The superiority of the knowledge of the predecessors over the successors

Translation

The book “The Preference of the Knowledge of the Predecessors over the Successors” by Sheikh Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali is concerned with clarifying the value of the knowledge that the predecessors had compared to the knowledge that was transmitted to subsequent generations, based on Qur’anic texts and religious sayings to classify knowledge into useful and useless. In his chapters, the author reviews the meanings of knowledge, and opens a door to clarify the difference between useful knowledge that pleases God and knowledge that does not bring benefit, with reference to examples from the stories of the prophets. The book is classified under the literature of Riqaq, Adab, and Remembrance, and is automatically arranged to facilitate benefiting from it.