The Beneficial Books Recommended for Children
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Question:
He says: What are the books that Shaykh Salih (may Allah preserve him) recommends? The cultural books in which children learn, read, and benefit.
Answer:
The books are the Book of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), the Qur'an, which they memorize, and they memorize whatever is easy for them of the hadiths. They are ordered to read the tafsir, the most excellent of the tafsirs being Tafsir Ibn Kathir. And from the hadiths, the Forty Prophetic Hadiths, al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib by al-Mundhiri, and Riyad al-Salihin by al-Nawawi. They read these books or memorize whatever is easy for them from them, so that they benefit from them and so that they develop a solid foundation of knowledge. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and bless you.
He says: What are the books that Shaykh Salih (may Allah preserve him) recommends? The cultural books in which children learn, read, and benefit.
Answer:
The books are the Book of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), the Qur'an, which they memorize, and they memorize whatever is easy for them of the hadiths. They are ordered to read the tafsir, the most excellent of the tafsirs being Tafsir Ibn Kathir. And from the hadiths, the Forty Prophetic Hadiths, al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib by al-Mundhiri, and Riyad al-Salihin by al-Nawawi. They read these books or memorize whatever is easy for them from them, so that they benefit from them and so that they develop a solid foundation of knowledge. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and bless you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/252 — archive.org (4:22)
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