Books Recommended for the Beginner Student of Knowledge
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The questioner:
He asks: What books do you recommend for the beginner student of knowledge? And what is the program you see that the student of knowledge should implement to balance his work and the pursuit of knowledge?
The Shaykh:
The most important book and the most truthful book is the Qur'an. He should start with it and take care of the Qur'an. It is the greatest book, the most truthful book, and the most beneficial book. He should start with it and strive to memorize whatever is easy for him of it, and to increase its recitation and reflection on its meanings. Then, the beneficial texts on creed, such as the Book of Tawhid (the Oneness of Allah), the Three Fundamental Principles, the Four Bases, Refuting Doubts, and the Intermediate Creed. These are great, beneficial, and concise books on creed. In hadith, Bulugh al-Maram, the book of hadith by Shaykh Abu al-Ghanim ibn Sa'id al-Maqdisi, the Nawawi Forty, and the completion of references, and fifty important hadiths from the summaries of speech. These are useful, concise, and great books.
In fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), such as Zad al-Mustaqni, Dalil al-Talib, and 'Umdat al-Fiqh by al-Muqaddam. These are useful books in fiqh that help one understand the hadiths and the texts. As for grammar, if it is easy for him, Qatr al-Nadha or al-Ajrumiyyah. If he is a beginner, start with al-Ajrumiyyah. And if it is easy for him after this, al-Qatr or al-Alfiyyah, that is good. Yes.
The questioner:
We did not reach the attendance of the circles.
The Shaykh:
Likewise, the advice is that one of the most important things is attending the circles of knowledge with the shaykhs who teach here and anywhere, here or in Buraydah or in Ha'il or in Makkah. Circles of knowledge are in every place. It is prescribed for the student of knowledge to attend them and benefit from the circles of knowledge, especially with the scholars known for knowledge, virtue, and the Sunnah. He should strive to attend them or whatever is easy for him of them, so that he benefits and is of benefit. Yes.
He asks: What books do you recommend for the beginner student of knowledge? And what is the program you see that the student of knowledge should implement to balance his work and the pursuit of knowledge?
The Shaykh:
The most important book and the most truthful book is the Qur'an. He should start with it and take care of the Qur'an. It is the greatest book, the most truthful book, and the most beneficial book. He should start with it and strive to memorize whatever is easy for him of it, and to increase its recitation and reflection on its meanings. Then, the beneficial texts on creed, such as the Book of Tawhid (the Oneness of Allah), the Three Fundamental Principles, the Four Bases, Refuting Doubts, and the Intermediate Creed. These are great, beneficial, and concise books on creed. In hadith, Bulugh al-Maram, the book of hadith by Shaykh Abu al-Ghanim ibn Sa'id al-Maqdisi, the Nawawi Forty, and the completion of references, and fifty important hadiths from the summaries of speech. These are useful, concise, and great books.
In fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), such as Zad al-Mustaqni, Dalil al-Talib, and 'Umdat al-Fiqh by al-Muqaddam. These are useful books in fiqh that help one understand the hadiths and the texts. As for grammar, if it is easy for him, Qatr al-Nadha or al-Ajrumiyyah. If he is a beginner, start with al-Ajrumiyyah. And if it is easy for him after this, al-Qatr or al-Alfiyyah, that is good. Yes.
The questioner:
We did not reach the attendance of the circles.
The Shaykh:
Likewise, the advice is that one of the most important things is attending the circles of knowledge with the shaykhs who teach here and anywhere, here or in Buraydah or in Ha'il or in Makkah. Circles of knowledge are in every place. It is prescribed for the student of knowledge to attend them and benefit from the circles of knowledge, especially with the scholars known for knowledge, virtue, and the Sunnah. He should strive to attend them or whatever is easy for him of them, so that he benefits and is of benefit. Yes.
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وجوب التفقه في الدين — islamhouse.com (1:21:55)
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