Relying on Summaries, Handouts, or Prescribed Books
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Question:
This is a question from the student Abdullah ibn Muhammad from the College of Sharia. May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh. Should a student of knowledge be required to abandon summaries and handouts and rely on books? And on the previous works in the various disciplines? Because in the new curricula, some of them lower the educational level of the students under the claim that they have less comprehension than the previous generation.
Answer:
First, it is not permissible for teachers to produce summaries when they have prescribed books. They must study these books and explain them to the students. And the students must receive their explanation from their professors, and there should be no summaries. These summaries stand between them and the books, and the teacher does not accustom the student to these summaries that shield him from knowledge and from benefiting from the prescribed book. These summaries have only harmed the students. Yes.
This is a question from the student Abdullah ibn Muhammad from the College of Sharia. May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh. Should a student of knowledge be required to abandon summaries and handouts and rely on books? And on the previous works in the various disciplines? Because in the new curricula, some of them lower the educational level of the students under the claim that they have less comprehension than the previous generation.
Answer:
First, it is not permissible for teachers to produce summaries when they have prescribed books. They must study these books and explain them to the students. And the students must receive their explanation from their professors, and there should be no summaries. These summaries stand between them and the books, and the teacher does not accustom the student to these summaries that shield him from knowledge and from benefiting from the prescribed book. These summaries have only harmed the students. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-085-مسؤولية الشباب تجاه دينهم ووطنهم|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:02:26)
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