What is your advice for a beginner student of Islamic jurisprudence regarding books?
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The questioner : What do you advise the student of knowledge? What do you advise him regarding books? Reading some books? What do you advise this student?
The Shaykh : And knowledge of what, may Allah bless you?
The questioner : Religious knowledge.
The Shaykh : Jurisprudence, meaning?
The questioner : Yes, jurisprudence.
The Shaykh : In jurisprudence, he should take the book *Fiqh al-Sunnah* by al-Sayyid Sabiq, along with the book *Tammam al-Mannah fi al-Ta'liq 'ala Fiqh al-Sunnah*. Then he moves on to the book *al-Rawdah al-Mudi'ah Sharh al-Durr al-Bahi'ah* by Sadiq Hasan Khalid. If he gains understanding through these two books, the path opens up before him to other books.
The Shaykh : And knowledge of what, may Allah bless you?
The questioner : Religious knowledge.
The Shaykh : Jurisprudence, meaning?
The questioner : Yes, jurisprudence.
The Shaykh : In jurisprudence, he should take the book *Fiqh al-Sunnah* by al-Sayyid Sabiq, along with the book *Tammam al-Mannah fi al-Ta'liq 'ala Fiqh al-Sunnah*. Then he moves on to the book *al-Rawdah al-Mudi'ah Sharh al-Durr al-Bahi'ah* by Sadiq Hasan Khalid. If he gains understanding through these two books, the path opens up before him to other books.