Shaykh Hammaad al-Ansaaree defines the term “jaahiliyyah” as the period before the Prophethood of Muhammad ﷺ.
Tag: anecdote
“The is so-and-so who said such-and-such about you”
Rather than let his students speak ill of a guest who had criticised him, Shaykh Ibn Baaz silenced them and honoured him regardless.
The authenticity of a hadeeth
Shaykh al-Albaanee explains why calling a hadeeth's narrators trustworthy is not the same as declaring its chain of narration authentic.
Do you know who the Shaykh is?
Unrecognised and cursed by a youth he had gently corrected, Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen responded only with love and an invitation to talk.
The innovator
Shaykh Hammaad al-Ansaaree defines when someone who has fallen into an innovation is rightly called an innovator.
The science of hadeeth
Shaykh Hammaad al-Ansaaree, in just a few words, on the true difficulty of the science of hadeeth.
Got out and pushed the car himself
When the car of a friend broke down mid-journey, Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen got out and pushed it himself.
Democracy
Shaykh Hammaad al-Ansaaree on what the term “democracy” actually means.
University property
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen made sure to empty his pen of University ink before leaving, mindful it belonged to the library, not to him.
The humble Shaykh
A pilgrim who had long prayed to meet Shaykh Ibn Baaz finally found him — humble and unassuming as ever.