The remembrance of Allaah (dhikr) incorporates…
Category: Knowledge
You must aid the truth
If you see a person upon truth, and another upon falsehood, then you must aid the truth and warn against the falsehood, otherwise [it is as if] you are dead; you do not know [that which is] good and do not detest [that which is] evil.
Smart studying
…and smart study of a topic for an hour is more beneficial than to read and memorise for hours, rather days.
Victory against the oppressors
Indeed, a person will be victorious and will defeat and overcome [his enemy] by following [the guidance and example of] the messengers.
Take the best from every thing
Knowledge is more than what can be enumerated, so take the best from every thing.
Defended the Sahaabah, then died and was buried alongside the Sahaabah
Shaykh Ihsaan Ilaahee Zaheer spent his life defending the Sahaabah; when he was injured by the bomb explosion, he was brought to Saudi Arabia for treatment and died here. He was buried in al-Baqee’ [graveyard – in Madeenah] along with the Sahaabah.
Two dark lines
There were two dark lines on the face of ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab, due to weeping.
Protecting his photographic memory
Shaykh Ihsaan Ilaahee Zaheer informed me about our Shaykh, Muhammad al-Gondalwi that he would not read the newspapers or magazines – so as not to [inadvertantly] memorise them! That is because if he were to read anything, he was [instantly] able to memorise it.
I do not know
By Allaah, I do not know; ask the cupping practitioners.
Divide the night into thirds
Abu Bakr al-Anbaaree said that al-Imaam, al-Haafith Abu ‘Ubayd would divide the night into thirds; so he would pray a third of it, and sleep a third of it, and author books [during] a third of it.