He never spoke to a woman stuck in prostitution in Damascus except they repented and became from the righteous. He paid for their livelihood from his own pocket and maintained their families with his own wealth with the condition that they pray for him. He never spoke to a woman except that they began to wear the Hijab and pray due to his beautiful character. The Christians in the city would come to his Jumm'ah khutba due to his oratory skills and many embraced Islam.

...They came to a village and Imam al-Haddad (عليه الرحمة) after Fajr, when they were leaving the masjid, all the villagers came out to greet him, and he greeted every single one of these men, took their hand and said something to them and then they each left. This took a long time, and when they finished, the man from Al-Ahsa said to Imam al-Haddad, "It would have been enough to wave to them." and Imam al-Haddad said, "Why were they waiting to greet me?"

A wali (saint) is required to have a just fard al-ayn, which shows to us that everyone of you can be a wali. Every one of you can be a man or a woman of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Achieving this is through this spiritual journey, after getting to know what is haram, what is halal, getting to know the adab of the shari’ah, the sunnah of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, then you step into the tariqah, and you get to know the subtleties of the adab of the tariqah, where as a result of your dhikr,

Imam Abu Hanifa (May Allah have mercy on him) would spend every night in worship. Whilst he would be praying, his Muslim neighbour would always be completely drunk and singing songs. This young man didn't like religious people much because he felt they were arrogant, self-righteous, and judgemental 'molvis' who let people go to waste. The Imam didn't ever 'place a fatwa' on him, scold him, or threaten him about Jahannam. He'd just give him salam and pray for him privately.

One night, he didn't hear the drunk young man singing so he asked

Shaykh ‘Isa Bayanuni, who would make Hajj every year and his routine would be to stay in Madinah for a long period — and then go to Makkah, so he could stay with Sayyid ‘Alawi al-Maliki. One year, he saw the Prophet ﷺ in his dreams who said, “We have reserved a place for you here in Madinah!” That year, he went to Makkah first and stayed with Sayyid who was really surprised so he informed him of his dream.

When the Shaykh reached Madinah that year, he was ill for three days and passed away.

Shaykh Hashim Majzub al-Rifa'i (May Allāh have mercy upon him) was locked up by the Syrian regime for over 20 years. Do you know how righteous he was? - He told us this himself. 1/5 He said countless numbers of prisoners who didn't even know how to read the Qur'an memorised the Qur'an with him in the prison and became 'ulema. 2/5

We would normally cook every day in Syria because that's the way our teachers wanted us to live but one day in the early 2000s, I went to a small restaurant to pick up some food. My friend and I ordered some pizza, but the shopkeeper - he was an ajeeb man. He asked me, 'What are you doing in Damascus?' I replied, 'I've come to study the religion.' 'Where is your family?' he asked.

Sayyidah Aisha al-Yaqoubi (may Allah have mercy on her soul), my father's mother, used to recite salat 'ala an-Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam ten thousand times every day. 1/5 Her wird was prayers upon the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, ten thousand times a day. You know what the result was? Women used to say at that time that anything she cooks is like medicine. 2/5

When we finally arrived, the chauffeur escorted my younger sister, Laila, and me up to my father’s suite. As usual, he was hiding behind the door waiting to scare us. We exchanged many hugs and kisses as we could possibly give in one day. 1/7 My father took a good look at us. Then he sat me down on his lap and said something that I will never forget. He looked me straight in the eyes and said, “Hana, everything that God made valuable in the world is covered and hard to get to. 2/7