Being famous and well-known during your lifetime and after death

Being famous and well-known during your lifetime and after death
‏🔹مشاهير في حياتهم ومماتهم …!!

Translated

Abbas Abu Yahya

Imam Ibn Rajab said:
‘Look at how much Imam Ahmad strove to not be remembered, but Allaah refused except that Allaah made him famous and that being an Imam was connected to his name upon the lips of the creation whether they wanted to or not.

There was in his era, people who would be paid wealth to call out a person’s name in the markets so that he would become famous and well known, but he would not be remembered or even mentioned.’

[Majmoo ar-Rasail 4/433]

Arabic Reference

مشاهير في حياتهم ومماتهم …!!

قال الإمام ابن رجب :

كم اِجْتهدَ الإمام أحمد على أن لا يُذكر، وأبى الله إلا أن يشهره ويقرن الإمامة باسمه على ألسنة الخلق شاءوا أو أبوا.
وكان في زمانه مَن يُعطي الأموال لمَن يُنادي باسمه في الأسواق ليشتهر، فما ذُكر ولا عُرف.

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