If it were not for the scholars transmitting the knowledge, and teaching the people – generation after generation, the people would have all perished.
Category: Knowledge
Beware of the scholars of evil
Be cautious of the scholars of evil, just as you are cautious of Iblees.
My father, as I knew him
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!
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.
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 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.
Engaging in ijtihaad
Not to engage in ijtihaad (qualified independent reasoning) when required is [considered] at the [same] level of engaging in ijtihaad (qualified independent reasoning) when not required.
A Wahabi Christian!
So some of his students said: ‘it appears the teacher is a Wahhaabee!
Summary compilation of Saheeh al-Bukhaaree
And this summary compilation is the most beloved of the books to Shaykh al-Albaanee – as mentioned in the book “علماء و مفكرون عرفتهم”.