Do not acquire knowledge in order to compete with the scholars, nor to argue with the ignorant, nor to gain mastery over the gatherings. Since whoever does that, then: The Fire! The Fire!
Tag: wisdom
Not enough for my needs
A man unsatisfied with the charity he was given was gently reminded by Shaykh Ibn Baaz that barakah matters more than the amount.
Nothing more harmful to the branches of knowledge
There is nothing more harmful to the branches of knowledge and its people than those who enter themselves into it and they are not from its people.
A dedicated fanatic
I do not say this as a dedicated fanatic since he (al-Haafidth Abi 'Ali an-Neesaabooree رحمه الله) was my teacher, but I simply never saw anything comparable to him.
The patient Shaykh
For years Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen patiently taught circles of just one or two students — long before they grew into the hundreds.
Expiation of sins is by good actions
So the expiation [of sins] is by good actions.
Implementing the Sunnah in all his affairs
Mid-fatwa over the phone, Shaykh Ibn Baaz paused to respond to the adhaan before continuing to answer the caller's question.
The more a person increases in knowledge
There is no doubt, the more a person increases in knowledge, naturally he increases in learning and differentiating the truth from the falsehood, and the harmful from the beneficial, and like this he...
He reminded the Shaykh
Reminded after the khutbah that he had named the wrong verse, Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen corrected himself before the congregation had even left.
No comparison between one who has knowledge and one who does not
There is no comparison between one who has knowledge and one who does not, just as there is no comparison between the living and the dead, and one who hears and one who is deaf, and one who can see...