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"You're Shaykh
'Abdul-'Azeez ibn Baaz?!!!"
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Concerning
the Imaam, the Shaykh - Muhammad
ibn Saalih al-'Uthaymeen (rahima-hullaah),
it has been narrated by Ihsaan ibn Muhammad al-'Utaybee:
"After
having prayed in al-Haram
al-Makkee, the Shaykh left the Haram
wanting to go somewhere by car. So he stopped a taxi and sat
in. During the journey, the taxi driver wanted to get to know
his passenger, so he asked: "Who are you O Shaykh?"
The
Shaykh replied: "Muhammad ibn 'Uthaymeen"
Surprised,
the taxi driver asked: "Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen?",
thinking the Shaykh was lying to him, since he could not believe
someone like the Shaykh would ever be a passenger in his taxi.
So
the Shaykh replied: "Yes, the Shaykh"
So
the taxi driver turned his head towards the Shaykh out of
sheer surprise at this fare.
The
Shaykh then asked: "Who are you O brother?"
So
the taxi driver replied: "Shaykh 'Abdul-'Azeez ibn Baaz!!"
The
Shaykh laughed, enquiring: "You're Shaykh 'Abdul-'Azeez
ibn Baaz?!!!"
The
taxi driver replied: "Yeah! just like you're Shaykh
Ibn 'Uthaymeen!!!"
So
the Shaykh said: "But Shaykh 'Abdul-'Azeez ibn Baaz is
blind, and does not drive a car!!
Just
then it dawned upon the taxi driver that the passenger sitting
next to him was indeed the Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen. And
what a fine mess he had got himself into now!"
Safahaat
Mushriqah min Hayaat al-Imaam Muhammad ibn Saalih al-'Uthaymeen
- Page 79
Ref: al-Madeenah ((ar-Risaalah)), number: 13788
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