Is it obligatory for a student of knowledge to ask about the methodology of the shaykh who teaches him?
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The questioner:
He says: Is it required for a man who wants to seek knowledge from a shaykh to know whether he is from the people of the Sunnah or not? And what is his methodology in that?
The Shaykh:
He asks, the people ask about him, he asks the scholars about him, he asks the people, make sure. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
If he has books, he reads in them to see his inclination. Yes.
He says: Is it required for a man who wants to seek knowledge from a shaykh to know whether he is from the people of the Sunnah or not? And what is his methodology in that?
The Shaykh:
He asks, the people ask about him, he asks the scholars about him, he asks the people, make sure. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
If he has books, he reads in them to see his inclination. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجب على طالب العلم السؤال عن منهج الشيخ الذي يعلّمه؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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