Does your Eminence advise memorizing al-Hamawiyyah, or is studying it sufficient?
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does your Eminence advise memorizing al-Hamawiyyah, or is studying it sufficient?
The Shaykh:
The students of knowledge used to memorize the introduction to al-Hamawiyyah because it contains great rules in this discipline. Rules will be presented to you in it. The Shaykh says, in the meaning of what he says at the end of it: "Whoever has firmly established this introduction in his mind, the truth of its introduction becomes clear to him." It is to be memorized. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
The rest consists of verses and hadiths. Then we say: What did the Imams say in this discipline regarding the names and attributes? Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does your Eminence advise memorizing al-Hamawiyyah, or is studying it sufficient?
The Shaykh:
The students of knowledge used to memorize the introduction to al-Hamawiyyah because it contains great rules in this discipline. Rules will be presented to you in it. The Shaykh says, in the meaning of what he says at the end of it: "Whoever has firmly established this introduction in his mind, the truth of its introduction becomes clear to him." It is to be memorized. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
The rest consists of verses and hadiths. Then we say: What did the Imams say in this discipline regarding the names and attributes? Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [6 -1024] هل ينصح فضيلتكم بحفظ الحموية أم تكفي دراستها؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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