If Khaleel ibn Ahmad al-Furaahaydee benefited someone with something, [out of humility] he would not let it be known that he benefited him, [however] if he himself benefited from someone in any way...
Tag: wisdom
The wisdom of fasting three days every month
What is the wisdom behind fasting the [three full moon] white days [namely the 13th, 14th and 15th of every hijri month], and why has Allaah specified these [particular days]?
No desire for the world
Handed the keys to a gifted luxury car, Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen simply carried on teaching, absent-mindedly flipping them in his hand.
He did not make a single mistake
One of the teachers at the Jam'iyyah Tahfeeth al-Qur.aan al-Kareem in Madeenah recited from the beginning of Soorah al-Baqarah to the end of Soorah al-'Israa; [he did so] from memory, without...
Standing in prayer or sitting in remembrance
I never came across Ibraaheem ibn Hammaad except that I found him [either] standing in prayer or sitting in [the] remembrance [of Allaah].
Never turning away a seeker of charity
I came across communities who would encourage their families never to turn away [empty handed] a seeker [of charity].
The remembrance of Allaah is of two types
The remembrance of Allaah is [of] two [types]: i) The remembrance with the tongue, and that is good and beautiful; - and
It is now my responsibility
What is the matter with you (what makes you cry)?
My father would never miss fasting
My father would never miss fasting [every] Monday and Thursday, and the three full moon days*. *13th, 14th and 15th days of every hijree calendar month.
So as not to fall asleep
In the Summer, Safwaan ibn Saleem would pray [the night prayer] inside his home, and during the Winter he would pray on the roof so as [to remain alert and] not to fall asleep [whilst praying].