Be cautious of the scholars of evil, just as you are cautious of Iblees.
Category: Knowledge
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 (Shibbeer ‘Ataa رحمه الله) 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 رحمه الله 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
And as for Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaa’ah, then regarding every action and speech which has not been [authentically] reported from the companions [of the Prophet ﷺ] – then they say it is an innovation.
The religion will disappear a Sunnah at a time
It reached me that the first [sign of the] disappearance of the religion will be abandoning [practice of] the Sunnah; [so] the religion will disappear a Sunnah at a time, just as a rope loses its…
Engaging in ijtihaad
This reminds me of a funny story [circulating] in some of the schools in Damascus, [where] one of the famous Christian teachers was talking about the [da’wah] activities of Muhammad ibn…
A Wahabi Christian!
This reminds me of a funny story [circulating] in some of the schools in Damascus, [where] one of the famous Christian teachers was talking about the [da’wah] activities of Muhammad ibn ‘Abdil-Wahab…
Summary compilation of Saheeh al-Bukhaaree
Many of the students of knowledge do not know the [true] value of the book “مختصر صحيح البخاري” of Imaam al-Albaanee; it is considered from [amongst] the best of the summary compilations of the…
There are many who speak without sound knowledge
Indeed, we are in a time when there are many who speak without sound knowledge, and because of this, it is imperative for a person not to rely on any fatwa except from someone who is known [for their…