There is no aid other than [from] Allaah, and no guide other than the Messenger of Allaah, and no provision other than taqwa, and no act [to be undertaken] other than [to remain] patient upon it.
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Obedience to Allaah
“O people! Being patient upon obedience to Allaah is easier than being patient at the punishment of Allaah.
Made istikhaarah for three years
Abu Ja’far at-Tabaree said: I made istikhaarah to Allaah for three years and asked him for assistance for that which I had made the intention to compile the tafseer before I began, and so he assisted me.
His love of reading
Once, the Shaykh ascended the [library] steps at al-Maktabah az-Zaahiriyyah (Damascus) to get a manuscript.