There was none more knowledgeable of the Sunnah in Iraq than Ibn 'Own.
Tag: ilm
Doing more good than harm
We pursued this affair [of seeking knowledge] and [when] we looked [around us], we did not find anyone doing an action without knowledge, except that [as a result] he would do more good than harm.
Scholars are of three types
Scholars are [of] three [types]: 1) A man who lived [his life] with his knowledge, and the people [around him] lived with him [and benefited from his knowledge]; and 2) A man who lived [his life]...
Persevering during extreme poverty
Shaykh al-Albaanee's early poverty never stopped his pursuit of knowledge, borrowing and studying books wherever he could find them.
He is certainly mad
Indeed, he who issues a ruling on everything a ruling is sought for, [then he] is certainly mad.
He was always praying
Never did we visit Abu ash-Shaykh [al-Asbahaanee], except that he was in prayer.
Life skills
When a pipe burst during his lesson, Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen personally fetched tools from home to help fix it.
Respect for his students
Finding the students' charity box empty, Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen quietly provided the money himself.
The excellence of the scholar
...and like this it is incumbent upon the student to recognise the excellence of the jurist (scholar), and acknowledge the knowledge he (the scholar) possesses is that which he (the student) has...
Good manners and knowledge
...it is with good manners that knowledge is understood.