Comments on: A Medinan Tale from Yaser Birjas

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Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:19:34 +0000

[...] Shaikh Yaser Birjas on his teacher, Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen [...]

By: HaadiMuslimah

HaadiMuslimah — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:49:13 +0000

Asalamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatulah

This is THE all time favortie moment in ALL of my classes, walahi it was so touching to see the video Sh. Qadhi left for Sh. Birjas and his reply after! The way Sh. Yaser Birjas talked about Sh. Ibn Uthaymeen and how Sh. Yaser Birjas said for us to never let an opportunity to seek knowledge and raise our eman slip by you has stuck to me!
Br. Ibrahim i would elaborate on what you asked about Sh. Ibn Utaymeens program but i have to apologize my notes are not doing me or you any justice. All i can understand from the scribles and unfinished notes is that his programs were so sophiscated that it made the students want to stay longer. Which is EXACTLY i how i and my of my fellow Haadians feel like when we have a class with Sh. Yaser Birjas and Sh. Yasir Qadhi for that matter.. WE DONT WANT TO LEAVE!

May Allah preserve Sh. Uthaymeens knowledge thru his students and make it a means of sadaqa jariya thru them and us inshAllah!

Wassalam

By: Ibrahim

Ibrahim — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:46:59 +0000

May Allah reward the person who transcribed this, but it’s somewhat confusing. Not sure who is being talked about sometimes. Did Shaykh Yasir adopted the manners of ash-Shanqeeti or ibn Uthaymeen or did ibn Uthaymeen used to stand and teach following ash-Shanqeeti? Also, I want somebody to clarify what was ibn Uthaymeen’s program? A session for 35 minutes, then 25, etc. Does Shaykh Yasir mean that between each prayer he would go through the whole cycle: 35 min. down to 10 min.?

What’s also striking is that Yasir Qadhi asked Yasir Birjas to tell people mostly about him. But, what he does is that he explains how he started to become interested in knowledge and then he mostly talks about ibn Uthaymeen and his virtues, while Yasir Birjas had the opportunity to be self serving. This is what is inspiring in this whole story. I kept thinking that at some point he will start talking again about himself but he didn’t.

Lastly, it is very interesting to know that people would try to learn from Shaykh ibn Uthaymeen while he was walking to the masjid. In secular studies, people are taught to study with concentration and when one is at ease and in comfortable/familiar surroundings, etc. But, I’ve heard many times how scholars from past and present would study with at any time whether they might be sitting on a camel or traveling or sick, etc.

By: AnonyMouse

AnonyMouse — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:45:55 +0000

SubhanAllah, I absolutely love hearing and reading stories about the scholars and students of knowledge, especially of the time when they themselves were studying and learning… it’s a huge emaan rush, and makes you wish that you could be in a similar position one day, insha’Allah!

By: ahmed usman

ahmed usman — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:17:18 +0000

salam, please how will one living in a remote and islamically backward country like nigeria be in a place and take the advantages of staying with a great sheiks? kindly advice me.thanks

By: Amad

Amad — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:03:52 +0000

Abu Musa: Scholars are like stars, when the ignorant and arrogant laymen try to throw dust at them, it will only fall down on them to cover their dark faces. I have stopped worrying about the marginal haters, let them be in their little cults.

By: Dawud Israel

Dawud Israel — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:55:57 +0000

Isn’t there something so reassuring and soothing in hearing these stories of the pious–especially one (rahimullah) so recent?
:)

Jazaka Allahu khayran !

By: Taqwa_Ash

Taqwa_Ash — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:54:11 +0000

Subhanllah…I’ve read Sh. Yaser Birjas bio several times but, it’s overwhelming to actually hear the story. I feel so fortunate to have been able to study with him due to Al Maghrib and Allah Subhana Watala of course.

Obviously we can’t follow him around like the brothers does but, I felt the same way studying with him as he described about Sh. Uthaymine rahimahullah.

May Allah be pleased with all our Ulema who takes the time to teach us our deen. Ameen

By: Abû Mûsâ Al-Ḥabashî

Abû Mûsâ Al-Ḥabashî — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:36:11 +0000

Just so it’s clear, I wasn’t at all trying to imply anything about what the Shaykh’s opinion was (raḥmatullâh ‘alayhi). It was purely a question because I don’t know.

By: Ahmad AlFarsi

Ahmad AlFarsi — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:22:55 +0000

I thought Sh. ibn al-Uthaymeen (rahimahullah) actually even allowed printed photos (on paper), with certain conditions (that they not be put up on a wall, etc. or something similar that could lead to idolatry)…