The texts recommended for memorization by the student of knowledge
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Question:
He says: Your Eminence, father, what are the texts you advise us to memorize? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The first thing is the Qur'an. We advise memorizing the Qur'an, caring for it, and reciting it frequently. If memorizing it is not feasible for him, he should recite it frequently by sight, because the Book of Allah contains guidance and light. Then we advise books of creed. He should memorize from the books of creed what helps him understand the correct creed, such as the Book of Tawhid, Kashf al-Shubuhat, The Three Fundamental Principles, and The Four Bases by Shaykh Ahmad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him), such as al-'Aqidah al-Wasitiyyah by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, al-'Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah by al-Tahawi (may Allah have mercy on him), Matala'at al-Tadaburiyyah by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, al-Hamawiyyah, Sharh al-Tahawiyyah by Ibn Abi al-'Izz, the Book of Tawhid by Ibn Hizam, and useful books on creed. In hadith, Bulugh al-Maram and 'Umdat al-Hadith. If he memorizes these two books, they are two great books. And al-Nawawi's Forty Hadiths and its completion with fifty hadiths from the summaries of the Prophet's words; I advise memorizing them. Fifty important hadiths from the summaries of the Prophet's words. Memorize al-Qatr in the Arabic language, or al-Dhahabiyyah in the Arabic language, the terminology of hadith, Nukhbat al-Fikr, and al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar's al-Isbah al-Jayyid in the terminology of hadith.
He says: Your Eminence, father, what are the texts you advise us to memorize? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The first thing is the Qur'an. We advise memorizing the Qur'an, caring for it, and reciting it frequently. If memorizing it is not feasible for him, he should recite it frequently by sight, because the Book of Allah contains guidance and light. Then we advise books of creed. He should memorize from the books of creed what helps him understand the correct creed, such as the Book of Tawhid, Kashf al-Shubuhat, The Three Fundamental Principles, and The Four Bases by Shaykh Ahmad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him), such as al-'Aqidah al-Wasitiyyah by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, al-'Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah by al-Tahawi (may Allah have mercy on him), Matala'at al-Tadaburiyyah by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, al-Hamawiyyah, Sharh al-Tahawiyyah by Ibn Abi al-'Izz, the Book of Tawhid by Ibn Hizam, and useful books on creed. In hadith, Bulugh al-Maram and 'Umdat al-Hadith. If he memorizes these two books, they are two great books. And al-Nawawi's Forty Hadiths and its completion with fifty hadiths from the summaries of the Prophet's words; I advise memorizing them. Fifty important hadiths from the summaries of the Prophet's words. Memorize al-Qatr in the Arabic language, or al-Dhahabiyyah in the Arabic language, the terminology of hadith, Nukhbat al-Fikr, and al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar's al-Isbah al-Jayyid in the terminology of hadith.
Source
فضل العلم وآدابه — islamhouse.com (39:06)
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