Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
Innaa lillaahi wa innaa ilayhi raajiʿoon. Verily we are from Allaah, and verily unto Him we shall return. Shaykh Abdullah ibn Jibreen has passed away. Muslim Matters has some additional coverage, including some kind words by Shaykh Abu ʿAmmaar Yasir Qadhi, who had the occasion to meet the shaykh several times.
Whenever the news of the death of one of the scholars reaches me, I always remember the following hadeeth from Saheeh Muslim:
Book 034, Number 6462:
‘Abdullah b. ‘Amr b. al-‘As reported Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Verily, Allah does not take away knowledge by snatching it from the people but He takes away knowledge by taking away the scholars, so that when He leaves no learned person, people turn to ignorant as their, leaders; then they are asked to deliver religious verdicts and they deliver them without knowledge, they go astray, and lead others astray.
May Allaah protect us from the dangers of ignorance and following the ignorant.
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