| How does an 'aalim (scholar) commands one of the students to go and give duroos in one of the masaajid? | Sep 13, '07 1:14 AM for everyone |
Q: How does a scholar choose the reader (meaning the one who reads the text for him during lectures)?
The Shaykh asked to be sure of the question: "Like someone who reads for the scholar?" - Yes.
A: Usually the Shaykh takes one of his closest students that he knows to be very good in reading or he is good in seeking knowledge. Sometimes he chooses one who's not the best just so that he can correct his reading. That is the way he chooses the reader, but if the question is: How does an 'aalim (scholar) commands one of the students to go and give duroos in one of the masaajid?" - that is exactly how the doctor in the college recommends someone to be a teacher or to be a or medical doctor, etc. How? After putting him through many tests, exams and discussions until he knows how much knowledge the student has.
It's like what Imaam Maalik said: "I never started giving fataawaa or duroos until 70 of the scholars of Madeenah permitted me to do so." That's how the scholars usually recommend their students to teach knowledge.
Shaykh Muhammad al Maalikee
Masjid al Baraa - Jeddah KSA
Fri. Aug. 24th 2007
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