The Shaykh asked one of the students what the religious knowledge is.
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The Shaykh : Can you give us an idea of what the religious knowledge is?
The questioner : Religious knowledge has types, meaning, for example, religious knowledge as a whole, meaning
The Shaykh : As a whole, yes.
The questioner : It is encompassing. First, a person must be knowledgeable of Arabic so that he is able to understand the hadiths.
The Shaykh : Please, let the speech be within the limits of the question.
The questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Because the issue of making Arabic a condition is a matter on which no two people differ, and no two camels butt heads over it.
The questioner : Meaning, I want to say
The Shaykh : But I am asking you what the religious knowledge is, yes.
The questioner : Meaning, excuse me, Professor, clarify for us what you mean by the religious knowledge you are referring to.
The Shaykh : Meaning, the knowledge by which we worship our Lord, where is it taken from?
The questioner : Ah, meaning the sources of religious knowledge. Its sources are from the Book and the Sunnah and the consensus of the Ummah.
The Shaykh : Good, so we have the Book.
The questioner : And the Sunnah.
The Shaykh : And the Sunnah and the consensus of the Ummah.
The questioner : And the consensus of the Ummah.
The Shaykh: Okay
The questioner : And analogical reasoning in some of the
The Shaykh : And analogical reasoning, very good. How is the Book interpreted, by what method, by what path?
The questioner : Either some of it interprets some of it, or it is interpreted by the athar, meaning
The Shaykh : By the athar, or by the Sunnah?
The questioner : By the Sunnah.
The Shaykh : Very good. And the Sunnah has what is authentic and what is weak.
The questioner : Yes, without a doubt.
The Shaykh : Very good.
Another questioner : Peace be upon you
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. So, what is the most important thing in this knowledge, in religious knowledge?
The questioner : Religious knowledge, of course, is the most important thing in existence.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : The most important thing in existence.
Another questioner : No, what is the most important thing?
The questioner : What is the most important thing?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Meaning, the belief is
The Shaykh : The creed.
The questioner : The creed, yes.
The Shaykh : Very good.
The questioner : Religious knowledge has types, meaning, for example, religious knowledge as a whole, meaning
The Shaykh : As a whole, yes.
The questioner : It is encompassing. First, a person must be knowledgeable of Arabic so that he is able to understand the hadiths.
The Shaykh : Please, let the speech be within the limits of the question.
The questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Because the issue of making Arabic a condition is a matter on which no two people differ, and no two camels butt heads over it.
The questioner : Meaning, I want to say
The Shaykh : But I am asking you what the religious knowledge is, yes.
The questioner : Meaning, excuse me, Professor, clarify for us what you mean by the religious knowledge you are referring to.
The Shaykh : Meaning, the knowledge by which we worship our Lord, where is it taken from?
The questioner : Ah, meaning the sources of religious knowledge. Its sources are from the Book and the Sunnah and the consensus of the Ummah.
The Shaykh : Good, so we have the Book.
The questioner : And the Sunnah.
The Shaykh : And the Sunnah and the consensus of the Ummah.
The questioner : And the consensus of the Ummah.
The Shaykh: Okay
The questioner : And analogical reasoning in some of the
The Shaykh : And analogical reasoning, very good. How is the Book interpreted, by what method, by what path?
The questioner : Either some of it interprets some of it, or it is interpreted by the athar, meaning
The Shaykh : By the athar, or by the Sunnah?
The questioner : By the Sunnah.
The Shaykh : Very good. And the Sunnah has what is authentic and what is weak.
The questioner : Yes, without a doubt.
The Shaykh : Very good.
Another questioner : Peace be upon you
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. So, what is the most important thing in this knowledge, in religious knowledge?
The questioner : Religious knowledge, of course, is the most important thing in existence.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : The most important thing in existence.
Another questioner : No, what is the most important thing?
The questioner : What is the most important thing?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Meaning, the belief is
The Shaykh : The creed.
The questioner : The creed, yes.
The Shaykh : Very good.
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