His intense concern to benefit people, spread knowledge, and call them to Allah led him to associate frequently with others. He never ceased visiting them in their homes and sharing in their occasions, displaying a sense of humor that neither diminished their reverence for him nor compromised his dignity. He also had immense love and compassion for the poor, especially students of knowledge, and was eager to enable them to devote themselves fully to knowledge and free them from anything that might distract them from it, such as earning a livelihood and laboring for it.

He listened to people’s advice and suggestions, took them seriously, and received them with an open heart. A righteous man once came to him and suggested installing a loudspeaker in the mosque so that people could hear the call to prayer and the sermon without difficulty. He explained the benefits of doing so, whereupon Allah opened the Shaykh’s heart to the idea. He thanked the adviser and promised to implement his suggestion within the week. The Shaykh thus became the first person to introduce this device into the mosques of his town.

The fair-minded all acknowledged his merit …
Whenever he spoke, his words were unsurpassed.

I was told that one of his students saw him after his death and asked how Allah had dealt with him. He gave him glad tidings of a good outcome. The student asked, “How did you attain that?” He replied, “Through good character.” How fortunate he is! Nothing will weigh more heavily in a believer’s scale on the Day of Resurrection than good character, as the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—informed us.