Preserving al-Hamawiyyah and Books of 'Aqeedah for the Student of Knowledge
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Question:
This is a condition I set for myself to read the question with an introduction, and he says: I testify before Allah, O our Shaykh and our father, that we love you for the sake of Allah more than our own children, and so on. He says: We are a group of students of knowledge. Do we preserve al-Hamawiyyah? By Shaykh al-Islam? And is it sufficient for understanding 'aqeedah? Or is it necessary to preserve al-Wasitiyyah and others?
Answer:
May Allah love you as you have loved us in Him. As for preserving al-Hamawiyyah, the students of knowledge in the past used to preserve the introduction to al-Hamawiyyah, because it contains great rules and guidelines. Its introduction is preserved because it contains great rules for refuting those who disagree.
So if the student of knowledge preserves it, this helps him in seeking knowledge and knowing the truth. He will have rules with which he can refute the doubts of the Mushabbihah, but before al-Hamawiyyah.
There are concise books on 'aqeedah that the people of knowledge must preserve and know their meanings, such as the Three Fundamental Principles by Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, Kashf al-Shubuhat, and the response to the Quburiyyin and Mushrikin, and the book al-Tawhid, which is the right of Allah upon His slaves. These three are great. Then after that, he reads in the response to those who deny the attributes, regarding the names and attributes, in al-Wasitiyyah, al-Hamawiyyah, and al-Tamimiyyah. These are books in which the student of knowledge progresses step by step. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
This is a condition I set for myself to read the question with an introduction, and he says: I testify before Allah, O our Shaykh and our father, that we love you for the sake of Allah more than our own children, and so on. He says: We are a group of students of knowledge. Do we preserve al-Hamawiyyah? By Shaykh al-Islam? And is it sufficient for understanding 'aqeedah? Or is it necessary to preserve al-Wasitiyyah and others?
Answer:
May Allah love you as you have loved us in Him. As for preserving al-Hamawiyyah, the students of knowledge in the past used to preserve the introduction to al-Hamawiyyah, because it contains great rules and guidelines. Its introduction is preserved because it contains great rules for refuting those who disagree.
So if the student of knowledge preserves it, this helps him in seeking knowledge and knowing the truth. He will have rules with which he can refute the doubts of the Mushabbihah, but before al-Hamawiyyah.
There are concise books on 'aqeedah that the people of knowledge must preserve and know their meanings, such as the Three Fundamental Principles by Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, Kashf al-Shubuhat, and the response to the Quburiyyin and Mushrikin, and the book al-Tawhid, which is the right of Allah upon His slaves. These three are great. Then after that, he reads in the response to those who deny the attributes, regarding the names and attributes, in al-Wasitiyyah, al-Hamawiyyah, and al-Tamimiyyah. These are books in which the student of knowledge progresses step by step. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-031-الشتاء وما فيه من النعم|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (27:05)
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