Before [the advent of] electricity, he would go out every moonlit night to read. And in winter, he would go out and sit between two steel barrels for protection against the cold!
Category: Words of Wisdom
He would read 800 pages a day
He was extremely fond of knowledge, and would read extensively, such that when he was in his youth, he would read 800 pages a day, and read 2,000 volumes in the moonlight.
Because oil was scarce at the time
Most of what Shaykh Ja’far al-‘Atamee read [in the seeking] of knowledge was by way of the moonlight, because oil was scarce at the time.
Keeping good company
[From the harmful effects of] companionship with those who are bad…
Comforting your anxious companion
If a person sees his companion anxious, then it is recommended that he talk to him with what would ease his anxiety and make him feel better.
What is the matter with us?!!
So if the Prophet ﷺ would increase in repentance and seeking forgiveness, then what is the matter with us that we do not increase in doing so?!!
They say it is an innovation
That is because if there was any good in it, then they would have preceded us in it, since they did not leave any good practice except that they hastened to it.
The smart and intelligent one
The smart and intelligent one is he who does not scrutinise every small and big issue with his family, loved ones, companions and neighbours.
The religion will disappear a Sunnah at a time
…[so] the religion will disappear a Sunnah at a time, just as a rope loses its strength little by little.
From the causes of worry, sadness and sorrow
Indeed, worry, sadness and sorrow occur from two directions…