Every man needs models and examples to move forward, and even if the vanguard of the caravan may seem far on the horizon, we must never lose sight of it and deviate from the traces it has left. left, because if we focus too much on the ambient mediocrity, we quickly become deceived about ourselves and others.

Thus, Abû Qilâbah said: "the scholars are comparable to the stars by which we guide ourselves, and the torches which we follow. If they disappear, people are hesitant, and if they abandon them, they go astray ." This is the second version of Thus were our pious predecessors. This was necessary as the first one left us with so many regrets.

In fact, these stories from pious predecessors are sources of life from which we never tire of coming to drink, and what springs from them is so sweet that the thirst is never quenched. We therefore regretted having excluded so many gems in our first selection, and we had to repair this error and give this category of work a dimension more in line with its value.

• Title: Thus were our pious predecessors
• Edition: Tawbah
• Pages: 412
• Rigid
• Author: Imam Al Barbahari