29 passed by me, I shouted, directing them away from my books, “Go from there! Don’t step here! Move away from here!” I eventually placed the books inside a niche on the wall and would bring them down one by one to check and read. Al-Hassan al-Basri’s book turned out to be a compilation of his biography, teachings, and views. It included religious rulings, preaching, sermons, and hadiths. Why did I order this book? The only reason was that it was one of the books in my uncle’s library. As the ruler of Sharjah, he needed to learn Islamic rulings, and this book was useful to him. I quickly read through the book on
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