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He would weep whilst standing in prayer at night

Manners & Etiquette, Prayer, Sleep and Awakening, Words of Wisdom 28 January 2015 Abu 'Abdullaah

Sa'eed ibn Jubayr would weep [whilst standing in prayer] at night until his eyes became bleary and he was unable to see clearly.

Required to shave beard off

Beard, Clothing & Adornment, Fatwa, Shaykh Saalih ibn Fowzaan 27 January 2015 Abu 'Abdullaah

I am a young man who joined the military corps, and [upon joining] was required to shave off my beard - so should I abide by this condition?

Knowledge which is not spoken with

Knowledge, Manners & Etiquette, Words of Wisdom 26 January 2015 Abu 'Abdullaah

Knowledge which is not spoken with, is like treasure which is not spent.

Where to place the Qur.aan during prostration of forgetfulness

Fatwa, Qur.aan, Shaykh Saalih ibn Fowzaan 25 January 2015 Abu 'Abdullaah

When the reciter [of the Qur.aan] places the mus.haf on the ground, and then prostrates, is there any harm in [doing] that?

For abundant prayer

Manners & Etiquette, Paradise, Prayer, Words of Wisdom 24 January 2015 Abu 'Abdullaah

I saw Yazeed ibn Zuray' in a dream, so I said to him: 'What did Allaah do with you?'
He replied: 'He admitted me into Paradise.'
I said to him: 'With what (i.e. 'What earned you that)?'
He said

Even if it were once during his lifetime

Charity, Fatwa, Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-’Uthaymeen 21 January 2015 Abu 'Abdullaah

Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen mentioned in his tafseer of Sooraah Aal 'Imraan: Allaah تعالى said: {By no means shall you attain al-Birr (piety, righteousness – here it means Allaah's reward, i.e.

I do not know

Companions of the Prophet ﷺ, Hell, Humility, Knowledge, Manners & Etiquette, Scholars, Sincerity, Time, Words of Wisdom 20 January 2015 Abu 'Abdullaah

I accompanied Ibn 'Umar رضي الله عنهما for 34 months, and [during this time] whenever he was asked a question, he would respond with: 'I do not know.' He then turned to me and said