What books do you recommend for a student of Islamic jurisprudence?
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The questioner: What do you advise a student who might delve into the science of... regarding books? What do you advise?The student : This? ... A student of knowledge, I want you to advise him on some books?
The Shaykh: And which science - may Allah bless you -?
The questioner: Sacred knowledge, of course.
The Shaykh: Jurisprudence, you mean?
The questioner: Jurisprudence, yes.
The Shaykh: In jurisprudence, he should take the book "Fiqh al-Sunnah" by al-Sayyid Sabiq along with my book "Tammam al-Mannah fi al-Ta'liq 'ala Fiqh al-Sunnah," and then move on to the book "al-Rawdat al-Nadiyyah Sharh al-Durar al-Bahiyyah" by "Siddiq Hasan Khan." If he gains understanding through these two books, the path will open up for him to other books.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: And which science - may Allah bless you -?
The questioner: Sacred knowledge, of course.
The Shaykh: Jurisprudence, you mean?
The questioner: Jurisprudence, yes.
The Shaykh: In jurisprudence, he should take the book "Fiqh al-Sunnah" by al-Sayyid Sabiq along with my book "Tammam al-Mannah fi al-Ta'liq 'ala Fiqh al-Sunnah," and then move on to the book "al-Rawdat al-Nadiyyah Sharh al-Durar al-Bahiyyah" by "Siddiq Hasan Khan." If he gains understanding through these two books, the path will open up for him to other books.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
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