Visit our YouTube channel for more Shaykh Saalih Aal ash-Shaykh said: Take for example the Imaam (rahima-hullaah) would [take to account and] punish those who smoked [tobacco] – [this was at the time] when [smoking] first appeared [in the Arabian Peninsula] – about 250 years ago – there were those who smoked; So he would reprimand […]
So those who have [sound] knowledge of the religion of Allaah do not pay any attention to fitnah – even if the people created a drama [over it].
Then this Shaykh asked us: ‘Did you see the Messenger ﷺ?
Many people are overcome with protective jealousy (الغَيْرَة) to start with disciplining before teaching!
If you see a man arguing, then [know that] he loves leadership.
Suhnoon was asked whether it is possible for a scholar to say ‘I do not know’ in response to a matter he knows about?
[To say] ‘I do not know’ is half of [all] knowledge.
It is befitting for the scholar to bequeath his companions the term ‘I do not know’, so it becomes a principle to which they seek refuge [from the danger of speaking without knowledge].
I have never seen a scholar say “I do not know” more than Taawoos [ibn Keesaan].
[To say] “I do not know” is half of [all] knowledge.
