The Ruling on a Student of Knowledge Reading the Books of Philosophers to Debate Disbelievers
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: There is a student of knowledge who reads the books of philosophers, and when we refer to him, he says, "So that I can debate the disbelievers and respond to them." What is the ruling on his doing this?
Answer:
Doing this is wrong. He should read in the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger, and the words of the scholars. Why does he read the books of philosophers? This is wrong without a doubt.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: There is a student of knowledge who reads the books of philosophers, and when we refer to him, he says, "So that I can debate the disbelievers and respond to them." What is the ruling on his doing this?
Answer:
Doing this is wrong. He should read in the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger, and the words of the scholars. Why does he read the books of philosophers? This is wrong without a doubt.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن حيله ومكايده : الكلام الباطل والآراء المتهافتة والخيالات — islamhouse.com (53:08)
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