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Videos of the sheikh have recently been making the rounds among many
of our enthusiastic sisters and brohers. Since so many are remembering
(or discovering) him at this particular time, I thought I would share,
once again, this beautiful essay by Asra Adiba, Damascus Breeze, and a link to the only online copy I know of of “Light Upon Light in Damascus,” the obituary of our beloved sheikh written by his student, our dear Sheikh Nuh Keller.

Reading their stories, one can absorb many life lessons,
insha’Allah. For example, Sheikh Abdur Rahman did not grow up
steeped in knowledge. He only learned to read as an adult. He was a
blue collar working man — a weaver by trade. But his example is
one that should be inspiring to any convert, insha’Allah: he
learned to read, and then learned fusha, and then began studying the
sciences of the diyn, and then… Alhamdulillah.