The Shaykh's biography in seeking knowledge, memorizing the Qur'an, and his advice to students
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Question:
A question that has been asked repeatedly, in which your sons ask you, Your Eminence, to tell them about your personal biography in seeking knowledge: when and how did you memorize the Noble Qur'an and the scholarly texts? Who were your teachers and your most prominent students? May Allah grant you success and benefit through you.
Answer:
I sought knowledge in my youth. I memorized the Qur'an in my youth before reaching puberty. He memorized the Qur'an in the early years in the fifth decade of the fourteenth century. And I studied knowledge from the most distinguished of shaykhs, may Allah have mercy on them.
Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Latif ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Hasan, may Allah have mercy on him. Shaykh Sa'd ibn Hamd ibn 'Uthaymin, and Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim, who is the shaykh I stayed with and graduated from, the mufti of the land in his time, may Allah have mercy on him. He is the best of the shaykhs I encountered and the most knowledgeable in religion. I graduated from him, studied with him, and read to him the books of creed, Sharh al-Zad, al-Zad, Bulugh al-Maram, and I heard many books from him, al-Afaliyyah by Ibn Malik, and other things I read to him, may Allah have mercy on him. And I read it to a shaykh from al-Bukhari and to Sa'd and Qas, the imams of tajwid in Makkah in the year 1355 of the fourteenth century, from those who memorized the Qur'an in their adolescence.
My advice to the students is to strive to memorize the Qur'an, and to strive to memorize the texts of tawhid (the oneness of Allah), al-'Aqidah al-Wasitiyyah, al-Usul al-Thalathah, Kashf al-Shubuhat, Bulugh al-Maram, and Hujjat al-Hadith. These are important books. Also, the Nawawi Forty, and Tammah by Ibn Rajab, fifty hadiths. My advice to everyone is to memorize these: fifty hadiths in concise expressions, Bulugh al-Maram if it is facilitated, Hujjat al-Hadith by Shaykh 'Abd al-Ghani ibn Sirw al-Maqdisi, al-'Aqidah al-Wasitiyyah, the Book of Tawhid, the Book of Principles, and Kashf al-Shubuhat. These are important books that we memorized in our youth, and they are important books. So I advise everyone to memorize them, for they are very important, along with paying attention to listening to the books of hadith, attending the circles of knowledge, and listening to al-Nur 'ala al-Darb, for it is very beneficial. The Qur'an radio broadcast is very beneficial, so I advise it highly. I advise listening to the Qur'an radio broadcast and the lectures and seminars in it, and what we see of al-Nur 'ala al-Darb. All of this is very beneficial. We ask Allah for everyone success and guidance, and rectification of intention and action.
A question that has been asked repeatedly, in which your sons ask you, Your Eminence, to tell them about your personal biography in seeking knowledge: when and how did you memorize the Noble Qur'an and the scholarly texts? Who were your teachers and your most prominent students? May Allah grant you success and benefit through you.
Answer:
I sought knowledge in my youth. I memorized the Qur'an in my youth before reaching puberty. He memorized the Qur'an in the early years in the fifth decade of the fourteenth century. And I studied knowledge from the most distinguished of shaykhs, may Allah have mercy on them.
Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Latif ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Hasan, may Allah have mercy on him. Shaykh Sa'd ibn Hamd ibn 'Uthaymin, and Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim, who is the shaykh I stayed with and graduated from, the mufti of the land in his time, may Allah have mercy on him. He is the best of the shaykhs I encountered and the most knowledgeable in religion. I graduated from him, studied with him, and read to him the books of creed, Sharh al-Zad, al-Zad, Bulugh al-Maram, and I heard many books from him, al-Afaliyyah by Ibn Malik, and other things I read to him, may Allah have mercy on him. And I read it to a shaykh from al-Bukhari and to Sa'd and Qas, the imams of tajwid in Makkah in the year 1355 of the fourteenth century, from those who memorized the Qur'an in their adolescence.
My advice to the students is to strive to memorize the Qur'an, and to strive to memorize the texts of tawhid (the oneness of Allah), al-'Aqidah al-Wasitiyyah, al-Usul al-Thalathah, Kashf al-Shubuhat, Bulugh al-Maram, and Hujjat al-Hadith. These are important books. Also, the Nawawi Forty, and Tammah by Ibn Rajab, fifty hadiths. My advice to everyone is to memorize these: fifty hadiths in concise expressions, Bulugh al-Maram if it is facilitated, Hujjat al-Hadith by Shaykh 'Abd al-Ghani ibn Sirw al-Maqdisi, al-'Aqidah al-Wasitiyyah, the Book of Tawhid, the Book of Principles, and Kashf al-Shubuhat. These are important books that we memorized in our youth, and they are important books. So I advise everyone to memorize them, for they are very important, along with paying attention to listening to the books of hadith, attending the circles of knowledge, and listening to al-Nur 'ala al-Darb, for it is very beneficial. The Qur'an radio broadcast is very beneficial, so I advise it highly. I advise listening to the Qur'an radio broadcast and the lectures and seminars in it, and what we see of al-Nur 'ala al-Darb. All of this is very beneficial. We ask Allah for everyone success and guidance, and rectification of intention and action.
Source
وبالوالدين إحسانا — islamhouse.com (42:26)
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