The Obligation of Studying Religion for Everyone and the Categories of Learning Knowledge

The Shaykh:
This person says: You mentioned, may Allah preserve you, the categories of people that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned, stating that they are of three types: some are scholars of transmission and understanding, some are scholars of transmission, and a third category in which there is no good. Is this evidence for the obligation of learning and studying religion for everyone? Yes, studying religion is required of everyone. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: However, the scholars divided the learning of knowledge into two categories. The first category is an individual obligation (fard 'ayn) for every Muslim. It is obligatory for him to learn the matters of his worship, specifically those without which his worship would not be valid. This includes knowing the five pillars of Islam, knowing the two testimonies and their meanings and implications, which is the creed. It also includes knowing the rulings of prayer, the rulings of zakah, the rulings of fasting, and the rulings of Hajj. No one is excused for being ignorant of this amount, so that a person worships Allah based on a correct creed, so that a person prays a valid prayer, so that a person pays zakah in the prescribed manner, so that a person fasts Ramadan in the prescribed manner, and so that a person performs Hajj between Allah and His Messenger in the prescribed manner. No one is excused regarding this matter. In addition, it is required of each of us, male or female, to learn.
As for the remaining chapters of jurisprudence, such as the rulings of transactions, the rulings of marriage, and the rulings of criminal offenses, this is a collective obligation (fard kifayah). If a sufficient number of the scholars of the Ummah fulfill this, it remains a recommended practice (sunnah) for the rest, not an obligation. It is recommended for a person to seek knowledge as much as possible. However, it is not obligatory for everyone if a sufficient number is found. Praise be to Allah, if scholars and students are found who are prepared for this matter, the sin is lifted from the rest. The sin is lifted from the rest, and it remains for them a recommended practice, one of the best recommended practices. Yes.