A graduate from 1401AH (1981) visited me this evening, and we reminisced about that time.
Tag: scholars
For the first time in Saudi Arabia, women authorized to issue fatwas
Saudi women are now allowed to issue fatwas following a vote in the Shoura Council.
Humbling and belittling oneself
Yoosuf ibn al-Husayn was an imaam of his time. There was no-one from the scholars like him in terms of humbling and belittling himself.
Numerous teachers
The shuyookh of al-Qaadhee [‘Iyaadh] were approximately a hundred [in number].
Spending on the People of Knowledge
Ahmad ibn Mahdee was someone who [despite having] experienced [financial] loss and [an increase in] wealth, he spent 300,000 dirhams on the people of knowledge.
The two imaams of Khuraasaan
Abu Zur’ah and Abu Haatim are the two imaams of Khuraasaan.
I have not seen a better prayer
From amongst the group of our scholars, I have not seen a better prayer than that of Muhammad ibn Hamdoon.
Ask, but don’t mention names
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen refused to answer any question that spoke ill of another person by name.
Statements of the Scholars
Indeed the statements of the scholars need evidence to support them, they are not to be used as evidence within themselves.
Essential attributes of the Scholar
The scholar is not he who [just] knows about the good and the bad, rather, the scholar is he who knows about the good and adheres to it, [just as he] knows of the bad and refrains from it.