Continuation of the biography of al-Layth ibn Sa'd, and mention of his age, the year of his birth, and his death
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The Shaykh : Look, you have a son born in the year 94, who was registered and died in the year 175. How old was he?
The student : Seventy-four, how much?
The Shaykh : 175 minus 94.
The student : Eighty-one.
The Shaykh : Eighty-one, what Allah willed.
The student: 'Umar.
The Shaykh : Yes, 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 quality by which one draws near to Allah or by which one is drawn near to Allah but that quality 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 : ... .
The student : Seventy-four, how much?
The Shaykh : 175 minus 94.
The student : Eighty-one.
The Shaykh : Eighty-one, what Allah willed.
The student: 'Umar.
The Shaykh : Yes, 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 quality by which one draws near to Allah or by which one is drawn near to Allah but that quality 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 : ... .
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