“Most khateebs and students of knowledge use the same evidences to prove the same points,” one attendee of the lecture said. “But some of the Ahadīth he said in this lecture I’ve never seen used. That’s what happens when you sit with someone who has ijāzah in the 6 books of Hadīth.”

Amongst this crowd was a disgruntled Abu Lahab. He had left the affairs of his life dangling to come hear the message and all he received was this! Disgusted with having to leave his costly work behind to hear a message he apparently had no time for, in a fit of rage he responded, “Perish you all the day! You have gathered us for this?!”