💭The Early Life of the Rasūl ﷺ
💭Knowing the Cause of Sins Is Part of Giving the Cure
💭Turning Boys into Men
💭Advice in seeking knowledge
💭Why Allaah Created Humanity
💭Allaah’s Justification that He Alone Deserves Worship
💭The Meaning and Benefit of the Hijab
💭The Most Beautiful Names Of Allaah
💭Allaah’s Proof of the Resurrection
💭Benefits from Surah Al-Falaq & Surah An-Naas
💭The Honor of Islam & the Hatred of the Disbelievers
💭Ahl Al-Qur'aan — Allaah's Chosen People
💭Protecting the private parts - Guarding one’s chastity
💭The End of the Journey - Death Upon Islam is Our Goal
💭The Reality of Seeking Knowledge
💭Q&A slough
#ShAbuRayhaanaUK@Links2Lessons
💭Knowing the Cause of Sins Is Part of Giving the Cure
💭Turning Boys into Men
💭Advice in seeking knowledge
💭Why Allaah Created Humanity
💭Allaah’s Justification that He Alone Deserves Worship
💭The Meaning and Benefit of the Hijab
💭The Most Beautiful Names Of Allaah
💭Allaah’s Proof of the Resurrection
💭Benefits from Surah Al-Falaq & Surah An-Naas
💭The Honor of Islam & the Hatred of the Disbelievers
💭Ahl Al-Qur'aan — Allaah's Chosen People
💭Protecting the private parts - Guarding one’s chastity
💭The End of the Journey - Death Upon Islam is Our Goal
💭The Reality of Seeking Knowledge
💭Q&A slough
#ShAbuRayhaanaUK@Links2Lessons
What is preventing you from seeking knowledge⁉️
A list of some scholars who had physical disabilities or impairments, yet these never prevented them from seeking knowledge. Some scholars even authored works documenting such individuals, including:
Ḍabṭ wa al-Tabyīn li-Dhawil-ʿĀhāt minal-Muḥaddithīn by Ibnul-Mibrad al-Ḥanbalī.
Al-Burṣān wal-ʿUrjān wal-ʿUmyān wal-Ḥawlān by al-Jāḥiẓ.
Among them were:
1. Al-Ḥasan ibn Qaḥṭabah – had leprosy.
2. The hadith scholar ʿAbdullāh ibn Dāwūd – had leprosy.
3. The hadith scholar ʿAbdul-Wārith ibn Saʿīd – had leprosy.
4. ʿAmr ibn ʿAmr ibn ʿAdas – had leprosy and chronic bad breath.
5. Masrūq ibnul-Ajdaʿ – was hunchbacked, had a paralyzed arm, and also suffered from hemiplegia.
6. The linguist Ibnul-Aʿrābī – was cross-eyed and lame.
7. Ar-Rāfiʿī – was deaf.
8. The jurist Muṭarrif, a student of Imam Mālik – was deaf.
9. Qālūn – was deaf.
10. Muḥammad ibn Sīrīn – was deaf.
11. The historian al-Jazarī – was deaf.
12. Abān ibn ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān – was deaf, had leprosy, was paralyzed, and was cross-eyed.
13. Thaʿlab, the imam of Arabic grammar and language – suffered from severe deafness.
14. ʿUbaydah as-Salmānī – was deaf and one-eyed.
15. Saʿīd ibn Abī ʿArūbah – was lame.
16. Salamah ibn Dīnār – was lame.
17. ʿAlqamah ibn Qays, the companion of Ibn Masʿūd – was lame.
18. Abul-Aswad ad-Duʾalī – was lame, paralyzed, and had chronic bad breath.
19. Shaykh ʿAbdur-Raḥmān al-Barrāk – is blind.
20. The Former Grand Mufti ʿAbdul-ʿAzīz Ālush-Shaykh – is blind.
21. His teacher, Imam Ibn Bāz – was blind.
22. His teacher, Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm – was blind.
23. The linguist Ibn Sīdah – was blind.
24. Abul-Qāsim ash-Shāṭibī – was blind.
25. Imam At-Tirmidhī – was blind.
26. Qatādah as-Sadūsī – was blind.
27. The Tābiʿī Ribʿī ibn Ḥirāsh – was one-eyed.
28. Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah – was one-eyed.
29. The grammarian Abul-Fatḥ Ibn Jinnī – was one-eyed.
30. ʿAṭāʾ ibn Abī Rabāḥ – was one-eyed, lame, and later became blind.
31. Ibnul-Athīr, the author of Jāmiʿul-Uṣūl – suffered from quadriplegia.
32. Abū Qilābah – had leprosy.
33. Az-Zamakhsharī – had an amputated leg.
34. Qiwāmus-Sunnah – suffered from paralysis.
35. Ibrāhīm al-Ḥarbī – was one-eyed and suffered from chronic headaches.
📚Source: Al-Mutaladhdhidhūn bil-ʿIlm, 1/273–277.
[tr. Abū 'Abdillāh 'Abdullateef bn Hussein]
These scholars are a powerful reminder that physical limitations are not barriers to seeking beneficial knowledge. With sincerity, determination, and reliance upon Allah, they became beacons of guidance whose legacy continues to benefit the Ummah centuries later.
✍️ t.me/tullabilm26
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Even today, we have the eloquent writer and esteemed Shaykh Faysal al-Hashidi, who is deaf and mute, yet Allaah has honoured him with an extraordinary talent for authoring beneficial books.
This serves as a reminder that true honour and excellence are gifts bestowed by Allaah upon whom He wills.
✍️ t.me/Links2Lessons
A list of some scholars who had physical disabilities or impairments, yet these never prevented them from seeking knowledge. Some scholars even authored works documenting such individuals, including:
Ḍabṭ wa al-Tabyīn li-Dhawil-ʿĀhāt minal-Muḥaddithīn by Ibnul-Mibrad al-Ḥanbalī.
Al-Burṣān wal-ʿUrjān wal-ʿUmyān wal-Ḥawlān by al-Jāḥiẓ.
Among them were:
1. Al-Ḥasan ibn Qaḥṭabah – had leprosy.
2. The hadith scholar ʿAbdullāh ibn Dāwūd – had leprosy.
3. The hadith scholar ʿAbdul-Wārith ibn Saʿīd – had leprosy.
4. ʿAmr ibn ʿAmr ibn ʿAdas – had leprosy and chronic bad breath.
5. Masrūq ibnul-Ajdaʿ – was hunchbacked, had a paralyzed arm, and also suffered from hemiplegia.
6. The linguist Ibnul-Aʿrābī – was cross-eyed and lame.
7. Ar-Rāfiʿī – was deaf.
8. The jurist Muṭarrif, a student of Imam Mālik – was deaf.
9. Qālūn – was deaf.
10. Muḥammad ibn Sīrīn – was deaf.
11. The historian al-Jazarī – was deaf.
12. Abān ibn ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān – was deaf, had leprosy, was paralyzed, and was cross-eyed.
13. Thaʿlab, the imam of Arabic grammar and language – suffered from severe deafness.
14. ʿUbaydah as-Salmānī – was deaf and one-eyed.
15. Saʿīd ibn Abī ʿArūbah – was lame.
16. Salamah ibn Dīnār – was lame.
17. ʿAlqamah ibn Qays, the companion of Ibn Masʿūd – was lame.
18. Abul-Aswad ad-Duʾalī – was lame, paralyzed, and had chronic bad breath.
19. Shaykh ʿAbdur-Raḥmān al-Barrāk – is blind.
20. The Former Grand Mufti ʿAbdul-ʿAzīz Ālush-Shaykh – is blind.
21. His teacher, Imam Ibn Bāz – was blind.
22. His teacher, Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm – was blind.
23. The linguist Ibn Sīdah – was blind.
24. Abul-Qāsim ash-Shāṭibī – was blind.
25. Imam At-Tirmidhī – was blind.
26. Qatādah as-Sadūsī – was blind.
27. The Tābiʿī Ribʿī ibn Ḥirāsh – was one-eyed.
28. Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah – was one-eyed.
29. The grammarian Abul-Fatḥ Ibn Jinnī – was one-eyed.
30. ʿAṭāʾ ibn Abī Rabāḥ – was one-eyed, lame, and later became blind.
31. Ibnul-Athīr, the author of Jāmiʿul-Uṣūl – suffered from quadriplegia.
32. Abū Qilābah – had leprosy.
33. Az-Zamakhsharī – had an amputated leg.
34. Qiwāmus-Sunnah – suffered from paralysis.
35. Ibrāhīm al-Ḥarbī – was one-eyed and suffered from chronic headaches.
📚Source: Al-Mutaladhdhidhūn bil-ʿIlm, 1/273–277.
[tr. Abū 'Abdillāh 'Abdullateef bn Hussein]
These scholars are a powerful reminder that physical limitations are not barriers to seeking beneficial knowledge. With sincerity, determination, and reliance upon Allah, they became beacons of guidance whose legacy continues to benefit the Ummah centuries later.
✍️ t.me/tullabilm26
_
Even today, we have the eloquent writer and esteemed Shaykh Faysal al-Hashidi, who is deaf and mute, yet Allaah has honoured him with an extraordinary talent for authoring beneficial books.
This serves as a reminder that true honour and excellence are gifts bestowed by Allaah upon whom He wills.
✍️ t.me/Links2Lessons