A Day in the Life of Sheikh Ibn Baz (may Allāh have mercy on him)

He wakes up about an hour before Fajr to pray Tahajjud. He prays eleven units with full humility, concentration, and many supplications. During this time, he often remembers Allāh, reads the Qur'ān, and prays for Muslims and their leaders, and he ends with asking Allāh’s forgiveness. After the Adhan to Fajr prayer, or just before it, he goes to the masjid calmly and respectfully. When he leaves his home, he says the known supplication. When he reaches the masjid, he enters with his right foot and says the reported supplication, then he prays the Sunnah before Fajr and supplicate much. After that, he performs the Fajr prayer. When he finishes, he says the remembrances that come after the prayer, then he stays for a long time doing his daily morning supplications and remembrances. After that, he begins his usual lesson, which may last more than three hours. Different books are read to him, and afterward he answers many questions with great care and accuracy. Then he returns to his home. If he does not have a lesson, he goes home after his daily morning remembrances. At home, he stays for about two hours. During this time, some important papers are shown to him, or some books or research papers are read to him. During this time, he also blows lightly and recites ruqyah over containers of water, bottles of oil, or honey that people bring to him so he can recite over them. After that, he goes in his room to take some rest. Sometimes he sits on his bed without sleeping, as he himself says. After eight o’clock, he gets up, prepares to have breakfast, then makes ablution and prays two units. Then he goes to the office calmly, with determination and energy. As soon as he gets into the car, some issues are presented to him, or some books are read to him. When he reaches the office and gets out of the car, more writings or issues are shown to him until he reaches his desk. Once he settles in his office, he continues doing many important tasks that even a large, strong group of men would find difficult to handle. Issues are presented to him, he receives visitors, answers questions, and completes the responsibilities of his position. People seeking divorces come to him, along with many others. The kinds of tasks he handles are too many to count... He continues working like this until 2:30 p.m. or a little after, and he is usually the last to leave. After that, he goes home. On the way, more issues are presented to him or books are read to him. He often listens to the 2:30 p.m. news on the radio while being driven home. If no one is with him to read to him, he fills the time with remembrance of Allāh and reciting the Qur'ān. When he arrives home, he finds large crowds of people from different backgrounds waiting for him—people with questions, people greeting him, men seeking divorces, people with needs, the poor, officials, and visitors from near and far. When he reaches the people waiting for him, he greets them with peace and invites them to eat lunch at his table. Then everyone goes to eat, and he sits with them, eating lunch, speaking kindly with them, asking about their situations, and answering their questions. When he finishes eating, he waits a little so they don’t feel rushed. When he gets up, he says, “Eat comfortably, don’t hurry.” When he gets up to wash his hands, people start asking him questions, even on the way to the sink. After that, he returns to the gathering. If the time is late and the Asr prayer is near, he makes ablution, repeats after the Adhan to prayer, and then goes to the masjid. If there is still time before Asr, he returns to the gathering, drinks tea with the guests, chats with them, then goes inside the house for a short while, and comes out again at the time of the Asr call to prayer.