The Ruling on Taking Knowledge from the Internet

Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, regarding the student of knowledge, does he take knowledge from the computer and the internet, or from the circles in the mosques and the scholars?

Answer:
Yes, it is the latter. Knowledge is not taken except by receiving it from trustworthy scholars. It is not taken from those who think they know, or from scholars of misguidance, nor from papers, computers, or the like. Yes, these are beneficial; a person uses them as aids in seeking knowledge. But he does not rely on them exclusively and think that this is seeking knowledge. This is a severe danger that leads a person to exit thinking he is a scholar when he is not, because this knowledge is only taken by receiving it from its people, generation after generation. Yes.