We ask you to provide us with some means and reminders that will help us in seeking knowledge.
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The questioner : We ask you to provide us with some means and reminders that will help us in seeking knowledge, and Allah does not waste the reward of those who do good?!
The Shaykh : It is obligatory to read the books of the scholars who follow the methodology of the Salaf, based on the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The most famous of these are the books of Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, and those who followed their path and walked in their footsteps after them, such as al-San'ani, the author of *Subul al-Salam: Sharh Bulugh al-Maram*, and al-Shawkani in his book *Nayl al-Awtar: Sharh Muntakha al-Akhbar*. And so on.
Finally: We advise, for the sake of understanding the religion, to read two books; one of which is more authentic than the other in terms of the strength of the argument and evidence. That is the book by Sidiq Hasan Khan, *al-Rawdat al-Nadiyyah: Sharh al-Durar al-Bahiyyah*. *al-Rawdat al-Nadiyyah: Sharh al-Durar al-Bahiyyah*; because this *al-Durar al-Bahiyyah* is a text by Imam al-Shawkani, in which he selected the rulings in this text from the Book and the Sunnah without following any of the established schools of jurisprudence; whether they are from the people of the Sunnah, the Zaydiyyah, the Shi'ah, or similar. The commentary, which is *al-Rawdat al-Nadiyyah*, provides the evidence for every issue mentioned by al-Shawkani in this abridgment. The second book is *Fiqh al-Sunnah* by Sayyid Sabiq. This is, according to the custom of the youth in the present age, smoother and easier to understand than the first book. *Fiqh al-Sunnah* by Sayyid Sabiq is well-known, but it is inferior to the first in terms of knowledge. Therefore, I found some free time one day and wrote a part for it which I named *Tammam al-Mannah fi al-Ta'liq 'ala Fiqh al-Sunnah*. This should be used to reach the knowledge of the truth in matters where people differ. This is with regard to jurisprudence.
With regard to hadith related to morals and what is called today behavior, I advise the book *Riyad al-Salihin* by Imam al-Nawawi, specifically the first edition published by the Islamic Office, which contains my tracing of its hadiths and clarification of what is authentic and what is not. With regard to encouraging good and warning against evil, it is the book by Imam al-Mundhiri; especially since I extracted the authentic parts of it in the first part published under the title *Sahih al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib*. This, too, should be acquired to know what is authentic in encouraging good and warning against evil from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). And as for everything else, such as creed and fatwas and the like, you should turn to Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him).
The Shaykh : It is obligatory to read the books of the scholars who follow the methodology of the Salaf, based on the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The most famous of these are the books of Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, and those who followed their path and walked in their footsteps after them, such as al-San'ani, the author of *Subul al-Salam: Sharh Bulugh al-Maram*, and al-Shawkani in his book *Nayl al-Awtar: Sharh Muntakha al-Akhbar*. And so on.
Finally: We advise, for the sake of understanding the religion, to read two books; one of which is more authentic than the other in terms of the strength of the argument and evidence. That is the book by Sidiq Hasan Khan, *al-Rawdat al-Nadiyyah: Sharh al-Durar al-Bahiyyah*. *al-Rawdat al-Nadiyyah: Sharh al-Durar al-Bahiyyah*; because this *al-Durar al-Bahiyyah* is a text by Imam al-Shawkani, in which he selected the rulings in this text from the Book and the Sunnah without following any of the established schools of jurisprudence; whether they are from the people of the Sunnah, the Zaydiyyah, the Shi'ah, or similar. The commentary, which is *al-Rawdat al-Nadiyyah*, provides the evidence for every issue mentioned by al-Shawkani in this abridgment. The second book is *Fiqh al-Sunnah* by Sayyid Sabiq. This is, according to the custom of the youth in the present age, smoother and easier to understand than the first book. *Fiqh al-Sunnah* by Sayyid Sabiq is well-known, but it is inferior to the first in terms of knowledge. Therefore, I found some free time one day and wrote a part for it which I named *Tammam al-Mannah fi al-Ta'liq 'ala Fiqh al-Sunnah*. This should be used to reach the knowledge of the truth in matters where people differ. This is with regard to jurisprudence.
With regard to hadith related to morals and what is called today behavior, I advise the book *Riyad al-Salihin* by Imam al-Nawawi, specifically the first edition published by the Islamic Office, which contains my tracing of its hadiths and clarification of what is authentic and what is not. With regard to encouraging good and warning against evil, it is the book by Imam al-Mundhiri; especially since I extracted the authentic parts of it in the first part published under the title *Sahih al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib*. This, too, should be acquired to know what is authentic in encouraging good and warning against evil from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). And as for everything else, such as creed and fatwas and the like, you should turn to Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him).
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