When the King saw the humble home of the Shaykh he offered to have a new house built for him.
Tag: wisdom
Knowledge
Knowledge is that which benefits, not that which is memorised
In order to compete with the scholars
«Do not acquire knowledge in order to compete with the scholars, nor to argue with the ignorant, nor to gain mastery over the gatherings. Since whoever does that, then: The Fire! The Fire!»
Not enough for my needs
And it appeared the man understood what the Shaykh had intended, so he took the money, thanking the Shaykh as he left.
Nothing more harmful to the branches of knowledge
They are ignorant and yet they think they have knowledge, they cause corruption whilst thinking they are correcting the affairs.
A dedicated fanatic
I do not say this as a dedicated fanatic since he was my teacher, but I simply never saw anything comparable to him.
The patient Shaykh
The Shaykh remained patient at this until his [study] circles [grew and] were [later] attended by hundreds.
Expiation of sins is by good actions
If a person fears Allaah (has taqwa), Allaah will make it easy for him to do good actions with which he can make expiation [for the sins].
Implementing the Sunnah in all his affairs
This is indicative of the Shaykh’s consciousness of implementing the Sunnah in all [his] affairs.
The more a person increases in knowledge
This is because taqwa is a means for strengthening understanding, and strong understanding assists in increasing knowledge.