Shaykh Bin Baaz [may Allah have mercy upon him]

Posted Jan 15, 2010 by Aboo Thaabit with 3 Comments

Something you will notice about this Shaykh is that almost all types of people loved him [rahimahullah] even people from different sects.

He was once asked what was the reason that people loved him so much, despite the differences they had among each other, he replied:

I do not know of anything, except that since I realised the truth whilst I still was a youth, calling towards Allah and having patience upon the hardships I had to face, I never tried to make anyone love me, nor did I ever beautify my speech towards anyone.

I spoke the truth by the Grace of Allah and had patience upon the hardships that afflicted me, if [my speech] was accepted then alhamdulilah and if not alhamdulilah.

This was my path that I treaded, both in my speech and in my writing, whomsoever wanted to accept it accepted it and whomsoever wanted to turn away from it turned away from it…

So I do not know any other reason then that, I used to speak the truth with the help of Allah as much as I could and I used to spread it both in speech and through action, and if I was ever targeted I never retaliated with harm or harshness rather I made du’a that Allah give them tawfeeq and guidance.

This was my way with both the royals and the common people.

[Usuul ash-Shaykh 'Abdil 'Azeez bin Baaz fee ar-Rad 'ala al-Mukhaalifeen p. 123]