How to Acquire Knowledge Other Than Through Schools

Question:
The questioner says: “O His Eminence the Shaykh, how can I obtain religious knowledge without schools? Can I obtain it from books? And what books do you advise me to read? May Allah reward you with good.”

Answer:
Yes, if the scholarly circles held by some of the scholars, or by the good female teachers, are accessible, that is a great good. Or attending the scholarly circles in the mosques, listening from a distance while maintaining modesty and decency, is also a great good. Likewise, the Quran Radio is a great good. The Quran Radio has scholarly circles, it has advice, it has counsel, it has lectures, it has the recitation of the Quran, and it has *Nur 'ala al-Darb* (Light on the Path), with many questions from the public to the scholars. This radio station contains a great good, so I advise you to benefit from the Quran Radio because of the great good it contains.
And from the books, such as *Riyad al-Salihin* (The Gardens of the Righteous), such as the book *Al-Tawhid* (The Oneness of Allah) by the Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, and such as *Al-'Aqidah al-Wasitiyyah* (The Middle Creed) by the Shaykh of Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, such as *Thalathat al-Usul* (The Three Fundamentals), *Shurut al-Salah* (The Conditions of Prayer), and *Al-Qawa'id al-Arba'* (The Four Rules) by the Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab. These are beneficial books, and I advise you to read them. May Allah guide them all. Yes.

The presenter: O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you, O Shaykh.