The Ruling on Memorizing Texts in Creed
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. There are several questions, one of which asks: Is it prescribed to memorize this poem and other texts in creed?
Answer:
There is no doubt about this. Memorizing this poem and other texts in the sciences is the pursuit of knowledge, because these are the keys to the sciences. They are a reserve that remains in your memory when needed. If you memorize them, they stay in your memory, like foundations. You branch out from them and develop them through reading, review, and learning knowledge. These become foundations upon which you build. But if you have no foundations, what will you build upon?
Whoever neglects the foundations is deprived of the foundations. If you neglect these texts, you cannot acquire knowledge. And if you do acquire something, it will fly away and not remain. But if you have memorized these texts, this establishes knowledge in you and establishes the foundations of the sciences in you. Then it increases through reading, research, and review. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. There are several questions, one of which asks: Is it prescribed to memorize this poem and other texts in creed?
Answer:
There is no doubt about this. Memorizing this poem and other texts in the sciences is the pursuit of knowledge, because these are the keys to the sciences. They are a reserve that remains in your memory when needed. If you memorize them, they stay in your memory, like foundations. You branch out from them and develop them through reading, review, and learning knowledge. These become foundations upon which you build. But if you have no foundations, what will you build upon?
Whoever neglects the foundations is deprived of the foundations. If you neglect these texts, you cannot acquire knowledge. And if you do acquire something, it will fly away and not remain. But if you have memorized these texts, this establishes knowledge in you and establishes the foundations of the sciences in you. Then it increases through reading, research, and review. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 30/4 شرح العقيدة السفارينية / صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (5:57)
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