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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Studying the books of jurisprudence by the researchers versus the school-specific books

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The questioner : Shaykh, regarding the books of jurisprudence by the researchers among the scholars, meaning the books of Ibn Hajar or al-San'ani or al-Shawkani, do you advise the student of knowledge to focus on most of these books and leave the school-specific books, or the books of the Hanbalis or the Shafi'is, and focus on the books of the researchers?

The Shaykh : It may not be the same for every student of knowledge. First, in terms of his strength in knowledge, and second, in terms of the environment in which he lives. I want to end with a final word.
The Shaykh : If the environment in which he lives is a school-specific environment, Hanafi, Shafi'i, Maliki, or Hanbali, and there are no study circles where they study jurisprudence based on the Salafi principles of the Book and the Sunnah, but rather based on the school-specific principles, then he studies according to their principles. However, the condition is that he keeps in mind that if it is established for him one day that the correct ruling in the issue he read in his school is what is found in the other school, he does not show partisanship for his school, but rather follows the other school when its correctness is established for him. If he commits to this and studies school-specific jurisprudence, there is no harm. In fact, in my opinion, critique, and understanding, this is obligatory. As for if this student lives in a Salafi atmosphere, this is not what he should waste his time on in studying traditional jurisprudence. Rather, he should directly study jurisprudence from the Book and the Sunnah, because the environment surrounding him helps him to move forward in this straight path. Perhaps the answer is also clear? May Allah reward you with good, O
Source سلسلة الهدى والنور، رقم 935 في قناة «تسجيلات الإمام الألباني - محمد أبو ليلى الأثري» — youtube.com (10:15)

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