Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen Language: English | Format: PDF | Pages: 31 | Size: 1 MB
This is a translation of three chapters
from the book ‘Knowledge – A Definition, its Virtue and the Ruling
Concerning its Acquisition’ by one of the esteemed scholars of the
Sunnah in the contemporary era, namely Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih
al-‘Uthaymeen, may the mercy of Allaah be upon him.
The book contains much in the way of
advice to the seekers of knowledge and serves as an admonishment to the
sincere seeker, causing one to reflect about their search for the
divinely revealed knowledge.
Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen was born in the town of
‘Unayzah in Arabia on the 27th of Ramadaan 1347 AH. The Shaykh
memorised the whole Qur’aan as a young boy with his maternal grandfather
‘Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Sulaymaan Aali Daamigh (raheemahullaah) and then
furthered his search for knowledge by studying writing, arithmetic and
some other subjects.
The scholar ‘Abdur-Rahmaan as-Sa’adee
used to get two of his senior students, Ali as-Saalihee and Muhammad ibn
‘Abdul-‘Azeez al-Mutawwa’ (may the mercy of Allaah be upon them all) to
teach the younger students. Under whom, Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen studied an
abridgement to Aqeedat ul-Wasitiyyah and Minhaj us-Saalikeen fee’l-
Fiqh, as well as studying al-‘Ajroomiyyah and al-Alfiyyah in Arabic
grammar and morphology. He also studied the laws of inheritance and fiqh
under Shaykh ‘Abdur-Rahmaan ibn ‘Ali ibn ‘Awdaan. Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen
also studied under the noble Shaykh, ‘Abdul- ‘Azeez bin Baaz, to the
extent that he was regarded as his second teacher.
In 1371 AH, the Shaykh began to teach in
the congregational mosque and when the educational institutes opened in
Riyadh he signed up with them in 1372 AH and then graduated after two
years and became a teacher in educational institute (Ma’ahad ‘Ilmee) in
‘Unayzah. In the meantime, he continued his studies under as- Sa’adee
(raheemahullaah) and with the College of Sharee’ah. When Shaykh
Abdur-Rahmaan as-Sa’adee passed away (raheemahullaah), Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen
was appointed Imaam of the congregational mosque in ‘Unayzah and a
teacher within the central library of ‘Unayzah in addition to Shaykh
‘Uthaymeen’s other teaching responsibilities. He would later move on to
teaching in the faculties of Sharee’ah and Usool ud-Deen in the Qaseem
branch of Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University. Moreover, he became a
member of the Council of Senior Scholars in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen played a large and
active role in the field of Da’wah (calling) to Allaah and teaching the
Muslims from all levels of the society. For this reason, Shaykh
‘Uthaymeen is renowned for his beneficial lessons and sermons given in
‘Unayzah, Qaseem. He was thus known for his classes during the nights of
‘Itikaaf during Ramadaan every year. He was also known for his
compendium of religious rulings (fatawaa) issued to the masses of
Muslims from the east and west during Hajj or published within journals,
magazines, on the radio programme ‘Light Upon the Path’ (‘Noor ‘alaa
ad-Darb’). The Shaykh was particularly known for this and his wholesome
responses to the various questions that were posed to him day in day
out.
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