I have intended to memorize Ibn al-Qayyim’s *Nuniyyah*; does it contain sufficient etiquette to suffice and make memorizing the *Manzumah al-Adab* unnecessary?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: I have intended that after memorizing the *Safarinah*, I will begin memorizing *Salam al-Wusul* by Shaykh Hafiz al-Hakami, and then begin memorizing Ibn al-Qayyim’s *Nuniyyah* (may Allah have mercy on them). Does it contain sufficient etiquette to suffice and make memorizing the *Manzumah al-Adab* unnecessary, since I do not want to burden myself with memorizing three texts at the same time?

Answer:
First of all, memorization alone is not what is required; reading to the people of knowledge is required. If you memorize and read to the people of knowledge, and they explain these memorized texts to you, that is a good thing. But if you limit yourself to memorization alone, without sitting with a scholar who explains this book you have memorized and clarifies it for you, then this memorization is of no benefit; it will not benefit you at all, but rather it will become a burden without any benefit.
As for you memorizing this and memorizing that, memorize what is easy for you. Memorize what is easy for you. Memorizing the *Nuniyyah* and the texts you mentioned does not suffice to make memorizing the *Manzumah al-Adab* unnecessary. This is one thing, and those are other things. That is one thing, and these are other things. Yes.