“All Praise be to the One Who has permitted me to see you before my death, since I have longed for this [opportunity] all my life.”
Category: Jewels of Guidance
Maintaining brotherhood
The Shaykh attached much importance to maintaining brotherhood, by visiting his [Muslim] brothers, especially those who were ill.
What a great man he was
And when Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Azeez died, I called Shaykh Muhammad the morning following his death and asked him: Has the news reached you? And he replied: Yes, [and] what a great man [he was].
The incredible story of the lamp
During this meeting, Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah handed a lamp to this old man.
The dream which reduced the Shaykh to tears
Then this Shaykh asked us: ‘Did you see the Messenger ﷺ?
What will I say to my Lord?
«Whoever is invited to a wedding or the like, then he must go.»
The alert Shaykh
I would read to my father, and when I had finished reading, or the car had stopped…
The best book I have read
Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Azeez ibn Baaz was asked about the best book he had read, and he said…
Reading the Qur.aan with understanding
O son of Aadam, by Allaah, if you were to read the Qur.aan [with understanding] and then believed in [what] it [contains], your sadness [at what comes to pass] in this world will be lengthened, and your fear [of Allaah] in this world will intensify, and your weeping in this world will increase.
A fair teacher
One day, as he taught us ‘Aqeedah at the Faculty of Sharee’ah in Qaseem, he made us sit an exam; the exam was on a Sunday, and the following Saturday he brought in all our [marked] papers, considering the number of students was over 80.