Remembering the early scholars of Islam, their love to learning, their dedication, their humblness and their quest for knowledge. ‘Ubayd bin Ya’īsh said: “I lived thirty years not eating with my hands – I mean at night my sister would feed me while I wrote” Dāwūd at-Tā’ī used to drink bread soup instead of eating bread. When that was mentioned to him he replied, “The difference between chewing bread and drinking bread soup is [enough time for] the reciting of 50 verses.” Ibn al-Kathīr said, “al-Bukhārī would wake up at night from his sleep, light the lantern, and then write a beneficial thought that crossed his mind. He would then put out the lantern, and then wake up again and again, until the number of times he did that would be close to twenty times.” Imam Al-Naawawi (the author of the Forty Nawaawyya, Fath al-Bari , Riad Al-Saliheen and Al-Majmoo’) would sharpen his pencil when he had guests, because he did not want to loose time from seeking knowledge. Guests had to find a place in the room to sit because it was filled with books! He would write 40 pages per day during his 45 yrs old span.
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