A Brief Description of the Praiseworthy Characteristics of Shaykh al-Islām Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb
The well-known historian, ʿUthmān b. Bishr, mentioned regarding Shaykh al-Islām Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb:
“He, may Allāh have mercy upon him, would copiously remember Allāh; rarely would his tongue ever cease from saying subḥānallāh, al-ḥamdulillāh, lā illāha illā Allāh, and Allāhu Akbar. When the people would be sitting awaiting his arrival, they would recognize his advent prior to seeing him due to his fervent remembrance of Allāh through tasbīḥ, taḥmīd, tahlīl, and takbīr.[1] His giving was the giving of one who trusted in Allāh as it relates to poverty, such that he would give the...