Every innovation is misguidance, even if the people see it as something good.
Category: Words of Wisdom
Lying adversely affects the liar
I have never lied since learning that lying adversely affects the liar.
Innovation is more beloved to Iblees
Innovation is more beloved to Iblees than sin, since a sin may be repented from but innovation is not repented from.
The most detestable of things to Allaah
Indeed the most detestable of things to Allaah are the innovations.
So I asked him about the remedy for memorising
I have never seen Wakee’ with a book in his hands, rather, he memorised. So I asked him about the remedy for memorising.
Not considered knowledge
Any knowledge which cannot accompany its possessor to the toilet is not considered knowledge
I have never said to a muhaddith ‘repeat it to me’
I have never said to a muhaddith ‘repeat it to me’ and nor have my ears ever heard anything except that it has settled upon my heart (i.e. I have memorised it).
I have divided the night into three
Twice I travelled to [visit] at-Toosee in Toos, and I asked him when he would be free from compiling these many fataawa?
This would affirm his deceit
If I saw a man leaving his home without an inkwell or pen to seek [knowledge of] hadeeth, [then] this would affirm his deceit.
A pen for a deenaar
Muhammad ibn Salaam al-Baykandee’s pen broke whilst in the gathering of a Shaykh, so he announced a pen for a deenaar, whereby pens began to fall upon him [from all directions].