Jewels of Guidance Archives

An elderly scholar leading China’s first official Hajj delegation asked only one question on arrival: where is Shaykh Ibn Baaz?

When a brother missed the Fajr car pool, Shaykh al-Albaanee insisted they go and check on him.

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen’s brief, heartfelt words on hearing of the death of his beloved teacher, Shaykh Ibn Baaz.

A collection of authentic hadeeth on the nature of true dreams, and the remarkable story of a dream involving a lamp.

A sister relayed a dream in which the Prophet ﷺ named Shaykh al-Albaanee as a reference for questions of hadeeth.

Exhausted after travelling, Shaykh Ibn Baaz still refused to cancel a wedding invitation out of consideration for those who had invited him.

Even after losing track of a page number, Shaykh Ibn Baaz’s son found his father always remembered exactly where they had left off.

Asked about the best book he had ever read, Shaykh Ibn Baaz named a work he had personally read more than 60 times.

Marking over 80 exam papers himself, Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen readily corrected a grade the moment a student queried it.

Shaykh Ibn Baaz’s father used to say there is zakaah due on everything — even a car, paid by giving others lifts in it.