What are the correct methods that a student of knowledge must follow to acquire knowledge? And what are the most important books you advise me to study for the science of hadith?
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The questioner : All right, another question, O Shaykh, if Allah wills. What are the correct methods that a student of knowledge must follow to acquire knowledge?
The Shaykh : This requires writing a book.
The questioner : Hehe, a concise one, O Shaykh? Concise, concise?
The Shaykh : Concise, I learn what I am obligated to know, which first corrects my creed, then corrects my worship, such as prayer and fasting. If he is wealthy, it is also obligatory for him to know the rulings of zakah, how he must pay it, and to perform Hajj to the House of Allah the Exalted, and so on. And as it is said about knowledge: "If you seek it, it is much, and life is short for acquiring it, so prioritize the most important of it, then the next most important." And I have mentioned this to you now.
The questioner : All right, O Shaykh, what are the books you advise me to study for the science of hadith?
The Shaykh : The science of hadith, the science of hadith, the first thing you study is al-Ba'th.
The questioner : Al-Ba'th al-Hathith.
The Shaykh : Sharh 'Ulum al-Hadith, al-Ba'th by Shaykh Ahmad Shakir, the Egyptian judge.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And Ikhtisar 'Ulum al-Hadith by Shaykh Ibn Kathir al-Dimashqi. Then the person progresses and learns what Allah wills for him to learn, after he finishes studying this book. And we advise, in the end, to pay attention to Sharh al-Nukhba by al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani.
The questioner : Yes, all right. Is it better to study under a Shaykh or one of the scholars?
The Shaykh : It is necessary if this is found. If this is found, it is necessary.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Because acquiring knowledge requires a Shaykh who is experienced and trained in knowledge, whereas personal study does not succeed for many people.
The Shaykh : This requires writing a book.
The questioner : Hehe, a concise one, O Shaykh? Concise, concise?
The Shaykh : Concise, I learn what I am obligated to know, which first corrects my creed, then corrects my worship, such as prayer and fasting. If he is wealthy, it is also obligatory for him to know the rulings of zakah, how he must pay it, and to perform Hajj to the House of Allah the Exalted, and so on. And as it is said about knowledge: "If you seek it, it is much, and life is short for acquiring it, so prioritize the most important of it, then the next most important." And I have mentioned this to you now.
The questioner : All right, O Shaykh, what are the books you advise me to study for the science of hadith?
The Shaykh : The science of hadith, the science of hadith, the first thing you study is al-Ba'th.
The questioner : Al-Ba'th al-Hathith.
The Shaykh : Sharh 'Ulum al-Hadith, al-Ba'th by Shaykh Ahmad Shakir, the Egyptian judge.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And Ikhtisar 'Ulum al-Hadith by Shaykh Ibn Kathir al-Dimashqi. Then the person progresses and learns what Allah wills for him to learn, after he finishes studying this book. And we advise, in the end, to pay attention to Sharh al-Nukhba by al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani.
The questioner : Yes, all right. Is it better to study under a Shaykh or one of the scholars?
The Shaykh : It is necessary if this is found. If this is found, it is necessary.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Because acquiring knowledge requires a Shaykh who is experienced and trained in knowledge, whereas personal study does not succeed for many people.
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