What is the ruling on seeking knowledge?
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The questioner : The one who ... in seeking knowledge, is he ... from them?
The Shaykh : No, if he has sought the obligatory knowledge ... without doubt, meaning he is not like the Christians, because seeking knowledge is of two types: obligatory, which is what a person cannot afford to be ignorant of regarding acts of worship and transactions, and non-obligatory, which is a collective obligation (fard kifayah) for everything else.
The questioner : If a person recites Surat al-Fatihah in the prayer but does not pronounce the letters ... such as pronouncing the ha' as a haa'.
The Shaykh : What can he do other than this?
The questioner : He is not able to ... his language ... on that.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : No, if he has sought the obligatory knowledge ... without doubt, meaning he is not like the Christians, because seeking knowledge is of two types: obligatory, which is what a person cannot afford to be ignorant of regarding acts of worship and transactions, and non-obligatory, which is a collective obligation (fard kifayah) for everything else.
The questioner : If a person recites Surat al-Fatihah in the prayer but does not pronounce the letters ... such as pronouncing the ha' as a haa'.
The Shaykh : What can he do other than this?
The questioner : He is not able to ... his language ... on that.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.