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Ten interesting things pertaining to knowledge that you might not have known.

1. The forty hadiths of Imaam Nawawi aren’t actually forty, they are forty-two.

2. Imaam Bukhaaree lost his eyes sight as a youngster but due to his mothers dua Allah gave it back to him and it became even stronger than before.

3. Iblees, may Allahs curse be upon him, was amongst the biggest worshippers of Allah before his (Iblees) downfall.

4. When a person repents to Allah, than Allah does not just forgive your sins, rather He changes your sins into good deeds.

5. It is said that Shaykh-ul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah never actually climbed up on a mimbar and gave a khutbah.

6. Imaam Ahmad bin Hanbal married at the age of 40.

7. Fudayl bin ’Iyyad used to be a thief (then he became a great scholar)

8. Only one person dared to raise their voice above ‘Umars, his wife.

9. Alfiyaat ibn Maalik in arabic grammar was originally about three thousand couplets, then ibn Maalik shortened it down to one thousand so it would be easier for children to memorize it.

10. Contrary to popular belief Aboo Hurayrah did not get his name because he carried around a small kitten in his sleeves, he got the name because as a youth he one day went out to look after the sheep and he got so preoccupied playing with a little kitten that he did not see that some of the sheep were being attacked, so his mother called him Aboo Hurayrah.

If you already knew these things, praise Allah who taught you.

The story of Muusa and Khidr shows the importance of seeking knowledge and even the etiquttes that should be present in the student. A very beautiful point that might not be clear to many of us is the following I read in the book Taqyeed al-’Ilm by Imaam al-Khateeb al-Baghdaadee

On the authority of Sa’eed bin Jubayr that Ibn ‘Abbas said concering the verse:
وَكَانَ تَحْتَهُ كَنزٌ لَّهُمَا

And underneath it [ie the wall] was a treasure belonging to them [the orphans]

[This treasure] was neither gold nor silver, rather it was scrolls of knowledge.

Al-Hasan ibn Saalih said:

And what treasure could be better then knowledge!

On the authority of al Haarith ibn Nawfal:

“Allaah created three things with His Hand:

1. He created Adam with His Hand


2. He wrote the Tawraah with His Hand and


3. He planted Firdaus with His Hand.”




[Collected by ad Daylami, It was also collected by ad Darqutni in ‘As Sifaat’ P. 26 #28 and Abu Ash Shaikh in ‘Al ‘Udhmah’: 5/1555]



In another Hadeeth narrated by ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr:

“Indeed Allah – the Mighty and Majestic – created three things with His Hand; He created Adam with His Hand, He wrote the Torah with His Hand and He planted Firdaws with His Hand.” [Collected by ad Darqutni in ‘As Sifaat’ P.45 and al Bayhaqi in ‘Al Asma was Sifat’: P. 403 on the authority of al Harith ibn Nawfal.]

It was authentically reported that ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar said:

“Allaah created four things with His Hand;

1. The Throne


2. The Pen


3. Aadam and


4. The paradise of ‘Adn.

He then said to the rest of the creation ‘Kun’ [Be] and it was.”



Adh Dhahabi stated in ‘Al ‘Uluw’: ‘It’s chain is good.’

Al Albaani stated in ‘Mukhtasar al ‘Uluw’ P.105: ‘The chain is authentic according to the conditions of Muslim.’

On the authority of ‘Abdullaah ibn al Haarith who said; the Messenger of Allaah – صلى الله عليه و سلم – said:

“Allah created three things with His Hand; He created Adam with His Hand, He wrote the Torah with His Hand and He planted Firdaws with His Hand. He then said; “By my Glory, neither a drunkard nor a ‘Dayyooth’ will live in it”The companions asked: ‘O Messenger of Allah, we know the drunkard, but who is the Dayyooth?’

He responded: “One who consents to evil in his family.”[1]
[Collected by al Khira-ity in Masaawi al Akhlaaq: P.62, #426]



On the authority of ibn ‘Umar – may Allah be pleased with him:

“Allah created four things with his hands: The throne, the paradise of ‘Adn, Adam and the PenHe veiled the creation from Himself with four:

Fire, then darkness, then light, then darkness.”



Al Haakim stated: ‘The chain is authentic according to the conditions of both Bukhari and Muslim but they did not collect them [in their Saheehs].’

[Mukhtasar al ‘Uluw by al Albaani]

Ibnul Qayyim stated:

It has been authentically reported by both al Bukhari and Muslim in their Saheehs, that the Prophet – صلى الله عليه و سلم – said in the Hadeeth of the intercession: it will be said to Musa: ‘…You are Musa that Allah has specified with His [direct] Speech [to you] and wrote the Tablets for you with His Hand…’

[Bayaan Talbees al Jahmiyyah 1/153]

Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said:

The people of knowledge stated that Allah did not create anything with His Hand except Adam, the Paradise of ‘Adn – for indeed he created it with His Hand, and He wrote the Torah with His Hand. These are three things that were by the Hand of Allaah – the Mighty and Majestic, as for [those of mankind] other than Adam , they were created by the word ‘Kun’ (be).

[Tafseer Surat al Kahf: P.89]


There are Ahadeeth collected by Bukhari and Muslim that affirm that Allah created Adam with His Hand, He wrote the Torah with His Hand and that He planted ‘Adn with His Hand in separate narrations, they can be translated if needed but the authentic narrations in this article should be sufficient.

[1] It also means one who does not have any jealousy for his family and therefore allows evil to take place.

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