Starting the pursuit of knowledge with the matn texts or with the two Sahihs
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Some of the students of knowledge say that restricting students at the beginning of their studies to the book *Al-Usool al-Thalathah* (The Three Fundamental Principles) and the book *Al-Tawhid* (The Oneness of Allah) is not a path that must be followed; rather, it is better to start with the two Sahihs, because they contain hadiths
Answer:
from the two Sahihs. It is like a child who is just beginning; let him proceed with the concise texts step by step until he reaches the two Sahihs.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Some of the students of knowledge say that restricting students at the beginning of their studies to the book *Al-Usool al-Thalathah* (The Three Fundamental Principles) and the book *Al-Tawhid* (The Oneness of Allah) is not a path that must be followed; rather, it is better to start with the two Sahihs, because they contain hadiths
Answer:
from the two Sahihs. It is like a child who is just beginning; let him proceed with the concise texts step by step until he reaches the two Sahihs.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن ذلك اتخاذها عيدًا — islamhouse.com (55:08)
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