Shaykh ‘Abdul-’Azeez ibn 'Abdullaah Baaz Archives

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

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.

Shaykh Ibn Baaz publicly objected when an ignorant bystander wrongly offered a sacrifice to celebrate the King’s arrival.

Shaykh Ibn Baaz’s granddaughter recalls how he always made time to call and ask after his family, however busy he was.

An account from the final hours of Shaykh Ibn Baaz’s life, still surrounded by visitors and questions until the very end.

A doctor waited a full hour to treat Shaykh Ibn Baaz’s ailing leg, delayed again and again by calls from people seeking religious answers.

Rather than assume the worst of a man who smelled of smoke, Shaykh Ibn Baaz gave him the benefit of the doubt.

A man unsatisfied with the charity he was given was gently reminded by Shaykh Ibn Baaz that barakah matters more than the amount.