Tafsir of Ibn Jarir al-Tabari for the Student of Knowledge
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Question:
Do you advise the student of knowledge to use the Tafsir of Imam Ibn Jarir al-Tabari, and how do I distinguish the authentic reports from the weak ones in it?
Answer:
The Tafsir of Ibn Jarir al-Tabari is massive, and a beginner is not able to read it or benefit from it. The reader must have scholarly capabilities, and it is for scholars to read it. As for the beginner, he should start with the easy, concise, and authentic tafsirs, and begin with those. Yes. Frankly, we do not distinguish between the hadiths. However, praise be to Allah, this tafsir has been divided and its hadiths have been extracted. Yes.
Do you advise the student of knowledge to use the Tafsir of Imam Ibn Jarir al-Tabari, and how do I distinguish the authentic reports from the weak ones in it?
Answer:
The Tafsir of Ibn Jarir al-Tabari is massive, and a beginner is not able to read it or benefit from it. The reader must have scholarly capabilities, and it is for scholars to read it. As for the beginner, he should start with the easy, concise, and authentic tafsirs, and begin with those. Yes. Frankly, we do not distinguish between the hadiths. However, praise be to Allah, this tafsir has been divided and its hadiths have been extracted. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 27 — youtube.com (1:08:19)
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