The Story of Shaykh Ahmad al-Husari | قصة الشيخ أحمد الحصري – السند المتصل | The Living Chain

In this episode of The Living Chain, Ustadh Anas Izzetoglu sits with Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahmad to reflect on the life, character, and enduring legacy of his revered teacher, Shaykh Ahmad al‑Husari (raḥimahullāh). The discussion goes beyond a simple biography; it serves as a living testimony to how sacred knowledge is transmitted with discipline, sincerity, and adab before it becomes mere information. Through personal memories and lived experience, Shaykh Ahmad opens a window into the inner world of a scholar who shaped students through structure, trust, and a deep responsibility toward knowledge. The conversation covers the importance of nurturing a student of knowledge from an early age, a life marked by tireless discipline and profound respect for time, extraordinary integrity and trustworthiness—including his refusal to benefit personally from students’ funds—an effective teaching method rooted in preparation, review, and preserving benefit, the necessity of tying sacred knowledge to real life with clear and practical examples, and enduring counsel for students to issue guidance only from reliable positions and to admit when they do not know. The Living Chain explores how the Prophetic inheritance passes from heart to heart: a teacher who forms, a student who carries, and an Ummah that continues to benefit.