1373 AH. A monthly salary was assigned to him for this supervisory work, but the Shaykh declined it, seeking his reward from Allah. He was also offered a judgeship in 1360 AH, but declined out of scrupulous piety and a desire to avoid committing himself to an official position that would distract him from knowledge and teaching. The offer was repeated several times, but he never accepted it.

As for how he organized his time, he held four teaching sessions each day. He would lead the people in the Fajr prayer, then teach until sunrise. He would then return home until later in the morning, after which he would go back to the mosque and teach the students various disciplines according to an order of study he had chosen. This continued until the Zuhr prayer, which he would lead, and then he would return home until the Asr prayer. After Asr, he would spend a few minutes teaching something people needed to know about their religion. After Maghrib, he would teach his students until the Isha prayer. This was his daily routine.

His practice with his students was to consult them about the book they wished to study and to arrange debates among them, thereby fostering healthy competition in the pursuit of knowledge and firmly establishing the issues in their minds. He would pose questions to elicit answers from them, and at times he would deliberately state something incorrectly so that he could identify those present who were attentive and understood the lesson. He might also frame a disputed issue as a debate between two students, with each adopting and defending one opinion; the Shaykh would then establish the correct view on the basis of evidence or sound reasoning. He would also often ask