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The Advice of Sh. Ibn Uthaymeen: How to Seek Knowledge
Shaykh Muhammad bin Saleh al-Uthaymeen (rahimahullaah) said:
In summary, the method of seeking knowledge is in the following:
Be ardent upon memorization of the Book of Allaah, The Most High, and set aside something stipulated for yourself each day which you preserve for its recitation, and your recitation should be one of reflection and understanding. If during the recitation there is denoted for you a point of benefit, then note it down.
Be ardent upon memorizing that which is facilitated from the authentic Sunnah of the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ, and from that is memorizing: ‘Umdatul Ahkaam.
Endeavour upon focus and constant steadiness – in such a manner that you do not take knowledge by merely plucking; something from this and something from that, because this squanders your time and scatters your mind.
Begin with the smaller books and pay attention to them in a fine manner, then move on to those which are greater until you attain knowledge, step by step and in such a manner that knowledge becomes firmly rooted in your heart and so your soul becomes at ease with it.
Adhere to understanding the fundamentals of the issues and their principles, and make a note of everything which passes you by in this respect, for it has been said: ‘Whoever is deprived of the fundamentals is deprived of attaining arrival.’
Discuss the issues with your Shaykh, or with one whom you trust in knowledge and religion from your fellow associates. If you are able in your mind, then visualize that someone is discussing these issues with you, that being, if the discussion cannot be done with those that we have mentioned.
Taken from: Kitaab al-‘Ilm p.116