — archive.org (0:53)
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