It is befitting for a man to encourage his child in [seeking] knowledge, for he is indeed responsible for him
Tag: knowledge
I narrated 50,000 hadeeth from memory
When Abu ‘Abdullaah ‘Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Ahmad al-Khuttootee (d. 335AH) arrived in al-Basrah (Iraq), he had no books with him. He remained in al-Basrah for some months until his books arrived.
al-Haafidh
Asked whether their own Shaykh had reached the rank of al-Haafidh, Shaykh al-Albaanee firmly redirected the question elsewhere.
The sign of the people perishing
I said to Sa’eed ibn Jubayr: What is the sign of the people perishing? He said: If their scholars pass away.
The result of the sins he used to do
Certainly, I consider a man who has forgotten knowledge which he used to possess to be the result of the sins he used to do.