The amount of religious knowledge that is obligatory
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The questioner:
He says: Shaykh Salih, what is the sufficient amount of religious knowledge by which one’s conscience is cleared?
The Shaykh:
What keeps his religion sound: his creed, his prayer, his zakah, his fasting, and his Hajj—the five pillars of Islam. He must learn them and know their rulings. Yes.
The questioner:
The one who has debts says: O Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Praise be to Allah, there is now a book called *The Three Fundamental Principles* by Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab. *The Three Fundamental Principles* contains much good. It covers knowing one’s Lord, knowing one’s religion, and knowing the religion of Islam. Knowing Islam, knowing one’s Lord, his Prophet, and his religion, and knowing the religion of Islam through evidence. Yes.
He says: Shaykh Salih, what is the sufficient amount of religious knowledge by which one’s conscience is cleared?
The Shaykh:
What keeps his religion sound: his creed, his prayer, his zakah, his fasting, and his Hajj—the five pillars of Islam. He must learn them and know their rulings. Yes.
The questioner:
The one who has debts says: O Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Praise be to Allah, there is now a book called *The Three Fundamental Principles* by Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab. *The Three Fundamental Principles* contains much good. It covers knowing one’s Lord, knowing one’s religion, and knowing the religion of Islam. Knowing Islam, knowing one’s Lord, his Prophet, and his religion, and knowing the religion of Islam through evidence. Yes.
Source
قناة «السعودية»، برنامج فتاوى — youtube.com (27:29)
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