Jewels of Guidance Archives

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.

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

A young child asked Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen to greet his father — and the Shaykh's warm response left a lasting impression.

Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen's reaction on learning a simple gift of dates hadn't come from the giver's own home.

Shaykh al-Albaanee's early poverty never stopped his pursuit of knowledge, borrowing and studying books wherever he could find them.

Even during tawaaf and sa'ee, Shaykh al-Albaanee never stopped commanding good and forbidding evil among the people around him.

All of Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen's printed books were released for noble, charitable causes, with no rights held over them.