Whenever he entered the masjid on the day of Jumu’ah, he would pray two rak’ahs and continue to repeat them until the imaam ascended the pulpit.
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Fasting on Mondays and Thursdays
He was known to fast on Mondays and Thursdays – [and] this was throughout the entire year, unless he was travelling or ill.
I have come to this land to seek knowledge
And their going out (khurooj) – there is no good in any of it – since they do not teach the people anything.
The issue is one of desire
I am more knowledgeable about the extent of the importance of this book, and Allaah knows best.
I am a historian
I am a historian. I have not visited a country/city in this world except that I have written its history, and Allaah knows best.
Hammaad ibn Muhammad al-Ansaaree
He was Abu ‘Abdul-Lateef Hammaad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Hinnah ibn Mukhtaar ibn Muhammad al-Basheer, from the lineage of Qays ibn Sa’d ibn ‘Ubaadah al-Khazrajee al-Ansaaree, who was born in 1343 A.H. (1924 C.E.) in a town called Taad Makkah in Mali, West Africa. The name Taad Makkah means “this is Makkah” since it […]
Informing the people of his arrival
So that the people are not denied the opportunity to ask questions and seek fatwa.
Golden words
Know that both illness and good health do not come before or after their [decreed] time.
The taxi driver
Just then it dawned upon the taxi driver that the passenger sitting next to him was indeed the Shaykh, Ibn ‘Uthaymeen; and what a fine mess he had got himself into now!
Muhammad al-Ameen al-Mukhtaar al-Jaknee
He was born in 1325 A.H. / 1897 C.E. He memorised the Qur.aan when he was 10 years old with his uncle, ‘Abdullaah Ibn Muhammad al-Mukhtaar Ibn Ibraaheem Ibn Ahmad Nooh al-Jaknee. He studied tajweed and the art of writing the ‘Uthmaanee mushaf with his cousin, Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Muhammad al-Mukhtaar. He studied the […]