Guidance for students of knowledge in receiving knowledge and a warning against the internet
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Question:
The questioner asks: Is there any word of guidance for students of knowledge regarding advising them to seek knowledge, being diligent in it, and warning against the people of innovation, especially what is happening on the internet?
Answer:
Yes, it is obligatory for the one who wants to seek knowledge to choose trustworthy scholars from whom he receives knowledge, orally, receiving it from them orally. And he sits in their circles, in their lessons. As for receiving from books, or receiving from the internet, or from satellite channels, this is not seeking knowledge; it leads to errors, misguidance, and other things. Seeking knowledge must be by receiving it orally from the scholars. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner asks: Is there any word of guidance for students of knowledge regarding advising them to seek knowledge, being diligent in it, and warning against the people of innovation, especially what is happening on the internet?
Answer:
Yes, it is obligatory for the one who wants to seek knowledge to choose trustworthy scholars from whom he receives knowledge, orally, receiving it from them orally. And he sits in their circles, in their lessons. As for receiving from books, or receiving from the internet, or from satellite channels, this is not seeking knowledge; it leads to errors, misguidance, and other things. Seeking knowledge must be by receiving it orally from the scholars. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب من الشرك النذر لغير الله — islamhouse.com (1:02:41)
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