Humility and the dislike for being in the limelight

JEWELS OF GUIDANCE
Muhammad Naasiruddeen al-Albaanee( r)\

Humility and the dislike for being in the limelight

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Concerning the Imaam of Hadeeth, the Shaykh – Muhammad Naasiruddeen al-Albaanee (rahima-hullaah) Abu Laylaa al-Atharee narrated:

In 1405 AH, during a journey to Saudi Arabia, we were travelling in the same car as the Shaykh and his wife, Umm al-Fadhl. When we arrived in Makkah, we were guests of a friend of the Shaykh, (popularly) known as Abu ‘Arab.

Whilst there, a discourse occurred between the Shaykh and one of the followers of ‘Alawee al-Maalikee, regarding (celebrating) the birthday of the Prophet (sal-Allaahu ‘alayhe wa sallam).

After they finished their exchange, Abu ‘Arab invited the Shaykh to visit Bangladesh for a period of three days; in order to give da’wah of tawheed to the brothers from Ahlul-Hadeeth, whose number reached into millions.

However, the Shaykh excused himself by saying: “I cannot.”

The invitation was then put to him a second time, whereupon he replied: “I cannot.”
The invitation was put to him a third time, only this time he was requested to go to Bangladesh for just one day, whereupon the Shaykh replied: “I cannot.”

When we returned to the sleeping quarters, we wanted to take a little nap. So we removed a table which was in the centre of the room and I then brought a pillow for us; the Shaykh laid his head at one end whilst I laid my head at the other end, in the opposite direction. It was then that I put a question to the Shaykh which had been burning up inside me. I said: “O Shaykh! Why did you refuse to go (to Bangladesh)?” He replied:

“Indeed I feared for myself the fitnah!”

al-Imaam al-Mujaddid al-’Allaamah al-Muhaddith Muhammad Naasiruddeen al-Albaanee – Page 59

The Algerian Muslimah seeing Shaykh al Albani and someone Special in a dream…

A sister from Algeria calls the Shaykh about a dream…

Concerning the Imaam of Hadeeth, the Shaykh – Muhammad Naasiruddeen al-Albaanee (rahimahullaah), it has been narrated:

Once a sister from Algeria called the Shaykh and said: “O Shaykh! I have news!”

The Shaykh said: “I hope Allaah has blessed you with good news”.

She said: “One of the sisters had a dream, and I shall narrate it to you”.

The Shaykh said: “I hope she saw (something) good”.

She said: “O Shaykh! is this confirmed, that someone comes and narrates a dream to you and you say: “I hope you saw (something) good and (hopefully) it is good”? Is this confirmed from the Sunnah?”.

The Shaykh said: “No. This is not confirmed, however, there is no harm in using this (term) sometimes”.

She said: “This sister saw herself on a balcony which overlooked a path. And upon this path she saw the Messenger (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) by his (known) description. Then she saw me standing infront of the Messenger (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) and saw the Messenger (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) smiling at me, and I was smiling at him.

Then I called her, and said to her: “Come down. Come down with us.”

So when she came down she asked me: “Who are you looking at?”

So I said: “Look at the one who looked at me”, and she saw the Messenger (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam), then the Messenger (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) smiled, and proceeded along the path.

We then walked together along the (same) path (the sister and I) and whilst we were walking we saw a Shaykh upon the (same) path, so we extended our greetings to him, we said: “as-Salaamu ‘alaykum”.

So he replied to us: “wa ‘alaykum as-Salaam wa Rahmatullaahe wa Barakaatuhu.”

Then this Shaykh asked us: “Did you see the Messenger (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam)?”

We said: “Yes, we saw him.”

So this sister asked me: “Who is this Shaykh?”

So I said to her: “This is Shaykh al-Albaanee.”.” (end of dream)

The sister who had called the Shaykh, then said: “I ask Allaah to make this good news for you O Shaykh, and I wished to inform you O Shaykh, so hopefully it is good news, inshaa.-Allaah, that you are upon the way of the Sunnah, inshaa.-Allaah Ta’aala. So what do you say O Shaykh?”

Here, the Shaykh did not say a thing, rather, tears began pouring down (his face) and he cried profusely. He then asked those of the brothers who were in his gathering to leave.

Muhaddith al-’Asr Muhammad Naasiruddeen al-Albaanee – Page 40

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>The Algerian Muslimah seeing Shaykh al Albani and someone Special in a dream…

>A sister from Algeria calls the Shaykh about a dream…

Concerning the Imaam of Hadeeth, the Shaykh – Muhammad Naasiruddeen al-Albaanee (rahimahullaah), it has been narrated:

Once a sister from Algeria called the Shaykh and said: “O Shaykh! I have news!”

The Shaykh said: “I hope Allaah has blessed you with good news”.

She said: “One of the sisters had a dream, and I shall narrate it to you”.

The Shaykh said: “I hope she saw (something) good”.

She said: “O Shaykh! is this confirmed, that someone comes and narrates a dream to you and you say: “I hope you saw (something) good and (hopefully) it is good”? Is this confirmed from the Sunnah?”.

The Shaykh said: “No. This is not confirmed, however, there is no harm in using this (term) sometimes”.

She said: “This sister saw herself on a balcony which overlooked a path. And upon this path she saw the Messenger (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) by his (known) description. Then she saw me standing infront of the Messenger (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) and saw the Messenger (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) smiling at me, and I was smiling at him.

Then I called her, and said to her: “Come down. Come down with us.”

So when she came down she asked me: “Who are you looking at?”

So I said: “Look at the one who looked at me”, and she saw the Messenger (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam), then the Messenger (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) smiled, and proceeded along the path.

We then walked together along the (same) path (the sister and I) and whilst we were walking we saw a Shaykh upon the (same) path, so we extended our greetings to him, we said: “as-Salaamu ‘alaykum”.

So he replied to us: “wa ‘alaykum as-Salaam wa Rahmatullaahe wa Barakaatuhu.”

Then this Shaykh asked us: “Did you see the Messenger (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam)?”

We said: “Yes, we saw him.”

So this sister asked me: “Who is this Shaykh?”

So I said to her: “This is Shaykh al-Albaanee.”.” (end of dream)

The sister who had called the Shaykh, then said: “I ask Allaah to make this good news for you O Shaykh, and I wished to inform you O Shaykh, so hopefully it is good news, inshaa.-Allaah, that you are upon the way of the Sunnah, inshaa.-Allaah Ta’aala. So what do you say O Shaykh?”

Here, the Shaykh did not say a thing, rather, tears began pouring down (his face) and he cried profusely. He then asked those of the brothers who were in his gathering to leave.

Muhaddith al-’Asr Muhammad Naasiruddeen al-Albaanee – Page 40

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http://www.islamicboard.com/arabic/39335-laugh-shiekh-al-albani-shiekh-ibn-uthaimeen-2.html