A student of knowledge mentioning his shaykhs to the students
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it permissible for one who seeks knowledge and teaches people to make it known to the students around him?
The Shaykh:
That it...
The questioner:
Is it permissible for him to make it known to the students around him that he sought knowledge under the hand of so-and-so and so-and-so from the well-known scholars, so that people would take from him what he says, or is that contrary to sincerity?
The Shaykh:
Is that appropriate? Is it appropriate for him to praise himself and say that he learned from so-and-so and so-and-so? People know him; he does not need to. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
A student may ask about him: from which shaykhs he studied, from whom he took knowledge. He may ask about that. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it permissible for one who seeks knowledge and teaches people to make it known to the students around him?
The Shaykh:
That it...
The questioner:
Is it permissible for him to make it known to the students around him that he sought knowledge under the hand of so-and-so and so-and-so from the well-known scholars, so that people would take from him what he says, or is that contrary to sincerity?
The Shaykh:
Is that appropriate? Is it appropriate for him to praise himself and say that he learned from so-and-so and so-and-so? People know him; he does not need to. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
A student may ask about him: from which shaykhs he studied, from whom he took knowledge. He may ask about that. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ما جاء في أم الولد — islamhouse.com (45:23)
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