How should one proceed if there are few scholars in his region or if they are absent?
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We are in the city of Hufar al-Batin, the military city, and we lack scholarly lessons. We ask your Eminence for guidance?
Now, praise be to Allah, no one has an excuse. Cassettes are available day and night. A person can choose a scholar he trusts and listen to his cassettes as if he were sitting with him. So I advise you to take the cassettes of the scholars you choose. And Allah does not burden a soul beyond that it can bear.
As for the scarcity of scholars, we complain to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Scholars are few everywhere. Even the large cities now do not have a sufficient number. You need a number of scholars, but we ask Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to put blessing in them. Praise be to Allah, matters have expanded now with these cassettes, and also people have finally started requesting contact via telephone: lectures or meetings or the like, and there is much good in them. And you can ask one of the scholars you trust to arrange for you, for example, a monthly or weekly or semi-monthly meeting, and there will be good in it.
Now, praise be to Allah, no one has an excuse. Cassettes are available day and night. A person can choose a scholar he trusts and listen to his cassettes as if he were sitting with him. So I advise you to take the cassettes of the scholars you choose. And Allah does not burden a soul beyond that it can bear.
As for the scarcity of scholars, we complain to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Scholars are few everywhere. Even the large cities now do not have a sufficient number. You need a number of scholars, but we ask Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to put blessing in them. Praise be to Allah, matters have expanded now with these cassettes, and also people have finally started requesting contact via telephone: lectures or meetings or the like, and there is much good in them. And you can ask one of the scholars you trust to arrange for you, for example, a monthly or weekly or semi-monthly meeting, and there will be good in it.