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Learning Arabic

dawud-abdulhameed:

A small bit of advice. I have not mastered Al Lugha, however I found that once I studied some basic sarf books and started memorizing Bina al Af’aal it greatly increased my understanding of books and articles written in Arabic. So I advise looking for a good sarf book and memorizing the verb conjugations. When you do, you’ll see a major benefit in it, Inshaa Allah.

BarakaAllahu feek.

“The youth will come to you to seek the knowledge, so when you meet them then advise them with the good, for surely they are the inheritors of Muhammad sallallaahu ‘alayhiwa sallam.”
Relayed by Ibn Abdul-Barr, Ibn Majah. Graded hasan by Al-Albaani

(Source: salaf-us-saalih.com)

“And this study is a very broad study, since knowledge is a wide and expansive ocean thathas no shores. So the deficiency is not in the books, for many of us own tens or hundreds of books. And the deficiency is not in our time for most of us have time. But rather knowledge is noor (light) that Allaah hurls into the hearts. And it is not acquired solely by readingnor is knowledge acquired by acquiring and collecting books.”
Book:Signposts upon the Path to Seeking Knowledge
Author: Shaikh ‘Abdul Azeez bin Muhammad bin ‘Abdillah as-Sadhaan
Audio Lessons by : Aqeel Ingram (hafithahullaah)

(Source: salaf-us-saalih.com)

Shaykh Abdus-Salaam Ibn Barjas Rahimahullaah:

“O student! If you want knowledge from its sources then you should stick to the great scholars [Kibâr-ul-‘ulama]: those who have gray beards and weak bodies and have lost their power in [pursuit of] knowledge and educating. Stick to them before they disappear and take from their treasure before they take it with them. One misses the full-moon in the dark night.”
Al-’Awa’iq, 26.

Q: O Shaikh, the scholars advise the students of knowledge to read the collection of books authored by Shaikhul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullah) and his student Imaam Ibn Qayyim (rahimahullah). Which of their many books do you advise the students to begin with?

A: When it comes to the books authored by Shaikhul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah
(rahimahullah) and his student Imaam Ibn Qayyim (rahimahullah), one should begin with those books authored by Shaikhul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullah) that focus on the sound Islamic Creed.

Q: O Shaikh, so I understand correctly, books like ‘Aqeedatul Waasitiyyah and Al-Hamawiyyah for example?

A: Yes the likes of these books, you have understood correctly.

Answered by: Shaikh Khaalid ‘Abdur Rahmaan (hafithahullah)
Questioned posed and translated by: Abu ‘Abdis Salaam Siddiq Al Juyaanee

Adab of Taalibul ‘Ilm – Etiquettes of the student of knowledge
Author: Shaikh ‘Abdul Azeez bin Muhammad bin ‘Abdillah as-Sadhaan
Audio Lessons by : Aqeel Ingram (hafithahullaah)

“Everything mentioned in the Qur’aan that praises the servant is from the fruits of knowledge and everything mentioned therein that is a dispraise of the servant is from the fruits of ignorance.”
-Ibnul Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

“The student of knowledge or whoever desires to learn knowledge is in need of adab (manners) and making those manners a part of his character. The student of knowledge is in need of following the narrations of As-Salaf-us-Saalih, following the methodology As-Salaf-us-Saalih took in seeking knowledge so that he can acquire this knowledge. He is in need of knowing how they (As-Salaf-us-Saalih) would stay up deep and late into the night many nights over and they would leave off the pleasures of sleep in order to obtain this knowledge. The student of knowledge needs to take on these adaab, these etiquettes, morals and manners, when he is in his homeland and when he travels, when he is with his teachers and when he is with the scholars and when he with his peers and with his students.”


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طلب العلم فريضة على كل مسلم
“The seeking of knowledge is obligatory for every Muslim.”
[Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 74] (Related by Ibn ‘Adiyy, Al-Bayhaqi & Al-Tabarani)

رَبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا (O Rabb! Increase My Knowledge)

Book recommendations

ibnaluthaymeen:

‘Aqeedah (basic tenets of faith):

Hadeeth

  • Fath al-Baari Sharh Saheeh al-Bukhaari, by Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqallaani
  • Subul al-Salaam Sharh Buloogh al-Maraam, by al-San’aani,
    • his book combines between hadeeth and fiqh.
  • Nayl al-Awtaar Sharh Muntaqaa al-Akhbaar by al-Shawkaani
  • ‘Umdat al-Ahkaam by al-Maqdisi.
    • This is an abridged book; most of its ahaadeeth are narrated in al-Saheehayn so their authenticity does not need to be researched.
  • Al-Arba’een al-Nawawiyyah, by Abu Zakariyya al-Nawawi.
  • Buloogh al-Maraam, by al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqallaani.
  • Nukhbat al-Fikr by al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqallaani.
  • The Six Books (Saheeh al-Bukhaari, Sahih Muslim, al-Nasaa’i, Abu Dawood, Ibn Maajah and Tirmidhi).

Books of fiqh

  • Aadaab al-mashiy ila’l-Salaah by Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhaab
  • Zaad al-Mustaqni’ fi Ikhtisaar al-Muqni’ by al-Hajjaawi.
  • Al-Rawd al-Murbi’ Sharh Zaad al-Mustaqni’ by Shaykh Mansoor al-Bahooti
  • ‘Umdat al-Fiqh by Ibn Qudaamah
  • Al-Usool min ‘Ilm al-Usool.
Faraa’id (laws of inheritance)
  • Matn al-Rahbiyyah by al-Rahbi
  • Matn al-Burhaaniyyah by Muhammad al-Burhaani.
  • This is a useful and comprehensive abridged book dealing with all the laws of inheritance. I think that al-Burhaaniyyah is more comprehensive than al-Rahbiyyah in some ways, and it gives more information.
Tafseer
  • Tafseer al-Qur’aan al-‘Azeem by Ibn Katheer
    • This book is good for tafseer based on reports and it is useful and trustworthy. But it does pay much attention to matters of grammar and style.
  • Tayseer al-Kareem al-Rahmaan fi Tafseer Kalaam al-Mannaan by Shaykh ‘Abd al-Rahmaan al-Sa’di
    • This is a good, easy and trustworthy book, and I recommend it.
  • Muqaddimah Shaykh al-Islam fi’l-Tafseer.
    • This is an important introduction.
  • Adwaa’ al-Bayaan by al-‘Allaamah Muhammad al-Shanqeeti
    • This is a comprehensive book covering hadeeth, fiqh, tafseer and usool al-fiqh.
General books on some subjects:
  • On (Arabic) grammar: -
  • Matn al-Ajroomiyyah. This is an abridged book.
  • Alfiyyah Ibn Maalik; this is a summary of the science of grammar.
  • On Seerah (Prophet’s biography)
    • Zaad al-Ma’aad by Ibn al-Qayyim -
      • The best book that I have seen. This is a very useful book in which he mentions the biography of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) from all angels, then he discusses many rulings.
    • Rawdat al-‘Uqalaa’ by Ibn Hibbaan al-Busti
      • This is a useful book despite its brevity. He compiled a large amount of useful material and stories of the scholars, muhadditheen and others.
    • Siyar A’laam al-Nubalaa’ by al-Dhahabi.
      • This book is very useful and the seeker of knowledge should read and refer to it.

[From Fataawa al-Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen (rahimallah), Kitaab al-‘Ilm, p. 92]

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