The Best Way to Seek Knowledge and Begin Memorization or Books
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Question:
This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh Abu Ibrahīm, what is the best thing in seeking knowledge? Is it immersing oneself in the study of fiqh and Shari'ah books, or memorizing the Qur'an? And which one should a student of knowledge start with?
Answer:
Everyone memorizes the Qur'an and reads books under the scholars. One does not read books alone; he learns from the books because that is a great danger, but he learns from the people of knowledge. He reads books under the people of knowledge. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good and bless you.
This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh Abu Ibrahīm, what is the best thing in seeking knowledge? Is it immersing oneself in the study of fiqh and Shari'ah books, or memorizing the Qur'an? And which one should a student of knowledge start with?
Answer:
Everyone memorizes the Qur'an and reads books under the scholars. One does not read books alone; he learns from the books because that is a great danger, but he learns from the people of knowledge. He reads books under the people of knowledge. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good and bless you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/202 — archive.org (15:10)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.