The Importance of Understanding in Memorizing Texts
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is speaking in the mosque with any kind of speech?
Answer:
The point is understanding. Look, people rush to memorize. The point is understanding and jurisprudence in it. If you memorize the authentic collections and the musnads and you do not understand them, there is no benefit. You are burdening yourself without benefit. Leave it in the book. The book is more accurate than you. The point is understanding, and if your memorization is little with understanding, that is a great good, whereas if your memorization is much without understanding, there is no benefit in it. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is speaking in the mosque with any kind of speech?
Answer:
The point is understanding. Look, people rush to memorize. The point is understanding and jurisprudence in it. If you memorize the authentic collections and the musnads and you do not understand them, there is no benefit. You are burdening yourself without benefit. Leave it in the book. The book is more accurate than you. The point is understanding, and if your memorization is little with understanding, that is a great good, whereas if your memorization is much without understanding, there is no benefit in it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [698 /1350] ما حكم قراءة متون الأحديث بطريقة الرجز وصلا وقطعا؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (0:29)
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