His Students

There were many students who acquired knowledge from him and were taught by him, including the author of this biography: Muhammad Abd Allah Awad; for he was one of my earliest teachers, and I studied under him in the two fundamentals; uṣūl al-dīn and uṣūl al-fiqh (the fundamentals of religion and jurisprudence) and Arabic. He, May Allah preserve him, would offer me exhortations and advice regarding the seeking of knowledge, and he would take his students on excursions to entertain and encourage them.

In any case, today’s religious guides are considered to be his students and the students of his students.

My first acquaintance with him was after he returned from Dhahran with his family to Dhahyan. He was one of the respected scholars, yet he had an advantage over them: his call to seek knowledge, his urging of it, his consistent advice, and his encouragement of it. He devoted himself to teaching at the Grand Mosque in Dhahyan and in his own home, and he continued to teach and call for study, instruction and the seeking of knowledge until he moved from Dhahyan to Al-Sari, where he built a house for himself, constructed a mosque and opened a school of learning, where he sat to teach; students flocked to him from all over, and many graduated under his tutelage.

He continued to work diligently and earnestly in this field until Allah, the Exalted, opened the way for guidance. The scholars saw that the opportunity had arisen to spread the religion, call people to it, and teach them, so they gathered before their great authority, their religious leader, the head of the Zaidi school, , al-Sayyid al-‘Allāmah: Majd al-Din ibn Muhammad ibn Mansur al-Mu’ayyadi – may Allah have mercy on him and bless him. After deliberation and discussion, the matter of guidance was entrusted to his disciple, our Sheikh and Master , al-‘Allāmah Al-Husayn ibn Yahya Al-Muthahhar – may Allah prolong his life – and he delegated the administration of guidance to him, empowering him in this regard, and appointed him as his deputy, to speak with his tongue and write with his hand, sharing in his rights and responsibilities.

He trusted no scholar as much as he trusted him, nor did he rely on any of them as much as he relied on him; this was due to his deep knowledge of him, the length of his companionship with him, and his experience of him; for he – may Allah have mercy on him – had come to know him intimately, and was fully aware of his profound piety, his firm standing in the fear of Allah, his asceticism, and his sincerity towards Allah, and his diligence in calling people to Allah and spreading the truth, and because of his knowledge of his strong trustworthiness, his humility and his fine character.