Self-sufficient

Reference: Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, al-Imaam az-Zaahid p163

One of the Shaykh’s students narrates:

Once, in Makkah, I visited Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen in his lodgings, during the days of Hajj, and I found him with a needle in his hand, sewing his thobe[1].

Footnote:
[1] Traditional full-length shirt-type garment.


Translation originally published on 10 July, 2001.

Graduate of the Islaamic University of Madeenah, having completed the Arabic Language programme at the Institute of Arabic Language before progressing to the Faculty of Sharee'ah, from which he graduated in 2004.

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