Advice for Beginners in the Pursuit of Knowledge
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I am occupied with memorizing the principles and understanding them, and I see people who are not adhering to that, but rather they read the large books and claim that they understand them. He says: So I am confused; am I on the right path, or am I not on the right path? What is your advice for beginners like me?
Answer:
We have repeated this and clarified that the beginner starts with the concise texts. The lengthy texts are for the great ones, for the scholars. As for the beginner, he is restricted to the concise texts and to the single opinion, and scholarly disagreement is not mentioned to him. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I am occupied with memorizing the principles and understanding them, and I see people who are not adhering to that, but rather they read the large books and claim that they understand them. He says: So I am confused; am I on the right path, or am I not on the right path? What is your advice for beginners like me?
Answer:
We have repeated this and clarified that the beginner starts with the concise texts. The lengthy texts are for the great ones, for the scholars. As for the beginner, he is restricted to the concise texts and to the single opinion, and scholarly disagreement is not mentioned to him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [46 -308] أشتغلُ بحفظ الأصول وفهمها فأضطرب، هل أنا في طريق صحيح؟ فما وصيتكم للمبتدئين من أمثالي؟ — youtube.com
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