What is your opinion of the book *Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din* by al-Ghazali?
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Question:
This is a listener who sent a message containing a number of questions, in which he says: What is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh, of the book *Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din* by al-Ghazali?
Answer:
*Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din* by al-Ghazali contains benefits, and it contains serious errors and grave mistakes, because the man delved into Sufism and philosophy and was profoundly affected by them. So he mixed in this book between truth and falsehood, and between what is correct and what is wrong. It is a book that contains much of the nonsense and falsehoods of the Sufis and philosophers. Therefore, it is not permissible to look into it except for specialists and scholars who can distinguish between truth and falsehood, and between the lean and the fat. Yes.
This is a listener who sent a message containing a number of questions, in which he says: What is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh, of the book *Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din* by al-Ghazali?
Answer:
*Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din* by al-Ghazali contains benefits, and it contains serious errors and grave mistakes, because the man delved into Sufism and philosophy and was profoundly affected by them. So he mixed in this book between truth and falsehood, and between what is correct and what is wrong. It is a book that contains much of the nonsense and falsehoods of the Sufis and philosophers. Therefore, it is not permissible to look into it except for specialists and scholars who can distinguish between truth and falsehood, and between the lean and the fat. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5624- ما رأيكم في كتاب إحياء علوم الدين للغزالي؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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