If a student of knowledge reads in the books of Shaykh al-Islam things he does not understand, should he skip them?
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The questioner : The books of Shaykh al-Islam are undoubtedly beneficial, but sometimes a student, when he reads them, becomes discouraged because he encounters many chapters he does not understand. So, should a person skip them?
The Shaykh : What do you think if we threw a person who does not know how to swim into the sea?
The questioner : He would drown.
The Shaykh : So, leave the difficult thing until you advance. And in reality, sometimes a person repeats a phrase without knowing it, but if a person practices with his books, he comes to understand them well.
The questioner : I mean, should a person read them even if he does not understand them, so that he can practice with them?
The Shaykh : No, no. Read the fatwas first. The fatwas are easy; everyone understands them.
The questioner : Of Shaykh al-Islam.
The Shaykh : Yes, they are easy, but they contain good points. Yes.
The Shaykh : What do you think if we threw a person who does not know how to swim into the sea?
The questioner : He would drown.
The Shaykh : So, leave the difficult thing until you advance. And in reality, sometimes a person repeats a phrase without knowing it, but if a person practices with his books, he comes to understand them well.
The questioner : I mean, should a person read them even if he does not understand them, so that he can practice with them?
The Shaykh : No, no. Read the fatwas first. The fatwas are easy; everyone understands them.
The questioner : Of Shaykh al-Islam.
The Shaykh : Yes, they are easy, but they contain good points. Yes.