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Shaykh Ibn Baaz's advice on safeguarding the trust placed in someone newly responsible for girls' education.

Asked why so many who differed with him still loved him, Shaykh Ibn Baaz could only credit it to Allaah's favour.

When some youth faced a costly fine after a car accident during 'Umrah, help arrived to ease their distress.

Shaykh Ibn Baaz's simple advice on keeping a set daily portion of Qur'aan recitation, however small.

To save time reaching the library each morning, Shaykh al-Albaanee took to riding a bicycle — an unusual sight for a turbaned Shaykh in Damascus.

A little girl would ask Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen for a riyal each time he entered the masjid, and he always obliged — for her and her sister.

Mid-recording, noise from next door turned out to be the Shaykh's own neighbours — and he chose not to trouble them over it.

Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen disliked attention and titles, asking to be introduced simply as an imaam and teacher, not as a senior scholar.

Each Jumu'ah, Shaykh al-Albaanee would pray two rak'ahs of naafilah repeatedly until the imaam ascended the pulpit.

Shaykh al-Albaanee was known to fast every Monday and Thursday throughout the year, without fail, unless travelling or unwell.