The Ruling on Reading the Books of Philosophers to Know Their Falsity
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on reading the books of the philosophers to know what falsity is in them?
Answer:
Only one who is firmly established in knowledge reads them. The beginner, or the one who pretends to be a scholar, or one who is at risk from them, does not read them. Only a firmly established person reads them. Yes, like Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim, the firmly established people. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on reading the books of the philosophers to know what falsity is in them?
Answer:
Only one who is firmly established in knowledge reads them. The beginner, or the one who pretends to be a scholar, or one who is at risk from them, does not read them. Only a firmly established person reads them. Yes, like Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim, the firmly established people. Yes.
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شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وكذلك كان أساطينهم ومتقدموهم العارفون فيهم معظمين للرسل والشرائع — islamhouse.com (49:13)
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