Thirst for Learning Hadhrat Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) says: After the passing away of the Prophet (peace be upon him), I said to an Ansari friend of mine: The Prophet is not now with us. But a large number of Sahabah are still among us. Let us go to them and get knowledge of the Islamic practices. He said: Who is going to approach you for learning a regulation in the presence of these eminent Sahabah? I was not discouraged. I kept up my quest for knowledge and approached every person who was supposed to have heard something from the Prophet. I managed to gather substantial information from the Ansar. If on my visit to someone of the Sahabah, I found him asleep, I spread my shawl at the gate and sat waiting. Sometimes my face and body would get covered with dust, but I kept sitting till they woke and I was able to contact them. Some of them said: Abdullah you are the cousin of the Prophet; you could have sent for us. Why did you take the trouble of coming to our places? I said to them: I must come to you, for I am a student and you are my teachers. Some people for whom I had waited said: Since when have you been waiting for us? I informed them that I had been sitting there for a pretty long time. They said: What a pity! You could have awakened us from our sleep. I said: I did not like to disturb you for my own sake. I thus carried on my pursuits, till there came a time when people began to flock to me for learning. My Ansari friend realized this at that time and remarked: This boy has surely proved himself more sensible than us.” Source: From the book Stories of the Sahabah by Shaikh Muhammad Zakariyya Kaandhlawi.
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