• The esteemed Shaykh, the Muḥaddith, the Doctor, ‘Abdul-Muḥsin bin Ḥamad al-‘Abbād, may Allāh preserve him, and he was the dean of the Islamic University at that time. He read the book, ash-Sharī‘ah of al-Ājurrī, to him as well as Shifā’-ul-‘Alīl of Ibn al-Qayyim. Shaykh ‘Abdul-Muḥsin al-‘Abbād, may Allāh preserve him, was also amongst the professors who debated the Shaykh, may Allāh preserve him, on his dissertation for his Master’s Degree. He also studied with him in some courses during his graduate level studies.
• The esteemed Shaykh, the Muḥaddith, the Professor, Doctor Rabī‘ bin Hādī al-Madkhalī, may Allāh preserve him, and he has achieved the highest academic university level in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Ustaadh Kursee (Head Professor). He (i.e. Shaykh Falāḥ) read some of Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim to him, Tadrīb ar-Rāwī of al-Ḥāfiẓ an-Nawawī, may Allāh bestow mercy upon him, and al-‘Ubūdiyyah of Shaykh-ul-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah. He strongly adhered to sitting with him for a long period of time.
• The esteemed Shaykh, Doctor ‘Alī bin Nāṣir al-Faqīhī, may Allāh preserve him. He read Kitāb at-Tawḥīd to him as well as Kitāb al-Eemaan. Both of them are the works of Ibn Mandah, may Allāh bestow mercy upon him. He also studied with him academically. He covered an abundance of knowledge with him in the field of religions and denominations during his graduate level studies.
• The esteemed Shaykh, the Farḍī, ‘Abduṣ-Ṣamad bin Muḥammad al-Kātib, may Allāh preserve him. He read Kitāb at-Tawḥīd to him from Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī. He also read the science of Inheritance to him through dictation, and then he printed it after strongly being urged by Shaykh Falāḥ, may Allāh preserve him.
• The esteemed Shaykh, ‘Ubayd bin ‘Abdullāh al-Jābirī, may Allāh preserve him, and he is from amongst the senior scholars of Madīnah an-Nabawiyyah. He read Kitāb at-Tawḥīd to him of Muḥammad bin ‘Abdul- Wahhāb, may Allāh bestow mercy upon him, al-Qawā‘id al-Muthlā, and al-Qawā‘id al-Fiqhiyyah.
• The esteemed Shaykh, Doctor ‘Abdullāh bin Muḥammad al-Ghunaymān, may Allāh preserve him. He read Fatḥ-ul-Majīd to him as well as Kitāb-ul-Īmān of Shaykh-ul-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah. Furthermore, Shaykh ‘Abdullāh al-Ghunaymān, may Allāh preserve him, assumed the responsibility of supervising his dissertation for his Doctorate’s Degree after the noble Shaykh Muḥammad Amān al-Jāmī retired, may Allāh bestow mercy upon him.
• The esteemed Shaykh, the Mufassir, Muḥammad bin Mukhtār ash-Shinqīṭī, may Allāh bestow mercy upon him. He studied Tafsīr with him in the Islamic University as well as in the Noble and Holy Masjid of Madīnah. He also read the Sunan of an-Nasā’ī to him.
• The esteemed Shaykh, Doctor ‘Alī bin ‘Abdur-Raḥmān al-Hudhayfī, may Allāh preserve him. He read Kitāb at-Tawḥīd from Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī to him.
• The esteemed Shaykh, the Mufassir, the Uṣūlī, the Grammarian, Aḥmad bin Tāwīt aṭ-Ṭanjī, may Allāh bestow mercy upon him. He is from the scholars of Morocco, and he, may Allāh bestow mercy upon him, was the Judge of Judges of Ṭanjah during the time period that France had colonized Morocco. The Shaykh, may Allāh preserve him, studied the science of Tafsīr with him during his studies in the Collage of Sharī‘ah at the Islamic University. In the science of Uṣūl al-Fiqh, he read Rawḍat-un-Nāẓir of Ibn Qudāmah to him in the Holy Masjid of Madīnah. In the science of Arabic Language, he read to him the explanation of Alfiyyah Ibn Mālik by Ibn ‘Aqīl.
• The esteemed Shaykh, ‘Alī bin Sinān, may Allāh bestow mercy upon him, and he is from the scholars of Madīnah an-Nabawiyyah. He read Qaṭr-un-Nadā to him.
• The esteemed Shaykh, the Linguist, Aḥmad bin Ma‘lūm ash-Shinqīṭī, may Allāh bestow mercy upon him, and he is one of the scholars of the Arabic Language in Madīnah an-Nabawiyyah. He has an explanation of Alfiyyah Ibn Mālik that he wrote in poetic format in three thousand verses. He read al-Muqaddimah al-Ājurūmiyyah to him and also the explanation of Alfiyyah Ibn Mālik by Ibn ‘Aqīl, may Allāh bestow mercy upon him.
• The esteemed Shaykh, the Uṣūlī, Doctor Zayn al-‘Ābidīn, may Allāh bestow mercy upon him. He read Rawḍat-un-Nāẓir to him of Ibn Qudāmah while he was studying in the Islamic University in the Collage of Sharī‘ah.
• The esteemed Shaykh, the Faqīh, ‘Abdullāh bin Ḥamad al-Ḥammād, may Allāh bestow mercy upon him. He read Subul-us-Salām to him during his regular studies in the Collage of Sharī‘ah.
• The esteemed Shaykh, the Faqīh, Muḥammad bin Ḥumūd al-Wā’ilī, may Allāh preserve him. He read Bidāyat-ul-Mujtahid to him of Ibn Rushd during his regular studies in the Collage of Sharī‘ah.
• The esteemed Shaykh, ‘Abdur-Ra’ūf al-Labdī, may Allāh bestow mercy upon him, and he is from amongst the scholars of the Arabic Language of Madīnah an-Nabawiyyah. He read to him the explanation of Alfiyyah Ibn Mālik of Ibn ‘Aqīl during his regular studies in the Collage of Sharī‘ah.
• The esteemed Shaykh, ‘Umar bin Muḥammad Falātah, may Allāh bestow mercy upon him. He read Sunan of Abī Dāwūd to him in the Holy Masjid of Madīnah.
• The esteemed Shaykh, the Mufassir, Abū Bakr bin Jābir al-Jazā’irī, may Allāh preserve him. He learned Tafsīr from him in the Islamic University in the Collage of Sharī‘ah. He would also attend his lessons in the Holy Masjid of Madīnah.
• The esteemed Shaykh, Aḥmad al-Azraq, may Allāh bestow mercy upon him. He read Subul-us-Salām to him, the explanation of Bulūgh-ul-Marām, in the Collage of Sharī‘ah. He supervised his graduation term paper in his fourth year of the Collage of Sharī‘ah, and his research topic was a verification and study of the book, “Musnad al-Imām ‘Abdullāh bin al-Mubārak”, may Allāh bestow mercy upon him.
• The esteemed Shaykh, ‘Alī bin Mushrif al-‘Amrī, may Allāh preserve him. Imām al-Albānī, may Allāh bestow mercy upon him, gave him the nickname, “the Little al-Albānī”. Our Shaykh, may Allāh preserve him, read the Sunan of at-Tirmidhī to him.
• The esteemed Shaykh, the Muqri’, Muḥammad bin Ramaḍān al-Muqrī, may Allāh bestow mercy upon him. He learned the science of Tajwīd from him.
And those that we have mentioned from the teachers of Shaykh Falāḥ are only some of the teachers that the Shaykh has taken knowledge from.
His Character and Manners:
The Shaykh, may Allāh preserve him, is distinguished by his fine character, good manners in dealing with the people, zeal in benefitting himself and others, his humility with his students and his brothers, generosity in fulfilling their needs, his earnest concern for and honor of the Book, the Sunnah, and the ‘Aqīdah (Creed) of Ahl-us-Sunnah wal-Jamā‘ah. He has been favored amongst the scholars and students of knowledge with high station, prestige, and reverence. From amongst the most distinguishing signs of his character is his smile that never leaves his face while speaking to the people and answering their questions.
Those who are far and near, and all praise belongs to Allāh, bear witness to the Shaykh having a lofty level in knowledge, good character, and superb manners. Due to this, he is considered the Father of every Salafī in Kuwait.
His Efforts in Knowledge and Invitation:
The Shaykh, may Allāh preserve him, has many knowledge based and invitational efforts. He often participates in academic seminars and is active in Da‘wah (invitational) efforts that are based in Kuwait through which many of the students of knowledge benefit from.
The Shaykh, may Allāh preserve him, is distinguished by being active in knowledge. He teaches a variety of the books of Ahl-us-Sunnah wal-Jamā‘ah. From amongst the books and Mutūn that the esteemed Shaykh, may Allāh preserve him, has taught and some of which he still teaches:
• Al-Uṣūl ath-Thalāthah.
• Kashf-ush-Shubuhāt.
• Al-Uṣūl as-Sittah.
• Fatḥ-ul-Majīd.
• Sharḥ-ul-‘Aqīdah al-Wāsiṭiyyah of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān, may Allāh preserve him.
• Al-Fatwā al-Ḥamawiyyah.
• Sharḥ-ul-‘Aqīdah aṭ-Ṭaḥāwiyyah of Ibn Abī al-‘Izz.
• Sharḥ-us-Sunnah of al-Barbahārī.
• Ash-Sharī‘ah of al-Ājurrī.
• Al-‘Uddah Sharḥ-ul-‘Umdah.
• Al-Arba‘ūn an-Nawawiyyah.
• Kitāb at-Tawḥīd of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī.
• The book al-Irshād ilā Ṣaḥīḥ al-I‘tiqād by the ‘Allāmah, Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān, may Allāh preserve him, since he has introduced it into the official curriculum of all the male and female students during their studies in the Collage of Sharī‘ah.
• Al-Qawā‘id al-Muthlā fī al-Asmā’ waṣ-Ṣifāt of the ‘Allāmah, Muḥammad bin Ṣāliḥ al-‘Uthaymīn, may Allāh bestow mercy upon him. The Shaykh also teaches it to his students in the Collage of Sharī‘ah.
• Likewise, the book Minhāj al-Muslim of Shaykh Abū Bakr al-Jazā’irī, may Allāh preserve him, since he has also introduced it into the official curriculum of all the male and female students during their studies in the Collage of Sharī‘ah.
The Shaykh, may Allāh preserve him, continues to teach the students in and outside of Kuwait just as he also continues to teach the Islamic ‘Aqīdah (Creed) in the University of Kuwait. The Shaykh, may Allāh preserve him, is also involved in setting the methodology of ‘Aqīdah (Creed) for the curriculum of Islamic Cultivation on behalf of the Ministry of Cultivation of Kuwait.