The Sufficient Amount of Religious Knowledge
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Question:
What is the sufficient amount, Shaykh Salih, of religious knowledge that a woman, and likewise a man, must learn?
Answer:
It is what makes his religion sound. It is obligatory for the Muslim to learn what makes his religion sound, namely the five pillars of Islam: tawhid (the oneness of Allah), prayer, zakah (the obligatory alms), fasting Ramadan, and Hajj (the major pilgrimage) to the House of Allah. This knowledge is necessary, and no one is excused for being ignorant of it: the five pillars of Islam, how to perform them, and what is obligatory in them. One must not follow taqlid (following a scholar without knowing his evidence) without knowledge, nor do anything according to his own istihsan (juristic preference). No, he must perform the pillars of Islam in the prescribed manner. Yes.
What is the sufficient amount, Shaykh Salih, of religious knowledge that a woman, and likewise a man, must learn?
Answer:
It is what makes his religion sound. It is obligatory for the Muslim to learn what makes his religion sound, namely the five pillars of Islam: tawhid (the oneness of Allah), prayer, zakah (the obligatory alms), fasting Ramadan, and Hajj (the major pilgrimage) to the House of Allah. This knowledge is necessary, and no one is excused for being ignorant of it: the five pillars of Islam, how to perform them, and what is obligatory in them. One must not follow taqlid (following a scholar without knowing his evidence) without knowledge, nor do anything according to his own istihsan (juristic preference). No, he must perform the pillars of Islam in the prescribed manner. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/121 — archive.org (7:51)
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