Before [the advent of] electricity, he would go out every moonlit night to read. And in winter, he would go out and sit between two steel barrels for protection against the cold!
Category: Words of Wisdom
Rejoicing at the arrival of Winter
Welcome to Winter - during which blessings descend [from Allaah]; wherein the nights are long [and therefore conducive] to stand[ing] in prayer, and the days are short [and conducive] to fast[ing].
'Umar's Advice for Winter
When Winter would arrive, 'Umar ibn al-Khattaab رضي الله عنه would be mindful to write to them (the Companions), advising them all
The Winter night has become long
The Winter night has become long, so blessed is he who does good deeds during it, and misery for the one who does wrong.
Essential attributes of the Scholar
The scholar is not he who [just] knows about the good and the bad, rather, the scholar is he who knows about the good and adheres to it, [just as he] knows of the bad and refrains from it.
A loaf of bread with pickles
We used to pass by [Imaam] al-Baghawee, and ad-Daaraqutnee [who at the time was only] a small boy, would walk behind us - in his hand was a loaf of bread with pickles on it.
Until when will a man continue to seek knowledge
Sahl رحمه الله was asked: 'Until when will a man [continue to] write hadeeth?' He said: 'Until he dies, and the remaining ink will [then] be poured into his grave.'
Act according to what you have learnt
Learn, learn, and when you have learnt, then act [according to what you have learnt].
Indeed I have memorised it all
I am not concerned if the book of Sufyaan was stolen from me, for indeed I have memorised it all.
Dictated 20,000 hadeeth to us from memory
'Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Mahdee dictated 20,000 hadeeth to us from memory.