It is not sufficient to read 'Kitaab at-Tawheed' [just] once, rather it is befitting that you always read it; [so] every time you finish it, start [reading] it again, just as I do so myself.
Category: Aqeedah
So he sat down and did not leave
al-Arqam ibn Abil-Arqam made preparations to travel to Bayt al-Maqdis (al-Masjid al-Aqsaa, Jerusalem), and when he finished his preparations, he came to see the Prophet ﷺ to bid him farewell, and he...
Have you seen a jurist with your own eyes?
I asked al-Hasan al-Basree about something, and said [to him]: The jurists are saying such-and-such.
You are unable to please all of the people
Indeed, you are unable to please all of the people, so rectify that which is between you and Allaah, and do not concern yourself with [what] the people [may think or say].
The Fuqahaa of Madeenah
The fuqahaa of Madeenah [were]: Sa'eed ibn al-Musayyib, 'Abdul-Malik [ibn Marwaan], 'Urwah [ibn Uthaynah], and Qubaysah ibn Thu'ayb.
The path to Paradise
I have not seen a man more knowledgeable of the path to Paradise than al-Hasan [al-Basree].
Matters of halaal and haraam
I have not seen a man more knowledgeable about [matters of] halaal and haraam than Sufyaan ath-Thowree.
I do not know
Suhnoon رحمه الله was asked whether it is possible for a scholar to say 'I do not know' in response to a matter he knows about? He replied
I do not know
[To say] 'I do not know' is half of [all] knowledge.
I do not know
It is befitting for the scholar to bequeath his companions the term 'I do not know', so it becomes a principle to which they seek refuge [from the danger of speaking without knowledge].