Is it permissible for a beginner to read the book (Ihya 'Ulum al-Din) by al-Ghazali?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: Is Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali considered one of the people of the Sunnah? And is his book Ihya 'Ulum al-Din relied upon? And is it permissible for a beginner to read it?
Answer:
No, a beginner does not read it; rather, it is read by one who is well-established in knowledge so that he may take from it what is true, and leave what is in it of confusion or error, because it is the work of humans, so there is error in it, there is error in it. Yes, he is not infallible. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: Is Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali considered one of the people of the Sunnah? And is his book Ihya 'Ulum al-Din relied upon? And is it permissible for a beginner to read it?
Answer:
No, a beginner does not read it; rather, it is read by one who is well-established in knowledge so that he may take from it what is true, and leave what is in it of confusion or error, because it is the work of humans, so there is error in it, there is error in it. Yes, he is not infallible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1068- هل يجوز للمبتدئ قراءة كتاب (إحياء علوم الدين) للغزالي؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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