What are the books you recommend for a beginner student of knowledge to memorize and read?
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The questioner : What are the books to be memorized and read at the beginning, middle, and end of the pursuit of knowledge in creed, grammar, jurisprudence, inheritance, principles of exegesis, principles of jurisprudence, Arabic language, the Prophetic biography, and the terminology of hadith?
The Shaykh : What Allah willed, this is a complete curriculum. The question about this is very extensive. With what does a student of knowledge begin with the books? We say the best for a student of knowledge is to begin with concise books in every discipline. For example, in grammar, he begins with al-Ajrumiyyah because it is a concise, detailed, and clear book. In hadith, he memorizes Umdat al-Ahkam. In jurisprudence, he memorizes the concise texts in jurisprudence according to the school of jurisprudence to which he belongs. If he belongs to the Hanbali school, he takes the concise books of their school. If he belongs to the Shafi'i school, likewise. And likewise for one who belongs to the Maliki or Hanafi school. But we must know that the books of jurisprudence that are read or memorized do not mean they are in the position of the books of hadith, because the books of jurisprudence are not proof. But a person makes them a foundation upon which he builds knowledge, and he does not use them as proof for what Allah and His Messenger said. But these are so that his pursuit of knowledge is merely circulating. They are like an index for the rulings of the Shari'ah. Yes.
As for creed, the best is al-Wasitiyyah by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, because it is the essence of the creed of the people of the Sunnah. May Allah make me and you among them.
As for history and what he mentioned in his question, this is referred to the scholars of history, although there is no need to memorize history, except if there is a summary of the biography of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the biography of the Caliphs, in which case we might say a person can memorize it.
Now, what is your opinion? I refer you to the scholar who teaches you. That is it, we are done. I refer you to the scholar who teaches you.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed, this is a complete curriculum. The question about this is very extensive. With what does a student of knowledge begin with the books? We say the best for a student of knowledge is to begin with concise books in every discipline. For example, in grammar, he begins with al-Ajrumiyyah because it is a concise, detailed, and clear book. In hadith, he memorizes Umdat al-Ahkam. In jurisprudence, he memorizes the concise texts in jurisprudence according to the school of jurisprudence to which he belongs. If he belongs to the Hanbali school, he takes the concise books of their school. If he belongs to the Shafi'i school, likewise. And likewise for one who belongs to the Maliki or Hanafi school. But we must know that the books of jurisprudence that are read or memorized do not mean they are in the position of the books of hadith, because the books of jurisprudence are not proof. But a person makes them a foundation upon which he builds knowledge, and he does not use them as proof for what Allah and His Messenger said. But these are so that his pursuit of knowledge is merely circulating. They are like an index for the rulings of the Shari'ah. Yes.
As for creed, the best is al-Wasitiyyah by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, because it is the essence of the creed of the people of the Sunnah. May Allah make me and you among them.
As for history and what he mentioned in his question, this is referred to the scholars of history, although there is no need to memorize history, except if there is a summary of the biography of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the biography of the Caliphs, in which case we might say a person can memorize it.
Now, what is your opinion? I refer you to the scholar who teaches you. That is it, we are done. I refer you to the scholar who teaches you.