Beware of sins which are treated as being minor, just like a people who encamp in the centre of a valley, so someone brings a stick of firewood and someone else brings a stick until they are…
Tag: wisdom
The science of hadeeth
Shaykh Hammaad al-Ansaaree, in just a few words, on the true difficulty of the science of hadeeth.
Got out and pushed the car himself
When the car of a friend broke down mid-journey, Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen got out and pushed it himself.
I used to attend the lessons of Qataadah when I was 14 years old
I used to attend the lessons of Qataadah when I was 14 years old, and there is nothing which I heard in those years except that it is as if it has been written (etched) in my heart.
Democracy
Shaykh Hammaad al-Ansaaree on what the term “democracy” actually means.
Divide the night into three parts
‘Amru ibn Deenaar used to divide the night into three parts: • a third [in which] he would sleep; • a third [in which] he would study hadeeth; • and a third [in which] he would do salaah [pray].
University property
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen made sure to empty his pen of University ink before leaving, mindful it belonged to the library, not to him.
The humble Shaykh
A pilgrim who had long prayed to meet Shaykh Ibn Baaz finally found him — humble and unassuming as ever.
What prevented you from travelling to az-Zuhree?
I have not seen anyone more stronger in protecting that which he had [of knowledge] than ath-Thowree. It was said to him
Those who forsake their beds
Exhausted after ‘Umrah, his companions went straight to sleep — only to find Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen already standing in prayer in the night.