The first thing to start with (when seeking ʿilm) is memorisation of the Glorious Qur`ān, as it is the most imperative of sciences. The salaf would only teach Ḥadīth and Fiqh to those who had committed the Qur`ān to memory. Imām an-Nawawī, in: المجموع شرح المهذب ٨٨/١…