…and smart study of a topic for an hour is more beneficial than to read and memorise for hours, rather days.
Category: Scholars
Take the best from every thing
Knowledge is more than what can be enumerated, so take the best from every thing.
Humbling and belittling oneself
Yoosuf ibn al-Husayn was an imaam of his time. There was no-one from the scholars like him in terms of humbling and belittling himself.
The perishers
The ignorant one is dead, and the forgetful one is asleep, and the sinner is intoxicated, and the one who insists [upon remaining so] will perish.
Out of respect for him
When Khaalid ibn Ma'daan would sit, no-one from amongst [those who had gathered] was able to mention [anything of] the dunyaa in his presence - out of respect for him.
5,000 or more in attendance, learning
And in the gatherings of Ahmad ibn Hanbal رحمه الله, there would be about 5,000 or more, with about 500 [of them] writing, while the rest would be learning good manners [from him].
The importance of Kitaab at-Tawheed
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.
Who taught you good manners?
Who taught you good manners?
He was capable of dictating it all from memory
Abu 'Ali as-Sadafee رحمه الله said [about Abu Bakr al-Hamawee رحمه الله]: He was pious, and an ascetic. As for [his knowledge of] fiqh, then it used to be said
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.