Comparing Listening and Reading in Lessons of Knowledge
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh. This questioner says: There are no shaykhs or qualified students of knowledge in our city to deliver lessons and lectures, so we sometimes sit in the mosque to listen to an explanation by one of the scholars, and sometimes a person reads from an explanation of the books of one of the scholars, one of the people of knowledge. Which is better, listening or reading?
The Shaykh:
All of this is not sufficient; neither listening nor reading is enough. You must travel to seek knowledge, or some individuals from among you must travel to learn the knowledge and return to you to teach it. Allah the Exalted said, and Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:[At-Tawbah 9:122] that [At-Tawbah 9:122] [At-Tawbah 9:122].
The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
A group of individuals eager to seek knowledge went and learned, then returned and explained it to those behind them. This is a good thing, and this is the meaning of the noble verse:[At-Tawbah 9:122] All the people go to learn, but individuals go from among them [At-Tawbah 9:122], meaning a group or a faction. The term "faction" is applied to a single person, so if a faction from every group among them goes to gain understanding in the religion, then when they return, they convey this religion [At-Tawbah 9:122]. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh,
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh. This questioner says: There are no shaykhs or qualified students of knowledge in our city to deliver lessons and lectures, so we sometimes sit in the mosque to listen to an explanation by one of the scholars, and sometimes a person reads from an explanation of the books of one of the scholars, one of the people of knowledge. Which is better, listening or reading?
The Shaykh:
All of this is not sufficient; neither listening nor reading is enough. You must travel to seek knowledge, or some individuals from among you must travel to learn the knowledge and return to you to teach it. Allah the Exalted said, and Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:
And it is not for the believers
وَمَا كَانَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَto go forth [to battle] all at once
لِيَنفِرُوا كَافَّةًFor there should separate from every division of them a group [remaining] to obtain understanding in the religion and warn their people when they return to them that they might be cautious.
فَلَوْلَا نَفَرَ مِن كُلِّ فِرْقَةٍ مِّنْهُمْ طَائِفَةٌ لِّيَتَفَقَّهُوا فِي الدِّينِ وَلِيُنذِرُوا قَوْمَهُمْ إِذَا رَجَعُوا إِلَيْهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَحْذَرُونَThe questioner:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
A group of individuals eager to seek knowledge went and learned, then returned and explained it to those behind them. This is a good thing, and this is the meaning of the noble verse:
And it is not for the believers to go forth [to battle] all at once
وَمَا كَانَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لِيَنفِرُوا كَافَّةًFor there should separate from every division of them
فَلَوْلَا نَفَرَ مِن كُلِّ فِرْقَةٍ مِّنْهُمْFor there should separate from every division of them a group [remaining] to obtain understanding in the religion and warn their people when they return to them that they might be cautious.
فَلَوْلَا نَفَرَ مِن كُلِّ فِرْقَةٍ مِّنْهُمْ طَائِفَةٌ لِّيَتَفَقَّهُوا فِي الدِّينِ وَلِيُنذِرُوا قَوْمَهُمْ إِذَا رَجَعُوا إِلَيْهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَحْذَرُونَThe presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-077-فوائد من سورة الفاتحة|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (40:00)
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