Because oil was scarce at the time

Reference: https://x.com/almoslem70/status/942496015852228608

I heard Shaykh Saalih al-‘Usaymee حفظه الله relate:

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.

Translation originally published on 31 December, 2018.