Urging the Learning of Individual Obligatory Knowledge

The Shaykh : Knowledge, knowledge, knowledge. We urge you to seek knowledge, as detailed previously. We do not want you all to be scholars, but we want you to be knowledgeable about what is obligatory for you to know. Be knowledgeable about your prayers, be knowledgeable about your fasting, for fasting is like prayer. But to be knowledgeable about zakah when zakah is not obligatory upon you, or to be knowledgeable about Hajj when Hajj is not obligatory upon you—we do not burden you with this. Leave that aspect of knowledge, which is collective obligation knowledge, to the specialized scholars. As for the first type of knowledge, we command you with it and oblige you to it, because Allah the Exalted commanded you to do so, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said in the authentic hadith: meaning individual obligatory knowledge. As for the addition of , it is not authentic in its narration, and we do not need it in our understanding, because in terms of meaning it falls under the general term "Muslim." Therefore, the Messenger did not utter the phrase . This is due to people's ignorance of their Arabic language; most of them narrate the hadith with this addition. This addition is invalid when attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), and there is no linguistic need for it, because it falls under the generality of his statement (peace be upon him): Perhaps this extent is sufficient for our clarification here and there. Also, look, what does your companion want?

Another questioner : ... seven years

The Shaykh : Two words for every question?

The questioner : ..

The Shaykh : How many questions do you have?
onAl-Halabi : We combined them, in any case, into three questions which we answered with one answer.