“Do not be hasty in passing judgement! It is possible that he was a passenger with someone who smokes and as a result some of the smell went onto him.”
Category: Jewels of Guidance
‘whilst he was still young…’
There he would remain until just before [the time of] Zhuhr, whereby he would descend, extend greetings and depart.
Go and ask them what they want
If they wanted to seek a legal ruling, he would answer their questions, and if they sought charity, then the Shaykh would give me some money to pass on to them.
Asking questions
Along the way he would ask his Shaykh questions for the duration of the journey until they arrived at the destination
Humility and the dislike for being in the limelight
He invited the Shaykh to visit Bangladesh for a period of three days; in order to give da’wah of tawheed to the brothers from Ahlul-Hadeeth; whose number reached into millions.
The final abode
When the King saw the humble home of the Shaykh he offered to have a new house built for him.
Not enough for my needs
And it appeared the man understood what the Shaykh had intended, so he took the money, thanking the Shaykh as he left.
The patient Shaykh
The Shaykh remained patient at this until his [study] circles [grew and] were [later] attended by hundreds.
Implementing the Sunnah in all his affairs
This is indicative of the Shaykh’s consciousness of implementing the Sunnah in all [his] affairs.
He reminded the Shaykh
The Shaykh then realised he had unintentionally made a mistake, so he corrected his mistake immediately before the congregation left.