Writing Biographies

Imam Al-Sakhawi said:

عن السخاوي أنه قال: من ورخ مؤمناً فكأنما أحياه
“Whoever biographs a believer, it is as though he has brought him back to life.”

[“Mujalat Al-Jami’ Al-Islamiyah”, 8/191].

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Let’s open old dusted books and resurrect old legends.
It is also important to write the biographies of pious people who are still amongst us.
We should know them and try to be like them.

The poet says:

و تشبهوا إن لم تكونوا مثلهم
إن التشبه بالكرام فلاح

“Resemble them, if you cannot be exactly like them;
Indeed, resembling the noble ones leads to prosperity.”