What books are recommended for the beginner in seeking knowledge?

Question : Something. This question has been repeated. I say: regarding its importance, we clarify. Ah, what are the books you recommend acquiring for a beginner in seeking knowledge, especially in the creed?

Answer : Yes. I see that the best thing in the creed is the Al-Aqeedah al-Wasitiyyah by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah.
Because it is a concise book, the essence of the creed of the people of the Sunnah and the community, but in reality it needs an explanation, and the beginner must take a person to study it with. Because it contains meanings that a person does not understand merely by reading it; it needs clarification, and the error here is not easy, so that we say if he errs in understanding the speech, let his error be, because we say this is an important matter of creed.
Also, there is the Al-Aqeedah al-Safariyyah, which is a poem, but it contains some errors, it contains some generalizations that contradict the apparent position of the Salaf, such as his saying: "And our Lord is not a substance, nor an attribute, nor a body, Exalted is He, the Most High." This is a statement that contradicts what the Salaf were upon. In any case, this is also the Al-Aqeedah al-Safariyyah; if a person studies it with a scholar well-versed in the creed who explains to him the meanings and the generalizations that contradict the position of the Salaf, he will benefit from it. Oh, the times. No, he did not say it, he did not say it. We say in the creed. That is enough.
If he is a small beginner, then he should memorize the 'Umdat al-Ahkam. This is the book we are reading now. It is a concise book, and the hadiths in it are generally from the two Sahihs, meaning a person does not need to seek their sources, but he relies on them because they are authentic, and it opens for him the doors of knowledge in hadith. In the chapter of terminology, the most comprehensive of the books is Nukhbat al-Fikr by Ibn Hajar (may Allah have mercy on him). It consists of three or four pages; a person memorizes it and it remains in his mind, and he benefits from it after he grows up. In the chapter of tafsir.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir is good, beneficial, and safe. Tafsir Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Sa'di is also a good, easy, and safe tafsir. Let him start with these two tafsirs and benefit from them, and then after that he proceeds. In the chapter of fiqh, Zad al-Mustaqn' with the commentary called al-Rawd al-Murba'. Al-Rawd al-Murba' is the commentary on Zad al-Mustaqn'. Because this book is a blessed book. A concise and comprehensive book. And our Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Sa'di (may Allah have mercy on him) indicated it to us. Even though he had memorized the text of Dalil al-Talib. But he said to us: Memorize Zad al-Mustaqn' because it has more issues.
And it is beneficial. And regarding grammar, grammar, and what do you know about grammar, which few know? This grammar, if you start with al-Ajrumiyyah. Al-Ajrumiyyah is also a concise and detailed book; the student memorizes it and reads it, and it is good. Then after that, some people say start with the text Qatr al-Nada' by Ibn Hisham, and some say start with the Alfiah of Ibn Malik. And I advise memorizing the Alfiah of Ibn Malik, and I repeat the advice, because this book, the Alfiah of Ibn Malik, is the essence of grammar. The essence of grammar. And a person, whenever he needs a citation for a grammatical ruling, he finds it in this book. So it is very beneficial for the student. Yes, is there something else? The biography, as you know, does not require great effort.
But the best thing I have seen is the book Zad al-Ma'ad by Ibn al-Qayyim in the chapter of biography, because he mentions the biography of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in all his circumstances, his personal circumstances, his social circumstances, his military combat circumstances, and others. And with this, he adds (may Allah have mercy on him), he adds deriving many rulings from the expeditions. So it is a beneficial book for the student of knowledge. Yes, this is history. This is what I have. What? We reached poverty.
Usul al-Fiqh, in reality, it has difficulty. But I do not like to mention to you the book I authored in usul, because this book is concise and opens the door for the student, opens the door because it contains useful principles, especially the definitions, the definition of the general and the specific, the absolute and the restricted, and it is beneficial for the beginner student. Yes, yes, yes, as for fara'id, the best concise and beneficial book is al-Barhaniyyah. Al-Barhaniyyah is concise and comprehensive for all fara'id by Muhammad al-Barhani, and very beneficial, such that the chapter of who inherits two-thirds, he mentioned it in one verse. How many categories are two-thirds? Four categories: daughters, daughters of a son, full sisters, and paternal sisters. And he mentioned, he mentioned all four categories in one verse, saying: "And two-thirds to two who are equal or more, from those who have a half." This is the entire chapter of the tripartite. A concise, comprehensive, and beneficial book. Yes.

The presenter : May Allah reward you. Yes.