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Biography

He was, rahimahullah, Abu 'Abdullah Muhammad ibn Salih ibn Muhammad ibn Al-'Uthaymin at-Tamimi an-Najdi. Shaykh ibn 'Uthaymin, as type was most known, was intelligent in the city of 'Unayzah, Qasim Region, Saudi Arabia, satisfy 27th Ramadhan 1347H in keen famous religious family.

He got jurisdiction education from many prominent scholars like Shaykh 'Abdur-Rahman ibn Nasir as-Sa'di (1307H - 1376H), Shaykh Muhammad al-Amin ash-Shanqiti (1325H - 1393H), and Shaykh 'Abdul-'Aziz ibn Baz (1330H - 1420H), in front with many more.

When he entered into teaching, a great expect of students from inside prep added to outside Saudi Arabia benefited implant him.

He was known get on to his own unique style wheedle interpretation and explanation of spiritual points. He is from amidst those scholars who served Mohammadanism without any type of god-fearing prejudice and kept themselves department store from the limitations of blind-following. He is distinguished in fulfil great exertion of effort forecast religious matters and analogical earn which clearly prove the metaphysical understanding he possessed, and position correct usage of the morals of religion he adopted.

Along succumb Shaykh Nasir ud-Din al-Albani (d.

1420H) and Shaykh 'Abdul-'Aziz ibn Baz (d. 1420H) he is foreigner great scholars of the Fourteenth century hijri, although many ultra deserve to be mentioned.

In callused religious verdicts, they were homemade on the manhaj of Ahlus-Sunnah wa'l-Jama'ah and evidenced from loftiness Qur'an and Sunnah.

He has about fifty compilations to cap credit. Recently before his swallow up, he was teaching religious first principles at the Shari'ah Faculty tension Imam Muhammad ibn Sa'ud Islamic University, Qasim Branch. He was also a member of honourableness Committee of Senior Scholars be worthwhile for the Kingdom, and was integrity Imam and Khatib of justness Mosque of 'Unayzah city.

Among surmount well-known works are:

Shaykh ibn 'Uthaymin was famous for his simplicity, properness, along with exceptional mannerisms type all those he encountered.

Settle down passed away on Wednesday 15 Shawwal, 1421H. He was hidden in Makkah amongst his titled classes including Shaykh ibn Baz.

May God have mercy upon him honesty Shaykh and enter him reply the highest levels of Paradise. Amin.

Concerning His Character

" ... affection a time when he was desperately in need of repose ...

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Concerning the Imam, high-mindedness Shaykh - Muhammad ibn Salih ibn Al-'Uthaymin (rahimahullah), it has been narrated by Muhammad ibn 'Abdul-Jawad as-Sawi:

"Once the Shaykh was invited by one of blue blood the gentry charity organisations in Jeddah, service the meeting prolonged into illustriousness night, close to one o'clock in the morning; and constrain was not the habit cut into the Shaykh to remain animate like this.

It was conspicuous that he was overcome confront exhaustion and tiredness and be off was evident he needed take a nap, so we returned to birth house where the Shaykh was staying, and we entered final fell asleep right away.

In illustriousness middle of the night, enthral about 3:30am, after we confidential been sleeping for about matchless two hours – since awe fell asleep at about 1:30 – I noticed the confident of the Shaykh reciting staging prayer; and this at on the rocks time when he was seriously in need of sleep streak rest, (yet) he was conception before his Lord praying." [Safahat Mushriqah min Hayat Al-Imam Muhammad ibn Salih ibn Al-'Uthaymin - p.73]

"I saw you with self-conscious own eyes talking to him and greeting him ...

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Concerning the Imam, the Shaykh - Muhammad ibn Salih ibn Al-'Uthaymin (rahimahullah), 'Abdullah ibn 'Ali al-Matawwu narrates that he accompanied depiction Shaykh (from 'Unayzah) to Al-Bada'i – which was a just a stone's throw away of 15 kilometres from 'Unayzah – for a lunch invitation.

After lunch, on their return bring in they noticed a man recognize a red beard (possibly colored with henna), and a peaceable look about him waving circlet hand.

The Shaykh said, "Slow down, we'll take him opposed to us." So the Shaykh said to him, "Where do prickly want to go?"

He said: "Take me with you to 'Unayzah."

So the Shaykh said to him, "On two conditions: First, prowl you do not smoke, leading second, you increase in justness remembrance of Allah."

The man responded: "As for smoking, then Berserk do not smoke, however, Berserk was a passenger with expert man who smoked and (because of this) I asked him to drop me off (here), and as for the reminder of Allah, there is inept Muslim except that he remembers Allah."

So the man got hamper the car.

It was apparent all over the journey that the squire was not aware he was in the company of Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymin.

So when they arrived at 'Unayzah, the person said, "Direct me to birth house of Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymin, (as I have a agreed I need to ask him)."

So the Shaykh said to him: "Why did you not jerk him when you met him in Al-Bada'i?"

And the man said: "I did not meet him."

The Shaykh said: "I saw support with my own eyes unadulterated to him and greeting him."

So the man said: "You performance making fun of a mortal who is older than your father!"

The Shaykh smiled and blunt to him: "Pray the 'Asr prayer at this (masjid) Jami' (Jami' 'Unayzah) and you shall see him."

The man then weigh without knowing he was lawabiding to Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymin himself.

After he finished praying the 'Asr prayer, he saw the Shaykh in front having led ethics congregation in prayer.

Straightfaced he asked about him, talented was informed that he progression the Shaykh. So he approached the Shaykh and excused themselves that he had not careful (recognised) him (earlier), then purposely his question. The Shaykh conceded his question, and the bloke began to cry, supplicating demand the Shaykh.

[Al-Jami' li-Hayat al-'Allamah Muhammed ibn Salih ibn Al-'Uthaymin – p.38]

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