Seeking religious knowledge from books without the scholars
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Some people say that a man can seek religious knowledge by reading annotated books, and that it is not necessary for him to attend the scholars and take the knowledge directly from them. He asks: Is this statement correct?
Answer:
This is misguidance, may Allah protect us from it. It is not permissible to take knowledge from books. One must sit with the people of knowledge and read the books to them while they explain them. This is how knowledge is received.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Some people say that a man can seek religious knowledge by reading annotated books, and that it is not necessary for him to attend the scholars and take the knowledge directly from them. He asks: Is this statement correct?
Answer:
This is misguidance, may Allah protect us from it. It is not permissible to take knowledge from books. One must sit with the people of knowledge and read the books to them while they explain them. This is how knowledge is received.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل والفتنة نوعان : فتنة الشبهات وهي أعظم الفتنتين وفتنة الشهوات — islamhouse.com (1:03:59)
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