Sharh Durus al-Balagha by Ibn Uthaymeen (شرح دروس البلاغة) — Page 11

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

نُبْذَةٌ مُخْتَصَرَةٌ عَنِ الْعَلَّامَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ الْعُثَيْمِينِ.

A brief biography of the scholar Muhammad bin Salih al-Uthaymeen.

مُحَمَّدُ الْأَمِينِ الشَّنْقِيطِيُّ وَالشَّيْخُ الْفَقِيهُ عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ نَاصِرِ بْنِ رَشِيدٍ وَالشَّيْخُ الْمُحَدِّثُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ الْإِفْرِيقِيُّ -رَحِمَهُمُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى.

Muhammad al-Amin al-Shinqiti, the jurist Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Nasir bin Rashid, and the hadith scholar Sheikh Abdul Rahman al-Ifriqi—may Allah the Almighty have mercy on them all.

وَفِي أَثْنَاءِ ذَلِكَ اتَّصَلَ بِسَمَاحَةِ الشَّيْخِ الْعَلَّامَةِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ابْنِ بَازٍ -رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ- فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ مِنْ صَحِيحِ الْبُخَارِيِّ وَمِنْ رَسَائِلِ شَيْخِ الْإِسْلَامِ ابْنِ تَيْمِيَّةَ وَانْتَفَعَ بِهِ فِي عِلْمِ الْحَدِيثِ وَالنَّظَرِ فِي آرَاءِ فُقَهَاءِ الْمَذَاهِبِ وَالْمُقَارَنَةِ بَيْنَهَا،

During this period, he connected with His Eminence Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah ibn Baz—may Allah have mercy on him. He studied Sahih al-Bukhari and the treatises of Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah under him in the mosque, gaining deep insight into the science of hadith and the comparative jurisprudence of the various schools of thought.

وَيُعَدُّ سَمَاحَةُ الشَّيْخِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ بَازٍ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ- هُوَ شَيْخُهُ الثَّانِي فِي التَّحْصِيلِ وَالتَّأَثُّرِ بِهِ.

Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Baz is considered his second primary mentor in terms of academic development and personal influence.

ثُمَّ عَادَ إِلَى عُنَيْزَةَ عَامَ ١٣٧٤ هـ وَصَارَ يَدْرُسُ عَلَى شَيْخِهِ الْعَلَّامَةِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ابْنِ نَاصِرٍ السَّعْدِيِّ، وَيُتَابِعُ دِرَاسَتَهُ انْتِسَابًا فِي كُلِّيَّةِ الشَّرِيعَةِ، الَّتِي أَصْبَحَتْ جُزْءًا مِنْ جَامِعَةِ الْإِمَامِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُعُودٍ الْإِسْلَامِيَّةِ، حَتَّى نَالَ الشَّهَادَةَ الْعَالِيَةَ.

He returned to Unayzah in 1374 AH to study under his mentor, the scholar Abdul Rahman ibn Nasir al-Sa'di. Simultaneously, he pursued an external degree at the College of Sharia—which later became part of Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University—until he earned his higher degree.

تَدْرِيسُهُ: تَوَسَّمَ فِيهِ شَيْخُهُ النَّجَابَةَ وَسُرْعَةَ التَّحْصِيلِ الْعِلْمِيِّ فَشَجَّعَهُ عَلَى التَّدْرِيسِ وَهُوَ مَا زَالَ طَالِبًا فِي حَلْقَتِهِ، فَبَدَأَ التَّدْرِيسَ عَامَ ١٣٧٠ هـ فِي الْجَامِعِ الْكَبِيرِ بِعُنَيْزَةَ.

Teaching career: Recognizing his brilliance and rapid academic progress, his teacher encouraged him to begin teaching while he was still attending his study circle. He started teaching at the Great Mosque in Unayzah in 1370 AH.

وَلَمَّا تَخَرَّجَ مِنَ الْمَعْهَدِ الْعِلْمِيِّ فِي الرِّيَاضِ عُيِّنَ مُدَرِّسًا فِي الْمَعْهَدِ الْعِلْمِيِّ بِعُنَيْزَةَ عَامَ ١٣٧٤هـ.

Upon graduating from the Scientific Institute in Riyadh, he was appointed as an instructor at the Scientific Institute in Unayzah in 1374 AH.

وَفِي سَنَةِ ١٣٧٦هـ تُوُفِّيَ شَيْخُهُ الْعَلَّامَةُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ نَاصِرٍ السَّعْدِيِّ -رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى- فَتَوَلَّى بَعْدَهُ إِمَامَةَ الْجَامِعِ الْكَبِيرِ فِي عُنَيْزَةَ، وَإِمَامَةَ الْعِيدَيْنِ فِيهَا، وَالتَّدْرِيسَ فِي مَكْتَبَةِ عُنَيْزَةَ الْوَطَنِيَّةِ التَّابِعَةِ لِلْجَامِعِ؛ وَهِيَ الَّتِي أَسَّسَهَا شَيْخُهُ -رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ- عَامَ ١٣٥٩هـ.

Following the death of his teacher, the scholar Abdul Rahman bin Nasir al-Sa'di, in 1376 AH, he succeeded him as imam of the Great Mosque in Unayzah. He also took over leading the Eid prayers and teaching at the mosque's National Library, which his teacher had founded in 1359 AH.

Vocabulary · المفردات (19 verbs · 43 nouns)

• رَحِمَ — to have mercy
• اِتَّصَلَ — to contact
• قَرَأَ — to read
• اِنْتَفَعَ — to benefit
• عَدَّ — to consider
• عَادَ — to return
• صَارَ — to become
• دَرَسَ — to study
• تَابَعَ — to follow
• أَصْبَحَ — to become
• نَالَ — to obtain
• تَوَسَّمَ — to discern
• شَجَّعَ — to encourage
• زَالَ — to cease
• بَدَأَ — to begin
• تَخَرَّجَ — to graduate
• عَيَّنَ — to appoint
• تَوَلَّى — to take charge
• أَسَّسَ — to found
• نُبْذَةٌ — brief
• عَلَّامَةٌ — scholar
• فَقِيهٌ — jurist
• مُحَدِّثٌ — hadith scholar
• أَثْنَاءٌ — midst
• سَمَاحَةٌ — eminence
• مَسْجِدٌ — mosque
• صَحِيحٌ — authentic book
• رِسَالَةٌ — treatise
• إِسْلَامٌ — Islam
• عِلْمٌ — knowledge
• حَدِيثٌ — hadith
• نَظَرٌ — viewing
• رَأْيٌ — opinion
• مَذْهَبٌ — school of thought
• مُقَارَنَةٌ — comparison
• تَحْصِيلٌ — acquisition
• تَأَثُّرٌ — influence
• عَامٌ — year
• دِرَاسَةٌ — study
• انْتِسَابٌ — affiliation
• كُلِّيَّةٌ — college
• شَرِيعَةٌ — sharia
• جُزْءٌ — part
• جَامِعَةٌ — university
• شَهَادَةٌ — certificate
• عَالِيَةٌ — higher
• تَدْرِيسٌ — teaching
• نَجَابَةٌ — intelligence
• سُرْعَةٌ — speed
• عِلْمِيٌّ — scientific
• طَالِبٌ — student
• حَلْقَةٌ — circle
• جَامِعٌ — mosque
• كَبِيرٌ — great
• مَعْهَدٌ — institute
• مُدَرِّسٌ — teacher
• سَنَةٌ — year
• إِمَامَةٌ — imamate
• عِيدٌ — eid
• مَكْتَبَةٌ — library
• وَطَنِيٌّ — national
• تَابِعٌ — affiliated