His Lineage:
He was ash-Shaykh, al-‘Allaamah, al-Muhaddith / Muqbil bin Haadee bin Qaayidah al-Hamdaanee al-Waadi’ee al-Khulaanee from the tribe of Aali Raashid.
The Beginning of His Seeking Knowledge: The Shaykh (may Allah Most High have mercy upon him) began to seek knowledge in al-Maktab (a school located in Sa’dah, Yemen) and studied for some time when his connection to seeking knowledge was cut short and this was only because he could not find anyone specific to keep him connected to seeking knowledge.
He (may Allah Most High have mercy upon him) said, “I studied in al-Maktab but then after that I wasted some portion of my life, as Allah had decreed, in other worldly things than seeking knowledge because there was no one there to encourage me or assist me in seeking knowledge."
His Journey to the Land of the Two Sanctuaries and Najd: Then the Shaykh traveled to the land of the two sanctuaries (Makkah & Madeenah) and to Najd. He stayed in Najd for a month and a half but the climate changed and it affected him there in ar-Riyaadh so he decided to travel to Makkah. He sought the advice of some of the preachers about which beneficial books to purchase in which they told him to get Saheeh-ul-Bukhaaree, Buloogh-ul-Maraam, Riyaadh-us-Saaliheen, and Fath-ul-Majeed. At that time he used to work as a guard over a building atop al-Hajoon which is a mountain in the highest part of Makkah. He occupied himself in reading these books when it struck him that, that which was practiced in his country (Yemen) opposed what was within these books especially (what he read in) Fath-ul-Majeed.
His Return to His Country: Then the Shaykh returned to his country and began to forbid the evil that he found amongst his people such as slaughtering to other than Allah, building domes over the graves, and calling upon the dead while seeking their assistance. Word of this reached the Shee’ah there and when their numbers began to dwindle one of them said, “Whoever changes his religion then kill him!” Another one sent a message to his relatives saying, “If you do not stop him (from preaching) we will throw him in prison”. So after the harassment, intimidation, and vicious threats that the Shee’ah had put him through they felt that Aboo ‘Abdir-Rahmaan had changed his religion and that if he did not recant from the creed of Tawheed (Islamic monotheism) then he was to be killed. To the Shee’ah and those like them, whoever called to Tawheed was one who had changed his religion and must repent; if he did not repent then he was to be killed. Thus after all of this they agreed upon a resolution that Aboo ‘Abdir-Rahmaan could not get away from. They decided to place him in the curriculum of Jaami’ –ul-Haadee to study there until they could remove the doubts that had clung to his mind, in their estimation, and this was a trial for Aboo ‘Abdir-Rahmaan, may Allah have mercy upon him, after having learned the correct creed and authentic methodology. He was thrown into the lion’s den of Shi’aism yet Aboo ‘Abdir-Rahmaan by the grace of Allah the Mighty and Majestic, then on account of his sound understanding of the Islamic creed, came to see that the books that they studied were books based upon the way of the Shee’ah and the Mu’tazilah. He turned instead towards learning the science of an-Nahw despite the fact that the People of Innovations and those like them were introducing a corrupt version of the Islamic creed into the Arabic language. However Allah the Glorified and Most High protected Aboo ‘Abdir-Rahmaan from their evil plot so he studied the text Qatr-un-Nadaa by Ibn Hishaam continuously until he fully understood it and grasped its contents due to his studies and revision of the text.
Next: The Shaykh returns to the land of the two sanctuaries (Makkah & Madeenah)
Source: Nubdhah Yaseerah min Hayaati Ahad A’alaam-il-Jazeerah
Translated by: Aboo ‘Imraan al-Mekseekee – may Allah guide him
He was ash-Shaykh, al-‘Allaamah, al-Muhaddith / Muqbil bin Haadee bin Qaayidah al-Hamdaanee al-Waadi’ee al-Khulaanee from the tribe of Aali Raashid.
The Beginning of His Seeking Knowledge: The Shaykh (may Allah Most High have mercy upon him) began to seek knowledge in al-Maktab (a school located in Sa’dah, Yemen) and studied for some time when his connection to seeking knowledge was cut short and this was only because he could not find anyone specific to keep him connected to seeking knowledge.
He (may Allah Most High have mercy upon him) said, “I studied in al-Maktab but then after that I wasted some portion of my life, as Allah had decreed, in other worldly things than seeking knowledge because there was no one there to encourage me or assist me in seeking knowledge."
His Journey to the Land of the Two Sanctuaries and Najd: Then the Shaykh traveled to the land of the two sanctuaries (Makkah & Madeenah) and to Najd. He stayed in Najd for a month and a half but the climate changed and it affected him there in ar-Riyaadh so he decided to travel to Makkah. He sought the advice of some of the preachers about which beneficial books to purchase in which they told him to get Saheeh-ul-Bukhaaree, Buloogh-ul-Maraam, Riyaadh-us-Saaliheen, and Fath-ul-Majeed. At that time he used to work as a guard over a building atop al-Hajoon which is a mountain in the highest part of Makkah. He occupied himself in reading these books when it struck him that, that which was practiced in his country (Yemen) opposed what was within these books especially (what he read in) Fath-ul-Majeed.
His Return to His Country: Then the Shaykh returned to his country and began to forbid the evil that he found amongst his people such as slaughtering to other than Allah, building domes over the graves, and calling upon the dead while seeking their assistance. Word of this reached the Shee’ah there and when their numbers began to dwindle one of them said, “Whoever changes his religion then kill him!” Another one sent a message to his relatives saying, “If you do not stop him (from preaching) we will throw him in prison”. So after the harassment, intimidation, and vicious threats that the Shee’ah had put him through they felt that Aboo ‘Abdir-Rahmaan had changed his religion and that if he did not recant from the creed of Tawheed (Islamic monotheism) then he was to be killed. To the Shee’ah and those like them, whoever called to Tawheed was one who had changed his religion and must repent; if he did not repent then he was to be killed. Thus after all of this they agreed upon a resolution that Aboo ‘Abdir-Rahmaan could not get away from. They decided to place him in the curriculum of Jaami’ –ul-Haadee to study there until they could remove the doubts that had clung to his mind, in their estimation, and this was a trial for Aboo ‘Abdir-Rahmaan, may Allah have mercy upon him, after having learned the correct creed and authentic methodology. He was thrown into the lion’s den of Shi’aism yet Aboo ‘Abdir-Rahmaan by the grace of Allah the Mighty and Majestic, then on account of his sound understanding of the Islamic creed, came to see that the books that they studied were books based upon the way of the Shee’ah and the Mu’tazilah. He turned instead towards learning the science of an-Nahw despite the fact that the People of Innovations and those like them were introducing a corrupt version of the Islamic creed into the Arabic language. However Allah the Glorified and Most High protected Aboo ‘Abdir-Rahmaan from their evil plot so he studied the text Qatr-un-Nadaa by Ibn Hishaam continuously until he fully understood it and grasped its contents due to his studies and revision of the text.
Next: The Shaykh returns to the land of the two sanctuaries (Makkah & Madeenah)
Source: Nubdhah Yaseerah min Hayaati Ahad A’alaam-il-Jazeerah
Translated by: Aboo ‘Imraan al-Mekseekee – may Allah guide him
