The Completion of the Discussion on the Biography of al-Layth ibn Sa'd.

The Shaykh : Look, you have a son who was born in 1949 and died in 1975. How old was he?
The student : One hundred and seventy-five.

The Shaykh : Seventy-five and one hundred, subtract from it forty-nine.
The student : Eighty-nine years.

The Shaykh : Eighty-nine, what Allah willed.
The student : An age, what Allah willed.

The Shaykh : Ibn Hibban says: "He was among the nobles of his time in jurisprudence, scrupulousness, knowledge, virtue, and generosity." And Ibn Abi Maryam said: "I have not seen anyone among Allah's creation better than al-Layth, and there was no trait by which one draws near to Allah or by which one draws near to Allah but that trait was in al-Layth." "He was the imam of his time without opposition." Allah is the Greatest. Abu Dawud said: "No one descends to his level who wrote hadith in its proper form."
The student : Glory be to Allah... sincerity.

The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The student : ...great.

The Shaykh: Yes, by Allah.

The questioner : There is blessing in him, there is...