He was Abu ‘Abdul-Lateef Hammaad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Hinnah ibn Mukhtaar ibn Muhammad al-Basheer, from the lineage of Qays ibn Sa’d ibn ‘Ubaadah al-Khazrajee al-Ansaaree, who was born in 1343 A.H. (1924 C.E.) in a town called Taad Makkah in Mali, West Africa. The name Taad Makkah means “this is Makkah” since it […]
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Informing the people of his arrival
So that the people are not denied the opportunity to ask questions and seek fatwa.
Golden words
Know that both illness and good health do not come before or after their [decreed] time.
The taxi driver
Just then it dawned upon the taxi driver that the passenger sitting next to him was indeed the Shaykh, Ibn ‘Uthaymeen; and what a fine mess he had got himself into now!
Muhammad al-Ameen al-Mukhtaar al-Jaknee
He was born in 1325 A.H. / 1897 C.E. He memorised the Qur.aan when he was 10 years old with his uncle, ‘Abdullaah Ibn Muhammad al-Mukhtaar Ibn Ibraaheem Ibn Ahmad Nooh al-Jaknee. He studied tajweed and the art of writing the ‘Uthmaanee mushaf with his cousin, Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Muhammad al-Mukhtaar. He studied the […]
Enjoining the good and forbidding the evil
May Allaah beautify you with that which he has beautified the man.
Importance of teaching
Last year (1420 AH), there occurred a memorable incident during the month of Ramadhaan, whilst Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen was giving his daily lessons in al-Masjid al-Haraam, Makkah
The Shaykh’s humour
[At this] the Shaykh smiled and [then] laughed, and we all laughed together.
Muhammad Naasiruddeen al-Albaanee
He was born in the city of Ashkodera, then the capital of Albania in the year 1332 A.H./1914 C.E. into a poor family. His father al-Haaj Nooh Najjaatee al-Albaanee had completed Sharee’ah studies in Istanbul and returned a scholar to Albania. After Albania was taken over by atheism the family made Hijrah to Damascus. In […]
Real scholars
These are the attributes of the real scholars and the importance they attach to the affairs of the ummah, both with their knowledge and actions.