What books do you recommend reading?
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Question:
Regarding the books you recommend we read in these gatherings, Your Eminence?
Answer:
The greatest book is the Qur'an. I advise you to the great Qur'an. We advise all Muslims to take care of the Qur'an and to recite it frequently, for it is the Book of Allah containing guidance and light, as He the Exalted said: [Al-Isra: 9]. He the Exalted said: [Fussilat: 44]. And He the Exalted said: [Sad: 29]. He the Exalted said: [Muhammad: 24].
So we advise all Muslims, men and women, to the Qur'an. We advise them to recite it frequently, to reflect on its meanings, and to memorize it, or whatever is easy for them to memorize. It is the Book of Allah containing guidance and light. It contains the call to noble character and excellent deeds. It contains the call to do what Allah has made obligatory and to leave what Allah has forbidden. It contains the stories of the prophets and messengers. It contains the stories of the righteous so that one may emulate them. It contains the stories of the wicked so that one may avoid their deeds.
Then the books of the noble hadith, such as the two Sahihs of al-Bukhari and Muslim, and the four Sunan for those who have the knowledge to read in them.
As for the beginner—the student of knowledge who is a beginner—we advise him to [study] such summaries that he can memorize, like Bulugh al-Maram, like the Book of Tawhid, al-'Aqidah al-Wasitiyyah, the Three Fundamental Principles, and the Four Bases by Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him). The Book of Tawhid, the Three Fundamental Principles, and the Four Bases by Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him). Kashf al-Shubuhat is also by him (may Allah have mercy on him). Al-'Aqidah al-Wasitiyyah by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah. Bulugh al-Maram by al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar. 'Umdat al-Hadith by al-Hafiz Shaykh 'Abd al-Ghani ibn Sirr al-Maqdisi. These are books that should be memorized; they are beneficial and useful because they are important books. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, for this good and blessed guidance.
Regarding the books you recommend we read in these gatherings, Your Eminence?
Answer:
The greatest book is the Qur'an. I advise you to the great Qur'an. We advise all Muslims to take care of the Qur'an and to recite it frequently, for it is the Book of Allah containing guidance and light, as He the Exalted said:
Indeed, this Qur'an guides to that which is most suitable
إِنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ يَهْدِي لِلَّتِي هِيَ أَقْوَمُSay, "It is, for those who believe, a guidance and cure."
قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا هُدًى وَشِفَاءٌ[This is] a blessed Book which We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], that they might reflect upon its verses and that those of understanding would be reminded.
كِتَابٌ أَنزَلْنَاهُ إِلَيْكَ مُبَارَكٌ لِيَدَّبَّرُوا آيَاتِهِ وَلِيَتَذَكَّرَ أُوْلُوا الأَلْبَابِThen do they not reflect upon the Qur'an, or are there locks upon [their] hearts?
أَفَلا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ الْقُرْآنَ أَمْ عَلَى قُلُوبٍ أَقْفَالُهَاSo we advise all Muslims, men and women, to the Qur'an. We advise them to recite it frequently, to reflect on its meanings, and to memorize it, or whatever is easy for them to memorize. It is the Book of Allah containing guidance and light. It contains the call to noble character and excellent deeds. It contains the call to do what Allah has made obligatory and to leave what Allah has forbidden. It contains the stories of the prophets and messengers. It contains the stories of the righteous so that one may emulate them. It contains the stories of the wicked so that one may avoid their deeds.
Then the books of the noble hadith, such as the two Sahihs of al-Bukhari and Muslim, and the four Sunan for those who have the knowledge to read in them.
As for the beginner—the student of knowledge who is a beginner—we advise him to [study] such summaries that he can memorize, like Bulugh al-Maram, like the Book of Tawhid, al-'Aqidah al-Wasitiyyah, the Three Fundamental Principles, and the Four Bases by Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him). The Book of Tawhid, the Three Fundamental Principles, and the Four Bases by Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him). Kashf al-Shubuhat is also by him (may Allah have mercy on him). Al-'Aqidah al-Wasitiyyah by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah. Bulugh al-Maram by al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar. 'Umdat al-Hadith by al-Hafiz Shaykh 'Abd al-Ghani ibn Sirr al-Maqdisi. These are books that should be memorized; they are beneficial and useful because they are important books. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, for this good and blessed guidance.
Source
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