The Sciences before His Eyes
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Shams ad-Din Abu ‘Abdullah Muhammad ibn Ahmad adz-Dzahabi ( r.a. ) reported, in his ad-Durrat al-Yatimiyyah fi asw-Swirath at-Taymiyyah , that Imam Taqi’ ad-Din Muhammad ibn ʻAli ibn Daqiq al-‘Iyd ( r.a. ) said, upon meeting with Shaykh Taqi’ ad-Din Ahmad ibn ‘Abd al-Halim ibn Taymiyyah ( r.a. ), “I saw a man with all the sciences before his eyes, taking what he wished and leaving what he wished.” Asked why he did not debate him, Imam ibn Daqiq al-‘Iyd ( r.a. ) answered, “Because he loves to speak and I love silence.”