Pearls of Wisdom

Pearls of Wisdom
He taught people with his best way. He showed his beauty. He was all good so peace
be on him and his family.
- Saadi al-Shiraz commenting on the ways of the Blessed Prophet Muhammad
(salAllahu alayhi wasalam)
When the world pushes you to your knees, your are in the perfect position to pray.
Ease [yusr] and hardship ['usr] are the feathers that give strength to the wings of
your faith [iman], so that your heart and your innermost being [sirr] can use them to
fly to the door of your Lord (Almighty and Glorious is He).
- Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

[The Removal of Cares (Jala' al-Khawatir)]
If Allah brings you to it, He will bring you through it.
Twakkul: Make Du'a, Do your best, And leave the Rest To Allah.
Be yourself beautiful, and you will find the world full of beauty.
Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal (rahimullah) was asked about the correct meaning of this
hadith:
'When you hear something form or about your brother, ascribe to it the best
interpretation until you can no longer do so.'
He replied, Find an excuse for him by saying, "Maybe he said this, or maybe he
meant such and such."
If the first inward thought is not warded off, it will generate a desire, then the desire
will generate a wish, and the wish will generate an intention, and the intention will
generate the action, and the action will result in ruin and divine wrath. So evil must
be cut off at its root, which is when it is simply a thought that crosses the mind, from
which all the other things follow on.
- Imam abu Hamid al-Ghazzali
[Ihyaa Uloom al-Deen, 6/17]
The World is three days: As for yesterday, it has vanished, along with all that was in
it. As for tomorrow, you may never see it. As for today, it is yours, so work in it.
- Hassan al-Basri
Whoever follows patience, success will follow him.
As there is no darkness in the moonlight. So is Mustafa (Muhammad), the well

wisher, bright.
- Abu Bakr as-Sideeq (radiAllahu anhu)
Suffering is a gift. In it is hidden mercy. - Jalaluddin al-Rumi
A friend cannot be considered a friend until he is tested in three occasions: in time of

need, behind your back, and after your death.
- Ali ibn abi Talib (radiAllah anhu)
Stingyness has nothing to do with how much money you have. Neither does
generosity. Its about how much heart you've got.
Better to avoid the poison altogether than to try to heal from the damage it causes.
When someone criticises or disagrees with you, a small ant of hatred and antagonism
is born in your heart. If you do not squash that ant at once, it might grow into a
snake, or even a dragon.
- Jalaluddin al-Rumi
[Mathnavi]
Whoever is offered an apology from a fellow Muslim should accept it unless he knows
that the person apologizing is being dishonest.
- Muhammad (salAllahu alayhi wasalam)
[Mishkat al Tabrizi, Vol III Hadith no. 5052].
Verily those people that make fun of people for them a gate of Jannah will be
opened. It will be said to them: Come (and enter). That person will come with all
their anguish and depression but when he gets close, the gate will be closed in
his face. Then another gate (to Jannah) will be opened and it will be said: Come (and
enter). So that person comes with all his anguish and depression. But when he gets
close, the gate will be closed in his face. This will keep happening to him until it gets
to the point where it will be said: Come (and enter), and he will not come from the
despair of ever entering paradise.
- Hadith - Al-Bayhaqi
Cease to sin, because you will not meet Allah with anything [as valuable] as few sins.
- A'isha (radiAllahu anha)
The Muslim ummah is an unique ummah among the whole of mankind: Their Land is
One, their War is One, their Peace is One, theirHonor is One and their Trust is One.
[narrated by Ahmad]
If you are aware of your humility, then you are arrogant.

- Ibn Ata'illah
To admonish your brother in private is to advise him and improve him. But to
admonish him publicly is to disgrace and shame him.
- Imam Shafi (rahimullah)
Knowledge is understanding that a tomato is a fruit.

Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
The root meaning of Taqwa is to avoid what one dislikes. It was reported that Umar
bin Al-Khattab asked Ubayy bin Ka`b about Taqwa. Ubayy said, "Have you ever
walked on a path that has thorns on it'' 'Umar said, "Yes." Ubayy said, "What did you
do then" He said, "I rolled up my sleeves and struggled." Ubayy said, "That is
Taqwa."
Nobody Can Remove Hurt Except Allah. Even if someone tries to cause you any hurt,
stay firm in your belief and remember that no one can cause you any pain if Allah
does not desire it for you
"And if Allah touches you with hurt, there is none who can remove it but He; and if
He intends any good for you, there is none who can keep back His favour; He brings
it to whom He pleases of His servants; And He is the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
- Qur'an, surah Yunus; 10:107
God made the illusion look real

and the real an illusion.
He concealed the sea
and made the foam visible,
the wind invisible,
and the dust manifest.
you see the dust whirling,
but how can the dust rise by itself?

you see the foam,but not the ocean.
invoke Him with deeds, not words;
for deeds are real
and will save you in the infinite-life.
- Rumi
[Mathnawi]
If you make intense supplication

and the timing of the answer is delayed,
do not despair of it.
His reply to you is guaranteed;
but in the way He chooses,
not the way you choose,
and at the moment He desires,
not the moment you desire.
- Ibn Ata'illah Iskandari
[Al-hikam al-'Ata'iyyah]
Let Go of Your Worries Let go of your worries and be completely clear-hearted, like
the face of a mirror that contains no images. If you want a clear mirror, behold
yourself and see the shameless truth, which the mirror reflects. If metal can be
polished to a mirror-like finish, what polishing might the mirror of the heart require?
Between the mirror and the heart is this single difference: the heart conceals
secrets, while the mirror does not.
- Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi
[The Divani Shamsi Tabriz, XIII]
Allah doesn't like unjustice. He loveth not those who do wrong. If you end up
suffering injustice, we do not know what Allah has planned in the bigger picture of
things. Allah is The Just; and will bring justice. If not now, then in the hereafter.
Knowledge is of two kinds: that which is absorbed and that which is heard. And that
which is heard does not profit if it is not absorbed.
- Ali ibn abi Talib (radiAllah anhu)
Whoever passes forty without his virtue overpowering his vice, let him get ready for
hellfire! This advice contains enough for people of knowledge.
- abu Hamid al-Ghazali
['Letter to a Disciple' Ayyuhal-walad]
Innumerable changes of moods are yours,

and they are uncontrolled by you.
If you knew their origin,
you would be able to dominate them.
If you cannot localize your own changes,
how can you localize that which formed you?
[Fihi Ma Fihi]
Love all, with sincere love and concern.
The eye of the heart, though closed in fallen man, is able to take in a glimmering of
light and this is faith. But anway of living causes a covering like rust to accumulate
over the heart so that it cannot sense the Divine origin of God's message.
- Martin Lings (Abu Bakr Sirajuddin)
Reflect on the work of art and you may attain to the artist.
- Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani
[The sublime revelation, p32]
Joy and sorrow are the light and shade of life;

without light and shade no picture is clear.
- Inayat Khan
Being married forces you to fine tune those not-so-great-aspects of yourself and
strive to be better. Love comes in here too; when you are in a loving relationship
(and in love and loved); you have this amazing reservoir of energy within you that
allows you to flourish and nurture. It brings out the best in you and makes you strive
to be better because someone cares and loves you; and vice versa. It is kind of like
how we instinctively react to another's perception of us, when they think well of us
and believe in us, we want to do even better; but when they disparage us we will get
defensive. Is it any wonder that our beloved prophet (saw) said that marriage is half
of faith?
I will not serve God like a labourer, in expectation of my wages.

- Rabia al-Adawiya
Some people make their goals the stars,

They may live and die never reaching them,
but in the darkness of the night, those stars will guide them to their destination,
because they put them in their sights.
How long will you keep pounding on an open door

Begging for someone to open it? - Rabia al-Adawiyyah
Sins.
It wouldn't achieve anything, except points in your book of deeds.
The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart

Listen to your heart and not your ego. Your ego prompts you to boast of vain
assertions to obtain the glory of this world. Turn away from vanity and seek Him in
the recesses of your heart and soul
-Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jillani
[Fayuz E Yazdani]
If it is not truthful and not helpful, don't say it. If it is truthful and not helpful, don't
say it. If it is not truthful and helpful, don't say it. If it is truthful and helpful, wait for
the right time.
The one who admonishes his brother secretly, he has advised sincerely and has
honored him. If he does it outwardly (among others) then he has dishonored and
shamed him.
- Imam ash-Shafi (rahimullah)
A man lost his way in the desert, and wandered aimlessly for several days. He ran
out of food, and thought he would die. Then he saw a bag lying in the sand. He
opened it, and at first he thought it was filled with grains of barley. He was
overjoyed. But when he tried to eat them, he discovered they were pearlsand he
plunged into despair.
- Saadi ash-Shiraz, "Gulistan"
It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother's milk.
abu-Hamid al-Ghazali
Imam al-Shafi' in his final sickness said:

When my heart was hardened
and my courses constrained
I made my hope a stairway
to Your forgiveness
My sin burdened me heavily,
but when I measured it
by Your forgiveness
Lord,
Your forgiveness was the greater.
If you make demands on Him, you doubt Him.

If you seek Him, you are absent from Him.
If you seek other-than-Him, you are shameless before Him.
If you make demands on other-than-Him, you are distant from Him.
'Work for your terrestrial life in proportion to your location in it, and work for your
afterlife in proportion to your eternity in it. - abu Hamid al-Ghazali
[part of the advice that the great theologian and mystic put down in his Letter to a Disciple]
Stay close by the door, if you desire all beauty

And leave aside sleep, if you wish to arrive
And make of the spirit your first place of account
To the beloved, whose lights shine as from gold
All of them worship out of fear of the fire
And consider deliverance abundant good fortune Or, so they may dwell in the gardens, and reach
To the meadows of paradise, and there drink from its rivers
Of gardens or fire I have no opinion
I seek no exchange for my dearest love

- Rabia Al-Adawiyya
It is mentioned that a person once came to Ali ibn abi Talib (radiAllahu anhu) and
questioned him regarding fate. He replied, "raise one foot", and after doing as he
was told, Ali ibn abi Talib (radiAllahu anhu) said, "now raise the other", which he was
obviously not able to do so.
The lesson was that some things we have control over, although Allah has knowledge
of that also, but some things we have no control over. Taqdeer (destiny).
Similarly, we can say that our partners are written for us but we have some level of
choice.
The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
Maa ki du'a, jannat ki hawa

mother's dua, [brings] Jannah's air
- Urdu proverb
Try to dissolve out of selfishness into a voice beyond those limits.
Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.
My son, when you pray, do it like a person who is bidding farewell to this world, and
dont assume you will have another chance to pray again. My son, know that a
believer dies in between two deeds, one he offers for today, where he will get
immediate blessings, and the second deed is what he offers towards the day of
resurrection, and that is where he will gain the ultimate benefits

- Muadh Ibn Jabal (radiAllahu anhu)
All are stricken and you are safe?

All got it wrong and you got it right?
All are blameworthy, and you have excuses?
The candle is not there to illuminate itself

- Nawab Jan-Fishan Khan
O Lord!
If I worship You from fear of Hell, cast me into Hell.
If I worship You from desire for Paradise, deny me Paradise
but if I worship You for Your own sake,
then withhold not from me Your Eternal Beauty
- Rabia al-Adawiya
The Righteous Salaf were as fearful of their good deeds being squandered, or not
being accepted, as the present generation is certain that their neglect would be
forgiven.
- Hasan al-Basri
True devotion is to loose the faculty of being conscious of your devotion; for
someone who identifies devotion in his devotion is a person whose devotion is in
need of devotion.
- as Sousi
Put aside your pride,

Set down your arrogance,
And remember your grave.
- Ali ibn Abu Talib (radiAllahu anhu)
One of the signs of relying on deeds is loss of hope when a misstep occurs. - Ibn
Ata'illah Iskandari
That which God said to the rose,

and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty,
he said to my heart,
and made it a hundred times more beautiful.
- Jalaluddin al-Rumi [Mathnawi, III, 4129]
I have been so naughted in Thy Love's existence that my nonexistence is a thousand

times sweeter than my existence
Does money upset the hearts of learned men?

He answered, "men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned"
- abu Hamid al Ghazali
The spiritual warrior is he who breaks an idol;

and the idol of each person is his Ego.
- Imam Abul Qasim al-Qushayri
[from al-Risala al-Qushayrriya]
Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.
- Saadi al-Shiraz
[Gulistan]
People choose the path of their own lives: victor or victim.

You claim your role by the choices you make along the way.
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However,

they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose
laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.
We should think of those who were famous for their good deeds or their bad deeds;
did their fame raise them one single degree in the sight of Allah. Did it win them a
reward that they had not already won by their actions during their life?
- Ibn Hazm
[Kitab Al-Akhlaq wa al-Siyar fi Mudawat al-Nufus]
Say the truth even if it may be bitter.

- Prophet Muhammad (salAllahu alayhi wasalam)
A man not progressing is not standing still. He is stagnating.
Never break a Muslims heart by refusing what he offers you, when you know that
anything that comes to you through him is in reality from God, and he is only His
powerless and compelled means.
Imam al Haddad
[from 'Book of Assistance']
Pride is concerned with who is right.

Humility is concerned with what is right.
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for

benevolence, confidence, justice.
- Baruch Spinoza (163277)
Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.

- Saadi al-Shiraz
There is not on the face of the earthafter the Book of Allah a book which is more
sahih than the book of Malik.
- Imam Shafi'i
He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a
man
- William Shakespeare
While you are alive, your worldy self is like a collector of benefits from Allah's
bounties, which come to you from myriads of hands. - Ibn 'Arabi
Every drop of sweat

and every breath we take in life,
if not taken for the sake of Allah,
will lead to regret and sorrow
on the Day of Judgment
- Ibn Al-Qayyim
Intelligence is the shadow of objective truth.

How can the shadow vie with sunshine?
If you make intense supplication and the timing of the answer is delayed, do not
despair of it. His reply to you is guaranteed; but in the way He chooses, not the way
you choose, and at the moment He desires, not the moment you desire. If something
that is promised does not happen even though the time for it is set, do not doubt the
promise!
The Hikam of Ibn 'Ata'llah (with Commentary by Ibn 'Ajiba)
If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable.

If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.
- Saadi al-Shiraz
Repel the thought, for if you dont, it becomes an idea. So repel the idea, for if
you dont it will become a desire. So fight against that (desire), for if you dont,
it will become a determination and a passion. And if you dont repel that, it will
become an action. And if you dont replace it with its opposite, it will become a
constant habit. So at that point, it will be difficult for you to change it.
- Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah [from al-Fawaa'id]
Truthfulness is composed of justice and courage.

- Ibn Hazm
[Kitab al-Akhlaq wa al-Siyar fi Mudawat al-Nufus]
Remembrance of Allah is certain knowledge of one's belief ('ilm al-iman), immunity

from hypocrisy (baraa'at min al-nifaaq), a fortress against Shaytan (Husn min alshaytaan), and a guarded refuge from the fire (Hirz min al-naar).
Ikhlaas is to forget the vision of creation by constantly looking at the Creator.

- Abu Uthman
In the sea there are countless treasures,

But if you desire safety, it is on the shore.
- Sa'di
The creative spirit demands persistence.
Seeking knowledge at an Young age is like engraving on a stone.

- Hasan al-Basri
Like us many have spoken over this spring, but they were gone in the twinkling of an
eye.
We conquered the world with bravery and might, but we did not take it with us to the
grave.
- Zahiruddin Muhammad (Babur)
People need comfort.

Some people find it in this, some find it in that and some don't find it at all.
Allah in His infinite Wisdom has designed everything on this planet earth, the
universe around and within it to ultimately point to Him. The signs are everywhere.
Everything points to Him.
You just have to look.
The lower self is greedy,

teach it to be content.
"And We shall try you until We test those among you who strive their utmost and
persevere in patience"
- Qur'an, 47:31
We should be thankful.
One of the greatest parts of our spiritual path should be thankfulness.
No matter what happens.
No matter what happens.
Your destiny is Allah.
The best provision is piety.
Knowledge is not what is memorised.

Knowledge is what benefits.
- Imam Shafi'
(In other words, that which has results)
By the mercy of God Paradise has eight doors one of those is the door of
repentance, child. All the others are sometimes open, sometimes shut, but the door
of repentance is never closed. Come seize the opportunity: the door is open; carry
your baggage there at once.
[Mathnawi IV: 2506-2508, 'Rumi: Jewels of Remembrance']
Not wishy-washy, not up and down, don't zig and zag.

Be firm.
Walk straight.
The Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) was then taken into Paradise and he reported
that he saw in it domes of pearls and it's soil was made of musk
[reported by Anas ibn Malik in Sahih al-Bukhari]
Strain not your eyes toward that which We have given for some pairs among them to
enjoythe flower of this worlds life, that We may thereby put them to the test.
Your Lords provision is better and more lasting. - Qur'an 20:131
Shaitan is always looking for an opening to get you.

Drive him away with Dhikr.
What hand do you think you will get your book, on the Day of Judgement?
When we look for strength in ourselves, we will be weak.

When we look for strength in Allah, we will be invincible.
How can you Despair?

Despair is when you are not getting anywhere.
Allah has said that He will never let any of our good deeds be lost.
Ali ibn abi Talib (radiAllahu anhu) in his letter to malik e Ashtar, when sending him to
a town which was half muslim and half non muslim:
"O Malik, remember they are either your brothers in faith or your equals in
humanity"
There are distinctions among people.

People are like metal in the earth.
Gold, silver, aluminium, iron...
Do the Obligatory [Fardhu], Improve on it with the Supererogatory [Sunnat]. Add

Reflection [Wird], And Remembrance [Zikr], To improve on it.
- Habib Ali bin Esa bin Abdulkader al Haddad (rahimullah)
Excerpt from 'The Gift of Imam al Haddad' (Chapter: Tenets of Faith)
The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
- Abu Hamid al-Ghazali
Never do I argue with a man with a desire to hear him say

what is wrong, or to expose him and win victory over him.
Whenever I face an opponent in debate I silently pray O Lord, help him so that truth may flow from his heart
and on his tongue, and so that if truth is on my side, he may follow me;
and if truth be on his side, I may follow him.
- Imam Ash-Shafi (rahimullah)
If you wish to know which sciences and acts are the most important and beneficial
for you, imagine that you are to die the next day and return to God to stand before
Him and be asked to account for your knowledge, behaviour, and all your affairs and
states, subsequently to be taken either to the Garden or the Fire. What you see
there as most important and useful to you is precisely what you must now give
priority and attachment to; whereas what you find useless, unimportant, frivolous, or
simply of no great necessity is what you must neither pursue nor occupy yourself
with in this life. Meditate on this matter and reflect well; it is of tremendous benefit
to those who have discernment and are concerned about their appointed time, their
return to God, their salvation, and their success in the Hereafter, which is better and
more enduring (Quran 87:17). Success is in the Hand of God, to whom belong all
graces, for He bestows them on whomever He wills; and Gods graces are
immense!
- Imam al-Haddad
[from 'Knowledge and Wisdom'
translated by Mostafa Badawi, Starlatch Press, 2001]
The need of the hour is that your life should be revolutionised.

The revolution should not be an individual one but a collective one.
The change should be concerning your belief, your morals, your actions, your
dealings, your decisions, and your efforts.
Your life in every way should become a beacon of guidance and it should become a
means for Dawah.
-- Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi
Those who Know they do not Know that to Know is to Know what they do not Know!
- (Aveccina) Ali Sina
A feeling of discouragement when you slip up

is a sure sign that you put your faith in deeds
- The Hikam of Ibn 'Ata'llah (with Commentary by Ibn 'Ajiba)
History is a signpost for the future...
The 'best awareness [ma'rifa] is for a man to have self-awareness.

And the best knowledge ['ilm] is for a man to stop at the limit of his knowledge.'
- Shaykh Abdullah Adhami
Who does greater evil than he who is reminded of the signs of the Lord, then turns
away from them?
- Qur'an, 32:22
The Qur'an guides you to the recognition of your illnesses

and to their remedies.
Your illness are your sins,
and your medicine is seeking Allah's Forgiveness.
- Qatadah
"We need spirited, energetic and strong young people whose hearts are filled with
life, enthusiasm, zeal and dynamism; whose souls are full of ambition, aspiration and
vigor and have great goals, rising and aspiring to reach them until they eventually
arrive at their destination."
- Hasan al-Banna
"The word "shams" (sun) is feminine, and "qamar" (moon) is masculine. The sun
burns itself out to give light and life to everything around, and the moon is muneer,
meaning it reflects the light. Within itself it has no light; it radiates the brilliance of
the sun. So when we shine as men, the implication is that we are reflecting the
glorious light of our women. May Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'aala be pleased with them."
- Shaykh Abdullah Adhami
If you do not think well of Him because His qualities are beautiful then think well of
Him because of the way He treats you.
- ibn Ata'llah
Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the
chess piece.
I know of nothing more useful to you than four matters: surrender to Allah, to
humbly entreat Him, to think the best of Him, and to perpetually renew your
repentance to Him, even if you should repeat a sin seventy times in a day.
- ibn Ata'illah
Your loud voice is not proof of the depth of your knowledge, for an empty utensil
makes more noise than a full one
And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
If you ask, ask Allah and if you seek help, seek help from Allah.
Muhammad (salAllahu alayhi wasalam)
[at-Tirmidhi, Ahmad]
Abu Suhayb Sinaan (radiAllahu anhu) narrated that Rasulullah (salAllahu alayhi
wasalam) said:
"How amazing is the case of a believer;there is good for him in everything,and this
charactristic is exclusively for him alone. If he experiences something good he is
thankful and that is good for him; and if he comes across some diversity,he is patient
and that is good for him."
[Muslim]
Whoever makes a show of his good deeds so that people will respect him, Allah
Ta'ala will show what is truly in his heart.
[sahih al-Bukhari and Muslim]
"There are two kinds of action in this world: the successful and the unsuccessful.
Now unconsidered, hasty action, driven by passion rather than wisdom, tends to be
unsuccessful, and the more emotionally involved one is in a particular action, the
more likely one is to fail. To put this in its simplest terms, action must be rooted in
contemplation. Contemplation in its turn demands detachment, that detachment
which every Muslim should have at his disposal if he is fully aware of lifes brevity,
aware of Divine Judgment, aware of the overwhelming presence of Allah (SWT).
Here, it seems to me, virtue and practical necessity come together. The more we act
as we should, the more likely we are to succeed"
- Gai Eaton [from Muslims Today]
A leading scholar of Basra visited Rabi'a al-Adawiyya while she was ill.
ting beside her pillow, the scholar spoke about how terrible the world was. In reply,
Rabià told him:
"You love the world very dearly. If you did not love the world, you would not mention
it so much. It is always the purchaser who first disparages what he wants to buy. If
you were done with the world, you would not mention it either for good or evil. As it
is, you keep mentioning it because, as the proverb says, whoever loves a thing
mentions it frequently."
- Rabi'a al-Adawiyya
And God wants to turn unto you in His mercy, whereas those who follow [only] their
own lusts want you to drift far away from the right path. God wants to lighten your
burdens: for man has been created weak.
- Qur'an, surah an-Nisa, 4:27-28
Dont fret about your affairs, leave it in His hands. Do you think if He wants it for you,
anyone can stop it? Or ir He doesnt want it for you anyone can Grant it? Dont look to
anyone for your needs, for the One who created you, knows you.
Advice from Dawud Wharnsby Ali to a young sister wondering what to be when she
grows up:
Dont grow up my friend..... Just grow BETTER with time and grow more
experienced with age. Keep being passionate about whatever you do.... keep trying
new things.... keep patient and keep trying your best. When your passion starts to
fade.... stop and re-assess who you are, what you are doing and where your path is
leading. The path to God is straight through willful surrender to God... we know that
from Quran....but the paths of life we walk are adventurous and twisty....if, that is
we WANT them to be.
Seek the fellowship of those who enjoy fellowship with the Lord
- Abd al-Qadir Jilani (rahimullah)
['The Sublime Revelation (Al-Fath ar-Rabbani)' trans by Muhtar Holland (Al-Baz
Publishing, Houston, 1992), p. 426-8]
We must begin looking at each other as brothers and sisters...and not walking
brochures. We must see each others strengths and encourage those
strengths....We must see each others weaknesses and be patient with those
weaknesses... sometimes even look beyond what we see as "weaknesses" and move
on with compassion and love and respect. That takes true faith.
- Dawud Wharnsby Ali
He who knows himself, knows His Lord.

It is far better to live like a lion for a day then to live like a jackal for hundred years.
- Tipu Sultan
Our problem is one of spirituality.

If a man comes to speak to me about
the reforms to be undertaken in the
Muslim world, about political strategies
and of great geo-strategic plans, my
first question to him would be whether
he performed the dawn prayer in its time
- Said Ramadan, son of Hassan al Banna
True knowledge is not mentioned in relation

to how much you memorise and then narrate,
but rather, true knowledge is
an expression of piety
(protecting oneself from what Allah (awj) prohibited
and acting upon what He mandated
- Ibn Mas'ud (radiAllahu anhu)
A pirate was captured and brought before Alexander the Great.

Alexander asked the pirate:
'How dare you molest the people?'
The pirate replied: 'And how dare you molest the entire world? I am called a thief
because I do it with a little ship only. You do it with a great navy and you are called
an Emperor!'
Don't look down on anyone uless you are helping them up.
Seven days without prayers makes one WEAK.
The essence of knowledge is to know

what obedience and worship are
Education is our passport to the future,

for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today
- El-Malik el-Shabbaz (Malcolm X)
Never forget that turning a blind eye

to oppression
and watching from the sidelines
is itself opression
- Harun Yahya
Whatever the situation may be, in the recollection of death there is reward and
merit. For even the man engrossed in the world benefits from it by acquiring an
aversion to this world, since it spoils his contentment and the fullness of his
pleasure; and everything which spoils for man his pleasures and his appetites is one
of the means of deliverance.
['The Remembrance of Death & the Afterlife' Ihya Ilum Ud Din]
It is indeed surprising that a man inspite of his belief in the Fire of Jahannum is still
able to laugh, and inspite of his belief in Maut he is able to be happy. Inspite of
believing in the Reckoning, he commits evil deeds. Inspite of believing in Taqdeer, he
grieves. Inspite of observing the world with its changes, he feels contented with it.
Inspite of believing in Jannat, he refrains from righteous deeds. - Nabi Musa (alayhis
salam)
[the majlis]
Meet people in such a manner that if you die,

they should weep for you,
and if you live,
they should long for you
- Ali (radi Allahu anhu)
The person I like most is the one who points out my defects
- Umar (radiAllahu anhu)
O people who take pleasure in a life that will vanish,

falling in love with a fading shadow is sheer stupidity
- Ibn al-Qayyim
Once Rabia al-Basri was sitting in company with some people who were talking of the
world reproachfully. She said,
'Do not talk of the world. Do not talk of it even disparagingly. For, your talking of it
shows that you consider it to be worth talking about, and something of consequence.
If it were of no consequence in your sight, you would never have liked to make a
mention of it. (For, who would talk about the filth that men excrete?)'
- from Fazaile Sadaqaat, Ch6 - Virtues of Spending in the Way of Allah
Knowledge is taken from breath,

not lives in a book
- Sahykh Hamza Yusuf
Only that which was effective for the first of this community will be effective for the
last of it
- Imam Malik (rahimullah)
Intention is the measure for rendering actions true, so that,

where intention is sound, action is sound,
and where it is corrupt, then action is corrupt
- Imam an-Nawawi (rahimullah)
When the inward is good the outward is also inevitably so, for the outward always
follows the inward, whether good or evil.
- Imam Abdullah ibn Alawi al Haddad
Whoever desires to purify his heart,

then let him prefer Allah to his desires
- Ibn al-Qayyim
A tree, freshly rooted, may be pulled up by one man on his own.

Give it time, and it will not be moved,
even with a crane
- Saadi al-Shiraz
Make no friendship with an elephant keeper

If you have no room to entertain an elephant
- Saadi al-Shiraz
It is reported from the famous worshiper Rabi'ah al-Adawiyya (radiAllahu anha) that
she said: "I have never heard the adhaan except that I remember the caller who will
announce the Day of Resurrection, and I never see the falling snow except that I
imagine the flying pages of the records of peoples deeds (on that day), and I never
see swarms of locusts except that I think about the Great Gathering on the Last
Day."
- Rabi'ah al-Adawiyya (radiAllahu anha)
- Ibn Al-Jawzi, Sifat As-Safwah 2/433.
Do not fix hopes on your health, and do not laugh away life.
Remember how they walked and now all their joints lie separately,
and the tongue with which they talked lightly
is eaten away by the worms
- Abu Hamid al Ghazali
To prove that it is not men who make religion true,

we must prove that religion can make men true
If someone wants to know what position he enjoys in the eyes of God,

he has only to look at what place he gives to God (in his heart and life)
- Hakim
He who wishes that people always remember him with goodness is neither Godfearing nor sincere.
- Shaykh Ibrahim ibn Adham
Many times I heard Imam Ahmad saying (when asked to give his opinion) on
controversial scholarly issues I do not know. - Abu Dawud (ra)
Being married forces you to fine tune those not-so-great-aspects of yourself and to
strive to be better. Love comes in here too; when you are in a loving relationship
(and in love and loved); you have this amazing reservoir of energy within you that
allows you to flourish, nurture and improve. It brings out the best in you and makes
you strive to be better because someone cares and loves you; and vice versa. It is a
little like how we instinctively react to another's perception of us, when they think
well of us and believe in us, we want to do even better; but when they disparage us
we will get defensive and withdraw.
Do not sit idle, for indeed death is seeking you

- Hasan al-Basri
Why do you seek more knowledge when you pay no heed to what you already know?
The righteous salaf were as fearful of their good deeds being squandered, or not
being accepted, as the present generation is certain that their neglect will be
forgiven
- Hasan al-Basri
Whoever does not thank people, does not thank God.

[at-Tirmidhi, Hadith 897]
All of them worship out of fear of the Fire and see salvation as a generous portion,
Or seek to dwell in the Garden and to relax in meadows and drink of Salsabil. I have
no opinion of Gardens or Fire. I do not seek any recompense for my love.
- a sufi
Islam teaches that God is one and only reality. Not just that there is only one God
but that nothing else really exists! We have made gods of money, status,
name, fame and many other concerns that are only transient, temporal and
incapable of giving us the lasting peace that we all seek.
I know that societies often have killed people who have helped to change those
societies. And if I can die having brought any light, having exposed any meaningful
truth that will help destroy the racist cancer that is malignant in the body of America,
then, all credit is due to Allah. Only the mistakes have been mine.
- El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X),
(last words of his autobiography)
People count with self-satisfaction the number of times they have recited the name
of God on their prayer beads, but they keep no beads for reckoning the number of
idle words they speak.
When you notice in a person some manifest act of obedience to Allah, and some
secret act of disobedience, you might regard the act of obedience as showing off or
hypocrisy, and the disobedience as the genuine trait of that person. Justice demands
from you otherwise.
Your desire to withdraw from everything

when Allah has involved you in the world of means
is a hidden appetite.
Your desire for involvement with the world of means
when Allah has withdrawn you from it
is a fall from high aspiration.
- ibn 'Ajiba
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind

- Mahatma Gandhi
Remember your contemporaries who have passed away and were your age.
Remember the honors and fame they earned, the high posts they held, and the
beautiful bodies they possessed. Today all of them are turned to dust. They have left
orphans and widows behind them, their wealth is being wasted, and their houses
turned into ruins.
No sign of them is left today, and they lie in dark holes underneath the earth.
Picture their faces before your mind's eye and ponder.
You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.

Till man destroys "self" he is no true friend of God.

For those who realize that everything is from God, everything is the same.
I went to Yale, and I didn't even know they had a library. I was there seven years. I
never saw a library.
- George 'Dubya' Bush [As quoted in the book 'Living History' by Hilary Clinton]
If any religion had the chance of ruling over England, nay Europe within the next
hundred years, it could be Islam
- George Bernard Shaw
The realization of 'La ilaha illa Allah' is one of the states of the heart that can be
neither expressed by the tongue nor thought out by the mind.
- Ibn Ata'ala
God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.
Eventhough you are not equipped,

keep searching:
equipment isn't necessary on the way to the Lord.
Whoever you see engaged in search,
become her friend and cast your head in front of her,

for choosing to be a neighbour of seekers,
you become one yourself;
protected by conquerors,
you will yourself learn to conquer.
If an ant seeks the rank of Solomon,
don't smile contemptuously upon its quest.
And of all your skills, and wealth and handicraft,
Weren't they first merely a thought and a quest?
[Mathnawi]
It was once said to Imam Abu Hanifa (rahimahullah), "In such and such a mosque
there is a circle that discusses fiqh (lit. the "understanding of fine points of the
religion")". He asked, "Do they have a master over them?" and they said no. He said,
"They will never understand"
- Ibn Muflih, al-Adab al-shariyya wa al-minah al-mariyya. 3 vols. Cairo n.d. Reprint.
Cairo: Maktaba Ibn Taymiya, 1398/1978, 3.374
Keep the minds of people focussed on chaotic events and talk that polarize and
divide them in the outer world and they will forget who they really are; they will
loose the contact with their innermost self; they will lose contact with their own soul.
It is all about creating chaos and disorder to distract peoples mind from far more
important happenings on a spiritual level.
I am a bird of God's garden

and I do not belong to this dusty world
For a day or two they have put me here
in this cage of my own body
I did not come here of my own
I will not return of my own
to my own country.
[A Bird In God's Garden]
How should we not put our trust in Allah when He hath shown us our ways? We
surely will endure the hurt ye do us. In Allah let the trusting put their trust
- Qur'an, 14:12
All humans are dead except those who have knowledge; and all those who have
knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds; and those who do good
deeds are deceived, except those who are sincere; and those who are sincere are
always in a state of worry.
May Allah steal from you All that steals you from Him.
- Rabi'a al-Adawiyya
This life is not real. I conquered the world and it did not bring me satisfaction.
-- Muhammad Ali (Boxing champion)
Allah guards the justice loving government, even if it is the government of nonMuslims, and destroys the tyrant government, even if it is the government of
Muslims.
- Ibn Taymiyyah
What you love to have with you in the Hereafter you should advance today,
and what you hate to have with you, you should abandon today.
- Salman ibn Dinar (radiAllahu anhu)
Actions are merely propped-up shapes.

Their life-breath is the presence of the secret of sincerity in them.
- Shaykh Zarruq
The morning wind spreads its fresh smell.

We must get up and take that in,
that wind that lets us live.
Breathe before it's gone.
- Jalaluddin Rumi
[from 'The Essential Rumi' - Coleman Barks]
Beauty is a King that needs to be obeyed - Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller
We ought not to be embarrassed of appreciating the truth and of obtaining it

wherever it comes from, even if it comes from races distant and nations different
from us. Nothing should be dearer to the seeker of truth than the truth itself, and
there is no deterioration of the truth, nor belittling either of one who speaks it or
conveys it
- Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Ishaq Al-Kindi
If your busy with yourself now,

you will be busy with yourself then.
If you are busy with God now,
you will be with Him then.
- Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali
I looked at all friends, and did not find a better friend than safeguarding the tongue.
I thought about all dresses, but did not find a better dress than piety. I thought
about all types of wealth, but did not find a better wealth than contentment in little. I
thought of all types of good deeds, but did not find a better deed than offering good
advice. I looked at all types of sustenance, but did not find a better sustenance than
patience.
If you knew what I know, you would go out to the jungle, weeping and crying and
leave your property unguarded. But your hearts are heedless of the requirements of
the Hereafter and you have, before you, worldly hopes and aspirations. That is why
the world has become your master and all your activities are directed towards it; you
have reduced yourself to a condition of stark ignorance.
- Abu Darda (radiAllahu anhu
[from Fazaile Sadaqaat, Ch6]
Dear friend,
Your heart is a polished mirror. You must wipe it dean of the veil of dust that has
gathered upon it, because it is destined to reflect the light of divine secrets.
What can my enemies do to me? My paradise is in my heart, it is with me wherever I

go. To imprison me is to provide me with seclusion. To send me into exile is to send
me away in the Path of Allah. And to kill me is to make me a martyr.
- Ibn Taymeeyah
Whoever is not made glorified by taqwa can find no glory.

- Imam Shafi' (rahimullah)
O God,
You know that the only thing I want in this life
Is to be obedient to Your command.
Even the living sight of my eyes
Is service at your court
- Rabia al-Adawiyya
All we have to decide is what to do with the time we are given.
Your Lord creates and chooses whatever He wills. The choice is not theirs
- Qur'an, 28:68
Give up what appears to be doubtful for what is certain.

Truth brings peace of mind, and deception doubt.
- Muhammad (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) [as reported by Hasan ibn 'Ali ibn Abu Talib
(radiAllahu anhu)]
I seek forgiveness from Allah for the lack of my sincerity when I say I seek the
forgiveness of Allah
- Rabia al-Adawiyyah
If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement
will end.
Islam is not just a religion. Islam is everything.

- Yusuf Islam
The sign of Gods love is to bestow three attributes on His lover: A generosity like
that of the sea, a kindness like that of the sun, and, a humility like that of the earth.
- Bayazid
O Lord...
Once I wanted You so much
I didn't even dare walk past Your house-And now
I am not even worthy to be let in
- Rabia al-Adawiyya
Shall I tell you who is kept away from Hell and from whom Hell is kept away? From
everyone who is gentle and kindly, approachable and of an easy disposition Muhammad (salAllahu alayhi wasalam)
[at-Tirmidhi, Hadith 1315]
My request is not for bliss of the Garden. I only desire to see You.
- ibn al-Farid
When people have despaired of reaping a harvest, God sends down rain. He spreads
his blessing across the world; he is the glorious guardian. Look at how he created the
heavens and the earth, and all the creatures that he has spread across the earth.
The creation is merely one among many of his signs. If he wanted, he could gather
the heavens and the earth and all the creatures into one place.
- Qur'an, Surah Ash-Shura, 42:27-29
The real work is in the Heart:

Wake up your Heart! Because when the heart is completely awake,
Then it needs no Friend.
- Rabia al-Adawiyya
Our hearts are filled with such ease and contentment that if kings came to know of it
they would come with armies to rob us of this wealth.
The proposition that Muslims are welcome in Britain if, and only if, they stop
behaving like Muslims is a doctrine which is incompatible with the principles that
guide a free society.
- Roy Hattersley
This Qur'an guides you to the recognition of your illnesses and to their remedies.
Your illnesses are your sins, and your medicine is seeking Allah's forgiveness.
- Qatadah (radiAllahu anhu)
Of all the follies the greatest is to love the world.

You are not aware of the consequences that would result (if you were granted what
you desire) because what you seek might be to your detriment. (O soul) be
conscious that your Master is more aware about your well-being than you are.
- Ibn Al-Jawzi
Amongst the signs of success at the end is the turning to God at the beginning.
In the intricate paths of life when difficulties and hardships confront a man, and the
darkness of difficulty and suffering becomes long, it is patience only that acts like a
light for a Muslim, that keeps him safe from wandering here and there, and saves
him from the muddy marsh of disappointment, desperation and frustration.
[Muslim's Character]
It is reported from Abu Hurayrah (radiAllahu anhu) that he said, "Shall I not point
you to comfortable proceeds?" People responded, "And what is that o Abu
Hurayrah?" He replied, "Fasting in winter."
It is reported from 'Umar (radiAllahu anhu) that he said: "Winter is booty for the
devout worshippers."
The Arabs used to refer to matters which were relatively easy to gain as being cool.
In this narration, the relative ease of fasting in winter and its consequent reward is
likened to acquiring war proceeds without the heat of violence.
It is reported from 'Ubayd ibn 'Umayr (radiAllahu anhu) that he said: "It used to be
said when winter came: O people of the Quràn, the night has become long so you
can pray (more) and the day has become short for you to fast."
- Abu Nu'aym, Hilyat Al-Awliyaa`
A muslim must treat his brother [and sisters too] in a good way, he should do good
things for him and keep him away from harm. When he meets him, he should have a
smiling face. He should accept the good things from his brother and forgive his evil
deeds. He should not bear on his brother with more than that which he is capable.
- Al Jazairy
[Minhaj Al Muslim, Chapter on etiquette]
Imam Bukhari (rahimullah) was so pious that he could truthfully say "I have never
told a lie"
Patiently restrict yourselves to the sunnah, stop where the people stopped, say what
they said, avoid what they avoided. Take to the path of the salaf, for indeed what
was sufficient for them was sufficient for you.
- Imam al-Awza'ii (radiAllahu anhu)
(from Al-Hujjah of Ismail Abu Fadhl (6/A-B))
Knowledge is not to be taken from four types of people: a foolish person who openly
acts foolish, even if he reports the most narrations; an adherent of bidah who calls
to his desires; a person who lies, even if I dont accuse him of lying in hadith; and a
righteous pious worshiper who does not accurately retain what he narrates.
- Imam Malik (rahimullah)
(from Al-Dhahabi, Siyar Alam Al-Nubala` in his biography of Imam Malik)
When the time for prayer is at hand,

I make a proper ablution,
go to the spot where I attend to pray
and sit there until all my limbs and organs are in a collected state.
Then I stand up to perform my prayer,
placing the Ka'bah between my brows,
the bridge over Hell beneath my feet,
Paradise to my right
and Hell to my left,
and the Angel of Death behind me,
thinking all the while that this is my final prayer.
Then I stand between hope and fear.
I carefully pronounce "Allahu Akbar!"
Then I recite the Qur'an harmoniously,
bow in humility
and prostrate myself submissively.
I then sit back on my left haunch,
spreading out the left foot,
raising my right foot on the toes.
I follow this with sincerity.
Then I wonder
whether or not
my prayer
has been accepted.
- Hatim bin Al-Asam

(from 'Inner Dimensions of Islamic Worship' - by Al Ghazali)
A man without any history is like a tree without roots - El-Malik el-Shabbaz (Malcolm
X)
Poverty is not for the sake of hardship. No, it is there because nothing exists but
God Poverty unlocks the door -- what a blessed key!
Live for this life as though you live in it forever and live for the life to come as though
you die tomorrow
- 'Amr ibn al 'Aas
The death of the self lies in the life of the heart

- Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq (rahimullah)
Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.
If you are proud of your descent from virtuous ancestors, how empty their virtue will
leave your hands if you yourself are not virtuous. How little pride your ancestors will
have in you in this world and the next if you do no good! All men are children of
Adam whom Allah created by His own Hands, giving him paradise for a dwelling place
and letting His angels bow down before him. But how little is the advantage from this
since all the vices dwell in mankind and all the wicked impious people are among
their number.
- Ibn Hazm
Historically whoever advocates truth always suffers. I am just a fighter for the truth.
Our truths are universal
- Merve Kavaci (former Turkish Parliamentarian - who was prevented from taking
oath in Parliament because of her hijab)
When you want to mention your companion's faults, remember your own faults
- Ibn Abbas (radiAllahu anhu)
Everything in this world happens for a reason yet nothing in this world comes
freeHard work, endurance, determination, persistence, and strong will are key
But without faith you can only go so far before you lose yourself We are all
hearts, minds, bodies, and souls searching for something - you are not the only
one So search, and you shall discover, look, and you shall certainly find, read and
you shall only behold that the most logical of all answers was always right there
before your very eyes
- Moez Masoud
(TV presenter of 'Parables in the Quran' and 'Stairway to Paradise')
I once saw a Christian monk gaunt through self-sacrifice and doubled over by the
fear of God. I asked him to show me the path of God. He replied, "If you knew God
you would know the way to Him. I worship Him although I do not know Him; you
disobey Him though you know Him. With knowledge comes fear, yet you are selfassured; with heresy ignorance, yet I feel fear within me." His words moved me so
deeply that since then I have refrained from wrongdoing.
- Abd'Allah bin Mubarak al-Marwazi, "The Kashf al-Mahjub"
Man who is created alone should be aware that he will also die alone. Yet during his
life, he lives almost addicted to posessions...
the only assest one can take with him when one dies is one's belief or disbelief
- Harun Yahya (famous Turkish author)
Whoever travels without a guide, needs two hundred years for a two-day journey.
- Jalaluddin Rumi
Astride a horse I am not, nor camel-like carry a load,

Subjects I have none, nor follow any sultan's code;
I worry not for what exists, nor fret for what is lost,
I breathe with extreme ease, and live at very little cost.
- Saadi al-Shiraz
How many lessons there are and how little they are taken
- Ali ibn abu Talib (radiAllahu anhu)
Who are we to wish for Paradise? It will be enough if God spares us his wrath.
- Imam Abu Hanifah (rahimullah)
When offended always consider the source.....
Patience is a virtue that few have earned...
The life of this world and the hereafter, in the heart of a person are like the two
scales of a balance,
when one becomes heavier, the other becomes lighter
- 'Amr ibn Abdullah
Your souls are precious and can only be equal to the price of Paradise, therefore sell
them only at that price
- Ali ibn abu-Talib (radiAllahu anhu)
Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens
to him.
In the time of the Rasulullah (salAllahu alayhi wasalam), tasawwuf was a reality
without a name.
Today tasawwuf is a name, but few know its reality.
No one who possesses snow would find any hardship in exchanging it for jewels and
pearls. This world is like snow exposed to sun, which continues to melt until it
disappears altogether, while the next life is like a precious stone that never passes
away.
Fight against your ego with the four swords of training:

eat little,
sleep little,
speak little,
and be patient when people harm you...
Then the ego will walk the paths of obedience, like a fleeing horseman in the field of
battle.
- Yahya ibn Mu'adh al-Razi
A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence,

covetousness, temper and attacking other people
On Being thankful
It is said that once Hasan al-Basri had a very sharp headache, so he tied a bandana
over his head. Rabia Basri saw him and inquired the cause for the bandana, to which
Hasan al-Basri told her of the headache.
Rabia Basri asked him if this headache is something he gets often. Hasan al-Basri
replied that Allah has blessed him with good health and it is after many years that he
had a headache this severe.
"Is it not strange that Allah gave you good health for years, and then when He
afflicts you with some pain, you wear a banner on your head to advertise your pain?"
Hasan al-Basri says that after that day he never ever complained of any harship he
faced.
Prayer is that which enables the soul to realize its divinity. Through prayer human
beings worship absolute truth, and seek an eternal reward. Prayer is the foundationstone of religion; and religion is the means by which the soul is purified of all that
pollutes it. Prayer is the worship of the first cause of all things, the supreme ruler of
all the world, the source of all strength. Prayer is the adoration of the one whose
being is necessary.
- Ibn Sina, Kitab al-Najat
[ from "366 Readings From Islam," trans. Robert Van der Weyer]
I am a burning candle;
You are the morning light,
If I do not see You, I burn;
if I see You, I vanish.
This is my condition
in separation and closeness.
I can bear neither separation nor proximity.
- Sufi poem
If something is meant to go elsewhere,

it will never come your way,
but if it is yours by destiny,
from you it cannot flee.
Your children are not your children:

They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which
You cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
But seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
- Khalil Jibran
Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell
in possiblity.
Beware of this world, for it is sweet and tempting

When you resolve to become pious, the devil in your nature cries out at you, "Tread
not those paths, O confused one; distress and poverty will overcome you. You will be
despised, let down by friends, you will regret it." Dread of the devil has bound their
souls; the cries of the devil are the drover of the damned; the call of the Lord is a
guardian of the saints.
- Jalaluddin Rumi
[Mathnawi]
So many Muslims are concerned about 'iman' (faith) as a conception and as a point
of argument in debates, but few Muslims even comprehend the depth of 'iman' which
is total conviction (yaqeen).
It is the latter which the Sahabahs sought, attained, and through which, gained
victory.
- Shaykh Hasan Ali
The Muslims have got Islam as a legacy, hence they fail to recognise its value
- Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
How should Spring bring forth a garden on hard stone?

Become earth, you may grow flowers of many colours.
For you have been a heart-breaking rock.
Once, for the sake of experiment, be earth!
- Jalaluddin Rumi
Soften your heart [I, 1911-2]
O my son, let not the cock be more clever than you - it calls at the early hours of
dawn while you are asleep
- Prophet Luqman (alayhis salam), advising his son
Sincerity is not achieved until people do not see and until he fails to think of people.
- a sufi
Your Nafs is just like a suckling child. If you do not take the pains to wean him, he
will yearn for his mother's breast even when he's grown up. Therefore you should not
try to satisfy your lust by indulging in sins. This will only increase the desire for more
sins. The same is the case with the disease of gluttony. The more a person eats, the
more his hunger increases.
- Imam Busairi
(Offer greetings to each other) and rancor will disappear. Give gifts to each other and
love each other, and hatred will disappear.
[Al-Muwatta Vol 47, Hadith 16]
Your nafs (soul/desires) is your first battlefield. If you are victorious over it, then you
will find the other battlefields easier.
- Imam Hasan al Banna
Anyone who rises above the things of this world, to wich you kneel, is mightier than
you.
- Ibn Hazm
If there is someone in need whom you wish to help, whether the initiative came from
him or from you, do no more than he expects of you, not what you might personally
wish to do. If you overstep the mark, you will not deserve thanks, but blame from
him and others and you will attract hostility, not friendship.
- Ibn Hazm
[Kitab al-Akhlaaq wa al-Siyar]
It is striking that today, we Muslims read so many books and still have no result of
any revival;
yet the sahabahs revived a great portion of the world by reading only ONE book in
their time:
the Holy Qur'an.

The fact is that they did not just read it
but practiced every bit of it.
It was enough then - and is still enough today.
- Shaykh Hasan Ali
Every man dies, but not every man truly lives
If someone devotes himself entirely to Allah (awj), He will provide him with
everything he needs, and if a person devotes himself entirely to this world, Allah will
leave him in its core
- Muhyuddin, Abdul-Qadir Jilani
Among the principles of the Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama'ah lie the attitude of peace and
purity of their heart and tongue towards the Sahaba (Companions) of the Prophet
(saw).
- ibn Taymiyyah
['Fundamental Beliefs of Islam' Sharh al-Aqeedat-il-Wasitiyah]
Islam is a way of life which opens the heart to the meaning of existence. Thus any
increase of outward splendor is usually a sign of a decrease in inward illumination
- Ahmad Thompson [from 'Islam in Andalus']
You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he
has his freedom
- El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X)
If you want to talk to Allah,

perform Salah.
If you want Allah to talk to you,
read Qur'an.
Verily, the next life is better for you than this life
- Qur'an, 93:4
Action is the biggest measurement of knowledge
All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen
Dont despair. Allah is there.

- Mutma'inaa
There is only what He wills.

So leave your cares and abandon them.
Leave your preoccupations
which distract you and you will have rest.
- Yaqut al-'Arishi
'If you see my Ummah afraid of telling the oppressor: You are an oppressor, it is
farewell to the ummah'
[Ahmad, Tabarani, Al-Hakim and Al-Baihaqi]
I was harsh on you, but for your sake.
Whoever determines the truth from people alone

will remain lost in the plains of bewilderment.
Rather, know the truth, and you will know its people.
- Imam abu Hamid al-Ghazali
Ihya Ulum al-Din, 'The Book of Knowledge'
Be hard on yourself, easy on others.

I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.

- Muhammad Ali (World Boxing Champion)
The Ulema are the successors of the Prophets (as). The Prophets did not leave
dirhams. They only left knowledge; and that is a great fortune for those who grasp
it.
Two kinds of people live a life without care: one kind are extremely worthy of praise,
the other kind are extremely worthy of criticism. The first are those who care nothing
for the pleasures of the world and the second (i.e. those who are deserving of
criticism) care nothing for haya or modesty.
- Ibn Hazm
The rise of Islam offers perhaps the most impressive example in world history of the
power of words to alter human behavior in sudden, surprising ways.
- William H. McNeill
If you are not of the righteous, then at least do which the righteous do, and you'll
become one of them
- From those who know
Anas (radiAllahu anhu) said: The Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) said:
"None of you Truly believes until I am more beloved to him than his father, his child
and all the people." Some other reports add: "his life, his wealth and his family."
[Sahih Al-Bukhari and Muslim]
Ali ibn Abi Talib (radiAllahu anhu) once said:

"The Holy Prophet is dearer to us than our wealth, our children, our fathers, our
forefathers, our mothers and cool water at the time of severe thirst."
Hardship may dishearten at first,

but every hardship passes away.
All despair is followed by hope;
all darkness is followed by sunshine.
- Jalaluddin al-Rumi [Mathnawi, 3:2924-25]
If you make dhikr you won't become stressed

If you are getting stressed youre not doing enough dhikr
- Shaykh Hamza Yusuf Hanson
Eyes are at rest, the stars are setting.

Hushed are the stirrings of birds in their nests,
Of monsters in the ocean.
You are the Just who knows no change,
The Balance that can never swerve,
The Eternal which never passes away.
The doors of Kings are bolted now and guarded by soldiers.
Your Door is open to all who call upon You.
My Lord,
Each love is now alone with his beloved.
And I am alone with You.
-Rabia al-Basri
To completely trust in God is to be like a child who knows deeply that even if he does
not call for the mother, the mother is totally aware of his condition and is looking
after him.
Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.
- Muhammad Ali [World Boxing Champion]
Do not wrong [others] and you will not be wronged.

- Qur'an [2:279]
Sombody asked Imam Abu Hanifah one day what he thought of the battles between
'Ali and Mu'awiyah. "My mind," replied the Imam, "is always full of fear about things
on which I shall be questioned on the Judgement Day. I am sure this is not one of
them. So I do not think much about it."
Dear Friend, Your heart is a polished mirror. You must wipe it clean of the veil of dust
which has gathered upon it, because it is destined to reflect the light of divine
secrets.
- Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani
[The Secrets of Secrets, p. XLIVII]
Do not allow the fear of people to prevent you from proclaiming the Haqq (the truth
of Allah's Deen)
If sins had an odour, then nobody would be able to sit with me.
- Muhammad ibn Wasi
If sins had an odour, would you be sitting alone?
The True Ascetic abandons the three 'I's. He does not say "for me," "with me," or
"my property." He must not attribute anything to himself.
- Ibn al-Arabi
There is no change away from sin, nor power to remain firm on good,
except through Allah Most High and Almighty
- Imam Al-Tahawi
Whether your destiny is glory or disgrace,

Purify yourself of hatred and love of self.
Polish your mirror; and that sublime Beauty
From the regions of mystery
Will flame out in your heart
As it did for the saints and prophets.
Then, with your heart on fire with that Splendor,
The secret of the Beloved will no longer be hidden.
- Nur al-Din al-Jami
[from 'Perfume of the Desert']
A person is truly a human if he or she learns, and teaches, and inspires others. It is
difficult to regard as truly human someone who is ignorant and has no desire to
learn.
- Fethullah Gulen
In Allahs eyes, a knowledgeable person is as superior to any ordinary worshipper

as the moon is superior in brilliance to the other heavenly bodies.
When light engages the heart, it causes an illumation of the path,a purification of the
consciousness, an enlightenment of the intellect and an establishment of the
foundations of dhikr and shukr and of beautiful worship...
- Habib Umar Bin Hafiz
Rabiah al-Adwiyyahs servant narrates:

Rabiahs permanent, life-long practice was to perform Salat the entire night. After
sunrise she would lay for a short while on her musalla. When her eyes opened, she
would be in a state of fear. Reprimanding herself, she would say: How long will
you sleep and refrain from ibadat. Soon you will be overtaken by such sleep from
which only the Trumpet (soor) will awaken you. This remained her condition until
her death. When her time of maut was imminent she instructed me not to publicise
her death. (Only those directly involved in her burial were informed). She further
instructed me to prepare her Kafan from her simple cloak which she used to wear at
the time of Tahajjud. Thus she was buried in that cloak and another cloak which she
used to wear. The night after her burial, I saw Rabiah in a dream clad in the most
beautiful silken garments. I asked what had happened to her old cloaks which were
used as Kafan. She said: It was removed from me, sealed and delivered to the
loftiest heavenly realm (A`la Il-liyyeen). It will be added to my deeds on the Day of
Qiyamah. In place of it I have been dressed with the garments you are seeing
now.
I said: Tell me of something by which I can gain Divine Proximity. She said:
Thikr in abundance. In the grave (Aalam-e-Barzakh) you will be envied.
[from 'Orchards of Love' - stories of the Auliyah]
Learn the wisdom of compromise, for it is better to bend a little then to break
- Jane Wells
The tolerance within the body of Islam was, and is, something without parallel in
history; class and race and color ceasing altogether to be barriers.
- Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
Whoever builds his faith exclusively on demonstrative proofs and deductive

arguments, builds a faith on which it is impossible to rely. For he is affected by the
negativities of constant objections. Certainty (al-yaqin) does not derive from the
evidences of the mind but pours out from the depths of the heart.
- Ibn Arabi
Let not the vicissitude (of the success) of those who disbelieve, in the land, deceive
thee (O Mohammad). It is but a brief comfort. And afterward their habitation will be
hell, an ill abode. - Qur'an, Al-Imran: 196-7
O you who reproach me, regarding my love, excuse me.

From me to you if you do justice, you would not reproach me.
My state (of love) has been expressed to you, (now) my secret is no longer
concealed.
- From the Burda of Imam al Busiri
Do not try to run away from trials and tribulations, but endure them with patience.
They cannot be avioded, and there is nothing for it but to endure them with patience,
How can you expect the whole of this world, and all that has been created therein, to
undergo change and transformation just to suit your convenience? The Prophets are
the best of all creatures, yet they have always had to suffer afflication and so it is for
their followers, those who tread in their footsteps as they walk along their highway,
emulating their example.
- Muhyuddin Abdul Qadir Jilani
Ikhlas is to forget the vision of creation

by constantly looking at the Creator.
- Abu Uthman
I strike with chastisement whom I will,

but my mercy embraces all things
- Al Qur'an, 7: 156
And love your Lord by serving Him

For lovers are but servants of the Beloved
- a poet
Ease and hardship are the feathers that give strength to the wings of your faith so
that your heart and your innermost being can use them to fly to the door of your
Lord, Almighty and Glorious is He.
How can you lay claim to faith, when you have no patience at all. Surely you must
have heard the saying of the prophet, peace and blessings be upon him "patience is
to faith, as the head is to the body".
- Sheikh Abdul Qadir al Jilani

[Jala' Al Khawatir (Removal of Cares)]
Allah's Generosity is connected to gratitude, and gratitude is linked to increase in His

generosity. The generosity of Allah will not stop increasing unless the gratitude of the
servant ceases
Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like
expecting the bull not to attack you because you're a vegetarian.
The death of the self lies in the life of the heart.

- Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq (rahimullah)
Actions are but lifeless forms whose soul is the secret of sincerity in them
- ibn Ata'illah
Whoever is sitting with friends

is in the midst of a flower garden,
though he may be in the fire.
Whoever sits with an enemy is in the fire,
even though he is in the midst of a garden.
- Jalaluddin Rumi
"Mathnawi" [IV, 1976-1978]
This world in comparison with the world to come, is the same as if one of you were
to put his finger in the ocean.
Consider how much you would have when you pulled it out
How can a sane man be conceited about his spiritual works, when his works are but
a gift from Allah and a blessing from Him that he should thank Him for.
- Abu Sulayman al-Darani
[Nata'ij al-afkar, 1.114]
The soul constantly cries out, tears constantly flow and the heart constantly breaks
into pieces to be united with the Almighty and His Messenger, but the mind says who
are you anyway your body is weak and you are full of fear.
In my 39 years on this earth, the Holy city of Makkah had been the first time I had
ever stood before the Creator of all and felt like a complete human being
- El Hajj el Malik al-Shabbaz (Malcolm X)
Peace of heart comes from a heart free of anxiety.

Anxiety is caused by the weight of all that is material.
Material weigh the heart down and prevent it from soaring.
Soaring of the heart comes from remembering Allah (Ta'ala)
The relation of patience to iman is like the relation of the head to the body. If the
head is chopped off, the body becomes useless. Then he raised his voice and
said: Certainly, the one who has no patience has no iman, and patience is like a
riding-beast that nevers gets tired
- Ali ibn Abu Talib
from 'Patience and Gratitude' By Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah
Arguing is a harsh way of dealing with differences. You will hardly ever find it
mentioned in the Quràn or Sunnah except that it is either censured, or qualified by
the phrase, "except in the best way".
Nothing is difficult, if you seek it through your Lord;

nothing is easy, if you seek it through your self.
- Ibn Ata'illah What you love to have with you in the hereafter, you should advance
today, and what you hate to have with you, you should abandon today
- Salman ibn Dinar
Do not dispute with anyone in any matter as far as possible. For in argumentation
lies much harm and its evil is greater than its benefit.
-Imam al- Ghazali
It is related that Abu 'Uthman was once riding in the street when a pot of ashes was
thrown down upon him. He dismounted, and prostrated himself to God in gratitude,
and then brushed the ashes from his clothes without saying a word. 'Shall you not
rebuke them?' he was asked, but he replied, 'A man who deserves hellfire but
receives only ashes cannot fairly be angry'.
[Signs of good character]
Do not ask, 'Where is God?', but ask, 'where am I?'
Get used to a rough life,

for luxury does not last forever.
- Umar ibn al-Khattab (radiAllahu anhu)
To blame others for our misfortunes is always a victory for the nafs.
- Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad
Whoever sees sincerity in his sincerity, his sincerity is itself in need of sincerity. The
destruction of every sincere person lies in his sincerity, (he is destroyed) to the
extent that he sees sincerity in himself. When he abandons seeing sincerity in
himself he will be sincere and purified.
- a Salaf
There are four types of oceans. Passions are the ocean of sins, the self (nafs) is the
ocean of lust, death is the ocean of life, and the grave is the ocean of distress
When my heart became constricted and my paths became narrow

I took my hope in Your pardon and forgiveness as an opening and an escape
My sins seemed very great to me but when I compared them to Your forgiveness
I found Your forgiveness to be greater
The highest person is he who is of most use to humankind.

- Ali bin Abi Talib, "Masters of the Path"
Four things come not back -- the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the
neglected opportunity.
- Arab proverb
O Allah! How can I ask you for any favours knowing how disobedient I am, but how
can I not ask you for anything knowing how Generous You are?
Truth is Timeless,
and returning to Truth
is better than continuing in Falsehood
- Umar ibn Al-Khattab (radiAllahu anhu)
If you devote yourself to God in this world, He will admit you among His chosen
servants in the hereafter. Such devotion, however, demands sacrifice and self-denial,
the two instruments that make union with God possible.
Compared to the best

you're a nobody;
think of yourself as such.
My heart is so small
it's almost invisible.
How can You place
such big sorrows in it?
"Look," He answered,
"your eyes are even smaller,
yet they behold the world."
- Jalaluddin al-Rumi [from 'Whispers of the Beloved']
"Say: 'Come close, I will recite what your Lord has forbidden you: i. Do not associate
anything with Him; ii. And [show] kindness towards both [your] parents. iii. Do not
kill your children because of poverty; We shall provide for you as well as for them. iv.
Do no indulge in shocking acts which you may practice either openly or keep in
secret. v. Do not kill any person whom God has forbidden, except through [due
process of] law. He has instructed you in this so that you may use your reason. vi.
Do not approach an orphan's estate before he comes of age, except to improve it.
vii. Grant full measure and weight in all fairness. We do not assign any person to do
more than he can cope with. viii. Whenever you speak, be just even though it
concerns a close relative. ix. Fulfill God's agreement. Thus has He instructed you so
that you may bear it in mind. x. This is My straight Road, so follow it and do not
follow [other] paths which will separate you from His path. Thus has He instructed
you so that you may do your duty."
- Qur'an [6: 151-153]
The Ten Commandments
The Orphan is not he who has lost his father, an orphan is he who lacks knowledge
and adab
Glory is for none but the learned,

Guided are they - and proofs for seekers of guidance.
Every person is measured based on how much of it (knowledge) he mastered,
The ignorant are to the learned their enemies,
Succeed with knowledge and live energetically forever,
Men are all dead, only the possessors of knowledge are truly alive
Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily.

It must be worked for,
studied for,
thought for,
and, more that all,
must be prayed for.
Be aware of your own worth, use all of your power to achieve it. Create an ocean
from a dewdrop. Do not beg for light from the moon, obtain it from the spark within
you.
- Muhammad Iqbal
A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship HIM than a lunatic
can put out the sun by scribbling the word 'darkness' on the walls of his cell
- C.S.Lewis (author)
O my Lord, whatever share of this world You have bestowed on me, bestow it to my
enemies, and whatever share of the next world You have for me, give it to my
friends.
You are enough for me.
- Rabia al-Adawiyya
We often mix between what is for Allah's sake and what is for our own sake.
Upon Allah is the bayan (explaining), upon the Messenger is Balagh (conveying) and
upon us is tasleem (willingly accepting).
- Imam az-Zuhri
Sometimes in order to help He makes us cry

Happy the eye that sheds tears for His sake
Fortunate the heart that burns for His sake
Laughter always follow tears
Blessed are those who understand
Life blossoms wherever water flows
Where tears are shed divine mercy is shown
- Jalaluddin Rumi
In eloquence there is magic,

in knowledge ignorance,
in poetry wisdom,
and in speech heaviness
[abu Dawud 41 #4994 - narrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib]
If knowledge had no other merit than to make the ignorant fear and respect you, and
scholars love and honour you, this would be good enough reason to seek after it. Let
alone all its other merits in this world and the next.
- Ibn Hizam
O Beloved of Hearts, I beseech only You.

Have pity this day on those who turn to You.
My Hope, my Rest, my Delight,
this heart can love none other but You.
- Rabi'a, "Rabia the Mystic" "Islam teaches that God is one and only reality. Not just
that there is only one God but that nothing else really exists! We have made
gods of money, status, name, fame and many other concerns that are only
transient, temporal and incapable of giving us the lasting peace that we all seek."
Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you,

and patience against what you covet.
- Ali ibn Abu Talib
If you dont wake up for Fajr, then dont wake up at all

- Hamza Yusuf
Allahs Generosity is connected to gratitude, and gratitude is linked to increase in

His generosity. The generosity of Allah will not stop increasing unless the gratitude of
the servant ceases.
All creatures, day and night, make manifestation of God. Some of them know what
they are doing and are aware of their manifesting, while others are unaware.
However it may be, God's manifestation is confirmed.
- Jalaluddin Rumi
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub
contentment.
Every utterance that comes forth does so with the vestment of the heart from which
it emerged.
- Hikam of Ibn Ibn Ata'illah
[Commentry] It is said, that the tongue translates what is in the heart. If the heart is
confused or sick, so are the utterances. If the heart is wholesome and pure, then the
utterances are real and appropriate. If you contemplate deeply what is being said,
you will come to know the state of the speaker and the extent of his connectedness
to the Truth and his position with Allah.
Never be without rememberance of Him, for His rememberance gives strength and
wings to the bird of the Spirit.
- Jalaluddin Rumi
Put aside your pride,

Set down your arrogance,
And remember your grave.
- Ali ibn Abu Talib
Today we have the same Quran with us. Millions of copies of it are in circulation.
Day and night, it is ceaselessly recited. In homes, in mosques, and from pulpits.
Voluminous exegetical works exist expounding its meaning. Words pour out
incessantly to explain its teachings and to exhort us to live by it.
Yet eyes remain dry, hearts remain unmoved, minds remain untouched, lives remain
unchanged. Ignominy and degradation appear to have become the lot of the
followers of the Quran.
Why? Because we no longer read the Quran as a living reality. It is a sacred book,
but it tells us something of the past only, concerning Muslims and Kafirs, Jews and
Christians, the faithful and the hypocrites, who once upon a time used to be.
Khurram Murad, in [Way to the Quran]
Hadhrat Ahnaf bin Qais (radiAllahu anhu)said,

"I compared our actions to that of the people of Jannah and I discovered that they
by far excelled us; our actions do not compare with theirs. They slept less at night
and laboured more in their devotions to Allah. I then compared our actions to that of
the people of Jahannum and I discovered that they refuted Allah, His Rasul (salAllahu
alayhi wasalam) and Qiyamah. I realised that our actions are not of the standard of
the people of Jannah, and [Allah be praised] not like that of the people of Jahannum.
I therefore conclude that we are among those about whom Allah Ta'ala says, "Those
who mixed a good act with another that was evil. [Ibn Kahir, 'Ma'ariful Quran'
vol.8]
Beware of the flight of Blessings,

For nothing that runs away is returned.
- Ali ibn Abu Talib
People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.
All women are pearls of great value, but some of us have been deceived into
doubting the value of our purity. Pearls are priceless and should be protected and
guarded from unworthy eyes.
The highest degree of love is Tatayyum (total enthrallment). The lowest degree is
alaqah (attachment), when the heart is attached to the beloved: then comes
sabahah (infatuation), when the heart is poured out: then gharam (passion), when
love never leaves the heart: then ashaq (ardent love), and finally tatayyum.
- ibn Taymiyyah
[Al-Uboodiyyah]
He does not refuse sustenance to the one who speaks ill of Him. How then could He
refuse sustenance to the one whose soul is overflowing with love for Him?
- Rabi'a al-adawiyya
[Rabi'a the Mystic]
O you who complain to people about your misfortunes, what good will it do you to
complain to creatures? They can bring you neither benefit nor harm. If you rely on
them and associate partners with the Lord of the Truth, they will make you distant
from Him, cause you to fall into His displeasure.
- Abdul Qadir Jilani
I swear that ever since the first day You brought me back to life,
The day You became my Friend,
I have not slept And even if You drive me from your door,
I swear again that we will never be separated Because You are alive in my heart
- Rabia al-Adawiyya
Wisdom is like the rain. Its source is unlimited, but it comes down according to the
season. Grocers put sugar in a bag, but their supply of sugar is not the amount in
the bag. When you come to a grocer, he has sugar in abundance. But he sees how
much money you have brought and gives accordingly. Your currency on this Path is
resolution and faith, and you are taught according to your resolution and faith. When
you come seeking sugar, they examine your bag to see what its capacity is; then
they measure out accordingly.
- Jalaluddin Rumi
Many a spoken word is more peircing than an attack.

- Ali ibn Abu Talib
He who practices Tasawwuf without learning Sacred Law corrupts his faith, while he
who learns Sacred Law without practicing Tasawwuf corrupts himself.
Only he who combines the two proves true.
Imam Malik (rahimullah)
Actions are merely propped-up shapes.

Their life-breath is the presence of the secret of sincerity in them.
Jaffer asked Rabia when a devotee might become content with God. She replied,
"When his joy in affliciton equals his joy in blessing."
- Abu Makki
Everything that hearts find of worries and sadness is because of what they have
been denied of beholding Allah.
- One of the Salaf
Man's fear of Allah is equal to his knowledge of Him, and his renunciation of the life
of this world is equal to his desire of the Hereafter.
Whoever acts according to what he knows, Allah will make him successful in what he
doesn't know.
And whoever is ill-tempered disgraces his honour, religion and generosity.
- Ibrahim al-Ash'ath
Weep like the waterwheel,

that green herbs may spiring up
from the courtyard of your soul.
If you wish for tears,
have mercy on one who sheds tears;
if you wish mercy, show mercy to the weak.
- Jalaluddin Rumi
Soften your heart [I, 821-2]
The soul should take care of the body, just as the pilgrim on his way to Makkah takes
care of his camel; but if the pilgrim spends his whole time in feeding and adorning
his camel, the caravan will leave him behind, and he will perish in the desert.
For the larger interest of humanity, Islamic society presents the safest place on this
planet.
- Jermaine Jackson
Money doesnt change people, it only exposes them.
Whoever does not hold his tongue cannot understand his deen.
- Al Hasan al-Basri
And make provision for yourselves; the best provision is taqwa - Quran, 2:197
I don't advise you to mind your life's affairs because I know that you are covetous to
do so, but I advise you to mind the affairs of the Hereafter.
Take from this temporary home to the eternal one.
Consider this life as something that you have left, I swear by Allah you will leave it.
Consider death as something that you have tasted, I swear by Allah you will taste it.
And consider the Hereafter as a home that you have visited, I swear by Allah you will
be there.
- Ata al Khurasani
Purification of the heart was once described by a scholar.

He gave the analogy of a man who didnt have a bath for a whole year. So to
make himself look clean and presentable, the dirty man decided to put on perfume
and wear expensive clothes. Obviously his actions would be futile. He would still reek
and smell, right?
Similarly, if we have dirty hearts and we focus on external actions (e.g Salah, fasting
etc) our actions would be futile. Hence, tasawwuf and purification of the heart.
If we do not focus on the importance of purifying our hearts, all our external good
deeds will be in vain.
Knowledge is proud that it knows so much;

Wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
There are two kinds of speeches and two kinds of silences. Speech is either truth or a
falsification, and silence is either fruition or heedlessness. If one speaks the truth, his
words are better than his silence, but he who invents falsifications, his silence is
better than his speech.
People are like stained glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out,
but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from
within.
In the heavens there is calmness

and on the earth there is beauty.
In the gardens there is freshness
and in you there is a sign.
In the sea there is might
and in the air there is nourishment.
Take from all this comfort for your soul
and recovery for your mind.
And do not waste your time by being unmindful,
this will shield you from good
and lead you to evil.
- Hasan al-Banna
A bad attitude spoils a good deed just as vinegar spoils honey

Reputation is what men and women think of us;

Character is what God and Angels know of us.
There is only one virtue

and one sin for a soul on the path:
virtue when he is conscious of God
and sin when he is not.

- Abu Hashim Madani
Iman is to believe, even when an overpowering tide of evil surrounds you.

Imam Anwar al-Awlaki
Tasawwuf: The weakening of the negative aspects of the human soul and the
strengthening of its positive aspects.
Do a lot of remembrance of Allah until they say, 'He is mad.'

[Reported by Abu Sa'id al-Khudri in Ahmad, Abu Ya'la and Ibn Hibban]
If your pride leads you to boast,

you will be doubly guilty,
because your intelligence will have shown
that it is incapable of controlling your pride.
- Ibn Hazm
Some people drink deeply from the fountain of knowledge.

Others just gargle.
He whose sin is due to desires, then have hope for him. And he whose sin is due to
pride, then fear for him - because Nabi Adam disobeyed due to desire and was
forgiven, and Iblis sinned due to pride and was cursed
- Sufyan ibn Uyainah
You say that you are just a body, but inside of you is something greater than the
Universe.
Everyone projects the image of friendship, but true friendship is that friendship which
is established for the Pleasure of Allah. A true friend is one who takes no offence
when a weakness of his is pointed out. And he too does not hesitate to point out the
friends weakness and assist him in rectifying it.
- Moulana Yunus Patel saheb
O students at the madrasa,

Everything you learn is mere misgivings.
If your concern is in other than the Beloved,
You shall have no share of the Next Life.
- One of the righteous poets of the spiritual path The world is darkness; knowledge is
light; but knowledge without truth is a mere shadow.
Patience which is in remembrance of Him is not bitter;

For bitterness from a friend's hand is sugar.
- Bustan
It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.
Make the remembrance of Allah, my garment, my Lord

Every utterance from my mouth be Your dhikr, my Lord.
Instead of breath, It should be Your dhikr from my throat, my Lord

Let this Dhikr never leave me
And be the last thing on my tongue O Creator.
La Ilaha Illallah.
La Ilaha Illallah.
If the Seven heavens and Seven earths were put together on one side of a scale and
the words "La ilaha ilalah" were placed on the other side of the scale, the later would
outweigh the former.
[Sahih al-Bukhari]
Among the signs of true success (tawfiq) is witnessing one's shortcomings, while
having high resolve; remaining lowly and needy; being characterized by slavehood to
Allah, with true following of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in his
actions, states, words, and character; yet not beholding any of this nor relying on it
nor being tricked by it or stopping with it.
- Imam Abd Allah Ba-Sudan al-Hadrami
(in his al-Anwar al-Lamià, a commentary on al-Risala al-Jamià, (p. 120))
Oh writer! An Angel watches over all you write. Make your writing meaningful for it
will eventually return to you and you will be questioned about what you wrote.
There will never be enough darkness in the world to extinguish the light of Islam.
I believe if there is any place left where the humanity is still visible, it can not be
anywhere else than in an Islamic society. Time would come when the world would be
obliged to accept this reality.
When He opens a way for you and makes Himself known to you, then do not worry
about your lack of deeds.
He only opened the way for you because He desired to make Himself known to you.
Do you not see that while He grants gnosis of Himself to you,
you have only deeds to offer Him?
What He brings you What you bring Him What a difference there is between them!
- Hikam of Ibn Ata'illa
If you remember the creation (gossip about such and such a person), then
remember Allah the Most High. Remembering Him is the medicine for remembering
His creation.
- Fudayl ibn 'Iyad (rahimahullah)
The heartbrokenness of the sinner is better than the forcefulness of the obedient
- Abu Madyan
[Diwan, 50]
The ambition of the spiritual traveller never wants to stop with what it has been
shown save that the voices of reality call to him, "what you seek is ahead of you.
- Ibn 'Ata'illah Iskandari
The beloved of Allah are the perfume of Allah upon this world, but only the true,
sincere believers have noses to smell them. They smell that beautiful perfume; they
follow that smell. That perfume creates a yearning in their hearts for their Lord, and
as a result the sincere believers increase their pace, efforts and devotions. - Yahya
ibn Muadh al Razi (rahimullah)
[The Secrets of Secrets, p16, by Sk. Abdul Qadir Jilani]
If someone's state does not lift you up,

and his words do not lead you to Allah.
Then do not keep his company.
It may well be that you are in a bad state,
But to keep company with someone worse than you
would allow to see good in yourself.
If someone remarks "What an excellent man you are!" and this pleases you more
than his saying, "What a bad man you are!" know that you are still a bad man.
- Sufyan ath-Thawri
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already
achieved, but at what he aspires to do
When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoes.
O my people! Prove the sincerity of your respect for the Qur'an by putting its
teachings into practice, not by arguing about it.
- Mohyuddin, Abdul Qadir al Jilani
from 'The Sublime Revelation', Trans. Muhtar Holland
One who is mild rather than forceful

has greater capcity for outreach.
Tala'al badru 'alaynaa, Min thanee yatil Wadaa. Wajabash shukru 'alaynaa maa da'aa
lil lahidaa. Ayyuhal mab'oothu feenaa. Ji-ta bil amril mutaa. Ji-ta shar raftal Madinah.
Marhaban yaa khayra daa.
The full moon rose over us from the vally in the south. Now we owe it to show
thankfulness every time we call on Allah. O you who were raised among us, coming
with a word to be obeyed. You have brought to this city nobleness so welcome! best
caller to Allah's way.
- Sang by the girls of Madinah when the Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam)entered
the city on the Hijrah
Practice what you have learned, for theory without practice is like a spirit without a
body. One who is content with learning alone is not learned, for the truly learned
seek more than mere words. Divine guidance entails self-mortification, without which
contemplation is unattainable.
- Imam Al-Hujwiri [Kashf al-Mahjub]
Life's most urgent question is: what are you doing for others?
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
If you are dependable, honest, virtuous, and content in Allahs will, no harm shall
come your way.
- Muhammad (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) [as reported by AbdAllah bin Amr]
The need to be loved is childish, immature. The need to love is mature.
Eat what you want and dress up as you desire, as long as extravagance and pride do
not mislead you.
- Muhammad (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) [as reported by AbdAllah ibn Abbas]
A garden in al-Andalus has

unveiled beauty and a lush scent.
The morning glistens from its teeth
and the night is overshadowed by its scarlet lips.
When the wind blows from the East
I cry: O how I long for al-Andalus!
- Abu Ishaq ibn Khafaja (d. 1139), excerpt from a poem 'The literature of al-Andalus'
He who clings to my Sunnah when my Ummah is corrupt, will receive the Reward of
a hundred martyrs.
And those who believe are overflowing in their love of God - Qur'an, 2: 165 Have you
fully Realized what Islam is? It is indeed a religion founded on truth. It is such a
fountain-head of learning that several streams of wisdom and knowledge flow from
it.It is such a lamp that several lamps will be lighted from it. It is a lofty beacon of
light illumining the path of Allah. It is such a set of principles and beliefs that it will
fully satisfy every seeker of truth and reality.
Know you that Allah has made Islam the most sublime path for attainment of His
supreme pleasure and the highest standards of his worship and obedience. He has
favoured it with noble precepts, exalted principles, undoubtable arguments,
unchallengeable supremacy and undeniable wisdom. It is up to you to maintain the
eminence and dignity granted to it by the Lord, to follow it sincerly, to do justice to
its articles of faith and belief, to obey implicity its tenets and orders and to give it the
proper place in your lives.
Knowledge no longer exists

if one has ignored the attributes
of the Almighty Great Creator.
- Ibn Hazm
If you have knowledge or something, let others light their candles with it.
Many things in life will catch your eye but few will catch your heart. Pursue those.
Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.
We must learn to live together as brothers

or perish together as fools.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Both a swimmer and a drowned man are in the water; the latter is borne by the
water and controlled by it, while the swimmer is borne along by his own power and
of his own volition. Every movement made by the drowned man -- indeed, every act
and word that issue from him -- comes from the water, not from him... The saints
are like this. They have died before death. - Jalaluddin al-Rumi [from 'Signs of the
Unseen: The Discourses of Jalaluddin Rumi']
The glance is a poisoned arrow of shaytan. Whoever lowers his gaze for Allah, He will
bestow upon him a refreshing sweetness which he will find in his heart on the day
that he meets Him.

The heart, in its journey to Allah, Majestic is He, is like that of a bird;Love is its head,
and fear and hope are its two wings. When the head and two wings are sound, the
bird flies gracefully; if the head is severed, the bird dies; if the bird loses one of its
wings, it then becomes a target for every hunter or predator.
- Ibn al Qayyim
I was once like you, enlightened and "rational",

I too scoffed at lovers,
Now I am drunk, crazed, thin with misery.
No one is safe! Watch out.
I love God: I have no time left In which to hate the devil.

- Rabia al Basri
[From: Doorkeeper of the heart: versions of Rabia / [translated by] Charles Upton.
Putney, Vt.: Threshold Books, c1988]
Truly in the heart there is a void that can not be removed except with the company
of Allah. And in it there is a sadness that can not be removed except with the
happiness of knowing Allah and being true to Him. And in it thereis an emptiness
that can not be filled except with love for Him and by turning to Him and always
remembering Him And if a person were given all of the world and what is in it, it
would not fill this emptiness.
Those that follow a religion that cannot create a civilisation, will create a civilisation
that cannot follow a religion.
Iman is not something that I just "perform" in a place of worship.

Iman is life.
Iman is how I interact with Allah during all the breaths that I take.
- Shaykh Habib 'Ali al Jifri
Someone told Imam Abu Hanifah, "In the mosque there is a circle (Halaqah) in which
the people are looking at fiqh." He asked, "Do they have a head (i.e. a teacher)?"
The man replied, "No." The Imam said, "These will never gain knowledge of fiqh."
[Reported by al-Khateeb al-Baghdadi, through his isnad, in 'al-Faqeeh walMutafaqqih']
Imam Malik was asked, "Can knowledge be taken from a man who has not ([to his
credit any) seeking (of knowledge) nor sitting (with scholars)?" He said, "No."
[Reported by as-Suyuti in 'Is'af al-Mubatta']
Imam al-Shafi' said, "Whoever takes knowledge from books loses the regulations."
(man akhadha al-'ilma min al-kutubi Dayya'a al-aHkaama).
[Reported by al-Nawawi in the introduction to 'al-Majmu']
'Abdullah, the son of Imam Ahmad, said, "My father said : 'Knowledge is only that in
which one says : So-and-so told us . . . . And, al-Mansur asked my father to discuss
[something] with Ibn Abi Du'ad, but he turned his face away, saying, 'How can I
discuss with someone whom I have not seen at the door of a single scholar?!'"
[Reported by Qadi 'Iyad in 'al-Ilma']
Were you to put your complete trust in Allah, He would provide for you as He
provides for the birds. They issue forth hungry in the morning and return filled in the
evening.
[Reported by Umar in at-Tirmidhi]
Behold and see as you pass by

As you are now so once was I
As I am now so you must be
Perpare for death and follow me.
- A tombstone inscription from a cemetery in New-York
Narrated Abdullah bin Amr (radiAllahu anhu), a man asked the Prophet (salAllahu
alayhi wasalam)
'Whose Islam is good or what sort of deeds of Islam are good.'
The Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) replied,
'To feed others and to greet those whom you know and those whom you do not
know.'
Everyone who is taken by death asks for more time, while everyone who still has
time makes excuses for procrastination.
- Ali ibn Abu Talib (radiAllah anhu)
Greed takes a person to the watering place but gets him back without letting him
drink. It undertakes resposibility but does not fulfill it. Often the drinker gets choked
before quenching his thirst. The greater the worth of a thing yearned for, the greater
is the grief for its loss. Desires blind the eyes of understanding. The destined share
would reach him who does not approach it.
There is no joy for someone who has no sorrow.

There is no pleasure for the one who has no patience
No bliss for someone with no misery
and no rest for the one with no fatigue.
When someone is a little tired,
he has long rest.
When he endures the difficulty of steadfastness for a time,
that leads him to eternal life.
All that the people of eternal bliss
are in is steadfastness for a time.
- Ibn al-Qayyim
I am amazed at the people who take care of themselves by eating food out of fear of
dying, yet do not protect themselves from sins out of fear of the Fire.
- Ibn Shubrumah [Siyar A'lam an-Nubala. - Vol 6, Page 348]
The heart, in its journey to Allah, Majestic is He, is like that of a bird; Love is its
head, and fear and hope are its two wings. When the head and two wings are sound,
the bird flies gracefully; if the head is severed, the bird dies; if the bird loses one of
its wings, it then becomes a target for every hunter or predator.
- Ibn al-Qayyim
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

- Martin Luther King
A'isha (radiAllahu anha) narrated two verses (couplets)

'if the friends of Zulaikha could see the blessed face of Rasulullah (salAllahu alayhi
wasalam),
they would have cut their hearts instead of their hands'
[Sham'il at-Tirmidhi] Habeebah al-'Adawiyyah prayed Isha then she would stand on
the roof of her house and would say,
"O my Lord,
the stars have come out,
people have gone to sleep,
and kings have closed their doors,
but Your door is open.

Every lover is alone with his lover,
but here I am standing before You."
Then she would start to pray and talk to her Lord until the time of suhoor. When the
time of suhoor would come she would say,
"O Allah, this night is ending,
the day is coming,
and I wish I knew
whether You have accepted
the night of worship from me,
so that I could congratulate myself,
or if it has been rejected,
so that I might console myself."
Your Remedy is within you, but you do not sense it.

Your Sickness is from you, but you do not percieve it.
You Presume you are a small entity,
But within you is enfolded the entire universe.
You are indeed the evident book,
By whose alphabet the hidden becomes the manifest.
Therefore, you have no need to look beyond yourself,
What you seek is within you, if only you reflect.
- Ali ibn abu Talib (radiAllahu anhu)
The world is held up by Four pillars:

The Wisdom of the Learned;
the Justice of the Great;
the Prayers of The Righteous;
and the Valour of the Brave.
- Inscription at entrance of University of Granada in Muslim Spain.
There is nothing in our book, the Koran, that teaches us to suffer peacefully. Our
religion teaches us to be intelligent. Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect
everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery. Thats
a good religion.
- Malcolm X
[from 'Message to the Grass Roots', speech, Nov. 1963, Detroit (published in Malcolm
X Speaks, ch. 1, 1965)].
There are many challenges, and every challenge is an opportunity, not a shackle!
- Professor Khurshid Ahmed
Indeed this discipline of ours is from cradle to grave. Whoever intends to leave this
knowledge of ours for one moment, let him leave it now!
- Muhammad Ibn al-Hassan ash-Shaybani
"When you come upon the meadows of the Garden, graze in them." He was asked,
"What are the meadows of the Garden?" "Circles of dhikr," he replied.
[reported by Anas - at-Tirmidhi]
Muhammad (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) said;

Leave me to my companions, for by the One in whose hands is my soul, if you were
to spend in charity the like of the mount of Uhud in gold you would not match their
actions. Ahmed and considered to be Sahih
Allah! Allah! My companions! Allah! Allah! My companions! Do not take them as

targets, for whoever loves them, by my love for them I will love them and whoever
hates them, I will hate them and whoever harms them has harmed me and who
harms me has harmed Allah and whoever harms Allah I fear He will take him. Muhammad (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) [at-Tirmidhi]
If Allah wishes for good for a man of my nation he throws love of my companions
into his heart. - Muhammad (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) [al-Daylami]
My companions are like stars, you will be guided by whichever one you follow.Muhammad (salAllahu alayhi wasalam)
[Musnad of Imam Abu Hanifa, al-Baihaqi and al-Daylami]
I am amazed concerning the Hellfire - how does the one who could flee from it sleep?
And I am amazed concerning the Jannah - how does the one who desires it sleep?
For by Allah! If you neither desire Paradise, nor fear the Hellfire, then you are
destroyed and grievous will be your sorrow, interminable your sadness and without
limit your tears; you will be amongst the wretched, the punished ones. So if you
claim that you are amongst those who seek refuge from the Fire and desire Paradise,
then strive for that which you seek and do not be misled by your worldly desires.
- a pious slave
Fight your tongue.

The tongue is quick to kill a man.
The tongue is the posting of the heart.
It shows man his intellect.
- Imam Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak
[from Tartib al-Madarik by Qadi 'Iyad al-Yahsubi, trans. 'A'isha Bewley]
Upon your life! On the day that I carried the standard

So that the calvary of al-Lat could overcome the calvary of Muhammad
Like an uncertain person who sets out at night,
This was the time that I was offered guidance and was guided.
I was guided by someone other than myself;
I was guided to Allah by the very one I had striven so hard to drive away.
No camel has there been who ever bore upon its back
Anyone more righteous or more faithful in his pledge than Muhammad (salAllahu
alayhi wasalam)
- Sufyan ibn al-Harith (radiAllahu anhu)
We used to say that those amongst us with the most sins are those who spend their
time talking about the sins of others.
- Muhammad ibn Sireen
We have come to free the slaves of Allah from the slavery of the creation.
Purifying the heart, is equally if not more important then external ritualistic worship.
It is something that we should not neglect.
Abu Bakr al-Katani said:

A discussion about mahabbah took place in Makkah, during pilgrimage season. The
Shaykhs who were present spoke about this topic, and al-Junayd being the youngest
of them. They said to him: What do you say, O Iraqi? So al-Junayd lowered his head
and tears were gushing from his eyes, then he said:
"A servant should overcome his soul,
And be continuous in the remembrance of his Lord,
Establishing the rights of his Lord,
Focusing upon Him with his heart,
The light of fear setting ablaze his heart,
Whilst drinking from the vessel of pure love,
And certain hidden realities being unveiled for him.
So when he talks, it is due to Allah,
When he speaks, it is from Allah,
When he moves, it is by the Command of Allah,
And when he is serene, then it is from Allah,
He belongs to Allah, is for Allaah and is with Allah."
Upon hearing, the Shaykhs all started weeping, and they said:
There is nothing left to add to that, may Allah reward you O Crown of the
Knowledgeable Ones.
Say Bismillah, In the name of God, as the shaykh does with a knife when he offers
an animal. Bismillah your old self to find your real name. - Jalaluddin al-Rumi [from
'The Essential Rumi']
Expressing spiritual faith in physical practice is the key to life.
We did not acquire this level of tasawwuf just by talking about it; but rather, we
acquired it through spending the nights awake in prayer, experiencing hunger from
fasting the days, and going against our worldly desires.
- Imam Al Junayd
There are five signs of righteousness: a gentle disposition and a soft heart, shedding
tears of regret, ascetism and not caring about the world, being unambitious, and
having a conscience.
- Shaqiq al Balkhi (rahimullah)
[The secrets of secrets, p 62 by Sh. Abdul Qadir Jilani]
Whenever Allah gives a blessing to a servant, and then takes it back from him, and
the servant patiently endures his loss, then He rewards him with a blessing which is
better than the one which He took back.
- Umar ibn Abdal-Aziz
While holding the door of the Ka'bah, Abu Dharr told that he had heard the Prophet
(salAllahu alayhi wasalam) say,
My family among you are like Noah's ark. He who sails on it will be safe, but he who
holds back from it will perish.
[at-Tirmidhi Hadith #6174, Musnad Ahmad bin Hambal]
A man with wisdom as soon as adversity appears does that which a foolish man does
after a month (i.e. he resorts to patience)
- a wise man
The eye of contentment is blind to every blemish,

But the eye of rancor ferrets out mistakes.
- Abdullah ibn Muawiya ibn Abdullah ibn Jafar ibn Abi Talib
It was not Muslims that had made Islam great; it was Islam that had made the
Muslims great.
- Muhammad Asad
We came to liberate you from the submission and worship of people to the worship of
the Lord of all people, and from the injustice of other deens to the justice of Islam,
and from the anguish of this life to the bliss of this life and the hereafter.
- Ribay ibn Amir addressing the Persian Emperor
If you are looking for a friend who is faultless, you will be friendless.
- Jalaluddin Rumi
I saw myself in a wide green garden, more beautiful than I could begin to
understand. In this garden was a young girl. I said to her, "How wonderful this place
is!"
"Would you like to see a place even more wonderful than this?" she asked.
"Oh yes," I answered. Then taking me by the hand, she led me on until we came to a
magnificent palace, like nothing that was ever seen by human eyes. The young girl
knocked on the door, and someone opened it. Immediately both of us were flooded
with light.
Only Allah knows the inner meaning of the maidens we saw living there. Each one
carried in her hand a serving-tray filled with light. The young girl asked the maidens
where they were going, and they answered her, "We are looking for someone who
was drowned in the sea, and so became a martyr. She never slept at night, not one
wink! We are going to rub funeral spices on her body."
"Then rub some on my friend here," the young girl said.
"Once upon a time," said the maidens, "part of this spice and the fragrance of it
clung to her body -- but then she shied away."
Quickly the young girl let go of my hand, turned, and said to me:
"Your prayers are your light;
Your devotion is your strength;
Sleep is the enemy of both.
Your life is the only opportunity that life can give you.
If you ignore it, if you waste it,
You will only turn to dust." Then the young girl disappeared
-Rabia al-Basri
Be with Allah,
You will find Allah with you.
- Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi
Learn silence as you have learned speech.

Speech will guide you, and silence will protect you.
- One of the scholars of Ihsan
If I had known of any science greater than tasawwuf I would have gone to it, even
on my hands and knees.
- Imam Junayd
Uthman (radiAllahu anhu), during the time of his Khilafah, came to visit Abdullah ibn
Mas'ud (radiAllahu anhu) on his deathbed. He asked, "What is your ailment?"
"My sins", Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (ra) replied.
"And what do you desire?", Uthman asked.
"The mercy of my Lord"
For no single thing exists that does not have its source with Us; and naught do We
bestow from on high unless it be in accordance with a measure well-defined
- Qur'an, Surah al-Hijr, 21
Beware of luxury, for the slaves of Allah are not luxurious.

- Ibn Masu'd
Neglect not your time, nor use it haphazardly; on the contrary you should bring
yourself to account. Structure your litanies and other practices during each day and
night. This is how to bring about the spiritual blessing (baraka) in each period. If
each of your breaths is a priceless jewel, Be not like the deceived fools who are
joyous because each day their wealth increases while their life grows ever shorter.
- abu Hamid al-Ghazali [in 'Bidayat ul-Hidaya']
You have not abandoned ignorance at all if you want something to take place in any
moment other than what Allah has manifested it in.
- Shaykh Ibn Ata'illah
Whoever desires Paradise, proceeds towards goodness; whoever fears Hell, refrains
from the impulses of passions; whoever believes firmly in death, detests wordly life;
and whoever recognises the worldly life, the trials and tribulations (of life) become
slight for him.
Do not despair when in spite of intense supplication,

there is a delay in receiving the expected gift.
He has guaranteed that he will respond
in what He chooses for you,
and not what you choose for yourself,

and at the time He chooses
not the time you desire.
- Ibn Ata'illah
You have not abandoned ignorance at all if you want something to take place in any
moment other than what Allah has manifested in it.
- Ibn Ata'illah
[Hikam of Ibn Ata'illah, Trans. by A'isha Bewley]
Better to look at the defects hidden within you

than to look for the unseen worlds that are veiled from you.
- Shaykh Ibn Ata'illah
Whoever builds his faith exclusively on demonstrative proofs and deductive

arguments, builds a faith on which it is impossible to rely. For he is affected by the
negativities of constant objections. Certainty (al-yaqin) does not derive from the
evidences of the mind but pours out from the depths of the heart.
- Ibn Arabi
Hope and fear are like the two wings of a bird, when its flying straight to its
destination: if one wings fails, and if both fail, it dies.
Ab'ul Qasim Al Quraiyshi
Knowledge for us means knowledge of the allowance/dispensation (rukhsa).

As for strictness, anyone can show strictness.
- Sufyan ath-Thawri
Allah guards the justice loving government, even if it is the government of nonMuslims, and destroys the tyrant government, even if it is the government of
Muslims.
- Ibn Taymeeyah
If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never
fixes anything.
To my view, the women in an Islamic society is just like a well-protected flower which
is safe from the stray penetrating looks of the viewers. Whereas western society is
devoid of the vision to appreciate this wisdom and philosophy.
- Jermaine Jackson I look everywhere for your love Then suddenly I am filled with it.
O Captain of my Heart,
Radiant Eye of Yearning in my breast...
- Rabia al-Adawiyya
Oh Beloved, take me. Liberate my soul. Fill me with your love and release me from
the two worlds. If I set my heart on anything but you let fire burn me from inside.
Oh Beloved, take away what I want. Take away what I do. Take away what I need.
Take away everything that takes me from you.
Think a bit on the following incident before we claim to be Ulema.

Once Hasan Basri Rahmatullahi alai (a tabiee), one of the greatest Aalims Islam has
ever produced, was walking and a person called him thus, Ya Faqeeh! (O
jurist!) Hasan Basri turned back and said, A wa hal raayta faqeehan qattu.
(Have you ever seen a jurist that you are calling me a jurist?)
The face of the one who sincerely loves Allah glows with spiritual radiance of Love.
When some of the rulers from the Successors (Tabi'in) sent a delegation to collect
the jizya (tax) from the disbelievers, the latter refused to pay. The officials asked,
"Why do you refuse to pay us when you used to pay our forefather?" the disbelievers
replied,
"When your forefathers used to come, their clothes were old and torn, their hair was
disheveld, and their eyes were streaked with red due to worshipping throughout the
night. Yet their faces were so awe-inspiring that we were able to raise our eyes
toward them. Your characteristics are not like theirs, nor will be as just. Be Gone, we
will not give you anything."
- Shaykh Zulfiqar Ahmad
Come, come, whoever you are.

Wonderer, worshipper, lover of leaving.
It doesn't matter.
Ours is not a caravan of despair.
Come, even if you have broken your vow
a thousand times
Come, yet again, come, come.

Speech will guide you and silence will protect you.
- A scholar of Islam
Toward the latter days of indiscriminate violence, be like the first and better of the
two sons of Adam who said, If you raise your hand to kill me, I will not raise mine
to kill you; surely I fear God, the Lord of the worlds"
- From a sound tradition of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam narrated by Imam
Tirmidhi 'The roots of blameworthy behaviour are three,
1. To be pleased with the Self.
2. To fear creation.
3. To be concerned about provision.
From the first comes desire, forgetfulness and disobedience. From the second come
anger, rancor and jealousy. From the third comes greed and expectation and avarice.
To hold onto one thing will eliminate all of these and that is not to be pleased with
the self in any state, and to beware of it at all times.
- Shaykh Ahmad Zarruq
Gratitude to God should be as regular as our heartbeat.
The sincere person is the one who hides his good deeds just like he hides his evil
deeds.
- Ya'qub al-Makfoof
We've got spirals of advice,

thousands seas of wise words
but every human being,
every soul,
follows their own route,
their own destiny with a different velocity.
There are two kinds of Riya - Showing off-Ostentation ie pure ostentation and
adulterated ostention. In pure ostentation "Riya" a man does a good deed only for
worldly benefit. In Adulterated ostentation, a man does a good deed with the
intention of reaping the benefits of the world as well as of the Hereafter.
- Abu Hamid Al Ghazali
Someone who seeks to travel the path of Allah should begin with a sound repentance
from all his sins.
- Abdullah ibn Alawi Al Haddad
By Allah, whenever I endure any adversity I gain four blessings of Allah in exchange.
The first of them is, when the adversity is not caused by my sin (virtue is earned).
The second, when the adversity is not greater than my sin (virtue is earned). The
third, when I am not deprived of contentment (virtue is earned). And the fourth, I
hope for virtues thereby.
- Umar ibn Al-Khattab (radiAllahu anhu)
The wise man knows the only fitting price for his soul is a place in Paradise.
- Ibn Hazm
The mere physical man is like the ant crawling

on the paper, who observes black lettering and
attributes its production to the pen and nothing more.
- abu Hamid al Ghazali [Alchemy of Happiness]
You must be the change, you want to see in the world.

- Mahatma Ghandi
Believers see their sins as if they were sitting at the foot of a mountain and feared
that it may fall on them, while the corrupt see their sins as if they were a mere fly
that flew by their nose.
- Muhammad (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) [reported in Sahih al-Bukhari and Muslim]
To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become
what they are capable of being.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Abu Dharr once described the people of the world, says, "They breed what will they
ultimately bury, they build what will eventually be destroy, they hold firm to what is
emphemeral, and they forsake what is everlasting. Hence, blessed are the two cries
people abominate most: Death and poverty.
- Abu Dharr
[narrated by Abu Muhammad Bin Hayyan]
Your heart mirrors not His love,

Rusty with your sins it is,
Remove this rust and you shall
Perceive how Glorious He is.
Only someone who is sincere recognizes what showing off is.

"if a rock falls on another rock on the other side of the moon, how does Islam explain
it?"
"Who Cares?"
- Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller
The beginning of knowledge is the intention, then listening, then understanding, then
action, then preservation, and then spreading it.
- Ibn al-Mubarak
Had there not been five bad qualities, all the people would have been righteous.
Contentment with ignorance; love for worldly life; miserliness inspite of much
wealth; ostentation in (good) deeds; and pride in their own intelligence.
If someone desires to make a display, he is the slave of display, and if someone

desires concealment, he is the slave of concealment. The slave of Allah is the same
whether he is public or concealed.
- Abu'l-'Abbas al-Mursi
Doubt is a precipice on the way to God. Blessed is he who is freed from its bonds. He
who fares without any doubt, adhere to his footprints if you do not know the way.
Cleave to the footprints of the deer and advance with care that you may reach the
musk-gland. By means of such trekking, even if you walk on fire, you will reach the
luminous peak.
- Jalaluddin Rumi
I studied adab for thirty years and I studied knowledge for twenty years.
- Ibn al-Mubarak
The wound caused by fire heals in its time;

the burn inflicted by an inflamed tongue never heals.
Umar ibn al-Khattab (radiAllahu anhu) was on his way to take possession of the
conquered city of Jerusalem. Along the journey he stopped at a place called
Jaabiyah where he addressed the Muslims:
O People! Reform your innerselves (souls), then your outer-selves (worldly
affairs) will be rectified (automatically). Practise (righteousness) for your
Aakhirah, then your worldly affairs will be seen to ....... Whoever intends to take the
direction of the Path of Jannat should hold on to the Jama'ah (i.e. Ahlus Sunnah wal
Jama'ah). Verily shaitaan is with the lone person. He remains far from two persons.
Never any of you be alone with a woman, for verily, the third one present is
shaitaan. He who derives happiness from his virtuous deeds and is grieved by his evil
deeds, verily, he is a Mu 'min.

Speech will guide you, and silence will protect you
- One of the scholars of Ihsan
Be a good man to Allah and a bad man to yourself (desires); and be one of the
commoners among the people
A servant should overcome his soul,

And be continuous in the remembrance of his Lord,
Establishing the rights of his Lord,
Focusing upon Him with his heart,
The light of fear setting ablaze his heart,
Whilst drinking from the vessel of pure love,
And certain hidden realities being unveiled for him.
So when he talks, it is due to Allah,
When he speaks, it is from Allah,
When he moves, it is by the Command of Allah,
And when he is serene, then it is from Allah,
He belongs to Allah, is for Allah and is with Allah
- al-Junayd
My friend, seize the chance to live, How many a corpse that came to them was
revived; Never shall anyone be disappointed, never, Who comes with a true
intention. Clear your heart for the theophany, Open your eye for true joy; Other than
the Divine, my friend, abandon, And be annihilated in the exalted entity
- Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri (rahimahullah)
Dhikr is the reason for the life of the heart and leaving it is the reason for its death.
- Ibn Ajiba
What can my enemies do to me?

I have in my breast both my Heaven and my Garden.
If I travel they are with me, and they never leave me.
Imprisonment for me is a religious retreat [khalwa].
To be slain for me is martyrdom [shahada]
And to be exiled from my land is a spiritual journey [siyaha].
- Ibn Taymiyyah
Bishr al-Hafi, a pious bachelor and teacher of Ahmad Ibn Hanbal (rahimahullah),
appeared to someone in a dream, and was asked, How has God treated you? He
responded, I have been given a high rank in the Gardens of Paradise. And I was
allowed to look upon the stations of the prophets (alayhum salam); yet I never
attained to the ranks of the married. When asked what had become of Abu Nasr alTammar, he replied, He has been raised seventy degrees above me. People were
surprised, and asked how this could be, and he answered, He earned that by his
patience with his little daughters and his family burdens.
A bachelor once asked Imam al-Ghazali: `Which should I choose: marriage, or total
devotion to God? Both, he replied.
Seek knowledge. Seeking it purely for Allahs sake is fearing Him; Pursuing it is
worshipping Him; discussing it is remembering Him; searching for it is Jihad ;
imparting it to others is charity and spending it for the benefit of the family is affinity.
All this is because knowledge is the borderline between the lawful and the unlawful;
the light to the inroads to heaven; the friend in isolation; the companion in travel,
the person to discuss with in solitude, the guide in happiness and sorrow; bringer of
peace to the enemy, and an ornament to the intimate friend. With the power of
knowledge Allah raises a people and makes them leaders of virtues. Their footsteps
and deeds are imitated and people conclude with their opinions. The angels show
anxiousness in their friendship and spread their wings for them. Every animate and
inanimate prays for their salvation; the fish and creatures in the sea, the animals and
beasts on the land, all ask for repentance for the learned. This is so because
knowledge is equivalent to praying through the night. Knowledge brings one closer to
his relative and verses him with the facts of the lawful and the unlawful. Knowledge
remains the leader while actions remain the followers. It inspires the fortunate and
deprives the wicked.
[reported by Muadh Ibn Jabal
from Ihya ulumud-Deen - Abu Hamid al-Ghazali]
"Say: Allah is my all. In Him do (all) the trusting put their trust."
- Qur'an, 39:38
The scholars of our time have been content with speech and with no practice! The
Salaf use to practice but not speak. After them the people practiced and spoke being
followed by a people who spoke but did not practice. There will come a time when
people will not speak nor practice.
- Abu Hazim
Abu Darda (radhiAllahu anhu) reports that Rasulullah said:

Allah says: I am Allah besides whom there is no deity. I am the Master of kings. The
hearts of kings are in the control of My hands. Verily, when My servants obey Me, I
turn the hearts of the kings (rulers) towards them so that they rule over them with
compassion and mercy. When My servants disobey Me, I turn the hearts of their
kings (rulers) against them. Hence, they treat them harshly with anger and
vengeance (thereby they mete out torture and oppression). Hence, do not occupy
yourselves with praying for curses upon the kings. Instead turn to Me in
remembrance and with humility. I will then protect you from the tyranny of the
kings.
- reported in Mishkat
If you are good, be better.
Since you are not a prophet, follow the way taught by prophets.
Since you are not a king, be a loyal subject to The King.
Since you are not a captain, do not take the helm of the ship.
Since you do not possess every skill, have partners in your business.
Be as pliant as dough in the hands of others, that you may rise well.
- Jalaluddin Rumi [from Masnavi]
There are three indications of real generosity:

To remain steadfast without resisting,
to praise without the emotion of generosity,
and to give before being asked.
- Maruf Al Karkhi Abu Mahfuz Bin Firuz
The main focus of Muslim activists in the field of Da'wa should be on making people
aware of the importance of learning the Deen, studying the Shari'ah, and diving into
the depths of the Sacred Knowledge in order to ultimately live upon it. The key to the
success and triumph of the Muslim Umma unequivocally lies in Sacred Knowledge.
Only through studying the Sacred Knowledge may we increase the fear of Allah in
our hearts and precisely emulate the exemplar of the Prophet salla Allahu 'alayhi wa
sallam and follow the steps of the 'Ulama. In order for the Umma to regain its
intellectual consciousness and reinstate its sense of civilization, we need, beside
following the Qur'an and the Sunna, to adhere to the way of the 'Ulama that spans
over fourteen centuries, a way that, in reflecting the Qur'an and the Sunna,
articulated the corpus of fiqh and the exegeses of the Qur'an and Sunna, thus
introducing the way to the following generations. Recognizing this legacy and digging
out its treasures is vital to the recovery of the Umma. This can only be done through
reviving the tradition of learning and teaching in Islam, where a teacher represents
the spring of knowledge and the exemplar of righteousness, the continuation of the
glorious past and the embodiment of the blessing and light of an unbroken chain of
transmission. People should know that unlike political movements and sectarian
groups, we do not call to our own way, nor do we have our own new agenda. The
Deen is our agenda, and the way of the 'Ulama is our way.
- Shaykh Muhammmad al Yaqoubi sums up his way in these words.
This world is full of remedies. But you have no remedy until God opens a window for
you. You may not be aware of that remedy just now. In the hour of need it will be
made clear to you. The Prophet said God made a remedy for every pain.
When light engages the heart, it causes an illumation of the path,a purification of the
consciousness, an enlightenment of the intellect and an establishment of the
foundations of dhikr and shukr and of beautiful worship.
- Habib Umar Bin Hafiz
Do not try to run away from trials and tribulations, but endure them with patience.
They cannot be avioded, and there is nothing for it but to endure them with patience,
How can you expect the whole of this world, and all that has been created therein, to
undergo change and transformation just to suit your convenience? The Prophets are
the best of all creatures, yet they have always had to suffer afflication and so it is for
their followers, those who tread in their footsteps as they walk along their highway,
emulating their example.
- Abdul Qadir Jilani
True knowledge is not measured in relationship tohow much you memorize and then
narrate, but rather, true knowledge is an expression of piety
- Ibn Mas'ud
What hurts the soul? To live without tasting the water of its own essence.
Truth is Timeless, and returning to Truth is better than continuing in Falsehood.

- Umar ibn al-Khattab (radiAllahu anhu)
Anyone who refuses to marry is shrinking his farmwork, wasting the seed, and
leaving idle the appropiate tools created by God; he sins against the purpose of
creation and wisdom visible in the evidence of natural structure. The man who
refuses to marry has severed a chain of being, a previously unbroken chain linking
his own existence to that of Adam (alayhis salam).
- Imam abu Hamid al-Ghazali
When you're feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, confused, and frustrated...

"Know that Allah Most High is there. Know that He The All Seeing is watching. Know
that He Most Wise is testing you. Know that He Most Kind and Merciful is waiting for
you to call to Him. Know that He Most Powerful is Able to do All things. Whether it is
from His Immense Love or His Wrath that you are feeling such anxiety, Know that His
Mercy outsrips His Wrath. Know that when you call out to Him in desperation Your
Beloved answers in ways you may not know. Oh faqir, call out to Your Lord Most
High, oh faqir walk towards Your Beloved, Your Beloved will take strides towards you.
Oh faqir, open your heart to Your Beloved, and your Beloved will open His Treasures
to you.
Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of.
"Humankind, an admonition has been sent from your Lord. It is a balm for all that
ails the heart, a source of guidance to grace the true believers. So let them rejoice in
the bounty of Allah. It transcends what they hoard."
- Qur'an, Surah Yunus, 10:57-58
It was narrated that Anas (radiAllahu anhu) said:

On the Day of Uhud, some of the people fled and left the Prophet (salAllahu alayhi
wasalam), but Abu Talhah stood before him covering him with a shield. Abu Talhah
was a powerful archer who broke two or three bows that day. When a man passed by
carrying a quiver containing arrows, he would say, 'Give them to Abu Talhah'.
Whenever the Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) raised his head to look at the
people, Abu Talhah would say, "O Prophet of Allah, may my father and my mother be
sacrificed for you, do not raise your head lest you be struck by an arrow shot by the
enemy. My neck is before your neck."
[Sahih al-Bukhari and Muslim]
Who has never killed an hour? not causally or without thought, but carefully: a
predmeditated murder of minutes. The violence comes from a combination of giving
up, not caring, and a resignation that getting past it is all you can hope to
accomplish. So you killed the hour. you do not work, you do not read, you do not
daydream. If you sleep it is not because you need to sleep. And when at last it is
over, there is no evidence: no weapon, no blood, and no body. The only clue might
be the shadows beneath your eyes or a terribly thin line near the corner of your
mouth indicating something has been suffered, that in the privacy of your life you
have lost something and the loss is too empty to share.
No one attains the reality of renunciation (Zuhd) until there are three characteristics
in him: work without attachment, speech without personal motives, and honor
without seeking position.
- Yahya bin Muadh
Its about You, Your Lord and the Grave nothing else matters.
- Shaykh Nuh Keller
Guard your tongue from praise as you have guarded it from blame.
- Maruf al-Karkhi
Worry about Allah and what He wants you to do and He will take care of your
worries.
- Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller
Absorption in worldly affairs breeds darkness in the heart, and absorption in the
affairs of the next world enkindles light in the heart
- Uthman ibn Affan (radiAllahu anhu)
When Umar bin Al-Khattab (radiAllahu anhu) despatched the army of Sa'ad bin Abi
Waqqas (radiAllahu anhu) to the Battle of Al-Qadisiyyah, he advised him:
"Fear your sins more than you fear the enemy as your sins are more dangerous to
you than your enemy. We Muslims are only victorious over our enemy because their
sins outnumber ours, not for any other reason. If our sins were equal to those of our
enemy, then they would defeat us due to their superior numbers and resources."
You should not neglect your time or use it haphazardly; on the contrary you should
bring yourself to account, structure your litanies and other practices during each day
and night, and assign to each period a fixed and specific function. This is how to
bring out the spiritual blessing (barakah) in each period. But if you leave yourself
adrift, aimlessly wandering as cattle do, not knowing how to occupy yourself at every
moment, your time will be lost. It is nothing other than your life, and your life is the
capital that you make use of to reach perpetual felicity in the proximity of God the
Exalted.
Each of your breaths is a priceless jewel, since each of them is irreplaceable and,
once gone, can never be retrieved.
Do not be like the deceived fools who are joyous because each day their wealth
increases while their life shortens. What good is an increase in wealth when life
grows ever shorter? Therefore be joyous only for an increase in knowledge or in good
works, for they are your two companions who will accompany you in your grave
when your family, wealth, children and friends stay behind.
- Imam al-Ghazali
[from The Beginning of Guidance, p23]
To maintain nice relation with the people is half of intelligence, nice questioning is
half of knowledge, and nice domestic arrangements is half of the management of
livelihood.
None in this age will amass wealth except those having five traits ofcharacter. High
hopes; abnormal greediness; excessive miserliness, lack of fearing Allaah; and
forgetfulness of the coming world.
- Sufyan ath-Thawri
Whoever seeks the protection of God, give him protection. Whoever asks in the
name of God,grant him refuge. Whoever does a good deed to you, reward him. And
if you do not have anything (to give in reward), invoke God's blessings on his behalf
until you know that he has been rewarded.
[Fiqh-us-Sunnah, Vol 3, #104B]
Cheer people up, do not put them off.

Most people don't pray until they're in trouble.

When people need help they pray a lot.
But after they get what they want, they slow down.
If a man takes five showers a day, his body will be clean.
Praying five times a day helps me clean my mind.
- Muhammad Ali (renowned World Boxing Champion)
[from 'Muhammad Ali, His life and times' by Thoman Hauser p.463
The finest of the believers conduct themselves with honorable bearing.

And the finest of the finest are those who treat their mates with affection.
[as reported by Abu Hurairah]
I have learnt silence from the talkative,

toleration from the intolerant,
and kindness from the unkind;
yet strange,
I am ungrateful to these teachers.
- Kahlil Gibran
Five are the marks of Allah-fearing people. They do not associate with people other
than those with whom they can maintain terms on a religious basis; they restrain
their private parts and their tongues; when they make any large temporal gain, they
take it as a curse, and when they gain even a little piety, they consider it precious;
they do not eat to their full even of what is permitted for fear that anything forbidden
might be mixed with it, they consider all people pious and pardoned, but consider
themselves as sinners.
I know none who has heard of Paradise and Hell, then spends an hour of his life
without praying, remembering Allah or doing a good deed
- An ascetic
As for the people of Tasawwuf, they affirm the love of Allah, and this is more evident
among them than all other issues....the affirmation of the love of Allah is well-known
in the speech of their [old] and recent masters, just as it is affirmed in the Holy
Qur'an and the Sunnah and in agreement of the ways of the early generation (Salaf)
- Ibn Taymiyyah
If He opens a door for you, thereby making Himself known,

pay no heed if your do not measure up to this.
For, in truth, He has not opened if for you
but out of a desire to make Himself known to you.
Do you not know that He is the one
who presented the knowledge of Himself to you,
whereas you are the one
who presented Him with deeds?
What a difference between
what He brings to you and what you present to Him!
- Ibn Ata'illah
Be content with what you have

Be satisfied with your dwelling place
to accommodate your enterprise,
Restrain your tongue,
And shed tears of regret
regarding past sins you committed knowingly,
and those you do not recognize.
- Abdullah bin Mas'ud
You rave about the Holy Place (Masjid al-Haram)

and say you've visited God's garden
but where is your bunch of flowers?
There is some merit
in the suffering you have endured
but what a pity you have not discovered
the Makkah thats inside
- Jalaluddin Rumi
I am astonished about those people who are ordered to prepare their provisions,
then the start of the journey is announced, however they remain unmindful in their
vain discussions and fruitless deeds.
- Al Hasan al-Basri
Work for the sake of this life within the extent of your stay in it, and for the Hereafter
within the extent of your stay therein
- Sufyan ath-Thawri, when asked by a man seeking his advice
Don't seek anything other than contentment, because therein is the bliss and the
comfort of your body. Then consider the case of a person who possesses the whole
world, can he take with him in the grave more than cotton and a shroud?
- A poet
What you love to have with you in the Hereafter you should advance today, and what
you hate to have with you, you should abandon today
- Salman ibn Dinar
Allah the Exalted loves him who forgoes worldly life, the Angels love him who rejects
the vices, and the Muslims love him who gives up greediness in respect of the
Muslims.
Be a good man to Allah and a bad man to yourself (desires); and be one of the
commoners among the people
How often it is that a small action becomes great by its intention. And how often it is
that a great action becomes small by its intention.
- Abd Allah ibn Mubarak
[Dhahabi, Siyar A'lam al-Nubala', 8: 400]
A great many people proceed towards evils on account of receipt of blessings, many
people are ruined by praise, and many a man is deceived by Allah's protection (in
concealing vices).
- Ibn Mas'ud
Whoever desires Paradise, proceeds towards goodness; whoever fears Hell, refrains
from the impulses of passions; whoever believes firmly in death, detests wordly life;
and whoever recognises the worldly life, the trials and tribulations (of life) become
slight for him.

My father died, and for an entire year I did not ask Allah for anything except that He
forgive my Father
- Amir ibn Abd Allah ibn Az-Zubayr (radiAllahu anhu)
During the funeral of his mother, Al-Harith Al-Akli (radiAllahu anhu) weeped. When
asked for the reason of his tears he said, "Why should I not cry when one of my
doors to Paradise has now closed?"
Your prayers are your light;

Your devotion is your strength;
Sleep is the enemy of both.
Your life is the only opportunity that life can give you.
If you ignore it, if you waste it,
You will only turn to dust.
And when Imam al-Shafi' (Rahimullah) reached forty [years of age] he began to walk
with a staff, and when questioned about it used to say: "To remind myself that I am
a traveller"
The purpose of our creation is obvious:

to reach our utmost goals of
belief,
knowledge,
and spirituality;
to reflect on the universe,
humanity,
and God,
and thus prove our

value as human beings.
- M. Fethullah Gulen
Your pleas shall be answered, but wait patiently for the Lord to respond. Do not lose
hope and begin to complain, "I beseeched the Lord, but He never responded." Muhammad (salAllahu alayhi wasalam)
reported in Sahih al-Bukhari
Iyyadh bin Ghanam narrated that Allah's messenger (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) said:
" I was informed by the heavenly hosts of angels that the most dignified among my
followers are people who rejoice in public when they ponder the vastness of Allah's
all-encompassing mercy and compassion, and they weep privately when they
contemplate rigorous punishment He reserved for the sinners and the deniers of the
truth. They sit in His blessed mosques morning and evening worshipping Him and
celebrating His praises inwardly, and they implore Him with their tongues outwardly
with reverence and awe. They pray to Him with their hands raised as well as
lowered, and they yearn for Him unceasingly. They take little from people, and yet, it
bears heavily on their hearts. They walk barefooted, humble, unpretentious, and
unnoticed, just like ants, without finery; and they are free of self-adulation. They
walk with dignity and serenity, and they rise to the nearness of their Lord through
their link to His messenger (salAllahu alayhi wasalam).
They wear the garment of good conduct and follow the clear proof. They read the
Qur'an regularly, take their daily guidance from it, and they happily make the
necessary personal sacrifices to meet its requirements. Almighty Allah has
surrounded them with distinguished witnessing angels, and faithful guardians, and
He has illumined their faces with effulgence as a sign of His blessings upon them and
as a demostration of His satisfaction with them. When they look at His servants, they
anticipate promising signs. They often contemplate the vastness of Allah's creation.
Their bodies dwell on earth, and their eyes are anchored upon the heavens. Their
feet stand on earth, and their hearts dwell in the heavens. They breath on earth, and
yet, their spirits are connected to the divine Throne. Their souls live in this world,
and their thoughts are focused on the hereafter. They only worry about what may
come. Their graves are in this world, and their ranks are exalted in Allah's sight."
- Imam Abu Na'eem al-Asfahanee
[from The Beauty of the Righteous and the Ranks of the Elite]
The heart becomes sick, as the body becomes sick,

and its remedy is al-Tawbah (repentance)
and protection [from transgression].
It becomes rusty
as a mirror becomes rusty,
and its clarity is obtained by remembrance.
It becomes naked
as the body becomes naked,
and its beautification is al-Taqwa.
It becomes hungry and thirsty
as the body becomes hungry,
and its food and drink are knowledge,
love,
dependence,
repentance
and servitude.
- Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah
I complained to Waki' about the weakness of my memorisation,

So he instructed me to abandon disobedience;
He informed me that knowledge is a light,
And the light of Allah is not given to a sinner.
- Imam Ash-Shafi' (Rahimullah)
Indeed Allah is gentle

and loves gentleness,
and gives due to gentleness
that which He does not give due to harshness
[ibn Majah, ibn Hibban - Hasan]
Work for your dunya in accordance with the length of your stay therein.
Work for your akhira in accordance with the length of your stay therein.
Work for the Fire in accordance with your ability to endure it.
And work for God in accordance with your need for Him.
- Hatim al-Asamm
Your hope in my heart is the rarest treasure

Your Name on my tongue is the sweetest word
My choicest hours
Are the hours I spend with You O God, I can't live in this world
Without remembering You
Innumerable changes of moods are yours,

and they are uncontrolled by you.
If you knew their origin,
you would be able to dominate them.
If you cannot localize your own changes,
how can you localize that which formed you?
Jalaluddin al-Rumi [Fihi Ma Fihi]
Dear Ones,
Beware of the tiny gods frightened men
Create
To bring anesthetic relief
to their sad
days
- Hafiz
The strangest question I have ever been asked is: why are you Muslim? I find that
question strange because I have never thought of a reason. My 'Muslimness' comes
naturally to me; no other alternative has ever crossed my mind. I am Muslim
because the only logical explanation of all the wonder in the universe and in
ourselves is that a Creator exists. Every breath I take is a mercy from that Creator.
To deny God, I would be denying myself and my life. Indeed, I see God's miracles
everywhere, I cannot but love, worship and obey Him.
Through God's commands, revealed in the Qur'an and the examples of the Prophet
Muhammad, I know exactly how to live my life. I am free to choose between peace
and happiness by becoming a part of God's greater design, and the nightmare of
rejecting my Creator's guidance. I am Muslim because I choose to be logical and farsighted. I see the ligic of Islam and am far-sighted enough to plan for the eternity
that God has offered.

- Marwa El-Naggar, An Egyptian Woman in her 20s.
From 'The no-nonsense guide to Islam'
True devotion is for itself:

not to desire heaven
nor to fear hell.
- Rabia al-Adawiyya
The supplication is the weapon of the believer,

a pillar of the Religion
and the light of the heavens and the earth
[al-Hakim - Sahih, narrated Ali]
If anyone travels on a road in search of knowledge, God will cause him to travel on
one of the roads of Paradise. The angels will lower their wings in their great pleasure
with one who seeks knowledge. The inhabitants of the heavens and the Earth and
(even) the fish in the deep waters will ask forgiveness for the learned man. The
superiority of the learned over the devout is like that of the moon, on the night when
it is full, over the rest of the stars. The learned are the heirs of the Prophets, and the
Prophets leave (no monetary inheritance), they leave only knowledge, and he who
takes it takes an abundant portion.
[Sunan Abu-Dawud, Hadith 1631]
O ye people I counsel you to read the Qur'an.

Try to understand it and ponder over it.
Imbibe the teachings of the Qur'an.
Then practise what the Qur'an teaches.
- Umar ibn Al-Khattab (in his address after gaining Jerusalem)
My health is in the hands of Allah,

who has ways of testing us.
Whatever happens, happens.
I a'int the greatest - it's Allah.
I gave myself a job. I work for God.
- Muhammad Ali (renowned World Boxing Champion)
from 'View from the Corner' Time Magazine
Forgive him who wrongs you;

join him who cuts you off;
do good to him who does evil to you;
and speak the truth even if it be against yourself.
- Inscribed on the prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam)'s sword
Light Shining Forth

'When I saw his light shining forth,
In fear I covered my eyes with my palms,
Afraid for my sight because of the beauty of his form.
So I was scarcely able to look at him at all.
The lights from his light are drowned in his light
and his face shines out
like the sun and moon in one.
A spirit of light lodged in a body like the moon,
a mantle made up of brilliant shining stars.
I bore it until I could bear it no longer.
I found the taste of patience to be like bitter aloes.
I could find no remedy to bring me relief other than delighting in the sight of the one
I love.
Even if he had not brought any clear signs with him, the sight of him would dispense
with the need for them.....'
- Hassan bin Thabit
[written over 1400 years ago]
Yearning for Allah and His meeting is like the gentle breeze blowing upon the heart,
extinguishing the blaze of the Dunya. Whosoever caused his heart to settle with his
Lord shall be in a state, calm and tranquility, and whosoever sent it amongst the
people shall be disturbed and excessively perturbed.
- Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah
If asked whether you love God, say nothing. This is because if you say, 'I do not love
God,'you are an unbeliever. If, on the other hand, you say, 'I do love God,' your
actions contradict you.
- Fudayl
Meditation in God is my capital.

Reason and sound logic are the root of my existence.
Love is the foundation of my existence.
Enthusiasm is the vehicle of my life.
Contemplation of Allah is my companion.
Faith is the source of my power.
Sorrow is my friend.
Knowledge is my weapon.
Patience is my clothing and virtue.
Submission to the Divine Will is my pride.
Truth is my salvation.
Worship is my habit.
And in prayer lies the coolness of my eye and my peace of mind.
- ascribed to Ali (radiAllahu anhu)
QuotesFromTheSalaf
UmarIbnAlKhattaabsaid:
WhoeverdecorateshimselfbydisplayingtothepeoplesomecharacteristicsthatAllaahknowsare
contrarytohisrealcharacteristics,willbedisgracedanddishonouredbyAllaah.[AdDaaraqutnee,4/207]
AlHasanAlBasreesaid:
Toendureshortliveddifficultiesthatarefollowedbylonglastingease,isbetterthanhurryingforashort
livedeasethatisfollowedbyeverlastinghardship.[AlHilyah,2/134]
AlFadlIbnMuhammadAshSharaaneesaid:
IneversawAbdullaahIbnSaalih(137223H)exceptthathewasnarratingahaadeethorsaying
tasbeeh.[SiyaarAlaamunNubulaa,Vol.10,Pp.405416]
AshShabeesaid:
For20yearsIhavenotheardamannarratehadeethexceptthatIknowmoreaboutitthanhim.Ihad
forgottensomeknowledge,theextentofwhichifapersonweretomemorize(it),hewouldbeascholar.[]
FudaylIbnIyaad(d.187)said:
Whoevermarrieshisbeloveddaughtertoaninnovatorhascutoffthetiesofrelationshipwithher.[Al
Barbahaaree,AnExplanationoftheCreed,137]
ImaamAdhDhahabeesaid:
MayAllaahhavemercyoverthepersonwhospeakslittle,readstheQuraan,weepsoverhislosttime,
constantlygazesinto(saheeh)Bukhaareeand(saheeh)Musilm,andworshipsAllaahbeforeheissurprised
bydeath.[AtTadhkirah,2/80]
SufyaanIbnUyaynah(d.197)said:
TheSunnahistenthings,whosoeveracceptsthemhascompletedtheSunnah,andwhosoeverabandons
anythingfromthemhasabandonedtheSunnah..[andthelastonehementionedwas]andnottestifying
thatanyMuslimwilldefinitelybeinParadiseorHell(exceptwithatextualproof).[AlLaalakaaee,no.
312]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
TheCompanionsoftheMessengerofAllaah(saw)afterthefourcaliphsarethebestofthepeople,and
itisnotpermissibleforanyonetospeakillofanyofthem,blamingthemfordeficienciesand
shortcomings.Itisindeedobligatoryupontherulertoreprimandandpunishwhoeverdoesthat,andhe
shouldnotbepardoned.[KitaabAsSunnah,p.7778&ManaaqibulImaamAhmad,ofIbnulJawzee,p.
170]
ImaamAlAwzaaee(d.157)said:
MakeyourselfpatientupontheSunnah,stopwherethepeoplestopped,speakwithwhattheyspokewith,
andrefrainfromwhattheyrefrainedfrom.AndfollowthepathofyourRighteousPredecessors(Salafus
Saaliheen)forverily,sufficientforyouisthatwhichwassufficientforthem.[RelatedinAshShareeah,
byAlAajurree,p.58]
ImaamMaaliksaid:
TheshieldoftheScholaris,Idonotknow,soifheleavesitdown,hisattackerwillstrikehim.[Al
Intiqaa,p.37]
IbnAdbilBarrsaid:
ItisauthenticallyrelatedfromAbuDardaathatIdonotknowishalfofknowledge.[JaamiBayaanil
IlmWaFadhlih,1/54]
AdbullaahIbnYazeedIbnHurmuzsaid:
Itisbefittingforthescholarthathepassesontohisstudentsthestatement,Idonotknow,untilthat
becomesthefoundationthattheyfleeto.[]
MuaadhibnJabal(ra)said:
Opeople,youmustseekknowledgebeforeitistakenaway,forindeedwhenitspeople(thescholars)die,
itwllbetakenaway.Andbewareofbidah,innovationandsophistication,andadheretotheancientway
[i.e.,thewayoftheProphet(saw)].[AlBidaayahwanNahyanhabyIbnWaddaah]
AbuBakrbinAbdullahalMuzanisaid:
Whoislikeyou,OsonofAdam?Wheneveryouwish,youusewatertomakeAblution,gototheplace
forworshipandthusenterthepresenceofyourLord(i.e.startpraying)withoutatranslator/barrierora
barrierbetweenyouandHim![AlBidayahWanNihayah9/256]
HudhayfahibnalYamaan(ra)said:
DonotperformanyactofworshipthatwasnotpractisedbytheCompanionsoftheMessengerofAllah,
fortheearliergenerationdidnotleaveanyroomforthelattertoaddanything(tothereligion).FearAllah,
Oreaders,seekersofknowledge,andfollowthepathofthosewhocamebeforeyou.[NarratedbyIbn
BattahinAlIbaanah]
IbnShubrumahsaid:
Iamamazedatthepeoplewhotakecareofthemselvesbyeatingfoodoutoffearofdying,yetdonot
protectthemselvesfromsinsoutoffearoftheFire.[SiyarAlaamanNubalaa,6/348]
ImaamAhmadIbnHanbalsaid:
DescribeAllaahwithwhatHehasdescribedHimselfwith,andnegatefromAllaahwhatHehasnegated
fromHimself[ManaaqibulImaamAhmad,byIbnAlJawzee,p.221]
ImaamAhmadIbnHanbalalsosaid:
andinnowayisAllaahtobedescribedwithanythingmorethanwhatHetheMightyandMajestic
hasdescribedhimselfwith.[KitaabulMhnahp.68]
AbdullaahIbnMasood(r)said:
Whoeverwantstofollowanexample,lethimfollowtheexampleofthosewhohavepassedaway,the
CompanionsofMuhammad(saw).Theywerethebestofthisummah,thepurestinheart,thedeepestin
knowledge,theleastinsophistication.TheywerepeoplewhomAllahchosetobetheCompanionsofHis
Prophet(S)andtoconveyHisreligion,soimitatetheirwaysandbehaviour,fortheywerefollowingthe
StraightPath.[AlBaghawiinSharhasSunnah]
HaythamIbnJameelwasasked:
AmaniswelllearnedwithregardstotheaffairsoftheSunnah,shouldhedebateandargueaboutthem?
Hereplied:
No,howeverheshouldinformthepeopleabouttheSunnah,soifitisacceptedfromhimthengoodandif
notthenheshouldkeepsilent.[JaamiuBayaanAlIlmiWaFadhlihi,4/94]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
WhosoeverallegesthatAllaahdoesnotspeak,thenheisadisbeliever.Verilywerelaythesenarrationsas
theyhavecome.[AsSunnah,p.71]
AbdulaahIbnMasoodsaid:
Followanddonotinnovate,foreverythinghasbeentakencareof,andyoumustfollowtheancientway
(i.e.,oftheSalaf).[AdDaarimiinhisSunan]
SufyaanAthThawreesaid:
TheexcellenceofknowledgeisdueonlytothefactthatitcausesapersontofearandobeyAllaah,
otherwiseitisjustlikeanythingelse.[RelatedbyibnRajab]
ImaamAshShaafiee(d.204)said;
IleftBaghdaad,andIdidnotleavebehindmeamanbetter,havingmoreknowledge,orgreaterfiqh
(understanding),norhavinggreatertaqwaa(piety)thanAhmadIbnHanbal.[SiyarAlaaminNubulaa,
11/177358]
IbnAbbaassaid:
Tiesbetweenrelativesmaybesevered,andapersonskindnessmayberejectedandunappreciated,but
thereisnothinglikeclosenessbetweenhearts.[AdDurrAlManthoorFeeTafseerAlMathoor,4/100]
AbdAllahibnUmar(ra)said:
Peoplewillcontinuetoadheretothecorrectwaysolongastheyfolowthefootsteps[oftheProphet
(saw)].[AlLaalkaaiinSharhUsoolItiqaadAhlasSunnahwalJamaaah]
AbooBakrsaid:
IamnotgoingtoleaveanythingthattheMessengerofAllaah(saw)usedtodobutIwilldoittoo,
becauseIamafraidthatifIleaveanythingthatheusedtodo,Iwillgoastray.[SaheehMuslim,1759]
AlHasanalBasreesaid:
WhoeverlearnssomethinginthenameofAllaah,seekingthatwhichiswithHim,hewillwin.And
whoeverlearnssomethingforotherthanAllaah,hewillnotreachthegoal,norwillhisacquiredknowledge
bringhimclosertoAllaah.[RelatedbyIbnulJawzee]
IbnMasood(d.32H)said:
Thejamaaahiswhateveragreeswiththetruthevenifyouarealone.[ReportedinTaareekhDimashq
withanauthenticchainofnarration]
IshaaqIbnRaahawaih(d.238H),(theteacherofImaamBukhaaree)said:
IfyouweretoasktheignorantpeopleabouttheMainBodytheywouldsay,Themajorityofpeople.
theydonotknowthatthejamaaahisthescholarwhoclingstothenarrationsfromtheProphet(saw)and
hisway.Sowhoeveriswiththehim(thescholar)andfollowshim,thenheistheJamaah.[AbooNuaym
inHilyatulAwliyaah]
Ifascholarisontopofamountain,thenheistheJamaaah.[]
AbdullaahIbnUmrsaid:
Everybidahismisguidance,evenifpeoplethinkitisgood.[AlLaalkaaiinSharhUsoolItiqaadAhl
asSunnahwalJamaaah]
ShaqeeqalBalkheesaid:
Thesignofrepentance(is):weepingatwhathaspreceded,fearoffallingintosin,leavingevilcompany
andmaintainingthecompanyofthegood.[SiyarAlaamanNubalaa,9/315]
AbooDaawood(d.275)said:
ThelecturesofAhmadweresittingsofthehereafter.Hewouldnotmentioninthemanythingofthe
worldlyaffairs;andIneversawhimmentionthisworld(elsewhere).[SiyarAlaaminNubulaa,11/177
358]
AleeIbnAlMadeenee(d.234)said:
IndeedAllaahaidedthisreligionthroughAbooBakrasSideeqonthedayoftheapostasy;andthrough
AhmadIbnHanbalonthedayofthetrial.[TathkiratulHuffaath,2/432]
QutaybahIbnSaeed(d.240)said:
IfyouseeamanlovingAhmad,thenknowthatheisapersonoftheSunnah.[SiyarAlaaminNubulaa,
11/177358]
IbraaheemalHatbee(d.285)said;
IsawAbooAbdillaah(AhmadIbnHanbal),anditwasasifAllaahhadgatheredforhimtheknowledge
oftheearlierpeopleandthelaterpeople.[SiyarAlaaminNubulaa,11/177358]
AbuadDarda(ra)said:
Youwillneverbemisguidedsolongasyoufollowthefootsteps[oftheProphet(saw)].[IbnBattahin
AlIbaanah]
EesaaIbnMaryamsaid:
Indeedwhoeverpraysandfasts,butdoesnotleaveoffsinning,thenitiswrittenthatheisaliar.[Siyar
AlaamanNubalaa,13/196]
YahyaaIbnMaeensaid;DefendingthesunnahismoreexcellentthanJhaadinAllaahscause.Soitwas
saidtoYahyaaIbnMaeen,Amanspendshiswealth,tireshimselfoutandfightsJhaad,andthisone
(whodefendsthesunnah)ismoreexcellentthanhim?!HesaidYes,byagreatdeal![RefertoSiyaar
AlaaminNubulaa,ofAdhDhahabee,Vol.10,Pp.512519]
AlMakkeeIbnIbraaheem(126214H)said:
Imadehajjsixtytimes,andImarriedsixtywomen,andIlivedintheprecinctsoftheHouse(theKabah)
fortenyears,andIwrotenarrationsfromtenTaabieesandifIknewthatthepeoplewouldhaveaneedof
meIwouldnothavewrittenfromanyonelessthantheTaabieen.[SiyaarAlaaminNubulaa,ofAdh
Dhahabee,9/549553]
AliIbnAbiTaalib(ra)said:
Ifreligionwerebasedonopinion(whatpeoplethinkiscommonsense),thenweshouldwipethebottom
ofthekhuff(leatherslippers)ratherthanthetop,butIsawtheMessengerofAllahwipingthetopofthem.
[IbnAbiShaybahinAlMusannaf]
AbdullaahibnDaawoodsaid:
Ihaveneverliedexceptononeoccasion.Myfathersaidtome:Haveyoureadtotheteacher?AndI
said:YeswhereasIhadnotreadtohim.[SiyarAlaamanNubalaa,9/349]
IbnMasoodsaid:
Trueknowledgeisnotmeasuredinrelationshiptohowmuchyoumemorizeandthennarrate,butrather,
trueknowledgeisanexpressionofpiety[protectingoneselffromwhatAllaahprohibitedandactingupon
whatHemandated].[]
IbnMasoodsaid:
Studyandactuponwhatyoulearn.[RelatedbyAbuNaèem]
AbdullahibnAmribnalAassaid:
NobidahisintroducedbutitwillspreadfurtherandnoSunnahisneglectedbutitwilldimminish
further.[IbnBattahinAlIbaanah]
TalqibnHabeebsaid:
IndeedtherightsofAllaaharefargreaterthantheservantcanfulfill,andindeedtheblessingsofAllaah
arefarmorethancanbecounted,however,berepentfulinthemorningandevening(i.e.throughoutthe
day).[SiyarAlaamanNubalaa,4/622]
ImamAlAwzaaisaid:
Youmustfollowthefootstepsofthosewhocamebefore,evenifthepeoplerejectyou.Bewareof
personalopinionsevenifpeoplemakethemattractive.TheclearwayisthatoftheStraightPath.[Al
KhateebinSharafAshaabalHadeeth]
Shubrumahsaid:
WeaccompaniedKarzalHarithionajourney.Wheneverhewantedtosetcampinanarea,heusedto
scanitwithhiseyesandwhenhefoundagoodpieceoflandthatheliked,hewouldgotoitandpraythere
untilitwastimetoleave.[SifatAsSafwah3/120]
AyyoobasSakhtiyaanisaid:
Themoretheinnovatorincreaseshiseffortsininnovation,thefurtherawayhebecomesfromAllah.[Al
BiahWanNahyanhabyIbnWaddaah]
UmaribnAbdulAzeezsaid:
Ihaveneverliedsincelearningthatlyingadverselyaffectstheliar.[SiyarAlaamanNubalaa,5/121]
AbdullaahBinMubaaraksaid:
WearemoreinneedofasmallamountofAdab,thanmuchknowledge.
HassaanibnAtiyahsaid:
NopeopleintroduceinnovationintotheirreligionbutanequivalentamountofSunnahwillbetaken
away.[AlLaalkaaiinSharhUsoolItiqaadAhlasSunnahwalJamaaah]
IbnAbbaassaid:
IndeedthemostdetestableofthingstoAllaaharetheinnovations.[AsSunanalKubraa,4/316]
MuhammadibnSeereensaid:
Theyusedtosay:solongasheisfollowingthefootsteps(oftheSalaf),thenheisontherightpath.[Al
LaalkaaiinSharhUsoolItiqaadAhlasSunnahwalJamaaah]
IbnUmarsaid:
Everyinnovationismisguidance,evenifthepeopleseeitassomethinggood.[AbuShaamah,#39]
AbdullaahIbnAlMubaaraksaid:
Beonewhoreliesonthenarrations(fromtheSalaf)andacceptofpeoplesopinionsthatwhichmay
explainthehadithtoyou.[AlBayhaqiinSunanalKubra]
InnovationismorebelovedtoIbleesthansin,sinceasinmayberepentedfrombutinnovationisnot
repentedfrom.[SharhUsoolItiqaadAhlisSunnahwalJamaaah,#238]
AlFudaylIbnIyaadsaid:
Imetthebestofpeople,allofthempeopleoftheSunnahandtheyusedtoforbidfromaccompanyingthe
peopleofinnovation.[SharhUsoolItiqaadAhlisSunnahwalJamaaah,#267]
Mujaahidsaid:
ThosewholoveeachotherforAllahsSake,whentheysmileateachother,theirsinsfallfromeachother,
justastheleavesfallfromatreebeforethewinter.[]
ImaamAshShaafiisaid:
EveryissueofwhichIspokeinamannerthatgoesagainsttheSunnah,Iretractitduringmylifetimeand
aftermydeath.[AlKhateebinAlFaqeehwalMutafaqqih]
Donotsitwiththepeopleofinnovationanddesires,norarguewiththem,norlistentothem.[SunanAd
Daarimee,1/121]
IbraaheemibnMaysarahsaid:
WhoeverhonoursaninnovatorhasaidedinthedestructionofIslaam.[SharhUsoolItiqaadAhlis
SunnahwalJamaaah,1/139]
AbdullaahIbnMasoodsaid:
IfIhadtendayslefttolive,andIknewIwoulddiebytheendofthem,andIhadenoughtimetoget
married,Iwouldgetmarriedforfearoftemptation(fitnah).[SaeedIbnMansoor,AlSunan,#493]
UthmanIbnAbeeDahshahsaid:
IhaveneverprayedaSalahthatIhavenotaskedAllahSubhaanahuwaTaaalatoforgiveformy
shortcomingsinthatSalah.[]
Becomeascholarifyouareable.Ifyouarenotable,thenbeastudent.Ifyoucannot,thenshowlovefor
them.Ifyouareunabletodothat,then(atleast)donothatethem.[]
SufyaanathThawreesaid:
WhoeverlistenstoaninnovatorhaslefttheprotectionofAllaahandisentrustedwiththeinnovation.
[AlHilyah,7/26]
ImaamalBarbahaareesaid:
Theinnovatorsarelikescorpions.Theyburytheirheadsandbodiesinthesandandleavetheirtailsout.
Whentheygetthechancetheysting;thesamewiththeinnovatorswhoconcealthemselvesamongstthe
people,whentheyareable,theydowhattheydesire.[TabaqaatulHanaabilah,2/44]
AbuHaatimsaid:
AsignofthepeopleofinnovationistheirbattlingagainstthepeopleofNarrations.[SharhUsoolItiqaad
AhlusSunnahwalJamaaah,1/179]
AsSaffaareeneesaid:
AndwearenotfocusingonmentioningthevirtuesofthepeopleofHadeeth,forindeedtheirvirtuesare
wellknownandtheirmeritsaremany.Sowhoeverbelittlesthem,thenheisdespicableandlowly.And
whoeverhatesthem,thenheisfromthebackwardpartyoftheDevil.[LawaaihulAnwaar,2/355]
AbooUthmaanAsSaabooneesaid:
Thesignsofthepeopleofinnovationareclearandobvious.Themostapparentoftheirsignsistheir
severeenmityforthosewhocarrythereportsoftheProphet.[TheAqeedahofthe(Pious)Predecessors,
p.101]
AhmadIbnAtiyyahreported:
ThedailyportionofvoluntaryrakaahforprayerthatMuhammadIbnSamaaahmadewastwohundred
rakaah.[AsSiyar,10/646]
Ataareported:
Murrahusedtooffersixhundredunitsofvoluntaryprayerdaily[AsSiyar,4/75]
QaysIbnRabeenarrated:
IsawYazeedIbnZurayinadreamandaskedhim,WhathasAllaahdonewithyou?Hereplied,Ihave
beengrantedentranceintoParadise.Ithenasked,Why?Heanswered,Byabundantlyofferingprayer.
[AsSiyar,8/297]
AbdullahbinMasudsaid:
IfamanweretostandforseventyyearsworshippingAllahbetweentheYemeniCornerandtheMaqam
ofIbrahim(attheKabah),hewouldstillberesurrectedontheDayofJudgementwiththosewhomhe
loved.[]
MuhammadIbnAnNadrAlHaaritheesaid:
Whoeverlistenstoapersonofinnovationandknowsthatheisapersonofinnovationthenprotection
istakenawayfromhim,andheislefttohimself.[SharhUsoolItiqaad,1/135136]
ImaamashShaatibee(rahimahullaah)mentions:
Linguisticallybidah(innovation)meansanewlyinventedmatter.TheShareeahdefinitionofbidahas:
Anewlyinventedway[beliefsoraction]inthereligion,inimitationoftheShareeah(prescribedLaw),by
whichnearnesstoAllaahissought,[but]notbeingsupportedbyanyauthenticproofneitherinits
foundations,norinthemannerinwhichitisperformed.[AlItisaamofashShaatibee,1/37]
ImaamAshShaafieesaid:
WeaffirmtheseattributesthattheQuraancamewith,andthosethatarementionedinthesunnah;andwe
negatetheideaofsomethingresemblingHim(tashbeeh)(1),sinceHenegatedthisfromHimself,
saying:ThereisnothinglikeuntoHim.[42:11][SiyarAlaaminNubalaa20/341]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
WebelievethatAllaahisaboveHisThronehoweverHewishesandinwhateverwayHewishes,without
anyspecificwayoradescriptionthatapersoncanunderstandordescribe.KnowledgeoftheAttributesof
AllaahhascomefromHim,andtheyareestablishedforHim(asHistrueAttributes).HeisasHedescribed
Himself:NovisioncangraspHim.[6:103][DarutTaaarudulAqlWanNaql,byIbnTaymiyyah,
2/30]
OneoftheSalafsaid:
Neverleaveagooddeedbecauseofitsdifficulty,forthedifficultywilleventuallygobutthedeedwill
remainforever.Neverdoabaddeedbecauseofitspleasure/enjoyment,forthepleasure/enjoymentwill
eventuallygobutthedeedwillremainforever.[]
AleeIbnAbeeTaalib(ra)said:
Verilyknowledgeismorepreciousthanwealth.Knowledgepreservesyou,whileyoupreserve
wealth.Knowledgejudgeswhilewealthisjudgedupon.Thepossessorsofwealthhavedied,whilethe
possessorsofknowledgeliveon.Their(thescholars)bodieshavepassedaway,buttheyarestillpresentin
theheartsofthepeople.[AdabAlDunyaWaAlDeen,p.48]
MaalikBinDinarsaid:
Thegreatestpunishmentaslave(ofAllah)cangetishardheartedness.[NarratedbyAbdullahBin
AhmadinKitabAlZuhd]
AlHaafidhNuaymIbnHammaad(d.228)said:
WhosoeverclaimsthatAllaahresemblesHiscreationhasdisbelieved,andwhosoeverdenieswhatever
AllaahdescribedHimselfwithhasalsodisbelieved.AndthereisnotashbeehatallinwhatAllaahhas
describedHimselfwith,norinwhatHisMessenger(saw)hasdescribedHimwith.[AlUluwwno.217]
Healsosaid:
Whoevermakestashbeeh(resemblance)ofAllaahtohiscreationhascommittedkufr(disbelief).And
whoeverdenieswhatAllaahhasdescribedhimselfwithhasalsocommittedkufr.Indeed,allthatAllaahhas
describedhimselfwith,orwhatHisMessengerhasdescribedHimwiththenthereisnotashbeehinitat
all.[Ibid]
ArRabeeibnSulaymaansaid:
OnedayAshShaafiinarratedahadith,andamansaidtohim,Doyouacceptthat,OAbuAbdAllah?
Hesaid,IfInarrateasaheehhadithfromtheMessengerofAllahandIdonotacceptit,thenbearwitness
thatIhavelostmymind.[IbnBattahinAlIbaanah]
RabeeahArRay(d.136H)said:
Istiwaaisnotunknown,anditsmodalityisnotcomprehendible.AndfromAllaahistheMessage;upon
theMessengeristoconvey;anduponusistoaffirm.[Laalakaaeeno.665]
Muhaaribsaid:
WeaccompaniedQaasimIbnAbdirRahmaanandhebecamesuperioroveruswithlongsilence,
generosityandabundantprayer.[AsSamt,p.618]
Masrooqnarrated:
ThereisntatimethatwewakeuporgotosleepandIfeelremorseuponanythingfromtheworldlylife
exceptfornotmakingmoresujoodtoAllaah.[AshShuab,p.2909]
UbaydullaahIbnSulaymaanIbnMuaawiyahAshShaameereported:
Ourgrandfatherworeouttwoprayerrugsandbeganonathird,withtheplaceofhisknees,faceandhands
fromtheabundanceofprayerthatheoffered.[AsSiyar,9/361]
AnasbinMaliksaid:
WhenAbuMusawouldsleep,hewouldwearasmallovergarment,fearingthathisawrahwouldbe
exposed.[SiyarAlamanNubala,2/399]
IbnAbbaaswouldnotenterthebathroomexceptthathewasalone,andwouldbewearingathickouter
garment,saying:amshyfromAllahSeeingmeinthebathroomwithoutanyclothing.[SiyarAlaman
Nubala,3/355]
AbuAlAliyahsaid:
IwouldtravelfordaystomeetamanandthefirstthingIwouldnoticeabouthimishisprayer.Ifhe
wouldestablishtheprayerperfectlyandontime,Iwouldstaywithhimandheartheknowledgehehad.IfI
foundhimtobecarelessconcerningtheprayer,Iwouldleavehimandsaytomyselfthatforthingsother
thantheprayer,hewouldbeevenmorecareless.
ItwasnarratedthatNoohalJaamisaid:
IsaidtoAbuHaneefah(mayAllahhavemercyonhim),Whatdoyousayaboutthephilosophicalissues
thatpeoplehaveinnovated?Hesaid,Thatisjustthewordsofphilosophers.youshouldadheretotheway
oftheSalaf,andbewareofeverynewlyinventedthing,foritisaninnovation(bidah).[AlKhateebinAl
FaqeehwalMutafaqqih]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
IfyouseeanyonespeakingilloftheCompanionsoftheMessengerofAllaah(saw),doubthis
Islaam.[AlLaalikaaeeinAsSunnah,2359]
ImaamAlBarbahaaree(d.329H)saidinhisSharhAsSunnah:
IfyouseeamancriticisingtheCompanionsoftheMessengerofAllaah(saw),knowthatheisapersonof
wickedspeechanddesires,sincetheMessengerofAllaahsaid,WhenmyCompanionsarementionedthen
withhold.[AtTabaraaneefromIbnMasood,anditissaheeh.SeeSilsilatulAhaadeethisSaheehahno.
34]
MuawiyahBinAwssaid:
IsawHishambinAmmar,andwhenhewouldwalkinthestreet,hewouldlookdowntotheground,and
hewouldneverraisehisheadtothesky,outofshynessfromAllahtheMightyandMajestic.[Siyar
AlamanNubala,11/430]
AbuBakrbinMaymuncameandknockedonthedoorofalHumaydi,andassumedthathewasgiven
permissiontoenter.So,heentered,findingalHumaydiwithhisthighexposed.alHumaydibegantocry,
saying:ByAllah,youhavejustlaidyoureyesonsomethingthatnobodyhasseensinceIhavereached
adulthood![SiyarAlamanNubala,19/122]
MuhammadbinAbiHatimnarrated:
Someofmycompanionssaidtome:WewereatthehouseofMuhammadbinSalam,andMuhammad
binIsmaeelAlBukharientereduponhisuponhisreturnfromIraq.So,hebegantoinformusofthe
tribulationthatthepeoplewerebeingputthrough,aswellaswhathadhappenedtoAhmadbinHambal,
etc.WhenalImamalBukhariexitedthehouse,MuhammadbinSalamsaidtothosepresent:Haveyou
everseenavirginwithasmuchshynessasthisman?[SiyarAlamanNubala,12/418]
AbdullahbinUmar(r.a)said:
ByAllah,ifIfastedalldaywithouteating,prayedallnightwithoutsleeping,spentallofmywealthinthe
PathofAllah,diedthedayIdied,buthadnoloveinmyheartforthosewhoobeyAllah,andnohatredin
myheartforthosewhodisobeyAllah,noneofthiswouldbenefitmeintheleast.[]
ImaamMaaliksaid:
TheSunnahisliketheshipofNooh(Noah).Whoeverridesinitwillbesavedandwhoeverhangsback
anddoesnotgetonboardwillbedrowned.[MiftaahalJannahfilItisaambisSunnahbyAsSuyooti]
SomeoftheSalafsaid:
Ifonedoessomethinginsecretthatheisshyfromdoinginpublic,thismeansthathemeansnothingto
himself.[MadarijAsSalikeen,2/353]
ShamsadDinalMaqdisisaid:
IfmylegbecomesexposedwhileIamalone,Irushtocoveritupwhilemakingistighfar.[AlMukhtar
AlMasunMinAlamAlQurun,1/540]
Aleesaid:
Itisenoughhonourforknowledgethathewhoisnotableleavesitandonebecomeshappyifheis
labelledwithit,anditisenoughofacensureforignorancethatitspeopledisassociatethemselvesfromit.
[MadaarijusSaalikeen,1/470]
ImaamMaliksaid:
Ifilmalkalaam(philosophicalrhetoric)were(beneficial)knowledge,theSahaabahandTaabioonwould
havespokenofitjustastheyspokeoftherulingsofIslam.Butitisfalsehoodandpointsto
falsehood.[AlBaghawiinSharhasSunnah]
UbaydBinJafarsaid:
IneversawmyuncleBishrBinMasnurmissthefirsttakbir,andwheneveranypersonstoodupinour
mosquetoaskpeopleforhelp,myunclegavehimsomething.[SifatasSafwah3/376]
IbnSamaàhsaid:
Forfortyyears,IonlymissedTakbirTahrimah(initialtakbeer)whenmymotherdied.[AsSiyar10/646]
ImamAhmadibnHanbalsaid:
ThebasicprinciplesofSunnahinourvieware:adherencetothewayoftheCompanionsoftheMessenger
ofAllah,followingtheirexampleandforsakingbidah,foreverybidahisagoingastray.[AlLaalkaaiin
SharhUsoolAhlasSunnah]
ImaamMaaliksaid:
TrulyIamonlyamortal:Imakemistakes(sometimes)andIamcorrect(sometimes).Therefore,lookinto
myopinions:allthatagreeswiththeBookandtheSunnah,acceptit;andallthatdoesnotagreewiththe
BookandtheSunnah,ignoreit.[IbnAbdulBarrinJaamiBayaanalIlm,2/32]
ImaamAbooHaneefahsaid:
WhenIsaysomethingcontradictingtheBookofAllaahtheExaltedorwhatisnarratedfromthe
Messenger(sallallaahualaihiwasallam),thenignoremysaying.[AlFulaaniinEeqaazAlHimam,p.
50]
TheMuslimsareunanimouslyagreedthatifasunnahoftheMessengerofAllaah(sallallaahualaihiwa
sallam)ismadecleartosomeone,itisnotpermittedforhimtoleaveitforthesayingofanyoneelse.
[Ilaam,2/361]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
Donotfollowmyopinion;neitherfollowtheopinionofMaalik,norShaafii,norAwzaai,norThawri,
buttakefromwheretheytook.[IbnalQayyiminIlaam,2/302]
AfterArRabiBinKhaythambecamepartiallyparalyzed,heusedtogotothemosquehelpedbytwomen.
Hewastold:OAbuYazid!Youhavebeengivenpermissiontoprayathome.Hesaid:Youhavesaid
thetruth,butIheardthecallerherald,HayyaàlaalFalah(Cometosuccess),andIthoughtthatwhoever
hearsthiscallshouldansweritevenbycrawling.[HilyatAlAwliya,2/113]
SufyanBinUyaynah:
HonoringtheprayerincludescomingbeforetheIqamahisrecited.[SifatasSafwah2/235]
AlHasanalBasrisaid:
IfamanwhomettheearlySalafweretobebroughtbacktolifetoday,hewouldnotrecognizeanything
ofIslamandheputhishandonhischeek,thensaid,apartfromthisprayerByAllah,anyonewho
livesinthesestrangetimesanddidnotmeettherighteoussalaf,andseestheinnovatorpromotinghis
bidahandtheonewhosemainconcernisworldlygainscallingotherstojoinhim;butAllahprotectshim
fromthatandcauseshimtolongfortherighteoussalaf,askingabouttheirpathandfollowingtheir
footsteps,andhefollowstheirpath,hewillbecompensatedwithagreatreward.Belikethat,insha
Allah.[AlBiahwanNahyanhabyIbnWaddaah]
AhmadIbnAbdullaahAlIjleesaid:
AbdulWaleed(HishaamIbnAbdulMaalikd.227H)wasareliableandsoundnarratorofhadeethin
Basrah.Henarratedfromseventywomen,andstudentsusedtotraveltohimafter(thedeathof)Aboo
DaawoodAtTayaaleesee.[SiyaarAlaamunNubulaa,vol.10,Pp.341347]
Whoeverfromamongstyouwantstofollow,thenheshouldfollowtheCompanionsoftheMessengerof
AllaahsallAllaahualayhiwasallamsincetheirheartswerethemostrighteousinthisUmmah,thedeepest
inknowledge,themostnatural,themostcorrectinguidanceandwereinthebestcondition.The
CompanionswerepeoplewhomAllaahchosetobewithHisProphetandtoestablishHisreligion.Soknow
theirexcellenceandfollowthemintheirfootsteps,forindeedtheywereonthecorrectguidance.[Jamia
BayaanalIlmwaFadleehi,2/97]
YunusBinAbdullaahsaid:
Whatisthematterwithme?WhenIloseachickenIfeelconcerned,butwhenImisstheprayerin
congregation,itdoesnotgrieveme.[HilyatalAwliya,3/19]
AlFudaylibnIyaadsaid:
Followthepathofguidance,anddonotworryabouthowfewarethepeoplewhofollowit.Bewareofthe
pathsofmisguidance,anddonotbedeceivedbythelargenumbersofthosewhodoomed.[AlItisaamby
ImamAshShaatibi]
AbuBakrsaid:
LetnotanyMuslimbelittleanotherMuslim,forthelowestoftheMuslimsisgreatintheSightofAllah.
[IhyaUlumadDin,3/400]
AbdullaahIbnUmarsaidtoapersonwhoaskedhimaboutsomethingandsaid,Yourfatherforbade
that:
IsthecommandoftheMessengerofAllahmoredeservingofbeingfollowed,orthecommandofmy
father?![ZaadalMaadbyIbnalQayyim]
MuhammadbinalHusaynbinAlisaid:
Theheartofapersonisneverafflictedwiththeslightestbitofarroganceexceptthathisintelligenceand
sanityisdecreasedbecauseofthatinaccordancewithhowmuchofthatarrogancehasenteredhis
heart.[IhyaUlumadDin,3/400]
IbnUmaronceheardamansneezingandsaying,PraisebetoAllahandpeaceandblessingsbeuponthe
MessengerofAllah.IbnUmarsaidtohim:
ThisisnotwhattheMessengerofAllahtaughtustodo.Rather,hesaid,Whenanyoneofyousneezes,
lethimpraiseAllah(bysayingAlHamduLillaah).Hedidnotsay,andsendblessingsuponthe
MessengerofAllah.[AtTirmidhiinhisSunanwithahasanisnad]
AbdullaahIbnJafaraddressedhisdaughtersaying:
Avoidjealousy,asitisthekeytoyourdivorceavoidcomplaint,asitinstigatesangeradornyourself
forhim,andmakesureyouwashawayanybadodoursbyfrequentbathing.[]
RegardingthehadeethoftheProphet(saw)whereinhe(saw)said,TheUmmahwilldivideintomorethan
seventysects,allofthemwillgointothehellfireexceptforoneImaamAhmadIbnHanbalsaid,If
theyarenotthepeopleofhadeeth,thenIdonotknowwhotheyare![SharafAshaabilHadeeth,1/7]
IfIweretoseeamanfromthepeopleofhadeeth,itwouldbeasifIhasseentheProphet(saw)living.
[SharafAshaabilHadeeth,1/31]
ShaykhAbdulQaadirAlJeelaaneesaid:
AsforthesavedsectitisAhluSunnahWalJamaaah,andthereisnonameforAhluSunnahexceptone,
andthatisthepeopleofhadeeth.[AlGhunyatutTaalibeen,p.212]
IbnAbbaassaidtoapersonwhoopposedtheSunnahbyquotingthewordsofAbuBakrandUmar:
Soonstonesfromheavenwillbesentdownuponyou(asapunishment).Isaytoyou,TheMessengerof
Allahsaid,andyousay,AbuBakrandumarsaid?!.[AbdarRazzaaqinAlMusannafwithasaheeh
isnad]
ImaamalBukhariwasasked:Whatisitthatstrengthensonesmemory?Hereplied:Constantlylooking
throughbooks.[JamiBayanalIlmwaFadlih]
AbuAmrbinalAlasaid:
Ineverentereduponamanorpassedbyhisdoorseeinghimwithabookinhishand,andhiscompanion
doingnothingexceptthatIjudgedhimtobethemoreintelligentone.[JamiBayanalIlmwaFadlih]
AbdullahbinAbdalAzizbinUmarbinAbdalAzizsaid:
Ineversawabetteradmonisherthanthegrave,oranythingmoresatisfyingthanabook,oranythingsafer
thanlackofsocialization.[JamiBayanalIlmwaFadlih]
alHasanalLuluisaid:
FortyyearsofmylifehavepassedinwhichIneverawokeorwenttosleepexceptthatabookwasresting
onmychest.[JamiBayanalIlmwaFadlih]
MuhammadBbnWaasisaid:
Ifsinshadanodourthennobodywouldbeabletositwithme.[TheEvilofCravingforWealthand
StatusImaamibnRajabalHanbalee]
HammadBinSalamahsaid:
IhaveneverstoodupforprayerwithoutimaginingthatJahannamisbeforemyeyes.[TadhkiratAl
Huffadh,1/219]
Ihaveneverseenanystrangerthanamanwhodoesnotseekrichnessthroughmarriage,eventhough
Allaahhaspromised,asaresultofit(i.e.,marriage)whatHehaspromised:iftheyarepoor,Allaahwill
enrichthemoutofHisBounty.[24:32].
AleeIbnAlMadinisaid:
TherearenopeoplebetterthanthecompanionsofHadeeth.Therestofthepeoplewereinsearchofthe
DuniyawhiletheywereestablishingtheDeen.[MasalatalUloowalNazool,p.45]
IbnAbbaasdescribedAhlasSunnahinthefollowingterms:
YouwillalwaysseeamanofAhlasSunnahcallingpeopletotheSunnahandforbiddingbidah.[Al
LaalkaaiinSharhUsoolItiqaadAhlasSunnah]
BakralMuzanisaid:
Ifyouwantyourprayertobeofbenefittoyou,saytoyourself,Imightnothaveachancetoperform
anotherprayer.[JaamiAlUloomWalHikam,p.466]
AlFudaylIbnIyaad(d.187H)said:
Imetthebestofpeople,allofthempeopleofthesunnahandtheyusedtoforbidfromaccompanyingthe
peopleofInnovation.[AlLaalikaaee,267]
AlHasanAlBasree(d.110H)said:
Donotsitwiththepeopleofinnovationanddesires,norarguewiththem,norlistentothem.[Ad
Daarimee,inhisSunan,121]
IbraheemIbnMaysarah(d.132H)said:
WhoeverhonoursaninnovatorhasaidedinthedestructionofIslaam.[AlLaalikaaee,1/139]
SufyaanAthThawree(d.161H)said:
WhoeverlistenstoaninnovatorhaslefttheprotectionofAllaahandisentrustedwiththeinnovations.
[AbooNuayminhisAlHilyah,7/26]
ImaamMaalik(d.179H)said:
Howevilarethepeopleofinnovation,wedonotgivethemsalaam.[SharhAsSunnah,1/234]
Whoeversitswithapersonifinnovation,thenbewareofhimandwhoeversitswithapersonofinnovation
hasnotbengivenwisdom.I(would)lovethattherewasafortofironbetweenmeandapersonof
innovation.ThatIeatwithaJewandaChristianismorebelovedtomethanthatIshouldeatwithaperson
ofInnovation.[AlLaalikaaee,1149]
ImaamAshShafieesaid:
IfIseeacompanionofHadeeththenitisasifIseeamanfromtheCompanionsoftheProphet
sallAllaahualayhiwasallamheisofthatstatus.[MasalatalUloowalNazool,p.45]
SomeofthepeoplesaidtoAhmadbinHanbal:Ifinditdifficulttosayaboutapersonthathehassuchand
suchproblem,andsoandsoislikesuchandsuch.ImamAhmadsaid:IfyouremainsilentandIremain
silentwhenwillanignorantpersonknowtheauthenticfromtheunauthentic?![MajmooFatawa,28/231]
MaymunBinHayyansaid:
IneversawMuslimbinYasarturninghisheadwhilepraying,whethertheprayerwasshortorlong.Once,
apartofthemosquecamedownandthenoisecausedfeartothepeoplewhowereinthemarket,whilehe
wasinthemosque,didnotfearnoreventurnhisheadandkeptpraying.[AzZuhdbyImamAhmad
p.359]
SufyaanAthThawrisaid:
IfyouhearthatamanintheeastisafolloweroftheSunnah,thensendsalaamstohim,forAhlasSunnah
arebecomingveryfew.[AlLaalkaaiinSharhUsoolItiqaadAhlasSunnah]
AbdullahbinAhmadbinHambalsaid:
MyfatherwentouttoTarsusonfoot,andheperformedtwoorthreeHajjsonfoot,andhewasthemost
patientofpeopleuponbeingalone.[TarjamatAlImamAhmad,p.18]
AliIbnAbeeTaalibsaid:
Thelikenessofthisworldlylife(duny)isthatofasnake:softtothetouch,itwillkillyouwithitspoison.
Soturnawayfromwhatimpressesyouofit,sincewhatstayswithyouissolittle.Anddonotbeconcerned
aboutit,sinceyouarecertainaboutitsparting.Andbemosthappyinitwhenyouaremostheedfulofit;
foreverytimeitscompaniontakessolaceinoneofitsdelights,itgiveswaytooneofitswoes.[IbnAb
AlDuny,KitbAlZuhdarticle164]
WheneverIamtoldofthedeathofamanamongAhlasSunnah,itisasifIhavelostoneofmy
limbs.[AlLaalkaaiinSharhUsoolItiqaadAhlasSunnah]
IbnAbeeGhassaansaid:
Solongasyouareseekingknowledge,youareknowledgeable,butassoonasyouabandonthispursuit,
youbecomeignorant.[]
ImaamMaaliksaid:
Noonewhohasknowledgeshouldstopseekingknowledge.[]
IbnAlMubaarakwasasked,Howlongwillyouseekknowledge?Sohereplied,UntilIdie,for
probablyIhavenotyetlearntthethingsthatwillbenefitmemost.[]
AbooAmrIbnAlAlaawasasked,Forhowlongdoesitbefitamantoseekknowledge?Hereplied,
Foraslongashehaslifeinhim.[]
SufyaanAthThawreewasasked,Whoisthemostinneedofseekingknowledge?Hereplied,Those
whohavethemostknowledge.Hewasthenasked,Why?Sohereplied,Becauseiftheymakea
mistake,itisworse.[]
HatimBinAlAsimsaid:
Ifarespectablegoodmansitswithyou,youwouldbewatchingeverywordyouuttersothatyoudonot
saysomethingwrong.Yet,youknowthatyourwordsarewatchedbyAllahbutyoustilldonotwatchthe
wordsyouutter![AldaaWaAlDawaa,byIbnAlQayyim]
describedHimselfwith,norinwhatHisMessenger(saw)hasdescribedHimwith.[AlUluww,#217]
IbraheemAnNakhaisaid:
IftheCompanionsofMuhammadhadwipedoverafingernail(inwudoo),Iwouldneverhavewashedit,
seekingvirtueinfollowingthem.[AbuDawoodinhisSunan]
AbooTharr(ra)said,IndeedtheMessengerofAllaah(saw)passedaway,andthereisnotabirdflapping
itswingsinthesky,exceptthathementionedtoussomethingaboutit.[Ahmad5/153,amongothers,and
itschainisauthentic]
SalmaanAlFarisee(ra)narratedthatitwassaidtohim,YourProphethastaughtyoueverything,even
howyourelieveyourselves?
Sohesaidtothem,Yesindeed!Andhehasprohibitedusfromfacingtheqiblawhilstrelieving
ourselves[Muslim1/152,andAhmad8]
ItisnottobesaidthatHisHandisHisPower,norHisBounty;becausethatisanullificationofthe
Attribute,anditisthestatementofthepeopleofqadarandItizaal.[AlFiqhAlAbsat,p.302]
Itisdetestedthathe(thesupplicator)says,BytheRightofYourcreation.[SharhAlFiqhAlAkbar,p.
198]
Itisdetested(hated)forthesupplicatortosay,IaskYoubytherightofsoandso,or,Bytherightof
YourProphetsandMessengers,or,BytherightoftheSacred(Holy)HouseandtheSacredSanctuary.
[SharhulAqeedatitTahaawiyyah,p.234]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
WhoeversaysthatAllaah,TheMightyandMajestic,willnotbeseeninthehereafterthenhehas
disbelieved.UponhimisthecurseofAllaahandHisangerwhomeverhemaybefromamongthe
people.[QuotedinAshShareeahp.254]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
WhosoeverrevilestheCompanionsoftheProphet,thenwedonotbelieveheissafefromhavingrejected
theReligion.[SunnahlilKhilaal,3/493]
ImamAhmadbinHanbalwasaskedconcerningaRafidineighborwhogreatshim,shouldheanswerhis
Salam?HerepliedNo.[SunnahlilKhilaal,3/493]
ImaamBukhaareesaid:
Andthey(ImaamBukhaareesCompanionsandShaykhs)usedtoforbidinnovations:whateverthe
Messenger(saw)andhisCompanions(ra)werenotuponduetoHissaying:Andholdfast,allofyou
together,totheRopeofAllaah(i.e,thisQuraan),andbenotdividedamongyourselves.[3:103]AndHis
saying:Andifyouobeyhim,youshallbeontherightguidance.[24:54][QuotedinAlLaalikaaees
SharhUsoolItiqaadAhluSunnah,2/172]
Wedonotknowofanythingbetterthanseekingknowledgewith(asincere)intention(forthesakeof
Allaah).[Siyar,7/244]
AbdullahIbnAlMubaaraksaid:
Iseeeverylifeasunhappyandmiserable,exceptforplantingthespearintheshadeofthehorse,and
standinginthedarknights,vigilant,guardingthepeopleinthefurthestoutpost.[QadiIyadsTartibal
Madarik]
KnowthatdeathnowadaysisanhonourforeveryMuslimwhomeetsAllahadheringtotheSunnah.
Verily,toAllahwebelonganduntoHimisourreturn.ItistoAllahthatwecomplainofourAlienation,the
passingawayofourbrothers,thelackofsupportandtheemergenceofbidah.itistoAllahthatwe
complainofthegreatcalamitythathasbefallenthisummahbecauseofthepassingawayofthescholars
andAhlasSunnah,andtheemergenceofbidah.[AlBiahwanNahyanhabyIbnWaddaah]
AbdAlRahmanBinMahdioncesaid:
IdislikepeopletodisobeyAllahotherwiseIwouldhavewishedeveryoneinthisworldtobackbiteme.
Thereisnoequaljoytofindinyourscaleinthejudgmentdayadeedyoudidnotknowaboutorevendid.
[AldaaWaAlDawaa,byIbnAlQayyim]
ThethingIfearforyoumostisfollowingdesiresandhavingextensivehopes(aboutthisworldlylife).
Followingonesdesiresblocksyoufromthetruth,andhavingextensivehopesmakesyouforgetthe
hereafter.Verily,thisworldlylifeisdepartingandthehereafterisapproachingandeachofthemhasits
children.Sobechildrenofthehereafter,notchildrenofthisworld,fortodaythereare(opportunitiestodo)
deedsandthereisnoreckoning,buttomorrowtherewillbereckoningandnodeeds.[AbooNuaym,
HilyahAlAwliyaa,1/40]
Donotallowaruingthatyoumadeinthepast,topreventyoufromreconsideringitandbeingguidedto
yoursensesconcerningit.Indeedrevertingbacktothetruthisbetterthancontinuinginsomethingfalse
andwrong.[AdDaaraqutnee,4/207]
AbuUmamahAlBahelioncesaid:
Injudgmentday,theslaveofAllahwillbegivenhisbookofdeeds,wherehefindsrewardsforthingshe
didnotdo,soheasks:OMylord,wheredidIgetthesedeeds?SoAllahrepliestohimsaying:theseare
becauseofthepeoplewhobackbitedyouandyoudidnotknowaboutit.[AldaaWaAldawaa,byIbnAl
Qayyim]
ImaamMaaliksaid:
Thelastgenerationsofthisummahcanonlybereformedbythatwhichreformeditsfirstgenerations.
Whatwasnotpartofthereligionthencannotbecomepartofthereligionnow.[AshShifabyAlQaadi
Ayaad,vol.2,p.88]
Ifacallerweretocallfromtheskysaying,Opeople!AllofyouwillenterParadiseexceptone,Iwould
fearthatitwasme.Andifacallerweretocallfromtheskysaying,Opeople!Allofyouwillenter
Hellfireexceptone,Iwouldhopethatitwasme.[]
SalamahBinDinarsaid:
Hideyourgooddeeds(fromthepeople)justlikeyouhideyourevildeeds.[AbuNuaym,Bayhaqee]
SomeoftheSalafsaid:
Idonotknowwhichofthetwoblessingsuponmeisgreater,theblessingthatAllaahazzawajallguided
metoIslamfromamongstallthereligions,ortheblessingthatAllaahazzawajallguidedmetothe
Sunnahfromamongstallthegroups,sects.Theyaretwogreatblessings:theblessingofIslamandthe
Sunnah.[]
AdheretotheAthaar(narrations)andtheTareeqah(way)oftheSalafandbewareofnewlyinvented
matters,forallofitisinnovation.[ReportedbyAsSuyooteeinSawnAlMantaqWalKalaam,p.32]
ImaamAhmadIbnHanbalusedtosay:
AshShaafieewaslikethesunfortheworldandlikeapardonforthepeople.[]
MaalikIbnDinaarsaid:
Whoeverproposedtotheworld,thentheworldwouldnotbesatisfieduntilhegaveuphisDeenas
dowry.[AlBayhaqi,AlZuhdAlKabeer,p.100]
BakrIbnAbdullaahAlMuzanisaid:
Ifyouseesomeoneolderthanyouthenrespecthimsaying,HehasbeatenmetoIslmandrighteous
action.Ifyouseesomeoneyoungerthanyouthenrespecthimsayingtoyourself,Ihavebeatenhimin
sins.[AlBayhaqi,AlZuhdAlKabeer,p.100]
OnceUmarIbnAbdulAzeezwasadvised:
OUmar,bewareofbeingtheallyofAllhinopen,whilebeingHisenemyinsecret.Ifonesnaturein
openandsecretdonotequatethenheisahypocrite,andthehypocritesoccupythelowestlevelin
Hellfire.[AlBayhaqi,AlZuhdAlKabeer,p.100]
Zuhreesaid:
AbooSalamahusedtodebatewithIbnAbbaas,(and)becauseofthis,hewashinderedfromgreat
knowledge.[JaamiAlUloomWaAlHikam,1/518]
AhmadIbnHarbsaid:
ThereisnothingmorebeneficialtoaMuslimsheartthantomixwiththerighteousandtowatchtheir
actions,whilenothingismoreharmfultotheheartthanmixingwiththesinnersandwatchingtheir
actions.[AlBayhaqi,AlZuhdAlKabeer,p.100]
MaymoonIbnMihraansaid:
Donotdebatewiththeonewhoismoreknowledgeablethanyou,forifyoudothathewillhoardform
youallhisknowledgeandhewontbeharmedbyanythingthatyousaytohimattheleast.[Jaami
AlUloomWaAlHikam,1/517]
MuslimAlMakkeenarrated:
OnceIsawIbnAzZubairgointorukoosoIreadsoorahalBaqarah,AaliImraan,anNisaaandal
Maaidahandhedidnotraisehishead![AzZuhdofAbooDaawood,p.348]
AbooQatnnarrated:
IneversawShubahmakingrukooexceptthatIthoughtheforgot,norhaveIeverseenhimsitting
betweenthetwoprostrationsexceptthatIthoughtheforgot.[AsSiyaar,7/207]
IbnWahbnarrated:
OnceIsaw(Sufyaan)AthThawreeintheHaramaftermaghribprayerofferingvoluntaryprayer.Thenhe
wentdownintosujood(prostration)andhedidntraisehisheaduntiltheadhaanforishaawasmade.
[AsSiyaar,7/296]
Abdaannarrated:
HudbahIbnHakeenusedtomaketasbeehinrukooandsujoodmorethanthirtytimes.[AsSiyaar,11/99]
Alaanarrated:
OnceIcametothemasjidofWaasitandthemuadhdhinmadetheadhaanfordhuhr.AfterwardsMansoor
IbnZaadhaancameandbeganofferingprayer.Isawthathemadesujoodeleventimesbeforetheiqaamah
wasmadefortheprayer.[Hilyah,3/58]
SomeofthestudentsofAbuAshShaykhreportedthattheyneverentereduponAbuAshShaykhexcept
thathewasofferingprayer.[AsSiyar,16/278]
Aaishahsaid:
IusedtoenterthebuildinginwhichtheMessengerofAllahandmyfatherwereburiedwhileIwas
dressedlightly,saying:Thesearejustmyhusbandandfather.However,whenUmarwasburied,by
Allah,Ineverenteredthisbuildingexceptthatmyclothingwaswrappedtightlyaroundmybody,outof
shynessfromUmar.[Mustadrak,4/7]
AbdulKareemAlJazareesaid:
Apiousmanneverdebates.[AshShuab,8129]
ImaamBukhaareesaid:
IheardAbooAasimsay,SinceIhaveknownbackbitingtobeforbidden,Ihaveneverbackbitten
anyone.[SiyaarAlaamunNubulaa,Vol.9,Pp.480485]
AbooAasimsaid:
Whoeverseekshadeethhassoughtthehighestofaffairs,sohemustbethebestofthepeople.[Siyaar
AlaamunNubulaa,Vol.9,Pp.480485]
AbooBakrBinAiyashsaid:
IfyousawHabibbinAbuThabitwhileinSujud,youwouldthinkthathehaddiedbecauseofhislong
prostration.[AsSiyar,5/291]
AliBinAlFudaylsaid:
IsawathThawriwentintoSujudwhilepraying,andIperformedTawafaroundtheHouseseventimes
beforeheraisedhisheadfromSujud.[AsSiyar,7/277]
MuawiyahBinMurrahsaid:
IlivedduringthetimeofseventyoftheCompanionsofMuhammad(saw)andhadtheylivedamongyou
today,theywouldnotrecognizeanyofyouractsexcepttheAdhan![HilyatalAwliyaa,2/299]
AbooAlAshhabsaid:
Umarpassedbyagarbagedumpandstoppedthere,anditwasasifhiscompanionswerebotheredbyit
(thesmell).Hesaid,Thisistheworldofyourswhichyouaresoeagerforandyouweepover.[Umar
IbnAlKhattaab,HisLifeAndTimes,ByAliMuhammadAsSallaabi,Vol.I,p.288]
Umarsawabeggaraskingpeople(forcharity),withasackfulloffoodstuffonhisback.Hetookthefood
andgaveittotheZakahcamels,thensaidtohim,Nowaskforwhatyouwant.[UmarIbnAlKhattaab,
HisLifeAndTimes,ByAliMuhammadAsSallaabi,Vol.I,p.287]
QaasimalJooeesaid:
Iadviseyouwithfivematters:(1)whenyouaretreatedunjustly,donotbehaveunjustly;(2)whenyouare
praiseddonotbecomehappy;(3)whenyouarecriticised,donotbecomeupset;(4)whenyouarenot
believed,donotbecomeangry;(5)andifthepeopleactdeceitfullytowardsyou,donotactdeceitfully
towardsthem.[RelatedbyIbnalJawzeeinSifatusSafwaa,2/200]
AleeIbnAbeeTaalibsaid:
WhoevermovesahandspanawayfromthebodyoftheMuslimshasgonebeyondthepaleofIslaam.
MusannafIbnAbeeShaybah,15/24]
AlHasanAlBasrisaid:
Thereisnotadaythatthesunrisesuponexceptthatitcallsout,OSonofAdam,Iamtoday:anew
creationandyouractionsIamwitnessing.UsemewiselyforIshallneverreturntoyouuntiltheDayof
Judgement.[]
ItisreportedthatamanwascloselywatchingBishrAsSulaimi,whowasprolonginghisprayerand
prayingitwell.
WhenBishrcompletedhisprayer,hesaidtotheman,Donotbedeceivedbywhatyouhaveseenfromme.
Forindeed,IbleestheDevil(shaytaan)mayAllaahucursehimworshipedAllaahforthousandsofyears
andthenendedupbeingwhatheisnow![BahrudDumoo,p.171]
UmarIbnAlKhattaaboncesaidtoAlAhnafIbnQais:
OAhnaf,themoreonelaughs,thelessdignitywillheposses.Whoeverjokes(excessivelyorindecently)
isapersonwhowillbetakenlightly.Whoeverdoessomethingfrequentlywillbecomeknownbythat
thing.Whoeverspeaksoften,errsoften;themoreoftenoneerrs,thelessmodestywillhepossess;whoever
hasalowlevelofmodestywillalsohavealowlevelofpiety;andwhenonehasalowlevelofpiety,then
hisheartdies.[SifatusSafwah,1/1449]
AbdullaahIbnJafar(mayAllahhavemercyonhim)addressedhisdaughtersaying:
(1)Avoidjealousy,asitisthekeytoyourdivorce;(2)Avoidcomplaint,asitinstigatesanger;(3)Adorn
yourselfforhim,andmakesureyouwashawayanybadodoursbyfrequentbathing.[]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
Nothingcomparestoseekingknowledge,forthepersonwhohascorrectedhisintention.Heintendsto
removeignorancefromhimselfandfromothers.[MajmooAlFataawa26/50]
Someofthesalafusedtosay:
Fromamongstthepunishmentsofcommittingsinsisthattheyleadtomoresinsandfromtherewardsof
performinggooddeedsisthatoneperformsmoregooddeeds,soifaslaveperformsagooddeedanother
gooddeedcallstowardshimproclaimingdometoo![AdDaaWadDawaa]
AbdullahIbnAlMubaraksaid:
IborrowedapeninSyriaandIforgottoreturnittoitsowner.WhenIcamebacktoMarw[inIran],I
realisedthatthispenisstillwithme.SoIwentbacktoSyriaandreturnedittoitsowner.[KhatibTareeh,
10/167]
ItwassaidtoimamAhmadbinHanbal:
Amanfasts,praysandstaysinseclusionatthemasjid,isthatmorebelovedtoyouorifhespeaksagainst
thepeopleofbida(innovation)?
Hereplied:
Ifhefasts,praysandstaysinseclusionhebenefitsonlyhimself,butifhespeaksagainstthepeopleof
innovation,thatbenefitsallthemuslimssothatisbetter.[MajmooAlFatawa]
AbdullhIbnMasoodsaid:
Womenarebutanawrah(somethingprivatetobecovered).Awomanmightleaveherhousewithout
therebeinganyproblemwithher,buttheShaytnseeksheroutandsays[toher],Youwillnotpassby
anyoneexceptthatyouwillimpress/pleasehim.Awomanputsonherclothesandisaskedwheresheis
going,towhichshereplies,Tovisitasickperson,ortoattendafuneral,ortoprayinthemasjid;but
awomanneverworshipsAllhinthewayshedoeswhensheworshipsHiminherhouse.[AlTabarn.
GradedsahhbyShaykhAlAlbninSahhAlTarghbiwaAlTarhbVol.1p84]
SadbinIbraheemsaid:
Zinneerahwasaromanslaveandbecameamuslimah.Themushrikeentorturedheruntilshelosthersight
becauseoftheseveretorture.ThemushrikeensaidThelaatanduzzahtookhersight.Shesaid,I
disbelieveinallaatwaluzzahandAllaahreturnedbackhersight.[AlIsaabahFeeTamyeezAs
Sahaabah,byIbnhajralAsqalaani]
Donotthinkevilofanythingthatcomesfromyourbrother,Muslimstongue,wheneverthereisawayto
interpretitinagoodway.[AlFarqBaynaAnNaseehahWatTayee]
AbdullahibnMubaraksaid:
Manyabigdeedbecomessmallduetoitsintention,andmanyasmalldeedbecomesbigduetoits
intention.[]
Umarb.AlKhattaabsaid:
Nomancanhaveanythingbetterafterfaith(mn)thanawomanofrighteouscharacter,lovingandchild
bearing.Andnomancanhaveanythingworseafterunbelief(kufr)thanasharptonguedwomanofbad
character.
[AlHaafidhAbulQaasimAlAsbahaan,AlTargheebWaAlTarheeb,article1528]
AbuHurayrahsaid:
TheslavewillbebroughtbetweentheHandsofAllahtheExaltedontheDayofResurrection,and
AllahwillSaytohim:Didyouloveoneofmyawliya,sothatIcanjoinyouwithhim?[]
AlHasanAlBasrisaid:
BeingharshagainstafasiqbringsyouclosertoAllahtheExalted.[]
IbnasSammaksaid,onhisdeathbed:
OAllah!YouKnowthat,evenifIhaddisobeyedYou,IlovedthosewhoobeyedYou!So,makethisfor
meameansofnearnesstoYou![]
AlHasanAlBasrisaid:
Donotbecomeproudmerelybecauseyouworshipoften,forconsiderwhathappenedtoIblees(Satan)
afterhespentagreatdealoftimeworshiping.[]
UmayrBinIshaqsaid:
IsawfromtheCompanionsoftheMessengerofAllahmorethanIhadnotseenofthem,andIhavenever
seenpeoplegreaterinsoftnessthanthem,andIhaveneverseenpeoplelessinharshnessthanthem.[Ad
DarimiinhisSunan,1/63]
IbnMasoodsaid:
ItisamustfortherecitoroftheQurantoreciteatnightwhenthepeoplearesleeping,andduringtheday
whentheyareeating,andwithweepingwhenthepeoplearelaughing,withpietywhentheyareheedless,
andwithsadnesswhenthepeoplearehappy.[]
AmanaskedHasanIbnAlee:Ihaveadaughterandpeoplehaveproposedtoher,sotowhomshouldI
marryher?
Hesaid,MarryhertoonewhofearsAllaah,forifherlovesher,hewillhonorher;andofhehatesher,he
willnotwrongher.[]
AlQaasimibnalHaafizibnAsaakirsaid:
MyfatherusedtoprayincongregationandreadQuraanregularly.Hewouldcompleteiteveryweek,and
everydayinRamadaan.[AsSiyar,20/562]
IbraaheemalNakhaisaid:
AlAswadusedtocompletetheQuraaninRamadaaneverytwonights.[AsSiyar,4/51]
ImaamAlBaghawee(d.516)said:
Sothescholarsfromthepeopleofthesunnahareunitedupontheprohibitionofquarrellingand
argumentation,andupondiscouragingothersawayfromlearningordiscussingtheological
rhetoric.[SharhusSunah1/216]
ThataslavemeetsAllaahwitheverythingHeforbadeexceptshirkisbetterforhimthantheological
rhetoric.IndeedIhaveseenthingsfromthepeopleoftheologicalrhetoricthatIdonotthinkaMuslim
wouldsay.[AadaabushShaafiee,byIbnAbeeHaatim,p.182]
ImaamAshShaafieealsosaid:
Whoevermanifestsnationalismortheologicalrhetoricandcallstoit,thenhehasapostatedfromthe
testimony(shahaadah)[AlHujjah,byIsmaeelIbnulFadhl,(7/b)]
ImaamAhmadsaidtoAlMutasimduringthedaysofhistrial,Iamnotapersonofargumentationor
theologicalrhetoric.Iamonlyapersonofnarrationsandreports.[AlMihnah,byHanbalIbnIshaaq,p.
54]
AbooAnasHamadAlUthmaansaid:
TheeviloftheJewsandChristiansisopenandcleartothecommonMuslims;asforthepeopleof
innovation,thentheirharmisnotcleartoeverypersonThisiswhytheScholarsseethattorefutethe
peopleofinnovationtakesprecedenceoverrefutingtheJewsandChristians.[ZajarulMutahawwin,p.96]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
Whoeverindulgesintheologicalrhetoricwillbecomeafailure.Moreover,indulgingintheological
rhetoricwillleadonetobecomelikethejahmiyyah.[AsSunnahp.235]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
Verilyapersonoftheologicalrhetoricwillneversucceed,ever.Youwillneverseeanyonestudying
theologicalrhetoric,exceptthatthereisacorruptioninhisheart.[AsSunnah,p.235]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
Donotsitwiththepeopleoftheologicalrhetoric,eveniftheydefendthesunnah.[ManaaqibulImaam
Ahmad,p.205]
Ifamanweretoincludeinhiswillthatanothermanshouldgethisbooksofknowledgeafterhisdeath,
andamongstthemwerebookscontainingtheologicalrhetoric,thenthebooksoftheologicalrhetoriccould
notbeincludedinthat,sincetheyarenot(booksof)knowledge.[ThammulKalaam,q/213]
IfIwantedto,Icouldhavewrittenalargebookagainsteveryopponent.Howevertheologicalrhetoricis
notmykindofthing,andIdonotlikethatanythingfromit(theologicalrhetoric)shouldbeattributedto
me.[ThammulKalaam,q/213]
IfAllaahputsamantotrialbycausinghimtodoeveryprohibitedthing,exceptascribingpartnersto
Allaah,thenthisisbetterthanAllaahputtinghimtotrialbymisleadinghimintotheological
rhetoric.[ManaaqibushShaafieep.182]
ImaamMaaliksaid:
Evenifamancommitsallofthemajorsins,exceptforshirkwithAllaah,andrefrainsfromallthese
desiresandinnovations(andfromthemhementionedtheologicalrhetoric)heshallenter
paradise.[AlHilyah(6/325)]
ImaamMaaliksaid:
Whoeverseeksknowledgethroughtheologicalrhetoricwilldeviate.Whoeverseekswealththrough
alchemywillbecomebankrupt.Whoeverseeksafterstrangenarrationswillbecomealiar.[Thammul
Kalaam(q/173/a)]
IshaaqIbnEesaasaid:
IheardImaamMaalikcensuringargumentationinthereligion,saying,Everytimesomeonecomeswho
canarguebetterthananother,hewantsustoabandonwhatJibreelbroughttoMuhammad(saw)(because
ofhisarguments).[SharafAshaabilHadeeth,p.5]
MayAllaahcurseAmrIbnUbayd,forverilyhemadewayforthepeopletobecomeengrossedin
theologicalrhetoricthatdoesnotbenefitthem.[ThammulKalaam,byAlHaraweePp.2831]
Thefirststeptowards(seeking)knowledgeisthe(sincerityof)intention,thenitislistening,thenitis
understanding(thisknowledge),thenitismemorising(thisknowledge),thenitisacting(uponthis
knowledge),thenitisspreading(thisknowledge).[]
AbooHaatimArRaazee(d.264)said:
Asignofthepeopleofinnovationistheirhatredofthepeopleofnarrations.[IbnutTabareeinAs
Sunnah,1/189]
Adheretothenarrationsfromthosewhohavepreceded,evenifthepeoplerejectyou,andbewareofthe
opinionsofmen,eveniftheybeautifyitwithspeech.Soindeedtheaffairwillbecomeclear(for
others),whileyouareuponastraightpathregardingit.[BayhaqeeinAlMadkhal(no.233)withan
authenticchainofnarrators]
SomakeyourselfpatientupontheSunnah,stopwherethepeoplestopped,speakwithwhattheyspoke
with,andrefrainfromwhattheyrefrainedfrom.AndfollowthepathofyourRighteousPredecessors
(SalafusSaaliheen)forverily,sufficientforyouisthatwhichwassufficientforthem.[AlHijjahby
IsmaaeelIbnulFadhl,6/ab]
Followanddonotinnovate,forindeedyouhavebeensufficed,andeveryinnovationis
misguidance.[Saheeh.ReportedinAhmadinAzZuhdp.162]
ImaamAshShaafiesaid:
Sticktothepeopleofhadeeth,sincetheyarethemostcorrectfromamongstthepeople.[SiyarAlaamin
Nubulaa,10/60]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
AndJahmIbnSafwaanfalselyallegedthatwhosoeverdescribedAllaahwithsomethingthatHedescribed
HimselfwithinHisBook,orsomethingthatisnarratedfromHisMessenger;thathewasadisbeliever,and
thathewasfromtheMushabbihah.[ArRaddAlalJahmiyyah,p.104]
InnovationismorebelovedtoIblees(theDevil)thansins.Thisisbecausesinsarerepentedfromwhereas
innovationsarenotrepentedfrom.[MajmooAlFataawaa(11/472)]
Donotsitwithapersonofinnovation,forindeedhewillputadiseaseinyourheart.[AlItisaamofAsh
Shaatibee,1/172]
HebecomesangryandHebecomespleased;anditisnottobesaidHisAngerisHisPunishmentand
HispleasureisHisReward.WedescribeHimasHehasdescribedHimself,OneEternal,Hedoesnot
beget,norisheBeggotten,andthereisnoneequaltoHim,theEverLiving,AllCapable,AllHearing,Ever
Watchful,AllKnowing.[AlFiqhulAbsatp.56]
ImaamMaalikwasaskedWillAllaahbeseenonthedayofJudgement?
Sohereplied:Yes,AllaahsaysAndsomefacesshallbeshiningandradiantuponthatday,lookingattheir
Lord.[75:22][AlInqitaap.36]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
WhoeverallegesthatAllaahwillnotbeseenintheHereafterisadisbelieverwhohasrejectedthe
Quraan.[Tabaqaatulhanaabilah,1/59]
ArRabeeIbnSulaymaansaid:
IheardImaamAshShaafieesaying,regardingthestatementofAllaahtheMightyandMagnificent,No!
verilytheywillbeveiledfromtheirLordthatday.[83:15]ThroughthisHehastaughtusthattherewill
bepeoplewhowillnotbeveiled,lookingatHim,findingnodifficultywhatsoeverinthat.[AlInqitaa,p.
79]
Allaahspeakscontinuously,andtheQuraanistheSpeechofAllaahtheMightyandMajestic,itisnot
created.AndinnowayisAllaahtobedescribedwithanythingmorethanwhatHetheMightyand
Majestichasdescribedhimselfwith.[KitaabulMihnahp.68]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
ImaamBukhaareesaid:
Allaah,allPraiseandGlorybetoHim,speakswithasound.Thosewhoareclosecanhearitjustasthose
whoarefarcanhearit.AndthisisonlysoforAllaah.AndinthisisaproofthatthesoundofAllaahdoes
notresemblethesoundofmankind.[ReportedinBukhaareesKhalqAfaalalIbaad.cf.AlJuday,p.
165]
AleeIbnalHasanIbnashShaqeeqsaid,IsaidtoAbdullaahIbnalMubaarak(d.181),Howareweto
knowourLord?He(AbdullaahIbnalMubaarak)replied:HeisabovetheseventhHeaven,aboveHis
Throne,andwedonotsayastheJahmiyyahsay,Heishereupontheearth.[ArRaddAlalMareesee,of
adDaarimee,p.24.AndArRaddAlalJahmiyyah,p.50]
AlAwzaaee(d.157)said:
IaskedAzZuhree(50H124H)andMakhoolabouttheayaatpertainingtothesifaat(AttributesofAllaah),
sotheysaid,Leavethemastheyare.[SharhUsoolulItiqaad,ofalLaalikaaee,3/430]
AlWaleedIbnMuslim(d.194)said:
Iasked(Imaam)Maalik,AlAwzaaee,ImaamLaythIbnSad,andSufyaanAthThawree,mayAllaah
havemercyuponthem,concerningthereportsreltedabouttheAttributes,sotheyallsaid,Leavethemas
theyarewithoutaskinghow,.[SharhUsoolulItiqaad,ofalLaalikaaee,p.118]
ThesehadeethshouldbeleftastheyareWeaffirmthemandwedonotmakeanysimilitudeforthem.
Thisiswhathasbeenagreeduponbythescholars.[ManaaqibImaamAhmad,ofIbnaljawzee,Pp.155
156]
ImaamAbooHaneefah(d.150AH)said:
TheQuraanisthespeech(kalaam)ofAllaah,writteninthemushafs,preservedinthehearts,recitedby
thetongues,andrevealedtotheProphet(saw),[FiqhalAkbar]
andinanotherplacehementionsmorespecificallythat:
..theQuraanisnotcreated[FiqhAlAkbar,301]
ImaamMaalik(d.179A.H.)wasaskedconcerningonewhosaysthattheQuraaniscreated,whatshould
bedonetohim:Hereplied:
Heshouldbeforcedtorepent,anditherefuses,thenhisheadshouldbecutoff![AlLaalikaaee,494]
ImaamashShaafiee(d.204A.H.)stated:
WhoeverstatesthattheQuraaniscreatedisadisbeliever.[AlKhamees,p.14]
ImaamAhmadibnHambal(d.241A.H.)stated:
IthasbeennarratedfrommanyofourSalafthattheyusedtosay,TheQuraanisthekalaamofAllaah,
anditisnotcreated.ThisisalsowhatIbelieve[AsSunnahofAbdullaahIbnAhmad,108]
AlLaalikaaeesaid(abouttheabovefournarrations):
noonerefutedorcontradictedthem,andwhoeverdidso,theywereforcedtorepent,ortheywere
commandedtobekilledorbanished[1/344]
AbulAaliyah(d.90H)said:
Youmuststicktotheoriginalstateofaffairswhichtheywereupon,beforetheydivided.
ImaamAzZuhree(d.124H)said:
Thepeopleofknowledgewhocamebeforeususedtosay,Salvationliesinclingingtothesunnah.
[AdDaarimee,96]
NowordoractionwillbecorrectuntilitconformswiththeSunnah.
ThesunnahislikethearkofNoah.Whoeverembarksuponitreachessalvationandwhoeverrefusesis
drowned.[MajmooAlFataawee4/57]
AbooDardaasaid:
Whoeverholdsthatgoingoffinthemorningorgoingofflaterinthedaytogainsomeknowledgeisnot
jihaad,thenheisdeficientinhisintellectanddeficientinhisopinion.
AbooHaneefahsaid:
Themostexcellentofactions,aftertheobligatoryduties,isseekingknowledge.
KabalAhbaarsaid:
Thestudentofknowledgeisliketheonewhogoesoffinthemorning,orlaterinthedaytofightinthe
wayofAllaah,theMightyandtheMajestic.
MuhammadIbnSireensaid:
Therewerepeoplewhoabandonedknowledgeandsittingwiththescholars,and[instead]tooktotheir
chambersandprayeduntiltheirskindried[fromexertioninworship].Thereaftertheybegantocontradict
theSunnahandthusweredestroyed.ByAllaah,neverdoesapersonactwithoutknowledge,exceptthathe
spoilsandcorruptsmorethanhefixesandrectifies.[AlAsbahaanee,AlTargheebWaAlTarheeb3:98]
AbooDardasaid:
IndeedmygreatestfearconcerningstandingontheDayofJudgementisthatitwillbesaidtome:You
havelearned,hencewhathaveyoudonewithyourknowledge?![JaamiBayaanalIlmWaFadlih,#647]
SufyaanAthThawresaid:
Knowledgeisthreehandspans:thefirstbreedsarrogance,thesecondbreedshumility,andinthethird,
yourealizeyouknownothing.[]
IbnAbiDunyawrote:
Abdullaahsaid,Ithasbeennarratedtousontheauthorityofsomewisementhattawakkal(relianceon
Allaah)hasthreestages:Firstly,notcomplaining,secondly,beingcontentandthirdly,lovingit(byfirmly
believingthatAllaahalwaysdecreeswhatisbestforHiscreation).[TawakkalAlaAllaah,1/47]
ImamAlShafieesaid:
Iwasfatherlessandmymothercouldntaffordpaperforme.WhenIfoundabone,Iwroteon
it.[JamiBayanililm,157]
ItisnarratedinKitabAlIlmofAbuKhaithama:
AnasIbnMalik(radialahuanhu)usedtotellhisson:Omyson!Secureknowledgebywriting.[Kitaab
AlIlm,120]
Ihaveindeedseenthem(people)writingontheirpalmswithstalkreedsinthepresenceofAlBaraa.
[KitaabAlIlm,147]
AshShabisaid:
Ifyouhearanything,thenwriteitdown,evenifyouhavetowriteitonawall.[KitaabAlIlm,146]
ShaykhNasirAlUmarwrote:
JaabirIbnAbdullahundertookaonemonthjourneytothelandAlShaam,inordertohearasinglehadith
fromIbnUnais,whichwas:Thepeoplewillbegatheredbarefooted,naked,anduncircumcisedontheDay
ofJudgement.[KitaabAlIlm,Page1]
ImamShafisaid,
Allhumansaredeadexceptthosewhohaveknowledgeandallthosewhohaveknowledgeareasleep,
exceptthosewhodogooddeedsandthosewhodogooddeedsaredeceived,exceptthosewhoare
sincereandthosewhoaresincerearealwaysinastateofworry.[]
QaasimalJooeesaid:
Seizethebenefitoffivethingsfromthepeopleofyourtime:(1)whenyouarepresent,youarenotknown;
(2)whenyouareabsent,youarenotmissed;(3)whenyouareseen,youradviceisnotsought;(4)when
yousaysomething,yoursayingisnotaccepted;(5)andwhenyouhavesomeknowledge,youarenotgiven
anythingforit.[RelatedbyIbnalJawzeeinSifatusSafwaa,2/200]
Haani,thefreedslaveofUthmaansaid:
WheneverUthmaan(ra)usedtostandoveragrave,hisbeardwouldbecomewetfromtears.[AlHilya,
1/61]
MaalikIbnDeenaarsaid:
ByAllaah!Ifitwaspossibleformenottosleep,Iwouldnotsleepoutoffearthatthepunishment
woulddescendandIamasleep.ByAllaah!IfIhadsomehelpers,Iwouldspreadthemoutamongthe
dunyaaandgivethemorderstocryouttothepeople,Omankind!TheFire!TheFire![AlIhyaa,4/567]
OnceAlaaIbnMuhammadentereduponAtaaasSulaymee(rahimahUllaah),andhehadpassedout,so
heaskedhiswifeUmmJafar:WhatisthematterwithAtaa?Shereplied:Ourneighbourlitherclay
ovensohelookedtowardsitthereuponhepassedout.[TadhkiratulHuffaadh,1/216]
MuslimIbnIbraaheemsaid:
HishaamAdDastawaaee(rahimahUllaah)neverusedtoputouthislampatnightuntilmorningandused
tosay,WheneverIseethedarkness,Ithinkaboutthedarknessofthegrave.[AlHilyah,6/221]
Muaadh(ra)said:
OnedayAbooBakr(ra)enteredagardenandtherewasafinchstandingintheshadeofatree,sohe
sigheddeeplyandthensaid:Gladtidingstoyouobird!Youeatfruit,receiveshadefromthetreesand
thenyoupassontonoreckoning;onlyifAbooBakrwaslikeyou![AlMutamanniyeen,p.71Note
thatthereissomeikhtilaafontheauthenticityofthisnarration]
ItwasnarratedthatImaamAhmadwouldnotpraybehindhisuncle,IshaqIbnHanbal,norbehindhissons,
norwouldhespeaktothembecausetheyhadtakenastipendfromtheSultan.[AlBidayahWanNihayah,
14/386,andHilyahAlAwliya9/176]
AleeIbnAlMadeeneewasaskedabouthisfather,towhichhereplied,Asksomeoneelse.Theysaid,
Weareaskingyou.Soheloweredhisheadandthenraiseditsaying,ThisisDeen(amatterofreligion),
myfatherisDhaeef.[IbnHibbaaninAlMajrooheen,2/52]
AbuDharrAlBaghandeestated,Donotnarrateupontheauthorityofmyfather,forheisaliar.[Tareekh
ibnAsaakir,55/173]
AleeibnAlHusaynibnAlJunaydstated,IheardAbuDawoodsaying:MysonAbdullaahisaliar.
[TareekhibnAsaakir,55/173]
Shubahstated,InamedmysonSad(contentment),butheisneithercontentnorishesuccessful.
[MeezaanAlItidaal,4/113]
AbuUrubahAlHaraaneesaidconcerningalHusaynibnAbeeAsSirreealAsqalaanee,Heismy
maternalunclebutheisaliar.[AdDuafaalilUqaylee:2/118]
AbuDawoodAsSijistaaneestated:
UbbaadibnSuhaybapproachedShubahrequestingafavorthathedoesnotspeakaboutAbaanibnAbee
Ayaash.Shubahsaid:Givemethreedaystothinkaboutit.Afterthreedayshesaid,Ithoughtabout
whatyousaidandIdonotseethepermissibilityofremainingsilentabouthim.[AlMajrooheen,1/96]
AlImaamAhmadusedtopraisethoseofAhlusSunnahwhocriticizedhimwhenhebelievedtheywere
worthyofpraise.AmanapproachedhimaskingaboutMuhammadibnMansooratToosee.Hesaid;Ifyou
donottakefromMuhammadibnMansoorthenwhowouldyoutakefrom?Themansaid;Buthe
criticizedyou!Heresponded;Heisarighteousmanwhohasbeentestedwithus,sowhatarewetodo
[i.e.criticizehimjustbecausehecriticizedus?].[TabaqaatAlHanabilah:1/195]
AbooHaseensaid:
IwenttoIbraheemtoaskhimaboutanissue,sohesaid,Wastherenotanyoneelsebetweenmeandyou
thatyoucouldhaveasked(insteadofme)?.[TheBookOfKnowledge,byImaamAbooKhaithamaAn
Nisaaee,#78]
Ifamansitsamongstpeople,andtheyperceivehimtobeignorant,wheninfactheisnotignorant,then
thisistrulytheMuslimwhopossessesunderstanding(oftheReligion).[TheBookOfKnowledge,by
ImaamAbooKhaithamaAnNisaaee,#131]
Someofthesalafsaid,
Werethekingsandthesonsofthekingstoknowwhat[state]wearein,thywouldfightusoveritwith
theirswords.[]
AbooBakrasSideeq(ra)whosaid:
Whichskywillshademe?AndwhichlandwillharbourmeifIweretospeakabouttheBookofAllaah
withoutsoundknowledge?[]
IbnMasood(ra)said:
Opeople!Anyonewhoisquestionedaboutthatwhichhehasknowledgeofthenlethimspeak,and
anyonewhodoesnothaveknowledgethenheshouldsayAllaahknowsbest,forcertainlyfromhaving
knowledgeistosayAllaahknowsbestregardingthatwhichyoudonotknow.[]
AshShabeewasquestionedaboutanissueandhesaid:
Iamnotwellversedinit.Sohiscompanionssaidtohim:Wehavebecomeshyforyou.Sohe
said:Buttheangelsdidnotbecomeshywhenitwassaid,wehavenoknowledgeexceptwhatyou
havetaughtus[2:32]
AlIjleesaidaboutUbaydullaahIbnMoosaa(120213H):
Reliable,aleaderwithregardstotheQuraan,ascholarofit.Ineversawhimraisinghisheadup,andhe
wasneverseenlaughing.[Siyar,9/553557]
HafsIbnSayyaarsaid:
IhavenotseenthelikeofQabeesah(D.215H).Ihaveneverseenhimsmiling.Hewasfromtherighteous
worshippersofAllaah.[Siyar,10/130135]
UmarIbnAlKhattaabisreportedtohavesaid:
Noamountofguiltcanchangethepast,andnoamountofworryingcanchangethefuture.Goeasyon
yourself,fortheoutcomeofallaffairsisdeterminedbyAllaahsdecree.Ifsomethingismeanttogo
elsewhere,itwillnevercomeyourway,butifitisyoursbydestiny,fromityoucannotflee.[]
Rememberthefireagreatdeal;foritsheatisintense,itsbottomisdeep,andthestaythereinislong.[]
OneoftheSalafsaid,Oneofthepunishmentsofbaddeedsismorebaddeeds,andoneoftherewardsof
gooddeedsismoregooddeeds.[AlJawabAlKaaf]
Shurayhsaid:
IfIamafflictedwithacalamity,IpraiseAllaahforitfourtimes:IpraiseHimbecauseitwasntworse
thanitwas,IpraiseHimwhenHegivesmethepatiencetobearit,IpraiseHimforenablingmetosayal
istirj(ToAllaahwebelongandtohimwewillreturn;seeAlBaqarah:154156)inhopeofagreat
reward,andIpraiseHimfornotmakingitacalamityinmyreligion.[AlDhahabee,SiyarAlaamAl
Nubalaa`,inhisbiographyofShurayhAlQaadee]
AlQaasimIbnMuhammad,thegrandsonofAbooBakr,said:
Inmytimethepeoplewerenotimpressedbyspeech,theywereimpressedbyactions.Anyonecansay
whateverhewants.[AbooDaawood,KitaabAlZuhd,p.354]
UmaribnAbdilAzizsaid:
them.Ifyouareunabletodothat,then(atleast)donothatethem.[IbnAbdilBarrinJaamiu
BayaanilIlmiwaFadhlihi,#143]
FudailIbnIyyadwasasked:Untilwhenoneshouldseekknowledge?Hesaid:Untiltheinkwellis
emptiedinhisgrave.[]
Ihaveneverenviedanyoneoveranything:ifapersonisgoingtobeintheFire,howcouldIenvyhim
oversomeworldlymatterwhenheisdestinedfortheFire?!AndifheisgoingtoParadise,howcouldIbe
enviousofamanofParadisewithwhomAllhtabrakawatalispleased?![AbooBakrAlDaynooree,
AlMujlasahwaJawaahirAlIlm,2931]
ItisreportedthatAbdullhb.Masd(ra)said:
Oneoftheworstsinsiswhenamansaystohisbrother,FearAllaah,andhereplies,Worryabout
yourself.[AbooBakrAlDaynooree,AlMujaalasahWaJawhirAlIlm,2619]
SufyanAthThawreementioned:
WemetapeoplewholoveditwhenitwassaidtothemFearAllahthemosthigh!.Todayyoufind
peoplebecomeannoyedatthis.[]
AbooDharrAlGhafarisaid:
Makeintheworldtwogatherings,agatheringinsearchfortheHereafter,andagatheringinsearchforthe
halaal.Thethirdtypeofgatheringwillharmyouandnotbenefityou,sodonotdesireit.[alBukaaumin
Khashyatillaah(TakenfromalHilyatalAwliyaofAbuNuaym)]
SalmanalFaariseeusedtosay:
Threethingsmakemelaughandthreethingsmakemecry.Ilaughat:(1)theonewhoishopefulofthe
worldyetdeathseekshim;(2)theonewhoisneglectful(ofhisLord)whileheisnotneglected(by
Him);(3)theonewholaughsatthetopofhisvoice,whilehedoesnotknowwhetherheispleasinghis
LordordispleasingHim.Threethingsmakemecry:(1)partingfromourbelovedMuhammad(peaceand
blessingsofAllaahbeuponhim)andhisCompanions(mayAllaahbepleasedwiththem);(2)theterrorof
theonsetofthepangsofdeath;(3)andthestandinginfrontoftheLordoftheWorldswhilenotknowing
whetherIwillbeturnedtowardstheFireorParadise.[]
SufyaanathThawreeusedtospendthenightsandthedayscryingandthepeopleusedtoaskhim:Whydo
youcry,isitduetothefearofAllaah?Hesaid,No.Theysaid,IsitduetothefearoftheHellfire?He
said,No.ItisnotthefearofHellfirethatmakesmecry,whatmakesmecryisthatIhavebeen
worshippingAllaahalltheseyearsanddoingscholarlyteaching,andIamnotcertainthatmyintentions
arepurelyforAllaah.[]
Thelifeofthisworldismadeupofthreedays:yesterdayhasgonewithallthatwasdone;tomorrow,you
mayneverreach;buttodayisforyousodowhatyoushoulddotoday.[AlBayhaq,AlZuhdAlKabeer,
p.197]
AmanonceaskedAbooAlDardaaforadvice,sohesaid:
RememberAllaahingoodtimesandHewillmentionyouinhardtimes.Whenyourememberthosewho
havepassedaway,consideryourselflikeoneofthem.Andwhenyouthinkofinvolvingyourselfinsome
worldlymatter,considerfirstwhatitwillleadtointheend.[AlDhahabinSiyarAlmAlNubal,
underthebiographyofAbAlDard]
hereafter.[]
Verily,thisworldlylifeisdepartingandthehereafterisapproachingandeachofthemhasitschildren.So
bechildrenofthehereafter,notchildrenofthisworld,fortodaythereare(opportunitiestodo)deedsand
thereisnoreckoning,buttomorrowtherewillbereckoningandnodeeds.[]
UthmanIbnAffaansaid:
Worryingaboutthedunyaisadarknessintheheart,whileworryingabouttheakhirahisalightinthe
heart.[]
HatimalAsammsaid:
TheonewhodelaysfourthingsuntilfourotherswillfindParadise.(1)(todelay)sleepuntilthe
grave,(2)(todelay)prideuntilaftertheaccounting[ofgoodandbaddeeds],(3)(todelay)reposeuntil
afterthecrossingofthesirat(bridgetobecrossedontheDayofJudgement),(4)and(todelay)desires
untilenteringParadise.[]
SufyanalThawrisaid:
Everyactofdisobediencecommittedduetopassion,itsforgivenessishopedfor.Everyactof
disobediencecommittedduetoarrogance,itsforgivenessisnothopedforbecausetherootofSatans
disobediencewasarrogance,whereastherootofAdamslapsewaspassion.[]
AbdullaahIbnMasudsaid:
AmemoriseroftheQuraanshouldbeknownforhislongnightprayerswhenpeopleareasleep,hisfasting
whenpeopleareeating,hissaddnesswhenpeoplearehappy,hissilencewhenpeoplearetalkingnonsense,
andhishumblenesswhenpeoplearenot.Heshouldbewise,gentleandnottalktomuch:heshouldnotbe
rude,negligent,clamorous,norhottempered.[IbnAlJawzee,SifaatAsSafwa:1/413]
IbnKathirsaysinhisTafsir:
Acharacteristicofthedunyaisthatitfleesfromtheonewhochasesher,anditchasestheonewhoflees
fromher.[TafsirIbnKathir,4/197]
Jesus,thesonofMary,said:
Theexampleofapersonwhoseeksdunyaislikethatofapersonwhodrinks(salt)waterfromtheocean.
Themorehedrinks,thethirstierhegets,untilheiskilledbyit![KitaabDhamAdDunya,3/342]
WahbBinMunbihsaid:
Theexampleofthedunya(worldlylife)andhereafterisliketheexampleofamanwhohastwowives.If
hepleasesoneofthem,theotheronewillbedispleased.[KitaabDhamAdDunya,1/119]
Amanfromamongstthem(theSahaabah)wouldseekknowledgeuntilitwasreadilyseenfromhis
khushoo(humbleness),hiszuhd(asceticism),hisspeechandsight.[SiyarAlaamalNubalaa]
Ifyouseeamancompetingwithyouwithregardtothisworldthencompetewithhimconcerningthe
Hereafter.[]
WuhaybIbnalWardsaid:
IfyouareabletomakesurethatnooneprecedesyouinhasteningtowardsAllaahthendoso.[]
MuhammadIbnYoosufalAsbahaanee,theworshipper,said,
IfapersonhearsofanotherpersonorknowsofanotherpersonwhoismoreobedienttoAllaahthanhim,
thenthatshouldgrievehim.[]
AnotherfromtheSalafsaid:
IfamanhearsorknowsofanothermanwhoismoreobedienttoAllaahthanhimselfandthiscauseshis
hearttobreakthenthisisnotacaseofvanity.[]
ImaamAhmadrecordsthatUbaadahIbnAsSaamitsaidtooneofhiscolleagues:
Itiswellpossiblethatifyoulivealonglife,youwilseeamanwhoreadtheQuraanfromthetongueof
Muhammad(saw),orfromonewhoreaditfromMuhammad,repeatingitandrecitingit,treatingitslawful
aslawful,anditsprohibitedasprohibited.Hewillpassyouonthewaytohishouse,andhisstatusinyour
eyeswillbeasinsignificantastheheadofadeaddonkey.[]
[Ahmad#17140withadaeefisnaad]
IbnMasoodsaid:
Atimewillcomeinwhichabelieverwillberegardedlowerthanaslavegirl.[]
Apersonwhositswithaheretic(anadherentofbidah)willnotescapeoneofthreethings:(a)eitherhe
willbecomeatrial(fitnah)forothers,(b)orsomedeviationwilloccurinhisheartandhewillslipandbe
castintotheFirebyAllah,(c)orhewillsaytohimself,ByAllah,Idontcarewhattheysay,Iam
confidentaboutmyself,butwhoeverfeelssecurefromAllahabouthisreligionevenfortheblinkingofan
eye,Allahwilltakehisreligionawayfromhim.[IbnWaddh,AlBidap125]
alKhatibalBaghdaadeesaid:
Totheaalim,ignoranceisseenasignoranceandtothejaahil(grosslyignorant),knowledgeisseenas
ignorance.[KitaabalFaqihwalMutafaqqih,1/3]
IbnJawzisaid:
Ibelievethatcomingoutofherhouseandroamingaboutthestreetsinitselfissufficienttocausetrouble,
letaloneexhibitingherbeautyandherbody.[AhkaamunNisa]
Itismorebelovedtometobiteontoaredcoaluntilitcools,thanformetosayaboutsomethingthat
Allaahhaspreordained,Onlyifitdidnthappen.[AzZuhd,ofAbooDaawood,p.136]
AbooMasoodAlBalkheesaid:
Whoeverisafflictedwithtragedyandheripsupagarmentorpoundsonhischestthenitisasifhehas
grabbedaspearandintendstofighthisLord,theMightyandMajestic.[FaydulQadeer,3/230]
WahbIbnMunabbihsaid:
WhoeverisafflictedwithsometypeofcalamitythenAllaahhasputhimthroughthepathoftheProphets
(pbut).[AlHilyah,4/56]
AbooHafsAlFallaassaid:
IsaidtoYahyaaIbnSaeedduringhissickness:MayAllaahgiveyouwellbeing,soheanswered:
WhateverisfondesttoAllaahisfondesttome.[AsSiyar,9/182]
AdhDhahabee(rahimahullaah)said:
Ifyouseetheinnovativemutakallimsaying:leaveouttheQuraanandSunnahandbringforthlogic,
thenknowthatheisAbooJahl.[asSiyaar,4/472]
MuhammadIbnIjlaansaid:
Speechisoffourtypes:[i]thatyourememberAllaah;[ii]thatyourecitetheQuraan;[iii]thatyouask
aboutknowledgeandyouareinformedaboutit;[iv]orspeakaboutthatwhichconcernsyoufromyour
worldlylife.[IbnAbeeDunyaainasSamt,p.263]
AlHasanAlBasreeheardagroupofpeoplearguing,sohesaid:
Thesepeoplehavebecomeboredwithworship,andspeechhasbecomelightupon(theirtongue),and
theirpietyhasdecreasedandthatiswhytheyspeak.[AhmadinAzZuhdandAbooNuayminAlHilyah]
AlAwzaaeesaid:
Whoeverstandsthenightinprayer,AllaahwillmakeeasyforhimhisstandingontheDayof
Judgment.[SiyarAlaamanNubalaa,7/119]
ShurayhalQaadee(d.80H)said:
Verily,theSunnahhasprecededyourqiyaas(analogicaldeduction),sofollowanddonot
innovate.[RelatedbyadDaarimee(1/66)andbyalBaghaweeinSharhusSunnah(1/216).]
IbraaheemalHarbeesaid,IheardAhmad(AhmadIbnHanbal)say,
IfyoulovethatAllaahshouldkeepyouuponthatwhichyoulove,thenremainuponthatwhichHeloves,
andthegoodisintheonewhoseesnogoodinhimself.[alAadaabushShareeah(2/31)byIbnMuflih]
AbdullaahIbnMasood(radiyallaahuanhumaa)said:
LetnotoneofyoublindlyfollowamaninhisReligion,ifhebelieves,hebelieves,andifhedisbelieves,
hedisbelieves.Ifitisamustthatyoufollowsomeonethenletitbethedead,forindeedthelivingisnot
safefromfitnah.[SharhUsoolulItiqaad(1/130)ofalLaalikaaee]
UthmaanIbnHaadirsaid:
IsaidtoAbdullaahIbnAbbaas,Adviseme.Hesaid,Itisuponyoutobeupright,andfollowthefirst
affair(thewayoftheProphetandhisCompanions),anddonotinnovate.[alIbaanah(1/319)byIbn
Battah]
ImaamAbooAmrAbdurRahmaanIbnAmralAwzaaee(d.179H)said:
Sticktotheaathaarofthosewhohavepreceded(mansalaf),evenifthepeoplerejectyou.Andbewareof
theopinionsofmen,eveniftheybeautifyitforyouwithspeech.Sotheaffairisyoungandyouareupona
StraightPathwithregardstoit.[Saheeh:RelatedbyalBayhaqeeinalMadkhal(no.233),alKhateebin
SharafAshaabulHadeeth(no.6),IbnAbdulBarrinalJaami(1/170)]
UmarIbnalKhattaab(radhiyallaahuanhu)said:
Thereisnoexcuseforanyonegoingastraythinkingthatheisuponguidance.Norforabandoning
guidancethinkingittobemisguidance,sincetheaffairshavebeenmadeclear,theproofestablishedand
theexcusecutoff.[ReportedbyIbnBattahinallbaantulKubraa(no.162)bywayofalAwzaaee.
However,itschainismunqati(disconnected)]
UmarIbnAbdulAzeezsaid:
Thereisnoexcuseforanyone,aftertheSunnah,tobemisguideduponerrorwhichhethoughtwas
guidance.[asSunnah(no.95)ofalMarwazee]
Manyofthepiouspredecessorswouldspendlongperiodsoftimeinseclusion.Whenoneofthemwas
asked:Doyounotfeelthebiteofloneliness?Hereplied:HowcanI,whenHehassaidthatHeisthe
companionofthosewhorememberHim?[AbooNuaym,8/217]
OneoftheSalafsaid:
HowcanonefeelthebiteoflonelinesswhenheiswithAllaah?[IbnAbeeAdDunyaa,AlUzlah#49]
OneoftheSalafsaid:
WhoeverfeelsthebiteoflonelinesswhenalonedoessobecauseofhislackofsolacewithhisLord.[Ibn
AbeeAdDunyaa,AlUzlah#49]
YahyaaIbnMuaadhwouldfrequentlysecludeandisolatehimself.Hisbrothercensuredhimsaying:If
youareamanamongstmen,youneedthecompanyofmen!Sohereplied:Ifyouareamanamongst
men,youareinneedofAllaah![ExtractedfromTheJourneyOfTheStrangersbyIbnRajab,p.96]
Awzaaeesaid,intheexplanationofthehadeethofthestrangers:
Islaamwillnotdisappear,itisAhlusSunnahthatwilldisappeartothepointthattherewillonlyremain
oneoftheminanyonecountry.[Laalikaaee,#19]
AlHasanwouldsaytohiscolleagues:
OAhlusSunnah!Begentlewitheachother,mayAllaahhavemercyuponyou,foryouarefromthe
fewestofpeople![Laalikaaee,#19]
YoonusIbnUbaydsaid:
ThereisnothingstrangerthantheSunnahandstrangerstillistheonewhoknowsit.[Laalikaaee,#21&
IbnBatta,#20]
YoonusIbnUbaydalsosaid:
IthascometothepointthatonewhoknowstheSunnahwillthinkitissomethingstrange,andstranger
thanthispersoniswhofindstheSunnahsomethingfamiliar.[Laalikaaee,#21&IbnBatta,#20]
TreatAhlusSunnahwell,fortheyarethestrangers.[Laalikaaee,#49]
AhmadibnHarbstated:
IworshippedAllaahforfiftyyears,IwasntabletofindthesweetnessofworshipuntilIforsookthree
things:1)Iforsookseekingtheacceptanceofpeople,soIwasabletospeakthetruth.2)Iforsookthe
companionshipofthesinner,soIwasabletoaccompanytherighteous.3)Iforsookthesweetnessofthe
lifeofthisworld,soIwasabletofindthesweetnessoftheafterlife.[AdhDhahabee,Siyar]
Alee(ra)saidindescribingthestrangers
Theyarethenabletobearwitheasewhattheopulentfindburdensome,meaningthattheperson
accustomedtoaluxuriouslifewillfinditdifficulttoleavethecomfortsandlustsofthisworld.Thisis
becausehehasnothingtoreplacehisworldlylifewherehetoabandonitandassuchcannotbearthe
thoughtoflosingit.[QuotedbyIbnRajabinTheJourneyOfTheStrangers,translatedbyShaykhAboo
Rumaysah]
TheProphet(saw)said:"Convey(knowledge)frommeevenifitisjust
oneaayah..."[Bukhari,3461]...Sharethis:
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BishrIbnAlHaarithsaid:
Lookatthepersonwhohasthemostpiety,chastityandpurestearningfromthepeopleandthen
accompanyhimanddonotsitwiththeonewhowillnothelpyouuponyourlifeinthehereafter.[Ash
Shuab,7/11197]
AbooBakrsaid:
IwillnotleaveanythingAllaahsMessenger(saw)did,exceptthatIwillalsodoit;forIfearthatifIwere
toleaveanyofhiscommandsandwaysIwoulddeviate.[IbnBattah,AlIbnah,#77]
SomepeopleaskedAlb.AbTlibtodescribethisworldlylifesoheasked:Doyouwantalong
descriptionorabriefone?Theyreplied:Abriefone.Hesaid:Itspermissiblethings(halaal)[leadto]
accountsbeingtakenfromyou,anditsforbiddenthings(haraam)[leadtothe]Fire.[IbnAbeeAl
Dunyaa,DhamAlDunyaa,article17]
Thehappiestofpeopleistheoneunderwhosecarepeoplearehappybecauseofhim,andthemost
miserableofpeopleistheoneunderwhosecarepeoplearemiserablebecauseofhim.[ManaaqibUmar,
byIbnAlJawzee,p.130]
WeusedtosaythatthisUmmahwillbedoomedbyknowledgeablehypocrites.[AlWilaayahAlaaAl
Buldaan,1/142]
AbdulWahhaabIbnZiyaadsaid:
Icantthinkofanydeedsthataremorevirtuousthanpatienceexceptforbeingpleased[withAllaahand
HisQadar]andsimilarlyIdontknowofalevelhigherandnoblerthanbeingpleased[withAllaahandHis
Qadar]anditistheheadoflovingAllaah.[AlHilyah,6/163]
Threequalitiesarefrompatience:(a)notspeakingaboutyourmisfortune,(b)(notspeakingabout)your
pain,and(c)notpraisingyourself.[AlHilyah,6/389]
IbnAbeeRawaadsaid:
OnceIsawasoreonMuhammadIbnWaassishandanditwasasifhesawhowdifficultIsawthattobe.
Soheaskedme,DoyouknowwhatfavourAllaahhasovermewithregardstothisblister?Ikeptsilent.
Hecontinued,Hedidntmakeitonmyeye,or(on)thetipofmytingue,or(on)thetipofmypenis.
Thereuponhissorebecameeasyformetobear.[AsSabr,p.184]
UmarIbnAlKhattaabwouldwritetohisgovernorsduringhiscaliphateandsay:
Themostimportantofyouraffairsinmyviewisprayer;whoeverpraysregularlyhasprotectedhisfaith,
butwhoeverneglectsit,isboundtobemorenegligentinotherissuesoffaith.[AtTaareeqahAl
Hakamiyah,p.240]
Allaahneverblessesaslavewithafavourandthentakesitawayformhimandthenrecompenseshimin
itsplacewithpatience,exceptthatwhichHerecompensedhimwith[patience]wasbetterthanwhatHe
tookawayfromhim.[IddatusSaabireen,p.24]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
ThegravesofAhlAlSunnahwhocommittedmajorsinsaregardens(fromParadise)whilstthegravesof
theheretics(adherentsofBidah)whowereasceticsarepits(fromtheFire).ThesinnersfromAhlAl
Sunnaharethebeloved(awliyaa)ofAllaah,whereastheasceticsofAhlAlBidaharetheenemiesof
Allaah.[IbnAbYalaa,TabaqaatAlHanaabilah,1/182]
MuhammadIbnKhallaadAlBaahileesaidthatthemuadhdhinofLahjeeminformedhimthat,Sufyaan
AthThawreewouldvisitusinourlocality.Hewouldsitamongstusbutnoneofusknewhim,instead
thinkinghewasabedouin.Hewouldlistentoourwordsandwhenhespoke,wewouldheargreatwords;
hewouldremindusofParadiseandinculcateinusthefearofHell.[]
YahyaaIbnMuaadhAlRaazeesaid:
SonofAadam;youseektheworldasifyourverylifedependedonitandyouseektheHereafterasifyou
havenoneedofit!Youwillacquirewhatyouneedfromthisworldevenifyoudonotrunafterit,butyou
willonlyattaintheHereafterifyourunafterit.Sobeawareofyourtruecondition![TheJourneyOfThe
Strangers,ByAlAajurree,p.67]
IfIlive,IwouldnotleavethewidowsofIraaqinneedofanyoneafterme.[]
YahyaaIbnAadamsaid:
Paradisewassurroundedbydifficulties,andyoudislikeit,andHellfirewassurroundedbydesires,and
yourunafterit.Youarelikeonewhoisafflictedwithseriousillness,ifyouareabletopatientlyendurethe
painofthecure,youwillbehealed,ifnot,theillnesswillonlyincreaseinseverity.[TheJourneyOfThe
IbnRajabsaid:
AllblessingsarefromAllaahandHisvirtue,sowhoeverascribesanyoftheseblessingstootherthan
AllaahwiththebeliefthatitisnotfromAllaahisarealMushrik!Andwhoeverascribestheseblessingsto
otherthanAllaahwiththebeliefthattheyarefromAllaahhascommittedhiddenshirk.[LataaifAl
Maaarif,p.70]
Concerningthestrangers,Alee(ra)said:
Theyliveinthisworldwiththeirbodiesbuttheirsoulsareattachedtoheavenlymatters,theyarethe
ambassadorsofAllaahinHislandsandHiscallerstoHisReligion.OhowIdesiretoseethem![Aboo
Nuaym,1/79]
AbualDhayyalsaid:
Learntheartofsilencejustasyoulearntospeakforifspeechisaguidingmatter,thensilenceisa
protectivemeasure.Insilenceyouhavetwocharacteristics:Attainingknowledgefromthosemore
knowledgeablethanyouandguardingyourselffromthosewhoaremoreargumentativethanyou.[]
Donotputofftodaysworkuntiltomorrow,lestworkaccumulateandyouachievenothing.[Munaaqib
AmeerAlMumineen,byIbnAlJawzee,p.129]
Kabwouldsay,Toobaisforthem,Toobaisforthem!Itwasaskedofhim,AbooIshaaq,whoare
they?Hereplied,Toobaisforthem;whentheyareseen,theyarenotinvited;iftheyoffertheirhandin
marriage,itisnotaccepted;whentheydie,theyarenotmissed.
ImamAhmadsaid:
TheadhanismadeinthebabysearatbirthwhiletheprayerisdelayedtillhisdeathAsignthathislife
isshortjustlikethetimebetweentheadhanandtheprayer.[ManaqibalImamAhmadbyIbnalJawzi]
AlHasan(rahimahullaah)said:
Inthisworldthebelieverislikethestranger.Hedoesnotbecomeupsetwhenitdegrades/humiliateshim,
nordoeshecompetewithothersinchasingafteritsgrandeur.Forthepeopleareinonestateandhisisina
totallydifferentstate.[Ahmad,AzZuhdp.321]
Sulaymaanwouldsaywhendescribingthestrangers:
Theirintentisnotthesameastherestofman,theirdesirefortheHereafterisnotthesameastherestof
man,andtheirsupplicationsarenotthesameastherestofman.[AbooNuaym,9/256]
Sulaymaanwasonceaskedaboutthegreatestdeed,atwhichheweptandsaid:
ThatHe(Allaah)lookatyourheartandfinditnotdesiringanythingexceptHimofthisworldandthe
Hereafter.[AbooNuaym,9/256]
ThereisnorelationshipbetweenAllaahandanyoneexceptthroughobediencetoHim.[TaareekhAt
Tabaree,4/306]
AskAllaahforhelpagainstyourevilwhimsanddesiresjustasyouaskHimforhelpagainstyour
enemies.[AlFaarooqUmarIbnAlKhattaab,byMuhammadrasheedRida,p.119]
ImaamMaaliksaid:
IdonotviewthatoneshouldstandbythegraveoftheProphet(saw)andmakeduaa,ratheroneshould
givesalaamandthenpassby.[Saheeh.SiyaanatulInsaan(p.264).AlsoseeFathAlMannaan,p.358]
ItisreportedontheauthorityofAlWakb.AlJarrh:
WewentoutoneEidwithSufyaanAlThawrandhesaid,Thefirstthingwewilldoonthisdayofoursis
tolowerourgaze.[IbnAbeeAlDunyaa,KitaabAlWara.Article66]
HassaanIbnAbeeSinaanwentoutoneEidandwhenhereturnedhomehiswifesaid:Howmanybeautiful
womenhaveyoulookedattoday?Aftershekeptaskinghim,hesaid:Woetoyou!Ihavelookedat
nothingbutmytoefromwhenIwentouttowhenIreturnedtoyou.[IbnAbeeAlDunyaa,KitaabAl
Wara.Article68]
ImaamAhmadrejectedthosewhowouldtouchhisbodywiththeirhandsinordertoseekblessingsfrom
him,whenthiswasdonetoImaamAhmad,hebecameangeredandsaid:Whodidyougetthisfrom?He
firmlyandsternlyrejectedthispractice.[RefertoTabaqaatAlHanaabilah1/228&AlMinhaajAlAhmad
1/428]
UthmaanIbnHakeemsaid:
Befriendtheonewhoisaboveyouinthereligionandbelowyouintheworldlylife.[AsSamt,ofIbn
AbeeDunyaa,p.45]
YahyaaIbnKatheersaid:
Thebestofbrothersarethosewhosay,Comeletsfastbeforewedie,andtheworstofbrothersarethose
whosay,Comeletseatanddrinkbeforewedie.[AlHilyah,3/71]
Hubayrahsaid:
Considerthepeoplebasedupontheirfriends.[RaudatulUqalaa,p.108]
IwishyouknewwhatIhaveinmyheartforyou,butthereisnowayforyoutoknowexceptbymy
actions.[TaareekhAtTabaree,4/409]
Whoeveractsonwhimsanddesiresandsinlosesoutandharmsnoonebuthimself.Whoeverfollowsthe
sunnahandadherestolawsandfollowstherightpath,seekingthatwhichiswithAllaahforthosewho
obeyHim,isdoingtherightthingandisawinner.[TaareekhAtTabaree,4/410]
AlQurtubeesaid:
OurscholarshavesaidthatitisprohibitedfortheMuslimstotakethegravesoftheProphetsandofthe
Ulamaaasmasjids.[TafseerAlQurtubee,10/380]
KatheerIbnSayfeesaid:
Meetingyourbelovedfriendseasesstress.[AlIkhwaan,p.94]
YazeedIbnAbeeZiyaadsaid:
IneverentereduponAbdurRahmaanIbnAbeeLaylaaexceptthathenarratedtomeagoodhadeethand
fedmegoodfood.[AlIkhwaan,p.207]
AlaaIbnMusayyibsaid:
Khaythamusedtoplacebagsofmoneyinthemasjidandsit,soifhesawoneofhisfriendswearing
raggedyclothing,hewouldgivehimabagofmoney.[AlIkhwaan,p.224]
FarwahIbnnaufalsaid:
OnceIwaswithKhabbaab(ra),sowewentouttothemasjidandhegrabbedmyhandandsaidtome,
SeeknearnessuntoAllaahtothebestofyourabilityforsurelyyoucannotgetclosetoHimwithsomething
morebelovedtoHimthanHisSpeech.[AshShuab,p.1463]
AbdullaahIbnUrwahsaid:
IaskedmygrandmotherAsmaa,HowweretheCompanionsoftheProphet(saw)whentheyrecitedthe
Quraan?Shereplied,TheireyeswateredandtheirskinstrembledjustasAllaahhasdescribedthem[in
theQuraan].[AshShuab,p.1900]
AbdullaahIbnMasood(ra)said:
ConstantlylookintotheMushaf.[AshShuab,p.2028]
Verily,theseheartsarevessels,sofillthemupwiththeQuraananddonotfillthemupwithanythingelse
besidesit.[AlMusannaf,7/106]
IbnAbbaas(ra)said:
AllaahhasguaranteedfortheonewhofollowstheQuraanthathewontgoastrayintheworldlylifenorbe
miserableintheHereafter.Thenherecited:Sowhoeverfollowsmyguidancewillneithergoastraynor
bemiserable.[20:123][AlMusannaf,7/136]
NaafireportedthatIbnUmar(ra)usedtoreciteinhisprayerandpassbyaverseinwhichParadiseis
mentionedsohewouldstopandaskAllaahforParadise,supplicateandcry.Hewouldalsopassby
averseinwhichtheFireismentionedsohewouldstop,supplicateandseektheforgivenessofAllaah
(swt).[AzZuhd,ofImaamAhmad,p.241]
RecitetheQuraaninsevendaysbutdonotreciteitinlessthanthredays,andamanshouldstrictlyguard
hisdailyrecitationofonejuzz.[AshShuab,2/2173]
KhaalidIbnMadaansaid:
Whenadoorleadingtogoodisopenedupforoneofyouthenheshouldhastentoitbecauseyoudont
knowwhenitwillbeshut.[AlHilya,5/211]
SufyaanAthThawreeusedtoofferprayerandthenturntowardstheyouthandsay:Ifyoudontoffer
prayertoday,thenwhen?[AlHilyah,7/59]
BakrIbnAbdillaahAlMuzaneesaid:
WhoevercommitsasinlaughingwillentertheFirecrying.[AlHilyah,6/185]
AlQaadheeIyaadsaid:
AccordingtohowsmallyoulookatthesinishowgreatitwillbeinthesightofAllaah,andaccordingto
howgreatlyyoulookatthesinthesmalleritwillbeinthesightofAllaah.[AsSiyar,8/428]
AlAwzaaeesaid:
OnceIheardBilaalIbnSadsaying,Donotlookathowsmallthesinisbutinsteadlookathowgreatis
theOnethatyouhavedisobeyed.[AlHilya,5/223]
AbooHaazimSalamahIbnDeenaarsaid:
Lookateveryactthatyouwouldhatetodiewhilecommitting,andthenabandonit.[AlMusannaf,
7/194]
IbnAbbaassaid:
TherecannotbeamajorsinalongwithseekingAllaahsforgiveness,noraminorsinwhilebeing
persistentuponit.[AshShuab,5/7268]
AlAwzaaeesaid:
Itusedtobesaid,Fromthemajorsinsisforamantodoasinandthenlookdownuponit.[Ash
Shuab,p.6752]
AbooAyoobAlAnsaareesaid:
IndeedamanwilldoabaddeedandbeafraidofitsomuchsothathewillgotoAllaahinsafety.[Ash
Shuab,p.6880]
IbnAlMubaaraksaid:
OnceWuhaybIbnAlWardwasasked,WilltheonewhodisobeysAllaahfindthesweetnessof
worship?Hereplied,No,northeonewhoeventhinksaboutdisobeyingAllaah.[AshShuab,p.833]
Youwillnotfindthesweetnessofworshipuntilyouplaceabarrierbetweenyourselfandyourlusts.[As
Siyar,10/473]
AbulHasanAlMuzayyansaid:
Asincommittedafteranothersinisapunishmentforthefirstsinandagooddeedthatisdoneafter
anothergooddeedistherewardforthefirstgooddeed.[SifatusSafwah,2/456]
SooccupyyourselfexclusivelywiththeHereafter,andemptyyourheartofallotherthoughts;onceyou
havedonethat,workhard!Donotwastetime!Andfleefromtheworldanditstemptations!Traveltothe
Hereafter(withyourworship)beforeyouaretakenthereIhaveindeedgivenyouthesameadvicethatI
gavemyself.
Thesalafusedtosay:
Inaworldthatwillvanish,FallinginloveWithafadingshadowIssheerstupidity!
Whoeverlovesthisdunyaandispleasedbyit,thenheshouldknowthattheloveoftheakhiraisleaving
theirheart,becausethetwocannotcoexistinoneheart.
Theonewhoisinapositionofleadershipismorelikelytofallintotemptationorsin,exceptthosewhom
Allaahprotects,andtheyarefew.[FutoohAshShaam,p.100]
IfIsleptduringthedayIwouldhaveneglectedthepeople,andifIsleptduringthenightIwouldhave
neglectedmyself.HowcanIsleepwhenIhavethesetwoconcerns,OMuaawiyah?[FutoohMisrWaAl
Maghrib,p.105]
[AdDaarimee,96]
ImaamMaaliksaid:
Plasteringgravesisdetestedandsoisbuildingoverthem[AlMudawwana,1/189]
IbnAbbas(ra)said:
Whenyoufeeltheneedtomentionyourcompanionsfaults,rememberyourown[AlAdabAlMufrad]
MuhammadibnSireenusedtosay:
Weusedtosaythatthoseamongstuswiththemostsinsarethosewhospendtheirtimetalkingaboutthe
sinsofothers.
ImamSufyaanathThawrisaid:
Keepyourselfbusyinrememberingyourfaults,sothatyouhavenotimelefttorememberthefaultsof
others.
ShaikhAlIslamIbnTaimiyahsaid:
Somepeoplehavethediseaseofcriticizingallthetime.Theyforgetthegoodaboutothersandonly
mentiontheirfaults.Theyarelikefliesthatavoidthegoodandpureplacesandlandonthebadand
wounds.Thisisbecauseoftheevilwithintheselfandthespoilednature.
ShaykhMuqbilIbnHadiAlWadieesaid:
Soletmyenemiessaywhattheywill,formysinsaremany,andperhapsbecauseoftheirbackbitingand
slandermysinswillbelightenedandinsteadfallupontheirshoulders
AbooHaatimsaid:
Probingandseekingthefaultsofothersisfromthebranchesofhypocrisyjustlikethinkinggoodofothers
isfromthebranchesoffaith.Theintelligentonealwayshasagoodopinionofhisbrothers,andkeepshis
griefandsadnesstohimself.Asfortheignorantone,hehasevilopinionofhisbrothersanddoesnotthink
abouthiscrimesanddistress.[SiyarAlamanNubalaa]
ee
Whoeverappointsamanbecauseoffavouritismorbloodties,anddoesnotappointhimforanyother
reason,hasbetrayedAllaahandHisMessenger.Andwhoeverappointsanevildoerknowingthatheisan
evildoer,isjustlikehim.[AlIdaarahAlAskariyahFeeAdDawlatAlIslaamiyah,1/66]
Donotthinkbadlyofawordutteredbyyourbrother,whenyoucanfindagoodinterpretationforit.
[MajmooFataawaIbnBaaz,26/365]
YounusIbnUbaydsaid:
Iknowonehundredvirtues,andIdontknowwhetherIpossesevenoneofthem.[TahzibAlKamal,
32/524]
Verily,yourtruebrotherishewhoisreallywithyou,whowillharmhimselfinordertobenefityou,and
who,whenthetroublesoftimebreakyou,willshatterhimselftopiecesinordertogatheryoutogether.
AhmadIbnHarbsaid:
Verilyoneofusprefersshadeoverstandinginthesun,butwewontpreferParadiseovertheFire![Al
Ihyaa,4/568]
ThereisntanytruerelaxationforthebelieversbesidesthemeetingofAllaah.[AzZuhdofAhmad,
p.194]
RabeeIbnKhuthaymsaid:
Makeabundantmentionofthisdeath,thelikesofwhichyouhavenottastedbefore.[AlHilyah,2/114]
Qabeesahsaid:
IhaveneversatwithSufyaanexceptthatIthoughtaboutdeath,andIhavenotseenanyonewhothought
aboutitmorethanhim.[AsSiyar,7/240]
Itisdeemedasforbiddentoplastergravesandtowriteonthemthenameofthepersonwithinthegrave
andthelikes.Itisalsodeemedasforbiddentobuildonthem.[AlMajmoo5/266]
Ihaveseenfromtheleadersthoseofthemwhodestroywhateverhasbeenbuiltongravesandthefuqahaa
didnotseeanyprobleminwhattheleadersdid.[AlMuhadhdhab,1/456]
Itisdeemedasforbiddentoglorifythecreationsothatitsgravebecomesamasjid,thisisoutofthefear
thatitwouldbeafitnahforthepersonandforthosepeopleafterhim.[AsSiraajAlWahhaaj,1/114]
Theleaderofanarmyoracampaignshouldnotgiveanyonethehaddpunishmentoflashesuntilthebattle
isover,lesttheDevilcausehimtojointhedisbelievers.[TaareekhAlKhulafaabyAsSuyootee,p.131]
AunIbnAbdillaahIbnUtbahsaid:
Theslaveworryingabouthissinsisamotivetoleavingthemoff,hisremorseforthemisakeyto
repentance,andaslavewillnotcontinuetoworryaboutthesinthathecommitsuntilitbecomesmore
beneficialtohimthensomeofhisgooddeeds.[AlHilyah,4/251]
Verily,amancommitsasinandneverforgetsitandhewontceasetobeafraidofituntilheenters
Paradise.[AzZuhdofImaamAhmad,p.338]
AbulMinhaalsaid:
Therecantpossiblybeabetterneighbourfortheslaveinhisgravethanabundantistighfaar.[AzZuhd
ofImaamAhmad,p.396]
IfyoulovedamanforthesakeofAllahandthenheinnovatedaninnovationinIslamandyoudidnothate
himforit,thenyoudidnt(really)lovehimforthesakeofAllah.[HilyatulAwliyaa(7/34)byAbu
NuaymalAsbahaanee]
AhmadIbnAasimsaid:
Surely,thisistheeasyprey,cleanuptherestofyourlifeandyouwillbeforgivenforyourpast.[Az
ZuhdAlKabeer,p.228]
TalqIbnHabeebsaid:
Verily,Allaahsrightsarefartooheavyfortheslavestofulfill,andindeed,thefavoursofAllaaharefar
toomanyfortheslavestocount,however,wakeupasrepentants,andgotosleepasrepentants.[Al
Musannaf,7/182]
Jafarsaid:
OnceitwassaidtoSaeedIbnJubayr,Whofromthepeopleisofthemostworship?Heanswered,The
manwhohascommittedsinsandwheneverheremembershissins,helooksdownonhis[good]deeds.
[SifatusSafwah,2/665]
AlAwzaaeesaid:
ThemostexcellentduaaisinsistenceuponAllaahandearnestimploringuntoHim.[AshShuab,
2/1107]
IbnUyaynahsaid:
Donteverleaveoffmakingduaanorallowwhat[baddeeds]youcommittopreventyoufromit,for
indeedAllaahansweredtheduaaofIblees(theDevil)andheisthemostevilofcreation[whenhesaidto
Allaah]GrantmerespiteuntiltheDayinwhichtheywillberesurrected.He(Allaah)said,Indeedyou
arefromthosewhoaregrantedrespite.[7:1415][AshShuab,2/1147]
YahyaaIbnMuaadhsaid:
Donotfindslowtheanswertoyourduaaswhenyouhaveshutoffitspathwithyoursins.[AsSiyar,
13/15]
AbudDardaasaid:
Whoeverknocksonthedoorthenitisonthebrinkofitbeingopenedupforhim,andwhoevermakesalot
ofduaathenhissupplicationisonthevergeofbeinganswered.[AshShuab,2/1142]
Aaishahsaid:
AskAllaahtofacilitateeverything,eventhestringtoyoursandal,forifAllaahhadnotmadefacilitation,
itwouldnotbefacilitated.[AshShuab,2/1142]
MuhammadIbnAlWaleedsaid:
OnceUmarIbnAbdilAzeezpassedbyamaninwhosehandwerestonesheplayedwithandatthe
(same)timehewassupplicating,OAllaah!AllowmetomarryoneoftheHoorAlEen,soUmarturned
tohimandcriedout,Whatanevilproposeryouare!Certainlyyoushouldthrowthesestonesandmake
youduaasincereandpuretoAllaah.[AlHilyah,5/287]
AlQurtubeesaid:
Ulamaaasmasaajid.[TafseerAlQurtubee,10/380]
IshaaqIbnRaahawaih(d.238H),theteacherofImaamBukhaaree,said:
TheydonotknowthatthejamaaahisthescholarwhoclingstothenarrationsfromtheProphet(saw)and
inHilyatulAwliyaah]
AbooJafarMuhammadIbnAleesaid:
Itisasufficientportionofdefectforapersontoclearlyseefromthepeople[ofmistakesand
shortcomings]thatwhichheisblindoffromhisownself[AlHilyah,3/188]
Hasansaid:
Thebelieveristhemirrorofhisbrother,ifheseessomethingthatheisnotpleasedwith,hestraightensit
outandadjustsit,andprotectshishonorinprivateandpublic.[AlIkhwaanOfIbnAbidDunyaa,p.55]
AbdullaahIbnMuhammadIbnManaazilsaod:
TheBelieverseeksexcusesforhisbrothers,andthehypocriteseeksthemistakesforhisbrothers.[Ash
Shuab,7/11197]
Treatyourbrotherswelldespitetheirshortcomingsthattheyhave,justasyoulikeforthemtotreatyou
[well]despitetheshortcomingsthatyouhave.Everyonethatyouseemakingamistakeormishapshould
notfallfromyoursight,forsurelyyouaremostdeservingofthisyourself.[AtTawbeekhofAbush
Shaykh,p.54]
IbnAlQayyimsaid:
Whosoeverdesirestopurifyhisheart,thenlethimpreferAllahtohisdesires.
IbnAlQayyimsaid:
ThesinnerdoesnotcareaboutwhetherheangershisLordornot,allhecaresaboutissatisfyinghislusts
anddesires.[IghaathAlLahafaan,P.44]
UmarIbnAlKhattaabsaid(advisingSadIbnAbeeWaqqaas,whowastheleaderofanarmy):
IurgeyouandthetroopswhoarewithyoutofearAllaahinallcircumstances,forfearofAllaahisthe
bestmeansofpreparationtofacetheenemyandthebestplanattimesofwar.Icommandyouandthose
whoarewithyoutobemorecautiousofsinthanofyourenemy,forthesinsofanarmyaremorealarming
forthemthentheirenemy.AndtheMuslimsareonlygranteddivinehelpbecauseoftheirenemys
disobediencetowardsAllaah.[AlFaarooqUmarIbnAlKhattaab,byMuhammadRasheedRida,p.119]
FudaylIbnIyaadasid:
Whoeverseeksabrotherwithoutfaultswouldneverhaveabrothertobehisfriend.[RaudatulUqaalaa,
p.169]
OnceTalhahcametoAbdulJabbaarIbnWaailwhlehewassittingwithsomepeople,sohewhispered
somethingtohimandthenleft.He(Talhah)askedthem,Doyouknowwhathejustsaidtome?Hesaid,
YesterdayIsawthatyouhadlookedaroundwhileyouwereperformingtheprayer.[RaudatulUqaalaa,
p.197]
IbnAlMubaaraksaid:
Wheneveramanwouldseesomethingfromhisbrotherthathedislikes,hewouldgivehimordersin
privateandforbidhiminprivate.Conversely,hewouldberewardedforhimscreeninghisbrotherandalso
rewardedforforbiddingevil.Asfortoday,wheneveramanseeswhathedislikesheangershisbrotherand
unveilshisscreen.[RaudatulUqaalaa,p.197]
FudaylIbnIyaadsaid:
TheBelieverscreensandgivessincereadviceandthewickedevildoerunveilsandexposes.[Jaamiul
UloomWalHikam,p.77]
AlHumaydeenarratedtoussaying:
ByAllaah,thatIshouldfightagainstthosewhorejecttheahaadeethofAllaahsMessenger(sallallaahu
alayhewasallam)ismorebelovedtomethanthatIshouldfightagainstalikenumberofTurks.[Siyaar
Vol.10,Pp.616621]
Whatdoyouthinkaboutadayinwhichthey[allofmankind]havestoodontheirfeetforaperiodoftime
thatamountsfiftythousandyears,theyhaventeatenanyfood,nordrankanydrink,untilthepointthat
theirthroatshavebecomeseveredoutofthirstandtheirinsidesburntuponoutofhunger,andthenthey
willbetakentotheFireandgivendrinkfromascorching,hotspring?![AlHilyaa,4/500]
MutarrifIbnAbdillaahsaid:
Verily,thisdeathhascertainlycorrupteduponthepeopleofpleasuretheirpleasure,soseekpleasurein
whichthereisnodeath.[LataafAlMaarif,p.70]
HasanAlBasreesaid:
OSonofAdam!Walkontheearthwithyourfeetaslongasyouwish,foritshallsoonbeyourgrave.You
havenotceasedtosubtractfromyourlifespansinceyoucamefromyourmotherswomb.[AlHilyah,
2/155]
BishrIbnMansoorsaid:
Verily,Ithinkofsomethingfromtheaffairsoftheworldlylifewhichdistractsmefromthinkingaboutthe
hereafter,andIfearuponmysanity.[AlHilyah,2/241]
AlAhnafIbnQayssaid:
Restraintispraiseworthyexceptinthreethings.Peopleasked:AndwhataretheyoAbBahr?He
replied:Makehastetodotherighteousdeed,hurrytoconductthefuneralofyourdeceased,andmarrythe
girlinyourchargetoasuitableman[assoonasyoufindhim.][AbooBakrAlDaynooree,AlMujaalasah
waJawaahirAlIlm6:307]
IbnMaeenmentionedAsbaghIbnAlFarajandsaid:
HewasoneofthemostknowledgeableofAllaahscreationabouttheopinionsof(Imaam)Maalik.He
wouldknoweachsinglequestion,whenMaaliksaiditandwhoeverdisagreedwithhimaboutit.[Siyaar,
Vol.10,Pp.656658]
IbnAbdilBarrsaid:
ItisprohibitedfortheMuslimstotakethegravesoftheProphets,Ulamaaandrighteousasmasaajid.
[AtTamheed,1/168]
WahbIbnMunbihsaid:
UmaribnalKhattaabsaid:
Donotenteruponthemushrikeenintheirchurchesonthedayoftheirfestival,fordivinewrathis
descendinguponthem.[AlBayhaqee.AhkaamAhlalDhimmah,1/723724]
AvoidtheenemiesofAllaahontheirfestivals.[AhkaamAhlalDhimmah,1/723724]
AbdullaahIbnAmrsaid:
WhoeversettlesinthelandofthenonArabsandcelebratestheirnewyearandfestivalandimitatesthem
untilhediesinthatstate,willbegatheredwiththemontheDayofResurrection.[AlBayhaqee.Ahkaam
AhlalDhimmah,1/723724]
UmarIbnAlKhattaabsaid,whenhewasonhisdeathbed,offeringadvicetothenextcaliph,saying:
Iadvisethecaliphwhocomesaftermetotreatthesoldiersintheoutpostswell,fortheyaretheshieldof
Islam.Theycollectmoneyandannoytheenemy.Heshouldnottakefromthemanythingexceptthatwhich
issurplustotheirneeds,withtheirconsent.
Muaadh(ra)said:
sigheddeeplyandthensaid,Gladtidingstoyouobird!Youeatfruit,receiveshadefromthetreesand
thenyoupassontonoreckoning;onlyifAbooBakrwaslikeyou![AlMutamanniyeen,p.71.Andthere
issomedifferenceontheauthenticityofthisAthaar]
WheneverUthmaan(ra)usedtostandoveragrave,hisbeardwouldbecomewetfromtears.[AlHilyah,
1/61]
ByAllaah,ifitwaspossibleformenottosleep,Iwouldnotsleepoutoffearthatthepunishmentwould
descendandIamasleep.ByAllaah,ifIhadsomehelpers,IwouldspreadthemoutamongtheDunyaaand
givethemorderstocryouttothepeople,Omankind,theFire!TheFire![AlIhyaa,4/567]
OnceAlaaIbnMuhammadentereduponAtaaAsSulaymeeandhehadpassedout,soheaskedhiswife
UmmJafar,WhatisthematterwithAtaa?Shereplied,Ourneighbourlitherclayovensohelooked
towardsitthereuponhepassedout.[TadhkiratulHuffaadh,1/216]
HishaamAdDastawaaeeneverusedtoputouthislampatnightuntilthemorningandusedtosay,
WheneverIseethedarkness,Ithinkaboutthedarknessofthegrave.[AlHilyah6/221]
Asforenjoying(oneswife)withoutreachingthevagina(duringmenses),inbetweenthebuttocks,or
enjoyingthewholebodythereisnothingwronginthat.[AlUmm,5/137]
AbuAdDardaasaid:
Youwillnotbecomeanaalim(scholar)untilyoubecomeamutalim(student)andyouwillnotbecomea
mutaalim(student)untilyouactupontheknowledgeyouposses.[IqtidaauAlIlmiAlAmal,29]
IbnAlQayyimmentioned:
Optionalknowledgeisbetterthantheexcellenceofextraandoptionalworship.Thisisbecausethe
benefitofknowledgeisgeneral,itbenefitsitspossessoranditbenefitstherestofthepeopleaswell.
Whereasthebenefitofworshipisparticulartothepersonwhodoesthatworship.Alsobecausewiththe
scholar,hisbenefitandknowledgeremainsafterhisdeath.Whereasworshipiscutofffromhimathis
death.[MiftaahdaarisSaaadah,1/120]
IbnSireensaid:
Theywouldnotaskforthechain(ofnarrators),butwhenthefitnahoccurred,theysaid,Nameusyour
men.TheywouldseewhowasformthepeopleoftheSunnahandtaketheirhadeeth,andtheywouldsee
whowasformthepeopleofinnovationandnottaketheirhadeeth.[MuqaddimahSaheehMuslim,1/13
15]
IbnAbbaassaid:
Therewasonceatimeinwhichwhenamanwouldsay,AllaahsMessengersaidoureyeswould
hastentohimandourearswouldopenwide(tolisten)tohim.Butwhenthedifficultiesanddisgracebefell
thepeople,wedidnottakefromthepeopleexceptforthatwhichweknew.[MuqaddimahSaheeh
Muslim,1/1315]
AbooAlAaliyahsaid:
Weusedtohearnarrations,thesourceofwhichweretheCompanions,andwewouldnotbesatisfieduntil
werodetothemandheardfromthemourselves.
IbnAlMubaaraksaid:
Thechain(ofnarrators)ispartoftheReligion.Wereitnotfortheisnaad(thechain),anyonewhowished
couldsaywhateverhewanted.
ImaamMaalikwasaskedabouttheRaafidah,sohesaid:
Donotspeaktothem(theSheeah),norrelatefromthem,forindeedtheylie.[MinhaajAsSunnah,1/13]
ShareekIbnAbdillaahAlQaadee,knowntohaveleaningstowardsexaggeratingregardingtheProphet
(saw)sfamily,thoughhewasjustsaid:
Takefromallwhomyoumeet,exceptfortheRaafidah,fortheyfabricatehadeethsandthentakeittobe
theirReligion.[MinhaajAsSunnah]
HammaadIbnSalamahsaid:
OneoftheshaykhsoftheRaafidahsaid,Whenweusedtogatherandfindsomethingtobegood,we
wouldmakeitahadeeth.[MinhaajAsSunnah]
Amongthepeoplewhofollowtheirowndesires,Ihavenotseenagroupbearwitnesstomoreliesthanthe
Raafidah.[IkhtisaarUloomAlHadeeth,byIbnKatheer,p.109]
IbnAbeeAlHadeedsaid:
KnowthatliesinthehadeethofvirtuesfirststartedwiththeSheeah[SharhNahjulBalaaghah,2/134]
ByAllaah,besidesWhomthereisnoothergod,ifIhadallthegoldandsilverintheworld,Iwouldpayit
toavoidtheterrorofwhatcomesafterdeath.[SaheehAtTawtheeqFeeSeeratWaHayaatAlFaarooq,
p.383]
ImaamAnNawaweesaid:
Itisdeemedasforbiddentoplastergravesandtobuildandwriteonthemevenifthegraveisfound
withinacemeteryitshouldbedestroyed.[AsSiraajAlWahhaaj,1/114]
AbooMuslimAlKhaulaaneeusedtosay:
IfIsawparadiseortheFireinaneyesviewtoday,Iwouldnthaveanythingextratoputforth.[As
Siyar,4/9]
ImamMuslimsaidintheintroductiontohissaheeh:
Inourbasicviewandtheviewofthescholarsofnarrations,themursalhadeethisnotavalidproof,
neitherinourviewnorintheviewofthelearnedscholarsofhadeeth.[Muqaddimah,BaabSihhatAl
IhtijaajBilHadeethAlMuanan]
AnNawaweehasbeenquotedtohavesaid:
Themursalhadeethisaweakhadeethaccordingtothevastmajorityofhadeethscholars,AshShaafiee,
andmostofthefuqahaa(scholarsoffiqh)andjurisprudentsofusool.[SeeTadreebofAsSuyootee,
p.119]
YahyaaIbnAlQaasimsaid:
IbnSakeenah(rh)usedtobeascholarwithvastknowledge.Heneverwastedanyofhistime;whenever
weentereduponhim,hewouldsaytous,Dontsayanythingmorethansalaamsand(askaboutthe)issue
ofsuchandsuchbecauseofhisgreatdiligenceuponresearchingandestablishingtherulingsand
regulationsoftheReligion.[DhaylTareekhBaghdaad,1/354]
AshShaafieewaslikethesunfortheworldandlikeapardonforthepeople.
Talqb.Habeebsaid:
ThereisnothingmoreharmfultothebranchesofKnowledgeanditspeoplethanthosewhoenter
themselvesintoitandtheyarenotfromitspeople.Theyareignorantandyettheythinktheyhave
Knowledge,theycausecorruptionwhilstthinkingtheyarecorrectingtheaffairs.[IbnAbAlDunyaa,Al
Tawbaharticle62]
IbnAlQayyimmentions:
..Andverilyforeverythingthataslavelosesthereisasubstitute,buttheonewholosesAllahwillnever
findanythingtoreplaceHim.[AdDaaWadDawaaFasl,49]
ImaamashShaatibeesaid:
Linguisticallybidah(innovation)meansanewlyinventedmatter.TheShareeahdefinitionofbidahis:
Anewlyinventedway[beliefsoraction]inthereligion,inimitationoftheShareeah(prescribedLaw),
bywhichnearnesstoAllaahissought,[but]notbeingsupportedbyanyauthenticproofneitherinits
foundations,norinthemannerinwhichitisperformed.[alItisaamofashShaatibee,1/37]
QutaybahIbnSaeedsaid:
AshShaafieediedandthesunandied.Sufyaan(athThawree)diedandwaradied.AndAhmad(Ibn
Hanbal)died,andbidaemerged.[QuotedinMujamofIbnAlArabee]
Once,oneoftheSalafgavehisfriendssomeadvicesaying:
Whenyouleavemethensplitup;soperhapsoneofyouwillreadsomeQuraanintheroad,because
wheneveryoumeetupwitheachotheryoutalk.[SaydulKhaatir,p.480]
QataadahIbnKhulaydsaid:
Youwillneverfindabelieverexceptdoingoneofthreethings:(1)Offeringworshipinthemasjid.(2)
Restinginahousethatscreenshim.(3)Orhandlingsomeworldlybusinessthatisbinding(onhim).
Indeed,Ihatetoseeamantotallyfree,notdoinganythingfromtheworkofthelifeofthisworldnorthe
Hereafter.[AlHilyah1/130]
AbooMuslimAlKhawlaaneewouldfrequentlyperformdhikr,histonguewouldalwaysmoveinthe
remembranceofAllaahandsoamanaskedoneofhiscolleagues:Isyourfriendmad?AbooMuslim
replied:No,mybrother,ratherthisisthecureformadness![AbdullaahIbnAhmad,ZawaaidAlZuhd,
p.384]
Thereisnotapersonexcepthehasfoureyes:twoinhisheadwithwhichheseesthemattersofthis
worldlylife,andtwoinhisheartwithwhichhelookstothemattersofthehereafter.SoifAllhwants
goodforhisservant,Heopenshisheartseyes,andsoheperceiveswhathehasbeenpromisedinthe
unseenworld.Thusheissavedfromtheunseen[punishment]throughtheunseen[rewardfortheobedient].
[AlDhahabee,SiyarAlaamAlNubalaa,4/543]
UbaydIbnYaeeshsaid:
ForthirtyyearsIhavenoteatenwithmyownhands;mysisterwouldfeedmewhileIwrotedown
ahaadeeth![AlJaamiLiAkhlaaqirRaaweeWaAadaabisSaami,2/178]
AbooBakrIbnAyyaashsaid:
Ifadirhamfellandgotlostfromoneofthem,hewouldspendhisentiredaysaying,VerilytoAllaahwe
belong,mydirhamislost!Buthewouldntsay,MydayhasgonebyandIhaventaccomplished
anything![AlHilyah,8/303]
AbdullaahIbnAlMutazsaid:
Theknowledgeofahypocriteisinhisspeech,whiletheknowledgeofabelieverisinhisactions.
[IqtidaauAlIlmiAlAmal,38]
SufyanAtThawreesaid:
Knowledgeknocksonthedoorofaction:itentersifthedoorisopened,butleavesifitdoesnotreceivea
reply.[AlMuwafaqaat,1/75]
AbuDardaasaid:
Woetohimwhodoesnotknow,andseventimeswoetohimwhoknewbutdidnotact![IhyaaUloom
AdDeen,1/63]
AfterAbooBakrssonacceptedIslaam,hesaidtohisfather,ByAllaah,IsawyouinthebattleofBadr,
butIdodgedyoubecauseIdidntwanttofight(andkill)you.SoAbooBakrreplied,ByAllaah,Ididnot
seeyou,butifIdidseeyou,Iwouldhavefoughtandkilledyou.
MoosaaIbnIsmaeelsaid:
IfIsaidthatIneversawHammaadIbnSalamah(d.179H)laughing,Iwouldhavespokenthetruth.He
usedtoeithernarrateahaadeeth,maketasbeeh,readtheQuraan,oroffervoluntaryprayer.Thisishowhe
usedtosplithisday.
AshShubisaid:
Ineverynation(pastreligion),theirscholarsaretheworstexceptfortheMuslims,whosescholarsare
thebestofthem.[MajmooAlFataawaa,7/284]
AshShaafieesaid:
WhentheMuslimscapturedsomepolytheistsandwantedtokillthem,theykilledthembybeheading,but
theydidnotgobeyondthat.Theydidnotmutilatethembycuttingoffhandsorfeetoranypartofthebody,
orstabbingtheminthestomachorburningordrowningoranythingbeyondwhatwasdescribed,because
theMessengerofAllah(saw)forbademutilation.[AlUmm,byAshShaafiee,4/162]
AbooUbaydAlQaasimIbnSalaamsaid:
ThefolloweroftheSunnahisliketheonewhoholdsontohotcoals.Andtoday,inmyopinion,thisis
betterthanfightingwithswordsintheCauseofAllaah.[TaareekhBaghdaad,12/410]
AlFudaylIbnIyyaadsaid:
Thesoulsarearrayedarmies.Sothosethatknowoneanotherwillunitewithoneanother,andthosethat
dontknowoneanotherwillbedivided.AnditisnotpossibleforapersonoftheSunnahtosupporta
personofinnovationexceptduetohypocrisy.[SharhUsoolItiqaadAhlisSunnahWalJamaaah,1/138]
YahyaIbnYahyaaAnNaisabooreesaid:
DefendingtheSunnahismorevirtuousthanjihaad.[NaqdAlMantiq,p.12]
RaafiIbnAshrassaid:
Itusedtobesaid,Fromthepunishmentsoftheliaristhathiscredibilityisnotaccepted.AndIsaythat
fromthepunishmentofthesinfulinnovatoristhathisgoodqualitiesarenotmentioned.[SharhIlalAt
Tirmidhee,1/50]
Atausedtosay:
Aaishahwasthemostknowledgeableofpeopleandthemostwise.[SiyarAlaamAnNubula,2/185]
AlAhnaafIbnQays,thechiefofBanuTameemandoneofthemosteloquentoftheArabs,usedtosay:
IheardthespeechesofAbuBakr,Umar,Uthmaan,Aliandthecaliphswhocameafterthem,andI
neverheardwordsfromthemouthofanypersonthatweremorepowerfulandmorebeautifulthanthoseof
Aishah(ra).Muaawiyahusedtosaysomethingsimilar.[SiyarAlaamAnNubula,2/183]
UrwahibnazZubayrsaid:
IwasacquaintedwithAishah,andIhaveneverseenanyoneatallwhowasmoreknowledgeableofany
versethatwasrevealed,anyobligatoryduty,anysunnah,anyonewhowasmorewellversedinpoetryor
narratedmorepoetry;anyonewhowasmoreknowledgeableofArabichistoryandlineageandsoforth;or
anyonewhohadmoreknowledgeofjudiciarymattersormedicinethanher.[SiyarAlaamAnNubula,
2/193]
AbuDharr(radiallaahuanhu)said:
TheMessenger(sallallaahualahiwasallam)didnotevenleaveabirdflappingitswingsintheskyexcept
thathegaveusknowledgeregardingit.[AtTabaraniinMujamalKabir]
HudhayfahIbnAlYamaansaid:
EveryactofworshipthattheCompanionsoftheMessengerdidnotdo,donotdothem.[AbooDaawood
Saheeh]
IbnMasoodsaid:
Imitateandfollow(theMessengerofAllaah)anddonotdobidah,forwhatyouhavebeencommandedis
enoughforyou.AdDaarimeeSaheeh]
MalikIbnDinarsaid:
Loveofthisworldistheheadofeverymistake(i.e.themainreasonbehindmistakes).Womenarethe
trapsoftheshaytan.Andwineisacallertoeverysin![KitaabDhamAdDunya,3/416]
ImamAbuMuthaffarSamaani(d.489AH)said:
Indeedwehavebeenorderedwithfollowingandhavebeenrecommendedtoit,andprohibitedfrom
innovatingandrebukedforit.ThesignoftheAhlulSunnahisthattheyfollowtheSalafasSalih,andthat
theyleaveeverythingthatisinnovatedandanovelty.[Takenfrom:alInteesarliAhlulhadeethp.69]
AlMuqree(d.213H)said:
Iambetweenninetyandahundredyearsold,andIhavetaughttherecitationoftheQuraaninBasrahfor
thirtysixyears,andhereinMakkahforthirtyfiveyears.[TahdheebutTahdheeb]
ImamAhmadsaid:
Awomansfingernailisawrah(i.e.itmustbecovered).Sowhenshegoesoutfromherhome,shemust
notrevealanypartofherself,notevenherkhuff(sock),forthechuffdescribesthefoot.Whatispreferred,
inmyopinion,isthatsheputabuttononhersleevewhereherhandissothatnothingcouldbeexposed
fromher.
AleewrotealettertoMuhammadIbnAbeeBakrsaying:
Remember,OMuhammad,thatevenifyouareinneedofyourshareofthisworld,youareingreaterneed
ofyourshareofthehereafter.Ifyouhavetwomatterstodealwith,onewhichhastodowiththehereafter
andtheotherwhichhastodowiththisworld,thenstartwiththatwhichhastodowiththehereafter.[The
LifeAndTimesOfAlee,byAleeMuhammadAsSallaabee,Pp.564565]
AleeIbnAbeTaalibsaid:
Amanwouldfeelupsettomissoutonwhathecouldneverhavegotten,andhecouldbepleasedtoget
whathenevercouldhavemissed,soletyourpleasurebeinthatwhichyougetofmatterspertainingtothe
hereafter,andletyourregretbewithregardtowhatyoumissofthat.Whateveryougetofworldlygains,
donotbetoohappyaboutit,andwhateveryoumissoutonofworldlymatters,donotbetooupsetaboutit;
letyourconcernbewhathappensafterdeath.[TheLifeAndTimesOfAlee,byAleeMuhammadAs
Sallaabee,p.580]
SaeedIbnAlMusayyiboncesaid:
Iusedtotravelfornightsanddays,searchingoutasinglehadeeth.[JaamiAlBayaanAlIlm,1/94]
BishrIbnAbdullaahAlHadrameesaid:
Iusedtotravelfromonecitytoanother,seekingoutasinglehadeeththatIwantedtohear.
AshShabeerelatedahadeethfromtheprophet(saw)andwhenhefinished,hesaidtothemantowhomhe
spoke:
Youhavetakenitfornothing,amanusedtotravelforsomethinglessthanthistoMadeenah.[Jaami
bayaanAlIlm,1/92]
ImaamAhmadusedtosay:
BewareofissuesinwhichyouhavenoImaam(whohasprecededyouinthatissue).
IbnAbdilBarrsaid:
Theyshouldnotpreventtheyouth,ifheknowssomething,fromspeakingaboutwhathehas
knowledgeof.Perhapsapersonmaybeyounginage,butelderwithregardstohisknowledge.AndAllaah
blesseswhomHewillsthroughwisdomandmercy.[AtTamheed,23/150]
AlZafraaneesaid:
Thepeopleofhadeethweresleepinguntil(Imaam)AshShaafieewokethemup.[TheSunnahAndIts
RoleInIslamicLegislationp.537]
UpontheneckofeverypersonwhosehandtouchesaninkstandorpenisthefavourofAshShaafiee.
[TheSunnahAndItsRoleInIslamicLegislationp.537]
WedidnotknowtheabrogatinghadeethfromtheabrogatedhadeethuntilAshShaafieesatwithus.
AbdurRahmaanIbnMahdeesaid:
WhenIsawArRisaalahbyShaafiee,itamazedmebecauseIsawthespeechofanunderstanding,
eloquentandsincereman,andsoIsupplicateforhimfrequently.[TheSunnahAndItsRoleInIslamic
Legislationp.537]
AbooAdDardaa(ra)said:
Youwillnotbeascholaruntilyoulearn,andconcerningknowledgeyouwillnotbeascholaruntilyou
actinaccordancewithit.Itisasufficientamountofsinforyouthatyoudonotceasetodebate,anditisa
sufficientamountofsinforyouthatyoudonotceasetodispute.Itisasufficientamountofliesforyou
thatyoudonotceasetoinnovateconcerningthe(commands)ofAllaahTheMighty,TheMajestic.[Ad
Daarimee,301]
Fearthetrialandtemptationoftheignorantworshipperandtheevilcorruptscholarsincetheirtemptation
isatrialforeveryonethathasbeencaptivatedandenraptured.[AlJarhWatTadeel,1/9192]
ImraanAlMunqareesaid:
IsaidtoalHasanonedayconcerningsomethingthathesaid,OAbooSaeed,thisisnotwhatthe
fuqahaahavesaid!Sohesaid,Woetoyou,haveyoueverseenafaqeeh?!Thefaqeehisthezaahid
(ascetic)regardingthelifeofthisworldwhostrivesfortheHereafter,isuponclearevidentknowledge
concerningtheaffairsofhisreligionandisconstantintheworshipofhisLord.[AdDaarimee,302]
Imetpeopleandifamanamongstthemwouldsitwithapeople,theywoulddeemhimignorant,butheis
notignorant.RatherheisaMuslimfaqeeh.[KitaabAzZuhdofWakee,1/307][Thiswasbecauseof
theirfearofAllaahanddislikeforfame.]
Someoftesalafwouldsay:
Knowledgeisnotrelayinganabundanceofnarrations.Thescholaristheonewhofollowsknowledge,
utilizesitactinguponit,andcompliestothesunanevenifhedoesnothavemuchknowledge.[AlJaami
LiShuabAlEemaan,4/433]
ImaanMaaliksaid:
Knowledgeisnotrelayinganabundanceofnarrations,butratheritislightthatAllaahplacesintheheart.
[AlJaamiLiAkhlaaqArRaaweeWaAadaabAsSaami,2/174]
YahyaaIbnMaeensaid:
Knowledgeisunderstandingandcomprehension,andknowledgeisnotinrelayingabundanceof
narrations.[AlJaamiLiAkhlaaqArRaaweeWaAadaabAsSaami,2/174]
AlAsbahaaneesaid:
Knowledgeisnotrelayinganabundanceofnarrations,butratheritisfollowingit,utilizingit,actingin
accordancewithit,andcompliancetotheCompanionsandtheTaabieenevenifhedoesnothavemuch
knowledge.[AlHujjahFeeBayaanAlMahajjah,2/438]
AdhDhahabeesaid:
KnowledgeisnotrelayinganabundanceofnarrationsbutitislightthatAllaahplacesintheheartandits
conditionisfollowingitandfleeingfromdesiresandinnovations.[SiyarAlaamAnNubulaa,13/323]
DonotthinkaboutawordthatexitsfromaMuslimsmouthexceptthatyouinterpretitinthebest
manner.[AmeelahofAlMuhaamilee,p.395]
Ifsomethingreachesyouaboutyourbrother,thensearchforanexcuseforhim.Ifyoudonotfindan
excuseforhim,thenmakeanexcuseforhim.[AlJaamiLiShuabAlEemaan,14/441]
JafarIbnMuhammadsaid:
Ifsomethingthatyoudislikereachesyouaboutyourbrotherthensearchforoneexcuseforhimupto
seventyexcuses.Ifithitsthemark,(thengood).Ifnot,thensay,PerhapshehasanexcusethatIamnot
awareof.[AlJaamiLiShuabAlEemaan,14/442]
SomeoftheSalafsaid:
Theonewhoissilentaboutthetruthisasilentdevil,whiletheonewhospeaksfalsehoodisaspeaking
devil.[AdDurarAsSaniyyahofHamadbinAtiqanNajdi,8/7579]
IbnQudaamahsaid:
TheSalafusedtoforbidothersfromsittingwiththeinnovators,lookingintotheirbooks,andlisteningto
theirspeech.[AlAdaabAshSharaeeyah,1/232]
IbnAlQayyimsaid:
TheProphet(saw)advisedandurgedthattheseekerofknowledgebetreatedkindlyfornootherreason
exceptforvirtueandhonorofwhattheywereseeking.[MiftaahdaarAsSaaadah,1/?]
AshShawkaaneesays:
TheMuslimshaveunanimouslyagreedthatwomenarenotallowedtogooutoftheirhomeswiththeir
facesuncovered,especiallyinplaceswheretherearemanyevilpeople.[NaylAlAwtaar,6/226]
IbnAlJawzeesaid:
ApersonwhotrulyfearshisLorddoesnotcareaboutothersanddoesnotputhimselfinapositionwhere
hisreligionisatrisk.[SincereCounselToStudentsOfSacredKnowledgebyIbnAlJawzee,p.72]
AbdulWaahidIbnSafwaansaid:OncewewerewithHasaninafuneralsohesaid:
MayAllaahhavemercyonamanwhoworksdeedsforthelikesofthisday.Forsurely,todayyouhave
theabilitytoworkdeedsthelikesofwhichyourbrothersinthesegravesdont.Sotakeadvantageofgood
healthandfreetimebeforethegreatterrorandreckoningcomes.[QisarulAml,p.141]
Thesanityofapersonneverreturnedtotheonewhoremainedwithasoofeeforfortydays.[Talbess
IbleesofIbnAlJawzee,p.371]
Asoofeecannotbeasoofeeunlesshehasfourcharacteristics:(1)heislazy,(2)heeatstoomuch,(3)he
sleepstoomuch,and(4)heexcretesmuch.[TanbeehAlGhabiofImaamBurhaanAlBiqaaeeAsh
Shaafiee,p.68]
Ifamanbecomesasoofeeinthefirstpartoftheday,bythetimeDhuhrcomesuponhim,youwillfind
himcrazy.[TanbeehAlGhabiofImaamBurhaanAlBiqaaeeAshShaafiee,p.68]
BeforethebattleofAlQaadisiyyah,BusrIbnAbeeRahmAlJuhaneesaidtohispeople:
Nothingshouldbelesssignificantinyoureyesthanworldlygain,forworldlygaincomestothosewho
thinklittleofit.Donotinclinetowardsit,foritwillrunawayfromyouandmisleadyou.[TaareekhAt
Tabaree,4/359]
UmarIbnAlKhattaaboncewrotealettertoAbooUbaydahIbnAlJarraahsaying:
IthasreachedmethattheMuslimwomenenterthepublicwashareasalongwiththedisbelievingwomen.
Sopreventthisanddonotallowit,forindeeditisnotpermissibleforadisbelievingwomantoseea
Muslimwomanuncovered.[TafseerAlQurtubee,12/233]
FudaylIbnIyaadsaidtoAasimAlAhwal:
Oyou!Donotallowthepeoplesgreatnumberofpeopletobusyyou,forindeedthefinalaffairwillonly
beaboutyoubesidesthem.Bewareofwastingyourdayhereandthere,forsurelythisiscountedagainst
you,andIhavenotseenanythingmorebeautifulinseekingorfasterincatchingthananewgooddeedfor
anoldbaddeed.[AlHilyah,3/102]
ImaamMaaliksaid:
Itisnotallowedtotakeasawitnesstheinnovatorsandpeopleofdesires.[JaamiBayaanAlIlmWa
Fadhlihi]
OnceamansaidtoUmarIbnAbdilAzeez:
Ifyouwouldonlymakesomefreetimeforus?!Soheresponded:Whereisthefreetime?!Allthefree
timehasgoneaway.ThereisntanyfreetimeexceptwithAllaah.[TabaqaatIbnSad,5/397]
AbooShaamah(d.665H)said:
TheordertosticktotheJamaaahmeansstickingtothetruthanditsfollowers;evenifthosewhostickto
thetrutharefewandthosewhoopposeitaremany,sincethetruthisthatwhichthefirstJamaaahfromthe
timeoftheProphet(saw)andhisCompanions(ra)wereupon.Noattentionisgiventothegreatnumberof
thepeopleoffutilitycomingafterthem.[AlBaaithAlalBidahWalHawaadith,p.19]
Regardingthepeopleofinnovation,ImaamAhmadsaid:
TheydifferconcerningtheBook,theyareinoppositiontotheBook,andtheyallagreewitheachotherin
contradictingtheBook.Theyusetheunclearandambiguoustextsasprooffortheirviewsandthey
misguidethepeoplebecauseofwhattheyhavedifficultyunderstanding.
[MajmooArRasaailAlKubraa,1/106]
AlBadaweesaid:
Theoriginofshirkisthatitbeganfromtheglorificationofgravesandbeingturnedtowards(toworship).
[HaashiyatSunanAnNisaaee,2/42]
IfZaydIbnThaabit(ra)wouldbeaskedregardinganissue,hewouldfirstask,Hasitoccurred?Andif
theyansweredno,hewouldsay,Thenleaveituntilitoccurs.
AbdulMaalikIbnMirwaanaskedIbnShihaababoutamatterandthelatterasked,DidthishappenO
leaderofthebelievers?Hesaid,No.SoShihaabanswered,Thenleaveit,forwhenitcomestopass,
Allaahwillgiveusawayout.
OnoneoccasionwhenImaamMaalikwasasedaboutanissuehegavetheanswertohisstudents,butwhen
oneofhisstudentssaid,Supposethatitoccurredinthisway.ImaamMaalikbecameveryangryandsaid,
AreyouoneoftheSupposers?DidyoucomeherefromIraaq?
AshShabeesaid:
Nothingwasmorehatedtomethansuppose.
Whenaquestionorsomeverdictisputforwardtoyou,thenseizetheopportunity,butdonotvieor
competeforthem.Takecarenottobelikeheonewholovesthathissayingsareactedupon,orthathis
sayingshouldbepublicisedorheardandwhenitisnot,thentheeffectsofthat[rejection]canbeseenon
him.[AlHilyah,byAbooNuaym,6/377]
Zuhreesaid:
HaythamIbnJameelwasasked:AmaniswelllearnedwithregardstotheaffairsoftheSunnah,shouldhe
debateandargueaboutthem?Hereplied:No,howeverheshouldinformthepeopleabouttheSunnah,so
ifitisacceptedfromhimthengoodandifnotthenheshouldkeepsilent.[JaamiuBayaanAlIlmiWa
Fadhlihi,4/94]
Youshouldtaketobeingunknown,forindeedthisistheagetoremainunknown.Andtaketoremaining
aloof(atadistance)andsecluded,andassociatinglittlewiththepeople,becausewhenthepeopleusedto
meet,someofthemwouldbenefittheothers.Butasfortoday,thenthathasgone,andinourview,
salvationliesinabandoningthem.[AlHilyah,byAbooNuaym,6/376]
IbnAlQayyimsaid:
WhoeverobtainsanauthentichadeethfromAllaahsMessenger(saw)ifhewantstoturnawayfromitlet
himknowthattheProphet(saw)istheonewhoisaddressingyou.[MadaarijUsSaalikeen]
IbnAbbaassaid:
Allaahhascommandedthebelievingwomen,whentheycomeoutoftheirhomes,duetoanecessity,to
covertheirfacesbyplacingtheirjalaabeebovertheirheads,andonlyexposeoneeye.[MukhtasarTafseer
IbnKatheer,2/114
MuhammadIbnSireen(d.110?)said:
IaskedUbaydahAsSalmaaneeaboutAllaahssaying,tocasttheirjalaabeebuponthemselvesso
heveiledhisfaceandheadandonlyexposedhislefteye.[TafseerIbnKatheer,6/470]
ImaadUdDeenAtTabareesaid:
SoHecommandedthewomentoveiltheirfacesandcovertheirheads.[TafseerIlkiyaaAlHarasAt
Tabaree,4/135]
IbnAlJawzeesaidconcerningthisayah(ahzaab:59):
Itmeansthattheymustcovertheirheadsandfacessothattheymaybeknownasfreewomen.The
definitionofajilbaabisalooseoutergarment,ashasbeenstatedbyIbnQutaybah.[RawaaiAlBayaan,
2/382]
UmarIbnAbdilAzeezsaid:
Whoeveractswithoutknowledge,harmsmorethanbenefits.[MusannafofIbnAbeeShaybah,13/470]
Seekknowledgeinawaythatdoesnotharm(youactingon)yourworship,andworshipinawaythatdoes
notharm(yougaining)yourknowledge.Whoeveractswithoutknowledgeharmsmorethanhe
benefits.[MusannafofIbnAbeeShaybah,13/499]
IbnAlQayyimsaid:
Apersonwhoactswithoutknowledgeislikesomeonewhotravelswithoutaguide,anditisknownthata
personlikethiswillmorelikelybedestroyedthansaved.[MiftahDaarAsSaada,1/8283]
IbnTaymiyyahsaid:
SomeoftheShaafieeandHanbaleescholars,andothers,havepermittedkillingtheonewhocallsto
innovationsthatareinoppositiontotheQuraanandSunnah.ThisisthesamecasewiththeMaalikee
scholarswhosaid,MaalikandothersonlyallowedkillingtheQadariyyahforthepurposeoferadicating
corruptionfromthelands,notbecauseoftheirapostasy.[AsSiyaasatAshSharaiyyah,p.123]
IbnTaymiyyahalsosaid:
Anyinnovatorthathastheproofestablishedagainsthim,deservestobepunished.Andifnot,thenstill,
hisinnovativeandprohibitedactionsarefruitlessandcontainnorewardinthem.Rathertheysubtractfrom
hisgooddeeds,reducehisrewardandserveasameansforloweringhissanctityandstatus.[ArRadd
AlaaAlAkhnaaee]
Bevigilantandtotallyonyourguard,forindeedit(thedunyaa)islikeasnakeitissofttotouch,butits
poisonisdeadlyandfatal.[AlHilyahofAbooNuaym2/135]
IbnHazmsaid:
Ifyouareimpressedbyyourbrotherspraiseforyou,thethinkofthecriticismofyourenemies;thenyour
selfadmirationwilldisperse.Ifyouhavenoenemies,thereisnothinggoodinyou;thereisnoonewhose
statusislowerthantheonewhohasnoenemy.Itisnomorethanthestatusoftheonewhohasnoblessing
fromAllaah(swt)forwhichheistobeenvied,mayAllaahkeepussafeandsound.Ifyouthinklittleof
yourfaults,thenthinkofthemifpeoplefoundoutaboutthem.Imaginepeoplefindingoutaboutthem,then
youwillbeembarrassedandwillrecogniseyourshortcomings.[AlAkhlaaqWasSiyar,p.71]
AbbaadIbnAbbaadAlKhawwaasAshShaamee(d.114H)said:
Whenwilltheignorantonelearnifthescholarremainssilentandhencedoesnotreject[theevil]thathas
becomeapparent,norordersthatitshouldbeleft?![AdDaarimee,1/160]
Seriousmattersarethebest,andnewlyinventedmattersaretheworst.Everynewlyinventedmatterisan
innovation,andeveryonewhointroducessomethingnewisaninnovator.Theonewhoinnovatesis
mislead,andnoinnovatorintroducesaninnovationbuthehasforsakenaSunnah.[AlBidaayahWan
Nihaayah,7/319]
AbbaadIbnAbbaadAlKhawwaasAshShaamee(d.114h)said:
Letyourattitudebe,whenfindingsomethingyoudisapproveofinyourbrothers,asthoughyouare
offeringhelpfromyourselvestoyourselves.[AdDaarimee,1/160]
TheSalafwouldsay:
Innovationsarederivedfromdisbeliefandtheyeventuallyleadtoit.[MajmooAlFataawaa,6/358]
Bewareofenteringuponadayhavingtomorroworotherfuturedaysasyourmainconcernandworry.(If
youdoso),youwillincreaseinanxietyanddifficulty,andyouwillwishtocollectduringyourday,what
willsufficeyouforseveraldays.Howstupid!Oneendsupbeingpreoccupied,onesgriefgetsworseand
onestoilandlabourbecomesgreat.Andtheslaveendsupneglectingdoing(good)deedsasaresultof
thesehopes(hehasintomorrowandthefuturedays).[AlHilyahbyAbooNuaym,2/139]
Thereisnogoodnessinpeoplewhodontgiveadvice,andthereisnogoodnessinpeoplewhodontlike
tobeadvised.[RisaalatAlMustarshideen,71]
IbnalQayyimsaid:
Whoevermockshisbrotherforasintheyrepentedfromwillnotdieuntilhehimselffallsintothesame
sin.[Madaarijvol1p.177]
AleeIbnHusaynsaid:
Tawbahisonlythroughaction,andturningbackfromwhathasbeendone.Tawbahisnotbymere
speech.[IbnAbeeAlDunyaa,AlTawbaharticle57]
ImamAbdurRahmanalJauzirahimahullahsaid:
Ifyoufindadarknessinyourheartafteryousinned,knowthenthatinyourheartthereislight,because
ofthislightyoufeltthedarkness.[RowdathulMuhibeen,2/112]
AlBukhari(mayAllahhavemercyonhim)said:
ThebestofMuslimsisamanwhorevivesapractice,fromthepracticesofthemessengerSallahuAlayhi
WaSallam,thathasdiedout.[AdaabTaalibAlHadith,p.214]
AlKhateebalBaghdaadee(d.463H)said:
ItisfittingforastudentthathebeginswithmemorizationoftheBookofAllaahsinceitisthegreatest
ofthebranchesofknowledgeandthatwhichshouldbeplacedfirstandgivenprecedence.[AlJaamili
AkhlaaqirRaaweewaAadaabisSaami,1/106]
IbnHibbaansaid:
Thebestbrothersarethosewhowishthemostwellforone.Itisbettertobehitbyapersonwhowishes
wellforyouthantobegreetedbyabadone.[ArRawdhah,p.195]
AmansaidtoHasanAlBasree,DoesIblesssleep?Hesaid,Ifhesleptwewouldhaveabreak!
[TableesIblees,p.52]
IbnHibban:
Thenobledoesnothurtthewise,hedoesnotjokewiththestupidandhedoesnotminglewiththesinner.
[ArRawdhah,p.173]

AbooHaatimsaid:
Rebukingapersonsfortheireverymistake,evenminorones,constantly,willleadtothelove
diminishing.[Rawdhah,p.182]
ImamAlShafieesaid:
Iwasfatherlessandmymothercouldntaffordpaperforme.WhenIfoundabone,Iwroteonit.
[JaamiBayaanAlIlm,157]
Yazeedsaid:
IhavenotseenanyonemorefearfulofAllaah(swt)andmoreintelligentthanAbooHaneefah.
[TadhkiratulHuffaadh,byAdhDhahabee]
ImaamMaalik(D.179H)said:
Ididnotstartgivingfataawaauntilseventy(scholars)saidthatIwassuitableforthat.[Tadhkiratul
Huffaadh,byAdhDhahabee]
ThescholaristhedoctoroftheDeen,andthedirhamisitssickness.Soifthedoctorinfectshimselfwith
thesickness,thenwhenwillhecureothers?![TadhkiratulHuffaadh,byAdhDhahabee]
IbnTaymiyyahsaid:
WhoeverspeaksaboutIslamwithoutknowledgeisaliar.Evenifhehadnotintendedtolie.[Majmoo
AlFataawa,10/449]
Mujaahid:
Knowledgewillnotbelearntbyonewhoistooshy,noronewhoistooproud.[AdDaarimee,1/138]
They(theCompanions)madepatienceadutyuponthemselvesandgaveit(thedunyaa)astationthatwas
equivalenttothatofarottingcarcass,whichwasnotlawfultoeatfromexceptinthecaseofnecessity.So
theyatefromittoanextentthatwouldrestoretheirfitnessandpreservetheirsoulsandgivestrengthfor
theday.[AlHilyahofAbooNuaym2/138]
IbnAlQayyimsaid:
ThereareseveralwaysinwhichShaytaanfooledtheMushrikeenontoidolworship.Heplayedwithevery
nationinaccordancewiththeirmindsetandwayofthinking.Heinvitedsomepeopletoidolworship
throughhonouringthedead.Thesepeoplesculpturedidolsintheshapeoftherighteousashadoccurred
withthepeopleofNooh.ThisiswhyAllaahsMessenger(saw)hascursedthosewhomakemasjidson
gravesandheforbadesalaahatgraves.[IgaathatAlAfhaan,2/222223]
SomeofthepeoplesaidtoAhmadbinHanbal:
Ifinditdifficulttosayaboutapersonthathehassuchandsuchproblem,andsoandsoislikesuchand
such.ImamAhmadsaid:IfyouremainsilentandIremainsilentwhenwillanignorantpersonknowthe
authenticfromtheunauthentic?![MajmooFatawa,28/231]
IbnAlJawzeesaid:
Apreacher,inparticular,shouldnotbeseenbehavinglikecommonfolksorspendingtimeinthemarket
placeorlaughingoutloud.Thisistomakesurethatpeoplehaveagoodopinionabouthimandlendanear
tohimwhenhespeaks.[SincereCounselToStudentsOfSacredKnowledgebyIbnAlJawzee,p.84]
SomeoftheSalafhavesaid:
Weusedtojokearoundandlaugh,butoncepeoplebegantofollowourexampleIrealizedweshouldnt
dothat.
Learnthisknowledgeandkeepsilent.Donotmixitwithjokingaroundlesttheheartsspititout.[As
Said,p.232]
IbnRajabsaid:
Hewhospreadshisknowledgetothepeopleandspeakstothemmustbeverycarefulofnotaskingthings
fromthem.Hemustnotbecovetousforanyoftheirwealthorprovisionsnorwishtowintheirhearts.He
shouldjustspreadhisknowledgeandbecontentwithnothopinganythingfromthemthroughcareful
godliness.Thisisbecausegreedofworldlymattersandyearningthemareuglytraitsespeciallywhenfound
inascholar.[QuotedinhisexplanationofthehadeethofAbooDardaa,P.150151]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
Andlethimnotbeofthosewhoinventnewmatters[intotheDeen],forwheneversuchathingemerges
fromsuchaman,heseekstofindaproofforwhatheisdoing.Soheinduceshimselftodotheimpossible,
searchingforaproofforwhathehasbroughtoutwhethervalidorbaselessinordertobeautifyhis
innovationandhisinvention.Andworsethanthat,isthathefabricatesitattributingittosomewritten
textthathasbeenconveyedaboutit.Sohedesirestobeautifythatwithtruthandfalsehood.[AlIbaanah,
byIbnBattah,2/472]
UmarIbnAlKhattaabsaidtoZiyaad:
Doyouknowwhat[things]destroyIslaam?Theyarethedeathofascholar,theMunafiq(hypocrite)who
arguesusingtheQuraan,andtheImamswholeadthepeopleastray.[AdDaarimee,1/71]
Aaishahsaid:
IusedtoentermyhouseinwhichtheMessengerofAllaah(saw)andAbooBakr(herfather)wereburied,
butwhenUmarwasburiedwiththem,byAllaahIdidnotenteritwithoutcoveringmyselfproperly,outof
shynesstowardsUmar.[MahdAsSawaab,3/852]
AbooBakrsaid:
EverystepthatamujaahidtakesinthewayofAllaahearnshimthemeritof700gooddeedsandthe
forgivenessof700sins.[Tabari,2/462]
AbooBakrsaid:
ApeopledonoabandonjihaadinthewayofAllaahexceptthatAllahabandonsthem,leavingthemtobe
humiliated.[AlBidaayahWanNihaayah,6/305]
AbdullaahIbnRahawah(ra)said:
Mendonotfightwithnumbersorweapons,butwithfaith.Bygoingintobattlewehaveachoiceoftwo
gloriousalternatives:victoryormartyrdom.[IbnHishaam,2/375]
AbooDardasaid:
IlovedeathbecauseIlongformyLord,IlovepovertybecauseitmakesmehumbleinfrontofmyLord,I
lovesicknessbecauseitexpiatesmysins.[AtTadhkirah,1/84]
IbnHajarAlAsqalanisaid:
ThehappyoneistheonewhostickstowhattheSalafwereupon,andavoidswhatwasinnovatedbythe
Khalaf.[FathAlBari,13/267]
AbulAhwassaid:
Abdullahsaid:Nooneisbornlearned.Knowledgecomesonlybywayofstudies.[AzZuhd,p.134]
TheBelieverinterminglestolearn,adoptssilencetoprotect(himself),speakstoteachandadoptsisolation
forsuccess.[SiyarAlaamAnNubalaa]
ShaykhAlAlbaaneesaid:
AhlulBidahareasthechristianswhenitcomestoacceptingthatwhichsuitsthem.Theyreadthe
QurnandSunnahandtakethatwhichsuitsthemandlureawayfromthatwhichdoesnt.[alHudawan
Noor430]
IbnalQayyimsaid:
Theonewhoremainssilentinthefaceoffalsehoodisatonguelessdevil.[AdDaùwadDawaa]
IbnalJawzeesaid:
WhenyousitinthedarknessofthenightbetweentheHandsofYourMaster,thenadoptthebehaviourof
thechildren.Forindeed,thechildwhenheseekssomethingfromhisfather,andheisnotgivenit,hecries
overit.[AlMudhish,1/219]
SufyanAthThawreesaid:
Whoeverlovesthatheshouldbeasked,thenheisnotworthyofbeingasked.[SiyarAlaamNubulaa,
8/469]
AmancametoAaishahandasked:WhenwillIknowthatIampious?Shesaid:Whenyourealisethat
youareasinner.Hesaid:AndwhenwillIrealiseIamasinner?Shereplied:Whenyouthinkyouare
pious.[TanbeehAlGhafileen,251]
SareeasSaqatee(d.257H)said:
Oneofthebestmannersofrighteousnessishavingagoodheartasregardsthebrothersandtogivethem
sincereadvice.[AadaabulIshrahwaDhikrusSuhbahwalUkhuwwah,p.920]
Theeffectoflearninginearlyageislikeengravingonastone.[BahjatAlMajaalis,1/109]
AlAwzaaeesaid:
ItusedtobesaidthattherewerefivethingsthatthecompanionsofMuhammad(saw)andthosewho
followedthemingoodnesswereupon:(1)stickingtothejamaaah,(2)followingthesunnah,(3)
maintainingthemasjids,(4)recitingtheQuraan,and(5)makingjihaadinAllaahscause.[Hilyah,8/142]
UbaydullaahIbnWaasilsaid:
IheardAhmadAsSirmaareesayingonceafterhepulledouthissword,Knowforsure,Ihavekilled
1000Turks(fromthedisbelievers)withthisswordandifitwasntformyfearofitbeinganactof
innovation,Iwouldorderforittobeburiedwithme.[AsSiyar,13/39]
FudaylIbnIyaadsaid:
Followthepathsofguidanceandbeharmednotbythesmallnumberofthosewhoareguided.Bewareof
thepathsofmisguidanceanddon;tbedeceivedbythegreatnumberofthosewhoareinruin.AlItisaam,
p.62]
Treatthepeopleofthesunnahkindly,forindeedtheyarestrangers.[SharhUsoolItiqaadAhlisSunnah,
2/64]
Ifonemanisintheeastandanotherinthewest,andtheyarebothfromthepeopleofthesunnah,then
sendthemthesalaamsandmakeduaaforthem.HowfewarethepeopleofAhlusSunnahWalJamaaah.
[SharhUsoolItiqaadAhlisSunnah,2/64]
AbdurRahmaanIbnAbeeAzZinaadsaid:
Amanwasnotconsideredarealmanuntilheknewthesunnah.[AlHilyah,2/184]
AyoobAsSakhtiyaaneesaid:
IndeedthedeathofamanfromthepeopleofthesunnahreachesmeandIfeelasifIhavelostoneofmy
limbs.[AlHilyah,3/9]
IbnMubaaraksaid:
Bewareofsittingwithapersonofinnovation.[AsSiyar,8/411]
AbooQilaabahsaid:
Donotsitwiththepeopleofdesires(i.e.thepeopleofinnovation),nordebatewiththem,forindeed,I
dontfeelsafethattheywontdrenchyouintheirmisguidanceandconfuseyouwithregardstothatwhich
youusedtoknow.[AshShuab,7/60]
Donotsitwithapersonifinnovation,forsurelyhewilldiseaseyourheart.AlItsaam,p.62]
HasanIbnShaqeeqsaid:
OncewewerewithIbnAlMubaarakwhenamancametohim,soheaskedhim,AreyouaJahmee?
Themanreplied,Yes.Hethensaidtotheman,Whenyouleavemethendontcomebacktome.The
manthensaid,Ihaverepented.Hesaidtohim,No,untilyourrepentancebecomesclearthelikesof
whichwasclearformyourinnovation.[AshSharhWalIbaanah,p.166]
SaeedIbnJubayrsaid:
Formysontoaccompanyawickedsinnerismorebelovedtomethanforhimtoaccompanyaninnovator
whoperformsgreatworship.[AshSharhWalIbaanah,p.149]
Oneofthesalafsaid:
Wheneveramanmakesaninnovation,thesweetnessofhadeethisremovedfromhisheart.[AsSiyar,
12/245]
MatrAlWarraaqsaid:
Afewdeedsfromthesunnahisbetterthanmanydeedsofbidah.Whoeverperformsadeedfromthe
sunnah,Allaahwillacceptitfromhim.Andwhoeverperformsanactofbidah,Allaahwillrejecthis
bidah.[AlHilyah,3/76]
SaeedIbnAamirsaid:
SulaymaanAtTaymeebecameextremelyillandbegantocrygreatly.Sohewasasked,Whatcausesyou
tocry?Areyouinunrestfromdeath?Soheresponded,No,butIoncepassedbyaQadareeandgavehim
thesalaams,soIfearthatmyLord,theMightyandMajestic,willtakemetoaccountforthat![Al
Hilyah,3/32]
SomeoftheSalafsaid:
YoushouldnotbealonewithawomanevenforteachinghertheQuraan.[TuhfatulMujeeb,252]
Thatamandiesignorantisbetterthanifhediedspeakingwithoutknowledge.[AlBayhaqeeiAl
Madkhaal,804]
OneoftheSalafsaid:
AbeeAdDunyaa,AlUzlah,49]
Increaseinworshipbeforeyourresponsibilitiesincrease.Thenyouwonthavetimetoworshipasmuch.
[AsSiyar10/49]
Thebelievercombinesbetweenperfection(inworship)andfear(thathisdeedswillberejected);andthe
hypocritecombinesbetweenevil(deeds)andfeelingsafefrom(Allaahspunishment).[MadaarijAs
Saalikeen:1/512]
UmarIbnAlKhattaabonceentereduponAbooBakrandfoundhimpullingathistongue.Hesaid,Oh,
whatareyoudoing?AbooBakrreplied,Itisthis(i.emyspeech)thathasbroughtmesomuchtrouble.
[Maalik,AlMuatta2:988]
IbnRushdsaid:
Knowledgeusedtobeintheheartsofmen,nowitsjustintheirclothes(peoplewanttoappear
knowledgeable).[Taalum,p.28]
YahyaaibnAbeeKatheersaid:
Learntheintention,foritismoreseriousthantheaction.[JaamiulUloomwalHikam,p.34]
IbnWahb:
ThatwhichIlearnedfromMaaliksbehaviorisbetterthantheknowledgeIlearnedfromhim.[Jaami
BayaanAlilm,1/250]
HishaamBinUrwausedtosay:
Donotquestionthepeopleaboutwhattheyhaveinnovatedtodaybecausetheyhavepreparedanswersfor
it,ratheraskthemaboutthesunnahbecausetheydonotknowit.[ImaamAlooseeinGhayatulAmaanee
FeeRaddAlanNabahaanee,1/367]
IbnIjlansaid:
Allah(azzawajaal)madethebelieversstrengthinhisheartanddidnotmakeitinhislimbs,dontyou
seeaweakoldmanfastthehotdaysandstand(inprayer)atnightwhileayoungmanisunabletodothat.
[SifatAlSafwa,3/341]
AlAwzaaeesaid:
FudaylIbnIyaadsaid:
thepathsofmisguidanceanddontbedeceivedbythegreatnumberofthosewhoareinruin.
[AlItisaam,p.62]
2/64]
SufyaanAthThawreesaid;
IbnMubaaraksaid:
AbooQilaabahsaid:
Donotsitwithapersonifinnovation,forsurelyhewilldiseaseyourheart.[AlItsaam,p.62]
SaeedIbnJubayrsaid:
Oneofthesalafsaid:
12/245]
MatrAlWarraaqsaid:
SaeedIbnAamirsaid:
Hilyah,3/32]
AlQurtubeesaid:
Asforthatwhichisdoneinourday,bywayofthe[blameworthy]innovations[bidah]oftheSufimystics
intheiradditiontohearingsongstotheaccompanimentofmelodiousinstrumentssuchasflutes,string
instruments,etc.,suchisharaam[forbidden].[AlJaamiuLiAhkaamAlQuraan,14/54]
TalqIbnHabeebwasaskedtodefinetaqwaasohesaid:
TaqwaaisactinginobediencetoAllaah,hopingforHisMercy,uponlightfromHim;andleavingactsof
disobediencetoAllaah,outoffearofHim,uponlightfromHim.[KitaabAlEemaan,byIbnAbee
Shaybah,#99]
ImaamBukhaareesaid:
Ihavenotheldmyselftobeslightinthepresenceofanyone,exceptwithAleeIbnAlMadeenee.
[SiyaarAlaamAnNubulaa,11/60]
AleeIbnAMadeeneesaid:
Attainingknowledgeofthemeaningoftheahaadeethishalfofknowledge,andknowledgeofthe
narratorsishalfoftheknowledge.[SiyaarAlaamAnNubulaa,11/60]
Faatimah,thedaughteroftheProphet(saw),said:
Thebestwomenarethosewhodonotseethemen,andwhoarenotseenbythemen.[AhkaamAn
Nisaa,p.219]
AbuDardaasaid:
Woeonetimetohewhodoesnotknowandacts!Andwoeseventimestohewhoknowsanddoesnotact
uponhisknowledge![HilyatAlAwliyaa,1/211]
QaadiShurayh(d.78H)heardthesoundofthedaffbeingplayed,whereuponhesaid,
Verily,theangelsdonotenterthehouseinwhichadaffisplayed.[ReportedbyIbnAbeeShaybahwith
agood(jayyid)sanad.VerifiedbyAlAlbaanee]
IbraheemAnNakhaee(d.96H)said:
ThedisciplesofAbdullah[IbnMasood]usedtoconfrontyounggirlswhohaddaffswiththeminthe
narrowalleyways,confiscatetheirinstrumentsandbreakthemup.[AuthenticallyrelatedbyIbnAbee
Shaybah]
SomepeopleenteredthehouseofJunaydwhenhewasdyingandtheyfoundhimbowingandprostrating.
Despiteofhisweaknessandknowingthemomentofdeathwasverysoon,hewantedtofoldhislegs(while
intheprayertodotheSunnah),buthecouldnotbecausehislegswereparalysed.Onemansaid,Whyis
hedoingallthis?Anotherreplied,ThisisfromthegracesofAllaah!Allaahuakbar![Tabaqaat
Awliyaa,pp.133134]
OnedayamanmetAamirIbnQays(d.55h)andaskedhim,CanIhaveawordwithyou?SoAamir
said,Thenstopthetime,soIcantalkwithyou.Andhetoldamanwhoaskedhimaquestion,Bequick
forIamabouttoleave.Themanaskedhim,Whatdoyoumeanbythat?Hesaid,Mysoulwillsoon
leavemybody.
Somepeoplevisitedaworshipperandtoldhim,Didweinterruptyou?Hesaid,Yesyoudid!Iwas
reading[theQuraan]andyoupreventedme[fromcontinuing].
AbooMoosaaAlAsharee(d.42h)usedtofastinhotweathersoitwassaidtohim,Youareanoldman.
Hesaid,Impreparingitforalongday(i.e.thedayofjudgement).
Aworshipperwasonceasked,Youshouldbeeasyonyourself(i.e.donotexhaustyourselfwithactsof
worship).Hereplied,IndeedIexhaustmyselfinworshipbecauseeasinessiswhatIamlookingfor.
AfriendofSareeAsSaqateewenttovisithim,sohefoundagroupofpeopleinhishouse.Thushesaid,
OSaree!You(i.e.yourhouse)havebecomeanenvironmentforidlers!Andheleftimmediately.[Hilyat
AlAwliaa,10/119]
OWorld,trytodeceivesomeoneelse.Areyoutryingtotemptmeorattractme?Noway!Idivorceyou
irrevocably.Yourtimeisshortandyouareinsignificant.Alas!Theprovisionislittle,thejourneyislong
andthewayislonely.[AlIstiaab,3/1108]
WhoeverreadstheQuraananddiesandentershell,isamongthosewhousedtotaketheverses(orsign)
ofAllaahinjest.[AlMustatraf,1/29.SeesoorahAlBaqarah2:231]
Ihaveknowledge,andwouldthatIcouldfindpeopletolearnitfrommeandconveyittoothers.
[AlaamAlMuwaqqieen]
AskmeabouttheBookofAllaah,forthereisnoverseinitbutIknowwhetheritwasrevealedbynightor
byday,ontheplainsorinthemountains.[AtTabaqaatofIbnSad,2/338]
ByAllaahnoverseofit(theQuraan)wasrevealedbutIknowwhyitwasrevealed,whenitwasrevealed
andtowhomitwasrevealed.MyLordhasblessedmewithadeepunderstandingandaneloquenttruthful
tongue.[AtTabaqaatofIbnSad,2/338]
AleeIbnAbeeTaalibusedtosayattheendofhislife:
Askmebeforeyoulooseme.[MinhaajAsSunnah,8/57]
IntheBookofAllaah,therearestoriesofthosewhocamebeforeyou,foretellingwhatwillhappenafter
youandrulingsonissuesbetweenyou.Itisseriousandnotinjest.Whoeveramongthetyrantsneglectsit,
Allaahwilldestroyhim.Whoeverseeksguidanceinanythingelse,Allaahwillsendhimastray.Itisthe
strongrope,thewisereminder,thestraightpath.ItistheBookthatwhimsanddesirescannotdistortan
tonguescannotmispronounce.Itswondersneverend,andthescholarsnevertireofit.Whoeverquotesit
speaksthetruth;whoeveractsuponitwillbrewarded;whoeverjudgesaccordingtoitwillbejust;and
whoevercallspeopletoitwillbeguidedtoastraightpath.[FadaailAlQuraanofIbnKatheer,p.15]
AleeIbnAbeeTaalibrebukedapreachersaying:
Doyouknowwhatabrogatesandwhatisabrogatedtherein(intheQuraan)?Themansaid,No.So
Aleesaid,Youaredoomed,andyouhaveledotherstodoom.[KitbAlIlm,byAbooKhaythamah,
p.31]
Asktolearnanddonotasktocauseannoyance.[AlKhaleefahArRaashidah,byAlYahya,p.486]
Whenarighteousslavedies,theplacewhereheusedtoprayweeps,andtheplacewherehisdeeds
ascendedfromheavenandearthalsoweeps.Thenherecited,Andtheheavensandtheearthweptnotfor
them,norweretheygivenarespite.[44:29][QuoteinAliIbnAbeeTalib,HisLifeAndTimes,p.110]
Humilityisintheheart,andbeinggentlewhendealingwithaMuslim,andnotlookingaroundwhen
praying.[AzZuhdofIbnAlMubaarak,#1148]
FollowtheguidanceofyourProphet(saw),foritisthebestofguidance;followtheSunnah,foritisthe
bestofways.[AlBidaayahWanNihaayah,7/319]
IwouldnotforsaketheSunnahoftheProphet(saw)fortheopinionofanyone.[FathAlBaaree,2/421]
IannotaProphet,andIdonotreceiverevelation,butIactinaccordancewiththeBookofAllah(swt)
andtheSunnahofMuhammad(saw)asmuchasIcan.[AshShifa,ofQaadiIyaad,2/556]
IfInarratetoyoufromtheMessengerofAllaah(saw),thentofallfromtheheavenwouldbedearertome
thantotellliesabouthim.[FathAlBaaree,6/158]
IfIheardastatementfromtheMessengerofAllaah(saw),Allaah(swt)benefitedmebyitasmuchasHe
willed.Ifsomeoneelsetoldmeofit,Iwouldaskhimtoswear(thathehearditfromtheProphet),andifhe
sworeIwouldbelievehim.[IbnMaajah,#1395]
mislead,andnoinnovatorintroducesaninnovationbuthehasforsakenaSunnah[AlBidaayahWan
Nihaayah,7/319]
OneofthewaysinwhichAllaahhonouredthisUmmahandsingledthemoutforblessingisthatHesent
tothemMuhammad(saw),whotaughtthemtheBook,wisdom,obligationsandtheSunnahsothatthey
willbeguided[AlBidaayahWanNihaayah,7/262]
Tellthepeoplewhattheycanrecogniseandaccept,andkeepawayfromthatwhichtheyfindoddor
objectionable.DoyouwantAllaahandHisMessengertobedisbelieved?[Bukhaaree,1/46]
AleeIbnAbeeTaalibwasasked,HowwasyourloveortheMessengerofAllaah?Hereplied,He,by
Allah,wasdearertousthanourwealth,ourchildren,ourfathers,ourmothersandcoldwaterwhenoneis
thirsty.[AshShifa,ofQaadiIyaad,2/568]
AlBayhaqisaid:
Asforwipingthefacewiththehandsafterconcludingthesupplication,Idonotknowthatanyofthe
Salafdidit.[AsSunan,1/212]
MuslimshaveaconsensusthatwhenasunnahfromAllaahsMessenger(saw)becomescleartoaperson,
itisnotpermissibleforhimtoleaveitforanybodysopinion.[ArRisaalah]
MuhammadIbnAlFadlsaid:
Forthelastfortyyears,Ihavenotdictatedtomyrecordertorecordevenonebaddeed.IfIdid,Iwouldbe
ashamedofbothofthem(i.e.thetwoangels).[SifatAlSafwah,byIbnAlJawzee,4/165]
AlJunaidIbnMuhammad(d.297H)said:
IfamanworshipsAllaahforonethousandyears,andthenheturnsawayfromHimforonemoment,then
whathemissedinthismomentismorethanwhathegained(inonethousandyearsofworship).[Hilyat
AlAwliyaa,byAbooNuaym,10/278]
ImaamAhmadwasaskedwhetherAbooAlWaleedwasaperfectnarrator.SoImaamAhmadreplied:No,
hisbookshadneitherdotsnordiacriticalsigns,buthewasskilledinthehadeethofShubah.[AhmadIbn
Hanbal,Ilal,1/383]
Najda(aKhariji)askedIbnAbbaasacertainquestionandIbnAbbaasansweredthemsayingthatpeople
wereaccusinghimofcorrespondingwithaKhariji,IfIwerenotafraidofhidingtheknowledge(andof
theseverpunishment),Iwouldnothaverepliedtohim.[AtTabaraanee,MujamAlKabeer5/159]
DuringtheendofIbnSireenslifehedislikedmixingwithpeopleorhavinganykindofsocialcontacts.
WhenAzZuhreewenttoseehim,hedidnotallowhimtositdown,andaskedhimtodepartaftergiving
thesalutationsofpeace(assalaamualaykum).[IbnHajr,Tahdheeb,6/240]
Onewhojoinsthelearningcirclewithoutawoodenboard(e.g.,apenandpaper)isliketheonewhojoins
battlewithoutaweapon.[AlKhateebAlBaghdaadee,AlJaami,155]
ImaamBukhaarisaid:
IonlyincludedinmybookAlJaami(e.g,SaheehAlBukhaari)thosethatwereauthentic,andIleftout
manymoreauthenticnarrationsthanthistoavoidunnecessarylength.[IbnHajr,HadyAlSaaree,1/18]
FudaylibnIyaadsaid:
Whoeverlimitshisspeechtobeinaccordancewithhisactionswill(surely)lessenhisspeechonthat
whichdoesntconcernhim.[KitabAlAdhkaar,byAnNawawi]
ImamShafieesaid:
Whenonewishestosaysomething,thenitisuponhimtothinkbeforehespeaks.Ifthereisbeneficial
goodinwhathewillsay,thenheshouldspeak.Ifhehasdoubtaboutthat,thenhemustnotspeakuntilthat
doubtisremoved.[KitaabAlAdhkaar,byAnNawawi]
ImamShafieeadvicedoneofhisstudents:
Donotspeakaboutthingsthatdonotconcernyou,forindeed,everytimethatyouspeakaword,ittakes
controlofyouandyoudonothaveanycontroloverit![KitaabAlAdhkaar,byAnNawawi]
AbdullahibnMasoodsaid:
Thereisnothingthatdeservestobeimprisonedmorethanthetongue.[KitaabAlAdhkaar,byAn
Nawawi]
AbuUbaydAlAsqalaanisaid:
IhavenotseenAbuUbaydahAlKhawaslaughforfortyyears.Itwassaidtohim:Whydontyou
laugh?Hesaid:HowcanIlaughwhileaMuslimisstillimprisonedbytheMushrikeen?![SifatAl
Safwah,2/416]
IbnAbbaassaid:
Marry,becauseiftheservantofAllaahcommitsfornicationAllaahsnatchesthelightofimaanfromhim,
andmayormaynotreturnittohim.[AlTabaqaatAlKubraa,ofIbnSad,5/287]
Gems Of Knowledge
IbnUthaymeenwasoftheopinionthatyouCANreadQuraanforthedead.IbnBaazwasoftheopinion
thatyouCANNOTreadQuraanforthedead.
Theresavaliddifferenceofopinionoverthisissue,andoneshouldnotfightorargueoverit.
AndasBinBaazsaid,holdingtheviewthatyouCANdoesnotmakethepersonaninnovator.
***
IbnAbdilBarr(d.463H)saidthatthescholarshaveunanimouslyagreedthatthereisnolimitofthe
numberofrakahsonecanprayintarawee.
***
Whoevervisitsmeaftermydeathisliketheonewhovisitsmeduringmylife.Classifiedas
UNAUTHENTICbyIbnHajar.
***
IbnUthaymeen,BinBaaz&themajorityofSaudischolarswereoftheopinionthatweputourhands
backonourchestafterrukooh.
AlAlbaanicalledthisactabidahyetstillprayedbehindallthesescholars.
IbnUthaymeenrefutedthestancethatitwasabidahwithoutmentioningthenameofAlAlbaani.
***
Wearingatightjilbabisasuselessaswearingaseethroughjilbab.
***
IbnKhaldooninhisbookMuqaddamahmentionsthatSufismcameoutof(isanoffshootof)Shiism.
***
ShiascholarsadmitthattheadditionofIbearwitnessthatAliisthewaliofAllaahintheadhaanwas
introduced10centuriesafterthehijrah.
Thiswasdonetodistinguishtheirmasjidsfromours.
TheIsmailishiasincludetheadditionof7extraphraseswheretheybearwitnesstoalltheir7Imams.
***
AccordingtoImaamMaalik,anyonewhohatesthecompanionsisakaafir.[QuotedinTafseerIbnKatheer,
underverse48:29]
***
AccordingtoimamMalik,anyonewhocriticisesAbuBakrandUmaristobekilled.
ButaccordingtoAbuHaneefah,Shaafiee&Ahmad,suchapersonistobeimprisonedandtaughtthe
haqq.
The3imaamsuseasevidencetheincidentwhenKhalidb.WaleedsaidsthaboutAbdurRahmanIbnAwf.
TheProphetwasmadeawareofthisandrebukedKhalidbutneverorderedthathebekilled.Iforgotthe
evidenceImaamMaalikuses.
***
Thepurposeofwearinghijabistopreventeyesfromfallingonu.Sowearing:
Makeup,
Tightclothes,
Highheels(whichmakesawomanwalkinaflirtatiousmanner)
Brightlycolouredclothesetc.
Allthis^kindofkillsthatpurposedontuthink?
***
IfurrolemodelsrthewivesoftheProphet,theknowthattheystayedINDOORSandneverwentoutof
theirhomesexceptwhendirenecessityforcethemto.
ButifurrolemodelsrthedirtykaafirahwhoappearonTVandmusicchannelsthendoasuplease.
***
YahyaIbnMaeensawIsmaeelIbnAyyaash(102181H)sittingonaroof,readingabout500ahaadeeth
fromhisbookeveryday.
[AliIbnJadsMusnad451,IbnAdee,AlKaamil1/104,KhateebAlBaghdaadee,TaareekhBaghdaad
6/222]
***
ThemostfamouscommentatorontheMuwattaofImaamMaalikwasIbnAbdilBarr(d463H).
***
ImaamAshShaafieewrotehisbookUmmabout4550yearsafterImaamMaalikwrotehisMuwatta.
***
AccordingtoIbnUthaymeensayswerecite:assalaamualaykaayyuhannabiintashahhud,not:as
salaamualannabi.
Hisproofis:
1)UmarIbnAlKhattaabsaidthetashahhudonthemimbarduringhisreign,andhesaid(#1above)
quotedintheMuwattaofImaamMaalik.
2)Allaahsaysinthequranu(Muhammad)willdieandtheywillalsodie.Yettheprophetdidntsay
aftermydeathsay(#2above).
3)AsforthewordsofIbnMasood(collectedinbukhair)thattheyused2say(#2above)thenthisisa
ijtihaad,whichwernotobligedtofollow.
***
IfurhypedaboutthesituationoftheSyrians,buthaveforgottenabouttheAfghanis,Iraqisetc.thenknow
urimaanislowanddefective.Toomanybrosgettingpumpedupduetoemotions(ratherthanimaan).
EMOTIONSDICTATESthatulookatthenextbigthingandignorethepreviousone.IMAAN
DICTATESthatugiveequalattentiontoboth/all.
***
Accordingtosomescholarsofhadeeththegoldenchainis:MaalikNaafiIbnUmarThe
Prophet.SuchachaincomesintheMuwataofImaamMaaik80times.
***
Ifawifewantsherhusbandtoberomantic,kind,caring,lovingetc.thenknowthesecharacteristicsarea
reactiontohowyoutreathim.
Ifuconstantlynag,annoyhim,shoutathimetc.thenyourforcinghimtoberude,harsh,coldheartedetc.
***
AMustamleesissomeonewhorepeatsthewordsofhisShaykhinaloudvoicetotheaudiencewhile
standingatafardistancetothosewhowhoareevenfartheroffandcannotheartheshaykh.AleeIbn
Aasimhad3Mustamleeswhenheusedtogivehishalaqahs.(Sojustimaginehowhugehishalaqahs
were!).
[AlKhateebALBaghdaadee,TaareekhBaghdaad,11/454]
***
YahyaaIbnMaeenheardHammaadIbnSalamahsbookfrom18ofhisstudentsinordertoseparatethe
mistakesofHammaadfromthoseofhisstudents.[Majrooheen,10]
***
ManystudentsandscholarsfromtheSalafplayedtricks,insertingahaadeethhereandthereintothe
teachersahaadethandhandingthebooktotheteacherforreading,toexaminethesoundnessofhis
knowledgeandmemory.Failingtorecognisetheadditionalmaterial,theyweredenouncedandwere
declareduntrustworthy.[AlKhateebAlBaghdaadee,TaareekhBaghdaad,12/325]
***
YahyaaIbnMaeenreadthebooksofHammaadIbnSalamahatleast17times.[Majrooheen,10]Andwho
wasHammaadIbnSalamah?SostrongwashismemorythathewrotedownQaisbookfrommemory
[Fasawee,3/44
***
DuringthetimesofourSalaf,asallthestudentscouldnotwriterapidly,sometimesafastwriterwas
chosentotakedownahaadeeth,whileotherswatchedhimwriting,lestheshouldmakeanymistake.Later,
theyeitherborrowedthebookorcopiedtheminthepresenceoftheowner.[IbnHajr,Tahdheeb,
1/196,AdhDhahabee,MeezaanAlItidaal,2/341,IbnAdee,AlKaamil,1/270]
***
Therearetwotypesofhadeeth:onegroupwhichisaccompaniedbythepracticesofthecompanionsand
thesuccessors;andanothergroupwhichisnotaccompaniedbyanysortofpractice.Soifthereisaconflict
betweenthesetwogroups,thentheoneaccompaniedbythepractiewouldbepreferred.
***
ThetwomostimportantsourcesofImaamMaalikforhisbookAlMuwatta,wereNaafiandAzZuhree.
***
AdhDhhabeeinhisTaareekhAlIslaam,5/137mentionsthatAzZuhree(51124)memorisedthe
Quraanin3months!HetransmittedonlytwohadeethsfromIbnUmareventhoughhelivedinthesame
cityashimfor24years.[Ibid.5/136]HeusedtoservehisteacherUbaidAllaahsothathewasthoughtto
behisservant.[Ibid.5/137]
***
IbnShihaabusedtohelpeveryonewhocametohim,andifhehadnothingleft,heusedtoborrow.[Adh
Dhahabee,TaareekhAlIslaam,5/138&141]
***
TheMusnadofImaamAhmadconsistsofsome40,000narrations,andwithoutrepetitionitwouldbeabout
30,000.[AhmadShaakirscommentaryonSuyooteesAlfiyah,pp.218222]
***
ImaamBukhaarionlywantedtocompileamanualofhadeethaccordingtothewishesofhisshaykh,Ishaaq
IbnRaahwayh.[AlKhateebAlBaghdaadee,TaareekhAlBaghdaad]
Andthetitlewhichhe(ImaamBukhaari)gavetohisbookwasnotSaheehAlBukhaari,buthenamedit
AlJaamiAlMusnadAsSaheehAlMukhtasarMinUmoorRasoolAllaahWaSunanihiWaAyyaamih.
[IbnAsSalaah,UloomAlHadeeth,2425]
Sayings of Imam Sufyan ath-Thawri (r.a.)
1.) Abdullah ibn Al-Mubaraak reported that Sufyaan Ath-Thauree said:

Beware of filling your stomachs, for doing so hardens the
heart. And suppress your anger. And do not laugh too much,
for laughing a great deal kills the heart.
2.) Khalf ib Tameem reported that he heard Sufyaan say, The vision
of ones eyes is meant for this world, and the vision of ones
heart is meant for the hereafter. When a man looks with his
eyes, he benefits naught. It is when he looks with his heart
that he benefits.
3.) Abdul-Azeez ibn Abu Uthmaan reproted that Sufyaan Ath-Thauree
(may Allaah have mercy on him) said, Live moderately. Beware of
imitating arrogant people. And in your food, drink, clothing,
and means of conveyance, seek out that which is not
specifically purchased by profligate and extravagant spenders.
And when you seek out advice, let the people you go for advice
be the people of piety people who fear Allah (the Possessor
of might and majesty) and who are trustworthy.
4.) Sufyaan said, It used to be said: Fear being put to trial by a
worshipper who is ignorant and by the scholar who is evil, for
the trials of these two kinds of people are a severe test for
those who are weak.

5.) Wakee reported that he heard Sufyaan say, Were certainty of
faith to become firmly fixed in the hearts of people, each
person would become excitedly hopeful or extremely fearful
hopeful for (rewards from) Allah, the Possessor of might and
majesty, or fearful of the Hellfire.
6.) Sufyaan Ath-Thauree said, True certainty of faith means not to
accuse your Lord of any of the things that befall you.
7.) Ahmad Ibn Younus reported that someone asked Sufyaan AthThauree, How did you become acquainted with your Lord? he
responded, I became acquainted with Him when I noticed that I
lost my determination and when an endeavor of mine ended in
naught. This perhaps means: It was through my weakness and
inability that I came to know and appreciate His almightiness and
infinite power.
8.) Al-Firyabee reported that Sufyaan Ath-Thauree said, The only
situation which I feel is analogous to the departure of a
believer from this world is the departure of a baby from its
mothers womb, from the gloominess (inside of its mothers
womb) to the spirit (and freshness) of the world.
9.) Sufyaan Ath-Thauree said, It has been conveyed to me (in a
Qudsee Hadeeth) that Allah, the Possessor of Might and Majesty, says,
When a scholar prefers this world (to the Hereafter), the least
I do to him is deprive him of the sweetness (and pleasure) of
privately invoking Me in his heart.
10.) Abdu-rahmaan ibn Abdullah Al-Basree reported that a man said
to Sufyaan, Advice me. Sufyaan said, Work for this world in
proportion to the time you will stay in it (which does not
amount to many years). And work for the Hereafter in
proportion to the time you will stay in it (for eternity)- and
peace (be upon you).
11.) Yousuf Ibn Asbaat related that he once heard Sufyaan Ath-Thauree
say, In our view, a person does not have an understanding of
the religion until he thinks of a hardship as a blessing, and
comfort and luxury as being a hardship.
12.) Sufyaan Ath-Thauree once said to some of his students, Do you
know what the meaning of La Haula Wa-la Quwwata Illa Billaah
(which translates into English as: There is neither power not
might except with Allah)? He then said, It means: (O Allah)

none can give except what you have given, and none can
preserve anything other than what you preserve.
13.) Ibn Dawood related that he heard Sufyaan say, If you want
your marriage proposal to be accepted, then gift to the mother
(of the girl with whom you wish to get married).
14.) Wakee reported that Sufyaan said, Zuhd (desiring little from
this world because of ones preoccupation with the Hereafter)
means not having long-term hopes for this world, and it does
not mean eating coarse food and wearing a tattered robe.
15.) yahyaa ibn Yamaan related that he heard Sufyaan Ath-Thauree
say, Verily, the examples of this world are a loaf of bread over
which some honey is spread: a fly passes over it and has its
wing cut off (being caught in the stickiness of the honey); and
a loaf of dry bread: a fly passes over it and is unable to take
anything from it.
16.) Yahyaa ibn Yamaan also reported that he heard Sufyaan AthThauree say, Evil deeds are the disease, and the scholars are
the cure. Now, if scholars become corrupt, who will cure the
disease?
17.) Abdullah ibn Dawood reported that Sufyaan Ath-Thauree said,
Knowledge is sought after only so that once can use it to fear
Allah (and ward of hiss punishment); it is in this context that
knowledge is deemed a superior thing; otherwise, it is like all
other things. So knowledge is considered to be superior over
all things because it is meant to be used for the purpose of
fearing Allah (and warding off His punishment).
18.) hafs ibn Ghayyaath related that he heard Sufyaan Ath- Thauree
say, If you see a man doing something which (scholars) have
differed (i.e., there is more than one scholarly view in the
matter), and if you are of another view (i.e. if you feel that
what he is doing is disliked or prohibited), do not forbid or
prevent him from doing it.
19.) Sufyaan Ath-thauree said, A scholar is like a doctor: He place
his medicine over the are that is affected by the disease.
20.) Speaking about those who are afflicted with calamities in this
world, Imaan Sufyaan (may Allah have mercy on him) said, They are
not harmed by what they are afflicted with in this world; Allah
will compensate them for all of their hardships with Paradise.

21.) Qubaish related that he heard Sufyaan say, Love people in
proportion to the (good) deeds they perform. Become humble
and flexible when you are invited to perform a good deed, and
become rigid and defiant when you are invited to commit a
sin
22.) Salamah ibn Ghaffaar reported that Sufyaan said, If you want
to know the true value of this world, look at the value (and
character) of those people who have it (i.e., of those people
who are rich and prosperous).
Oneday,IsatinagatheringandwithuswasSaeedb.asSaaibatTaaifee.Duringthecourseofour
gathering,SaeedwascryingsomuchthatIbegantofeelcompassionandpitytowardshim.
Isaidtohim,OSaeed,youarelisteningtomespeakaboutthepeopleofParadise[andnotthepeopleof
theHellfire],sowhyareyoucrying?
Hereplied,OSufyan,andwhatshouldpreventmefromcrying?!Youarementioningthepeopleof
ParadiseandthegoodqualitiesthatmakespeopledeservingofParadise,andIdonotseethosequalitiesin
me!
SufynalThawr[d.161H/778CE]
(Readonpg152153,SalaahudDeenibnAleeibnAbdulMaujood,TheBiographyofSufyaanAth
Thauree.DarussalamPublishers.Riyadh:2005.)
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Therealmweliveiniscalledtheworld(dunyaa)becauseitisalowly(daniyyah)abode,andvaluable
possessionswehavearecalledwealth(maal)becausetheycauseapersontoleantowardsthemsothathe
nolongerstandsupright(maala)(ie.nolongeranuprightperson
Humble
in
Doing
Good,
Defiant
Against
Sins
Lovepeopleinproportiontothe(good)deedstheyperform.Becomehumbleandflexiblewhenyouare
invitedtoperformagooddeed,andbecomerigidanddefiantwhenyouareinvitedtocommitasin.
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KnowledgeissoughtafteronlysothatonecanuseittofearAllah(andwardoffHispunishment);itisin
thiscontextthatknowledgeisdeemedasuperiorthing;otherwise,itislikeallotherthings.
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Like
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Womb
TheonlysituationwhichIfeelisanalogoustothedepartureofabelieverfromthisworldisthedeparture
ofababyfromitsmotherswomb;fromthegloominess(insidethewomb)tothespirit(andfreshness)of
theworld.
Inadditiontotheanalogyofgloominess(ie.difficulties,fitan),anotherperspectiveisasfollows:The
wombisaplaceforgrowth,development,andpreparationforlifeoutsideofthewomb(ie.intheworld).
Eventsduringthisphasecanimpactthechildoutsidethewomb(ie.nutrition,infections).Similarlythe
dunyaisaplacetopreparefortheHereafter,andeventsindunyacanaffectoutcomeinHereafter.
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Dedicated to his life and works.
Whenever Allah, the Exalted prevents His believing servant from

something during this worldly life, He will bestow upon him something
which is better and more useful to him. It should be noted that this is
only granted to the believers.
Allaah(TheMostHigh)said:

AndWehavemadesomeofyouasatrialforothers:willyouhavepatience?[SoorahAlFurqaan]
ImaamIbnulQayyim(rahimahullaah)said:
Thisisuniversalamongstallthecreationtheyareputtotrialbyoneanother.ThosewhomtheMessengers
aresenttoareatrialfortheMessengersincallingthemtothetruth,exercisingpatienceinfacingtheir
harmandbearingthedifficultyinconveyingtheMessageoftheirLord.AndtheMessengersareatrialfor
thosewhomtheyhavebeensentto,astowhethertheywillobeyandaidthem,andtestifytothetruthof
thatwhichtheyhavebeensentwith;orwhethertheywilldisbelieve,rejectandfightthem.
The ignorant people are a trial for the scholars, as to whether

they will teach and advise them, whilst exercising patience in
teaching, advising, guiding them and been constant in that.
And the scholars are a trial for the ignorant people, as to whether
they will obey them and follow their example.
The subjects are a trial for the kings and the kings are a trial for
the subjects.
The poor people are a trial for the rich people and the rich people
are a trial for the poor people.
The weak people are a trial for the strong people and the strong
people are a trial for the weak people.
The leaders are put to trial by those who follow them and those
who follow are put to trial by way of the leaders.
The slave master is put to trial by way of his slaves and the
slaves are put to trial by way of the slave master.
A man is put to trial by way of his wife and his wife is put to trial
by way of him.
The men are put to trial by way of women and women are put to
trial by way of men.
The believers are put to trial by way of the disbelievers and the
disbelievers are put to trial by way of the believers.
Those who enjoin good and forbid evil are put to trial by way of
those whom they command good and forbid from evil, and those
commanded with good and forbidden from evil are put to trial by
way of those who command them with good and forbid them
from evil..
[Source:IghaathatulLuhfaan:2/170172]
When Allah granted Prophet Yoosuf (àlayhis-Salaam) physical beauty

it caused him to be locked up in the prison; but when Allah granted him
knowledge (when he interpreted the dream of the king) it not only took
him out of prison, but elevated his rank in society, clearly showing us
the virtue of knowledge and that physical beauty does not mean
anything.
The Rewards of Gratitude
Therewardofgratitudeisunlimited:
If you are grateful, I will add more (favours) unto you (Ibrhm
14:7)
Incontrast,otherrewardsanddivinefavoursareconditionaluponHiswill,forexample,relieffrom
poverty:
but if you fear poverty, soon will Allh enrich you, if He wills (atTawbah 9:28)
Answeringprayers:
Nay on Him would you call, and if it be His Will, He would remove
(the distress) which occasioned your call upon Him (al-Anm 6:41).
Rizq(sustenance,provision):
He gives Sustenance to whom He pleases (ash-Shura 42:19).
Forgiveness:
He forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills (alFath 48:14).

Divinemercy:
Again will Allh, after this, turn (in mercy) to whom He will (atTawbah 9:27).
ButAllhhasmadetherewardforgratitudefreefromanyconditions,asin:
And swiftly shall We reward those that (serve Us with) gratitude

(l Imrn 3:145).
But Allh will swiftly reward those who (serve Him) with gratitude (l
Imrn 3:144).
[Taken from an abridgement of Ibn al Qayyims original work entitled,
Uddat as-Sbireen wa Dhkirat by TaHa Publications]
Ten Types of Modesty
IbnulQayyim(Rahimahullah)mentionedinhisbookMadarijusSaalikeenVol.2Pg.267AlHayaa(i.e.
modesty)iscategorizedintotentypes:
1.ThemodestyofShame:ThisissimilartothemodestyofAdam(Alaihissalam)whenhefledin
paradiseaftereatingfromtheforbiddentree.AllahaskedhimAreyoufleeingformmeOAdambecause
ofyoursin?Hesaid:Nomylord!RatheritisoutofshamethatIfleefromyou!
2.Themodestythatresultsinyourealizingyourshortcomingssuchas;themodestyoftheangels,those
whopraiseAllahdayandnightandneverenervate.OntheDayofJudgmenttheywillsaySubhanaka!(i.e.
GlorybetoYou!)wedidnotworshipYouasYoudeservedtobeworshiped.
3.ThemodestyofMagnification:Thismodestyisaresultofknowledge.Theextentofknowledgethe
slavehasofhisLord,willdeterminehowmodestorshyofHimhe/sheis.
4.ThemodestyofGenerosity:ThisissimilartothemodestyoftheProphet(Sallahualaihiwa
salam)withthosepeopleheinvitedtothewalimah(i.e.marriagebanquet)ofZaynabBintJahsh
(Radiyallahuanha)andtheystayedwithhimlongerthannecessary,sohestoodupandwalkedaway
withoutsayingtothemLeave!.
5.ThemodestyofEmbarrassment:ThisissimilartothemodestyofAliIbnTalib(Radiyallahu
anhu)whenhewastooembarrassedtoasktheProphethimselfaboutthepreseminaldischargehewas
experiencing,becausehewasmarriedtohisdaughter.
6.ThemodestyofLowselfworth:Thisissimilartothemodestyoftheslaveinfrontofhislordwhenhe
asksHimforhisneeds,knowingthathedoesntdeserveit.InanarrationofBaniIsraelMusa(Alaihis
salam)said:Olord,aneedordesireofthislifearisesandIamtoomodesttoaskYouforitOlord!So
Allahrespondedtohimbysaying:Askmeforwhatwhateveryoulike,whetheritisthesaltforyour
doughorthefodderforyourherd!Anditispossiblethatthisisbecauseoftwothings:
7.ThemodestyofLove:Thisisthemodestyoftheonewholovesanother,andwhenhethinksinhisheart
oftheonehelovesduringhisabsence,hismodestyforhimisgreaterthanwhathefeelsforhiminhis
presenceandhedoesntevenknowwhy.Thereisnodoubtthattheloveofapersonhasastrongerand
moremagnificentauthorityovertheindividualthantheauthorityoftheonewhoconquersthebody
physically.Andbecauseofthis,kingsandeliteauthoritywonderinamazementaboutcreationandhow
theyareconqueredbecauseofthelovetheyhaveforsomeonegreaterthantheyareconqueredbypower
andphysicalauthority.WeaskedSheikhulIslamIbnTaymiyah(Rahimahullah)aboutthisissue,andI
mentionedthistohimandhejustsmiledanddidntsayanything.
8.ThemodestyofServitude:Thisisthetypeofmodestythatismixedwithloveandfearwhile
witnessingthatthereisnoperfectioninhisworshiporservitudetotheOneheworships.Andtheslave
acknowledgesthathisLordisgreaterandmoreopulentthanwhatheisofferingofworship,sohis
servitudetoAllahcauseshimtobemodestofHim,andthereisnowayaroundthis.
9.Themodestyofhonoranddignity:Themodestyofthenobleandprestigioussoul.ifhedoes
somethingthatisbeneathhiscaliber,eitherbyexertinghimselfordoingsomerandomactofgood,heis
modestdespitewhathehasexertedofhimselfwithatypeofmodestythatishonorableanddignified,and
therearetworeasonsforthis:
10.Themodestyofanindividualregardinghimself:Thisisthemodestyofthenoble,honorableand
dignifiedindividualduetohimbeingpleasedwiththefactthathehassomeshortcomings.Heprostrates
himselfoutofmodestyasifhehastwopersonalities.Heismodestwithoneregardingtheotherandthisis
themostcompleteformofmodesty.Iftheslaveismodestregardinghimselfthenheismorelikelytobe
modestinfrontofothers.
O hater and Abuser of the Ahlul hadeeth, be happy on establishing

your friendship with shaytaan.
The jihaad with decisive proofs [from the Book and the Sunnah] and
the tongue takes precedence over the jihaad with the sword and the
spear.
Polishing the Heart
AbuDardaaradiallaahuanhusaid:
ForeverythingthereisapolishandthepolishfortheheartisthedhikrofAllaah.
AlBayhaqeerelatesfromIbn'Umarradiallaahu'anhuthatAlIaahsMessengersallallaahu'alayhiwa
sallamsaid:
Foreverythingthereisapolish,andthepolishfortheheartsisthedhikr(remembrance)ofAllaah.There
isnothingmorepotentinsavingapersonfromthepunishmentofAllaahthanthedhikrofAllaah.Itwas
said:NotevenJihaadinthepathofAllaah.Sohereplied:Notevenifyouweretocontinuestrikingwith
yoursworduntilitbreaks.
[Saheeh:RelatedbyAhmad(4/352),fromMu'aadhibnJabalradiallaahu'anhu.Itwasauthenticatedbyal
AlbaaneeinSaheehulJaami(no.5644).]
Thereisnodoubtthatheartsbecomesrustyjustascopperandsilvercoinsbecomerusty.Thepolishfor
[thisrust]isthedhikrofAIlaah.Thisisbecause[dhikr]islikeapolish[whichpolishestheheart]likea
shinymirror.Whendhikrisleft,therustreturns.Butwhendhikrresumes,thentheheartis[again]
polished.
Andheartsbecomerustyduetotwothings:
(i)neglectingrememberingAllaah,and
(ii)committingsins.
Thepolishforthesetwothingsis:
(i)seekingAllaahsforgivenessand
(ii)dhikr.
[IbnAlQayyim;FromalIstiqaamahmagazineShawwal1418H/February1998]
Never do the love of song and the love of Qur'aan come together in a
persons heart except that one expels the other.
Traps of Iblees
ItisnotpossibletoencompassoneofIbleesevils,letaloneallofthem.SinceIbleesevilisofsixtypes,
IbleesremainsbehindthesonofAdamuntilhegetshimtodooneormoreofthesesixevils.
First:TheevilofKufrandShirkandenmitytoAllhandHisMessengersallallaahualayhiwasallam.If
hegainsthisfromthesonofAdam,hismoaningiseased,andherestsfromhisordealwiththisman.
Further,thisisthefirstthingIbleeswantsfromal'Abd(theworshipper).IfIbleesgainsthis,hemakesthis
personpartofhisarmy,oneofhissoldiers,andheappointshimasadeputyoragentagainstotherhuman
beings.Then,thispersonbecomesoneofthedeputiesorcallersofIblees.
Ifhedespairsofenticinghimwiththefirstevil,andifthispersonisoneofthoseforwhomitwaswritten
thathewouldbeaMusliminhismotherswomb,Ibleestriesthesecondclassofevil.
Second:Bid'ah(innovation).IbleeslovesBid'ahmorethandebaucheryanddisobediencebecausethe
harmofBid'ahisintheessenceofthereligion.Moreover,itisanunrepentablesinandisagainstthecallof
themessengersandisacalltoamessagedifferentfromtheoneconveyedbyArRasool.Bid'ahisagate
toKufrandShirk.Therefore,ifIbleesgainstheperformanceofBid'ahfromapersonandmakeshimone
ofthepeopleofBid'ah,healsobecomesoneofhisagentsandacallerofhis.
IfIbleesfailsandisunabletotrapAl'Abdatthisclass,andifheisoneofthosewhoweregrantedbyAllh
thegiftofAsSunnahandhatredofthepeopleofBid'ahanderror,heproceedstothethirdclassofevil.
Third:MajorSinsinvariousforms.Ibleesisverycovetousoflettingapersonfallintomajorsin,
especiallyifheisascholarwhoisfollowed.Ibleesiscovetousofthat,sothathemayrepelpeoplefrom
himandspreadhissinsanddisobedienceamongstthepeople.Heusessomepeopleashisagentstospread
thispersonssinsunderthefalsepretencethatthiswillhelpthemtogetclosertoAllh.Butinfactthis
personisthedeputyofIbleeswithoutknowingit.Forthosewhowouldlikeabominationtobespread
amongstthebelieversthereisagreattormentinthislifeandintheHereafterespeciallyiftheytakecharge
ofspreadingaboutenormities,notoutofadvice,butbyobeyingIbleesandbeinghisagent.Allthisisto
repelpeoplefromtheScholarandfromhisbenefit.
Furthermore,thesinsofthisperson(scholar),eveniftheyreachthesky,arelesstoAllhthanthesinsof
thosewhowouldliketospreadhissinsabout.Thescholarssinsarewrongdoingtohimself.Ifheseeks
forgivenessfromAllhandrepents,Allhwillaccepthisrepentance,andHewillchangehisbad
deedstogooddeeds.However,thesinofthosewhospreadaboutabominationsaredoingwrongtothe
believersbylookingfortheirmistakesandbyintendingtoexposethem.Allhisincloseobservation,and
Heknowsaboutthisambuscade.NothinghiddeninthechestorsoulishiddentoAllh.
IfIbleesisunabletosnareAl'Abdatthisdegreehemoveshimtothefourthclass.
Fourth:MinorSins.Thesesinsmayruinapersoniftheyaccumulate.ThatiswhyArRasoolsallallaahu
'alayhiwasallamsaid,
Beawareoftheminorsins,becausethesimileoftheminorsinislikethepeoplewhowenttoadesert.
Thenhesallallaahu'alayhiwasallammentionedaHadeeththemeaningofwhichisthateveryoneofthem
broughtastickofwooduntiltheyhadkindledahugefire(justastheminorsinsadduplittlebylittleuntil
theybecomeamajorsin).
Thepersoncontinuestakingthematterofminorsinseasilyuntilheconsiderstheminconsequential.
Therefore,apersonwhocommitsmajorsinsbutfearstheireffectisinabetterconditionthanheis.
IftheAl'AbdhaspreventedIbleesfromtrappinghimatthislevel,hemoveshimtothefifthlevel.
Fifth:tooccupyhimselfwithpermissiblethingsthatdonotgainhimrewardorpunishment.However,
thepunishmentofthisleveliscausedbypassingtherewardmissedbybeingoccupiedwiththesedeeds.If
Al'AbdhaskeptIbleesfromsucceedingatthislevel,andifheiscarefulabouthistime,beingcovetous
withit,knowsthevalueofmoments,andknowsthevalueofwhatcomesofcomfortortorment,Iblees
transfershimtothesixthlevel.
Sixth:tooccupyhimwithdeedsoflesserrewardtokeepvirtueawayfromhimandtopreventhimfrom
attainingtherewardofthefavoureddeed.
Therefore,heordershimtodoagoodactionwithlessrewardifthatincludesleavingabetteraction.Very
fewpeopleareawareofthis.Becauseifapersonfeelsastrongurgetosomekindofobedience,hedoesnot
doubtthatitistrueobedienceandthatheisgettingclosertoAllh.Heneverthinksthatthiscallisfrom
IbleesbecausehebelievesthatIbleesnevercallsonetodogood.Therefore,hethinksthatthiscallisfrom
Allh.ActuallyheisexcusedbecauseheneverknewthatIbleeswouldcallonetoseventydoorsofgood
deedseithertogethimtoonedoorofevilortoletabetterdeedthantheseseventydeedspassawayfrom
him.
ThiscannotbeknownexceptbyalightfromAllh,alightheinstilsintheheartofAl'Abd.Thesourceof
thistypeofknowledgeisfollowingthewayofArRasoolsallallaahu'alayhiwasallamandtaking
careofthelevelsofdeedswithAllh,thedeedsofHisfavouredones,thedeedsmorepleasingtoHim,
andthosemorebeneficialtoAl'Abd,anddeedsthathavemoreNaseehah(guidance)fromAllh,His
Rasool,HisBook,andHisbelievingworshippers.Noonehasthistypeofknowledgeexceptthe
inheritorsofArRasoolsallallaahu'alayhiwasallam,hisdeputiesintheUmmah,andhissuccessorson
earth.Inaddition,mostofthecreationisscreenedfromthis.Thiscalldoesnotcometotheirhearts.Allh
givesHisfavourtowhomeverHewillsfromamongHisworshippers.
IfAl'AbdpreventsIbleesfromtrappinghimatanyofthesesixlevels,andifitbecomesdifficultfor
Iblees,heempowershispartyofjinnandhumanbeingswithdifferentkindsofharm,imputingdisbeliefto
him,callinghimmisguidedandaninnovator,warningpeopleagainsthim,andintendingtoweakenhim
andtodisturbhisheart.
Iblees,byusingthismethod,triestoconfusethispersonsthinkingandtriestopreventpeoplefrom
benefitingfromhim.ThereforeIbleesexpendshisutmostefforttoempowerthedefendersoffalsehood,
fromhumanbeingsandfromjinn,againsthim.Thenthebelieverisatwaruntildeath.Wheneverhe
givesup,heishurtoristakencaptive.HencethebelieverisinJihaduntilhemeetswithAllh.
[fromAtTafseerAlQayyimofShaikhIbnAlQayyim[AlHijramagazine]]
Thebenefitsgainedbyloweringonesgaze:
1.Thedelightandsweetnessofmn.
2.Theilluminationoftheheart,andclearperceptionandinsight.
3.Thestrengthoftheheart,anditssteadfastnessandcourageousness.
Three Levels of Taqwaa
Taqwaahasthreelevels:
Thefirst:Protectingtheheartandlimbsfromsinsandallforbiddenmatters.
Thesecond:Protectingtheheartandlimbsformdislikedmatters[Makrooh].
Thethird:Protectingoneselffromthefudool[curiosity]andwhatdoesnotconcernhim.
Thefirstgivestheservanthislife,thesecondgiveshimhealthandstrengthandthethirdenableshimto
gainhappiness,contentmentandlight.
[IbnalQayyim;AlFawaaid:P45]
Wasting time is more severe than death, for wasting time cuts you off
from Allaah and the Abode of the Hereafter, whereas death cuts you off
from the dunyaa and its people.

To Allaah belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, yet He
asks a loan from you (i.e. giving charity) but you are stingy. He created
the seven seas, but He loved a tear from you (out of fear of Him) but
your eyes were tearless.
Different Perspectives on Patience
Patiencemaybeoftwotypes,eitherphysicalorpsychological,andbothtypesmayeitherbebychoice,or
withoutchoice,asfollows:
1 Physical patience by choice, such as doing hard labour willingly.

2 Physical patience without choice, such as patiently bearing
illness, beatings and extremes of heat and cold.
3 Psychological patience by choice, such as refraining from things
which both the Sharah and common sense say are wrong.
4 Psychological patience without choice, such as patiently bearing

an enforced separation from one whom you love.
Differentdegreesofpatience
Asmentionedabove,patienceisoftwotypes,bychoiceorwithoutchoice.Patiencebychoiceisofa
higherstatusthanpatiencewithoutchoice,asthelatteriscommontoallpeople,buttheformerisnot
attainablebyall.ThereforethepatienceofYsufindisobeyingthewifeofalAzz,andhispatiencein
bearingtheresultingpunishment,isofhigherstatusthanhispatienceinresponsetohisbrothersactions,
whentheythrewhiminthewell,separatedhimfromhisfatherandsoldhimasaslave.Thissuperior,
voluntary,patienceisthepatienceoftheProphets,ofIbrhm,Ms,Nh,sandtheSealofthe
Prophets,Muhammad(SallallaahualaihiwaSallam).TheirpatiencewasincallingthepeopletoAllhand
instrivingagainsttheenemiesofAllh.
Thepatienceofmenandthepatienceofanimals
Thesefourtypesofpatienceapplyonlytohumanbeings.Animalsshareonlythetwotypesofpatiencein
whichthereisnochoice,andmanisdistinguishedbyhavingthepatienceinwhichthereischoice.
However,manypeoplehaveonlythetypesofpatiencethatanimalshave,i.e.patiencewithoutchoice.
Thepatienceofjinn
Jinnsharethequalityofpatiencewithhumans,astheyareresponsiblefortheiractionslikehumansare.
TheyneedpatiencetofulfiltheirresponsibilitiestowardsAllhthesamewaythatwedo.Onemightask:
aretheyresponsibleinthesamewaythatweare,orinadifferentway?Theansweristhatwithregardto
mattersofemotionandfeelingstheyareresponsiblejustasweare,andsharetheobligationtoloveforthe
sakeofAllhandhateforAllh,tobelieveandhavefaith,totakebelieversforfriendsandunbelieversfor
enemies,etc.Butasfarasphysicalmatterssuchasghusl,wud,washingafterrelievingoneselfand
circumcisionareconcerned,theyarenotthesameasus.Theirdutiesinthatregardareinaccordancewith
thewaytheyarecreated.
Thepatienceoftheangels
Anotherquestionthatmayariseis:Doangelshavepatience?Theansweristhatangelsarenottestedwith
whimsanddesiresthatcontradicttheirreasonandknowledge.Forthem,worshippingandobeyingAllh
arelikebreathingisforus.Thereforetheangelsdonotneedpatience,becausepatienceisneededwhenone
hasconflictingmotives,religionandreasonoppositetowhimsanddesires.However,theangelsmayhave
somekindofpatiencewhichbefitsthemandmakesthempersevereindoingwhattheywerecreatedfor.
PatienceofManIfamanspatienceisstrongerthanhiswhimsanddesires,thenheislikeanangel,
butifhiswhimsanddesiresarestrongerthanhispatience,thenheislikeadevil.Ifhisdesirefor
food,drinkandsexisstrongerthanhispatience,thenheisnobetterthanananimal.
Qatdahsaid:
Allhcreatedangelswithreasonandnodesires,animalswithdesiresandnoreason,andmanwithboth
reasonanddesires.
Soifamansreasonisstrongerthanhisdesireheislikeanangel,andifhisdesiresarestrongerthan
hisreason,thenheislikeananimal.Alittlebabyhasonlythedesireforfoodwhenheneedsit,andhis
patienceislikethepatienceofanimals.Untilhereachesanagewhenhecantellwhatiswhat,hehasno
choice.Whenhegrowsalittleolderanddevelopsadesiretoplay,thenhispatiencebychoicewilldevelop.
Hewillstarttoknowwhatpatiencemeanswhenhissexualdesiredevelops.Atthesametime,hispowerof
reasoningisalsodeveloping,butbetweentheagewhenhecantellrightfromwrongandtheageofpuberty,
allhecanseeishisowninterestsinthisworld,andwhatmightmakelifegoodorbad.Thislimitedview
willremainuntilheisguidedbyAllh,thenhewillhavethefullpictureandbegintothinkofhisinterests
bothinthislifeandthehereafter.Hewillbecomeawareofwheredifferentactionsmaylead,andwill
preparehimselfforalongstrugglewithhisdesiresandnaturalinclinations.
[UddatasSbireenwaDhkirat]
Sincerity is not combined in the heart along with the love of being
praised by the people, and being commended by them, and also
having greed for what the people have, except like water being
combined with fire.
Six Etiquettes of Learning
Therearesixstagestoknowledge:
Firstly:Askingquestionsinagoodmanner.
Secondly:Remainingquietandlisteningattentively.
Thirdly:Understandingwell.
Fourthly:Memorising.
Fifthly:Teaching.
Sixthlyanditisitsfruit:Actingupontheknowledgeandkeepingtoitslimits.
[IbnalQayyim;MifthDrusSadah(p.283).]
If one does not spend ones time for Allaahs sake, then it is better to
die.
The Best Things to do
TheysaythatthebestworshipistodowhatwillpleasetheLordateverytimeinaccordancewithwhat
thatparticulartimecallsfor.
So,thebestactsofworshipduringthetimeofJihadisJihad,evenifthisleadstoabandoningcertainrituals
suchasnightprayer,fasting,etc.Infact,thisappliesevenifyouaretonotprayacompleteobligatory
prayerasyouwouldintimesofsafetyandcalm.
Andthebestthingtodowhenyouhaveaguest,forexample,istoseetohisrightsasaguestandto
preoccupyyourselfwiththatinsteadoftherecommendedritualsyouwouldusuallyengageinatthetime.
Suchisalsothecaseinfulfillingtherightsofyourwifeandfamily.
Thebestthingtododuringtheearlymorninghoursistobepreoccupiedwithprayer,Quran,supplication,
remembranceofAllah,andaskingHisForgiveness.
Thebestthingtodowhenteachingastudentorignorantpersonistocompletelyturnyourattention
towardsteachinghim.
Thebestthingtododuringthecalltoprayeristoleavewhateverritualsyouareengagedinandtooccupy
yourselfwithrepeatingaftertheonemakingthecall.
Thebestthingtododuringthefiveprayersistotryyourbestincarryingthemoutinthebestpossible
mannerandtorushtoperformthemrightaway,andtogoouttothemosqueevenifitisfarisbetter.
Thebestthingtodowhensomeoneneedshelpphysicallyorfinanciallyistobusyyourselfwithhelping
thatperson,relievinghisdistress,andtoplacethisasapriorityoveryourprivateworshipthatyoud
usuallybeengagedin.
ThebestthingtodowhenrecitingtheQuranistohaveyourheartandmindpresentinordertoreflectover
andunderstanditasifAllahispersonallyaddressingyouwithit.So,tohaveyourheartpresentto
understandandreflectoveritandtohavethezealtoimplementitscommandsisgreaterthanthe
attentivenessoftheheartofonewhohasreceivedamessagefromtherulertothatmessage.
ThebestthingtodowhenstandingatArafahistoexertyourselfinbeinghumblebeforeAllah,
supplicating,andrememberingHiminsteadoffasting.
ThebestthingtododuringthefirsttendaysofDhualHijjahistoincreaseinworship,especiallysaying
AllahuAkbar,LailahaillaAllah,andalhamdulilLah.ThisisbetterherethantheJihadthatisnotan
individualobligation.
ThebestthingtododuringthelasttennightsofRamadanistostayinthemosqueandtosecludeyourself
initwithoutmixingwithothersandbeingdistractedbythem.Thisistothepointthatitisbetterthan
teachingthemandpracticingtheQuranwiththemaccordingtomanyofthescholars.
Thebestthingtodowhenyouhaveabrotherwhoissickordyingistovisithim,attendhisfuneral,andto
preferthisoveryourprivateworshiporsocialactivities.
Andthebestthingtodowhenadisasterbefallsyouorpeoplehurtyouistofulfilltheobligationofhaving
patiencewhilecontinuingtointeractwiththemandnotrunningfromthem,sincethebelieverwhomixes
withpeopleandispatientdespitetheirharmtohimisbetterthanthebelieverwhodoesntmixwiththem
andisntharmedbythem.
Andthebestthingyoucaninteractwiththeminiswhateverisgood,andthisisbetterthantoseclude
yourselffromtheminsuchacase.Asforbadthings,itisbettertosecludeyourselffromtheminsucha
case.However,ifyouknowthatmixingwithinthiscasewillhelpremoveorreducethebad,itisbetterto
mixwiththemthantoabandonthem.
So,thebestthingtodoineverytimeandsituationiswhateverwillpleaseAllahatthatparticulartimeand
situationandtofocusontheforemostobligationatthatparticulartimeandwhateveritnecessitatesand
requires
[IbnalQayyim;MadarijasSalikin(1/188)]
It is quite amazing how it can be easy upon a person to be cautious

and wary with regards to [different impermissible acts such as]: eating
from unlawful means, oppression, adultery and fornication, stealing,
drinking intoxicants, looking at prohibited things and the likes, and yet
quite difficult for him to be careful about the movement of his tongue.
So bad that you find a person towards whom the people point to
concerning his practice of the Religion, his asceticism, and worship,
and despite this he says statements that anger Allaah greatly and he
shows no concern about this, yet this statement will take him [to a Fire]
that is farther than distance between east and west.
Love before Marriage
Imaam Ibn al-Qayyim said:
And the cure for this deadly illness (i.e. love before marriage) is for the
person that is afflicted to realize that this love is only due to his/her
own delusions and ignorance.
So upon such a person is to first and foremost strengthen their
Tawheed and reliance upon Allaah, and secondly to increase in worship
and busy themselves with it, so much so that they do not have any
spare time letting their minds wander and think about their beloved.
And they should call upon Allaah to protect them and save them from
this evil, just as Prophet Yusuf called upon Allaah and he was saved.
And they should do as he did, be as he was, in terms of ikhlaas
(sincerity) and remembering Allaah in abundance.
This is because if the heart is filled with ikhlaas for the sake of
Allaah, there will be no space left for any unlawful love to be
present, rather this only happens to a heart that is empty and
has no ikhlaas whatsoever.
And let such people remind themselves that whatever Allaah
has decreed for them is only in their own best interests, and
when Allaah commands something it is never to cause harm or
misery to His slaves.
And let them also remind themselves that their unlawful love
does not benefit them, neither in this world or the hereafter!
As for this world then they will be so preoccupied with their love that it
will cripple them and will cause them to live in a fantasy world. And as
for the hereafter then it will cause them to be preoccupied with the
love of the creation instead of love for the Creator!
These people need to be reminded, that the one who is emerged in
something will never see its ill effects, neither will the person who has
never experienced such things. The only people who will be able to
relate to them are those who have experienced the same thing but
have been saved. Such people can look back and realize how evil it is.
[ad-Daa wa ad-Dawaa p. 300]
Whoever would love that Allaah reciprocates his evil with goodness, let
him reciprocate the evil people do towards him with goodness.
There are those who do not see the effects of a sin, and they are
tricked by it. They dont realise that the sin can take effect after a
while.
Thirteen Meanings for Dhikr []
1.Itisintendedtomeanremembrancewiththetongue.
[Allaah(TheMostHigh)]said:

RememberAllahasyourememberyourforefathers.
[2:200]
2.Itisintendedtomeanpreservation.

Andrememberthatwhichistherein"
[2:63]
3.Itisintendedtomeanobedience.

ThereforerememberMe(bypraying,glorifying,etc.).Iwillrememberyou..
[2:152]
4.Itisintendedtomeanthefivedailyprayers.

Andwhenyouareinsafety,offertheSalat(prayer)"
[2:239]
5.Itisintendedtomeanremembrancewiththeheart.

(They)rememberAllahandaskforgivenessfortheirsins"
[3:135]
6.Itisintendedtomeanclarification.

DoyouwonderthattherehascometoyouaReminder..
[7:63]
7.Itisintendedtomeannews/information.

Say:Ishallrecitetoyousomethingofhisstory.
[18:83]
8.ItisintendedtomeanTawheed.

ButwhosoeverturnsawayfromMyReminder(i.e.neitherbelievesinthisQurannoractsonits
orders,etc.)
[20:124]
9.ItisintendedtomeantheQuraan.

Comesnotuntothemanadmonition(achapteroftheQuran)
[21:2]
10.Itisintendedtomeannobility/highstatus.

InwhichthereisDhikrukum,(yourReminderoranhonourforyoui.e.honourfortheonewhofollows
theteachingoftheQuranandactsonitsorders).
[21:10]
11.Itisintendedtomeanblemish/flaw.

Isthistheonewhotalks(badly)aboutyourgods?
[21:6]
12.ItisintendedtomeanAsrprayer.

[Alas!Ididlovethegood(thesehorses)]insteadofrememberingmyLord(inmyAsrprayer)
[38:32]
13.ItisintendedtomeantheJumaahSalah.

CometotheremembranceofAllah[Jumu'ahreligioustalk(Khutbah)andSalat(prayer)]
[62:9]
[Source:AlMudhish:page:2829]
As a whole, whoever sins, then sins remove away the blessings from
the Deen and the Dunyaa, so that he wont find any blessings in his
age [Life full of suffering and illnesses.], his religious affairs [Less good
deeds.] and his worldly affairs [A person may have much wealth, but
he may have a problem with his wife, children or the society abhors
him etc.].
Description of Paradise
IbnalQayyimsaid,inregardstothedescriptionoftheParadiseandthedelightsthatitcontains:
Andifyouaskaboutitsgroundanditssoil,thenitisofmuskandsaffron.
Andifyouaskaboutitsroof,thenitistheThroneoftheMostMerciful.
Andifyouaskaboutitsrocks,thentheyarepearlsandjewels.
Andifyouaskaboutitsbuildings,thentheyaremadeofbricksofgoldandsilver.
Andifyouaskaboutitstrees,thenitdoesnotcontainasingletreeexceptthatitstrunkismadeofgold
andsilver.
Andifyouaskaboutitsfruits,thentheyaresofterthanbutterandsweeterthanhoney.
Andifyouaskaboutitsleaves,thentheyaresofterthanthesoftestcloth.
Andifyouaskaboutitsrivers,thenthereareriversofmilkwhostastedoesnotchange,andriversof
winethatisdelicioustothosewhodrinkit,andriversofhoneythatispure,andriversofwaterthatisfresh.
Andifyouaskabouttheirfood,thenitisfruitsfromwhatevertheywillchoose,andthemeatofwhatever
birdstheydesire.
Andifyouaskabouttheirdrink,thenitisTasneem,ginger,andKaafoor.
Andifyouaskabouttheirdrinkingcups,thentheyarecrystalclearandmadeofgoldandsilver.
Andifyouaskaboutitsshade,thenafastriderwouldrideintheshadeofoneofitstreesforahundred
yearsandnotescapeit.
Andifyouaskaboutitsvastness,thenthelowestofitspeoplewouldhavewithinhiskingdomandwalls
andpalacesandgardensthedistancethatwouldbetravelledinathousandyears.
Andifyouaskaboutitstentsandencampments,thenonetentislikeaconcealedpearlthatissixty
mileslong.
Andifyouaskaboutitstowers,thentheyareroomsaboveroomsinbuildingsthathaveriversrunning
underneaththem.
Andifyouaskabouthowfaritreachesintothesky,thenlookattheshiningstarthatisvisible,aswell
asthosethatarefarintheheavensthattheeyesightcannotpossiblyreach.
Andifyouaskabouttheclothingofitsinhabitants,thentheyareofsilkandgold.
Andifyouaskaboutitsbeds,thenitsblanketsareofthefinestsilklaidoutinthehighestofitslevels.
Andifyouaskaboutthefacesofitsinhabitantsandtheirbeauty,thentheyareliketheimageofthe
Moon.
Andifyouaskabouttheirage,thentheyareyoungonesof33yearsintheimageofAdam,thefatherof
humanity.
Andifyouaskaboutwhattheywillbehearing,thenitisthesingingoftheirwivesfromamongtheHoor
alAyn,andbetterthanthatarethevoicesoftheAngelsandtheProphets,andbetterthanthatisthe
SpeechoftheLordoftheWorlds.
Andifyouaskabouttheirservants,thentheyareyoungboysofeverlastingyouthwhoresemble
scatteredpearls.
Andifyouaskabouttheirbridesandwives,thentheyareyoungandfullbreastedandhavehadthe
liquidofyouthflowthroughtheirlimbs;theSunrunsalongthebeautyofherfaceifsheshowsit,light
shinesfrombetweenherteethifshesmiles;ifyoumeetherlove,thensaywhateveryouwantregardingthe
joiningoftwolights;heseeshisfaceintheroundnessofhercheekasifheislookingintoapolished
mirror,andheseesthebrightnessfrombehindhermusclesandbones;ifsheweretobeunleasheduponthe
World,shewouldfillwhatisbetweentheHeavensandtheEarthwithabeautifulwind,andthemouthsof
thecreationwouldglorifiy,praise,andexclaimgreatness,andeverythingbetweentheEastandtheWest
wouldbeadornedforher,andeveryeyewouldbeshutfromeverthingbuther,andthelightoftheSun
wouldbeoutshonejustasthelightoftheSunoutshinesthelightofthestars,andeveryoneonthefaceof
theEarthwouldbelieveintheEverLiving,theOnewhoSustainsandProtectsalltheexists.
AndthecoveringonherheadisbetterthantheWorldandallthatisinit,andshedoesnotincreasewith
ageexceptinbeauty;freefromanumbilicalcord,childbirthandmenses,andpureofmucous,saliva,urine
andotherfilthythings;heryouthneverfades,herclothingisneverwornout,nogarmentcanbecreated
thatmatchesherbeauty,andnoonewhoiswithhercaneverbecomebored;herattentionisrestrictedto
herhusband,soshedesiresnonebuthim,justashisattentionisrestrictedtohersosheisthesoleobjectof
hisdesire,andheiswithherinutmostsafetyandsecurity,asnonehastouchedherbeforeofeitherhumans
orJinn.
Keepreading
The slave is not afflicted with a punishment greater than the hardening
of the heart and being distant from Allaah. For the Fire was created to
melt the hardened heart. The most distant heart from Allaah is the
heart which is hardened. If the heart becomes hardened, the eye
becomes dry.
O you who are patient! Bear a little more, just a little more remains.
If a mans patience is stronger than his whims and desires, then he is

like an angel, but if his whims and desires are stronger than his
patience, then he is like a devil.
Sabr and Shakwah [Patience and Complaint]
Shakwah (complaint) falls into two categories: The first type means to
complain to Allah, and this does not contradict patience. It is
demonstrated by several of the Prophets, for example, when Ya qub
(alaihi wa sallam) said:
"I only complain of my distraction and anguish to Allah. (Yusuf
12:86).
Earlier,Ya'qub(alaihiwasallam)hadsaid"sabrunjamil"whichmeans"patienceismostfittingforme.
TheQur'analsotellsusaboutAyyub:
"And (remember) Ayyub (Job), when he cried to his Lord, Truly distress
has seized me. (al-Anbiya 21:83).
Theepitomeofpatience,theProphet(SallallaahualaihiwaSallam),prayedtohisLord:
OAllah,IcomplaintoYouofmyweaknessandhelplessness"
Musa(alaihiwasallam)prayedtoAllah,saying:
OAllah,allpraiseisduetoYou,andcomplaintismadeonlytoYou,andYouaretheonlyOnefrom
WhomweseekhelpandinWhomweputourtrust,andthereisnopowerexceptbyYourhelp."
Thesecondtypeofcomplaintinvolvescomplainingtopeople,eitherdirectly,throughourwords,or
indirectly,throughthewaywelookandbehave.Thisiscontradictorytopatience.
Ibn Al-Qayyim Sayings
SomeofhisSayingsincludedthefollowing:
ThehighestrankofintentioninseekingknowledgeisseekingknowledgeoftheQuranandSunnahand
knowledgeofthelawsofAllah.Themeanestintentionsarethoseseekingtheanswerstohypothetical
questions,thatisneitherdivinenorreal,orthosewhoarehesitantandfollowthewordsofothersanddo
nothaveanyintentiontoknowwhatisright.Itisrareifanyofthoseobtainbenefitfromgaining
knowledge[alFawwaid]
WheneverAllah,theExaltedpreventsHisbelievingservantfromsomethingduringthisworldlylife,He
willbestowuponhimsomethingwhichisbetterandmoreusefultohim.Itshouldbenotedthatthisisonly
grantedtothebelievers.[alFawwaid]
TheProphet(peacebeuponhim)establishedarelationshipbetweenthefearofAllahandgoodcharacter,
becausefearingAllahimprovestherelationbetweentheservantandAllah,andgoodcharacterimproves
therelationbetweenapersonandothers.Therefore,fearingAllahmakesitpossibleforAllahtolovehim,
andgoodmannersmakesitpossibleforpeopletolovethatperson.[alFawwaid]
BesatisfiedwithwhateverAllahgrantsyoufromthisworldlylife.Walkingthereonislikewalkingina
landthatisfilledwithbeasts,andwaterthatteamswithcrocodiles.Thatwhichcausesdelight,turnstobe
thesourceofgrief.Painisfoundinthemidstofpleasures,anddelightsarederivedfromitssorrows.Asa
birdseesthewheat,sodoesonesinsightperceivepolytheism,whilevaindesiresrenderitsholderblind.
[alFawwaid]
WhosoevercauseshishearttosettlewithhisLordshallfindhimselfinacalmandtranquilconditionand
whosoeversendsitamongstthepeopleshallbedisturbedandexcessivelyperturbed.(TheHardnessof
TheHeart)
QuotesFromTheSalaf
AshShabeesaid:
312]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
170]
byAlAajurree,p.58]
ImaamMaaliksaid:
Intiqaa,p.37]
IbnAdbilBarrsaid:
IlmWaFadhlih,1/54]
BattahinAlIbaanah]
IbnShubrumahsaid:
Hereplied:
ImaamAhmadsaid:
11/177358]
IbnAbbaassaid:
AbooBakrsaid:
inHilyatulAwliyaah]
asSunnahwalJamaaah]
358]
11/177358]
AbuadDarda(ra)said:
AlIbaanah]
EesaaIbnMaryamsaid:
Dhahabee,9/549553]
IbnMasoodsaid:
whatHemandated].[]
IbnMasoodsaid:
TalqibnHabeebsaid:
ImamAlAwzaaisaid:
Shubrumahsaid:
IbnAbbaassaid:
IbnUmarsaid:
Mujaahidsaid:
Daarimee,1/121]
[AlHilyah,7/26]
AbuHaatimsaid:
AsSaffaareeneesaid:
p.101]
Ataareported:
[AsSiyar,8/297]
loved.[]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
2/30]
OneoftheSalafsaid:
MaalikBinDinarsaid:
AhmadinKitabAlZuhd]
Healsosaid:
all.[Ibid]
Muhaaribsaid:
Masrooqnarrated:
AnasbinMaliksaid:
Nubala,3/355]
AbuAlAliyahsaid:
ImaamAhmadsaid:
34]
MuawiyahBinAwssaid:
ImaamMaaliksaid:
SomeoftheSalafsaid:
Aleesaid:
ImaamMaliksaid:
UbaydBinJafarsaid:
IbnSamaàhsaid:
ImaamMaaliksaid:
50]
[Ilaam,2/361]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
SufyanBinUyaynah:
AlHasanalBasrisaid:
ImamAshShaatibi]
AbuBakrsaid:
that:
isnad]
AbuAmrbinalAlasaid:
alHasanalLuluisaid:
Huffadh,1/219]
BakralMuzanisaid:
p.359]
ImaamMaaliksaid:
HatimBinAlAsimsaid:
198]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
ImaamAhmadsaid:
ImaamBukhaareesaid:
Madarik]
Qayyim]
ImaamMaaliksaid:
Ayaad,vol.2,p.88]
SomeoftheSalafsaid:
Sunnah.[]
Zuhreesaid:
AhmadIbnHarbsaid:
AbooQatnnarrated:
IbnWahbnarrated:
[AsSiyaar,7/296]
Abdaannarrated:
Alaanarrated:
Aaishahsaid:
ImaamBukhaareesaid:
AbooAasimsaid:
AliBinAlFudaylsaid:
AbooAlAshhabsaid:
QaasimalJooeesaid:
AlHasanAlBasrisaid:
Judgement.[]
prayingitwell.
ImaamAhmadsaid:
10/167]
Hereplied:
SadbinIbraheemsaid:
intention.[]
character.
AbuHurayrahsaid:
AlHasanAlBasrisaid:
AlHasanAlBasrisaid:
UmayrBinIshaqsaid:
IbnMasoodsaid:
marryher?
willnotwrongher.[]
54]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
ImaamAhmadsaid:
ImaamAhmadsaid:
Ahmad,p.205]
ImaamMaaliksaid:
ImaamMaaliksaid:
Kalaam(q/173/a)]
IshaaqIbnEesaasaid:
Sunnah,1/189]
Nubulaa,10/60]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
Shaatibee,1/172]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
79]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
ImaamBukhaareesaid:
165]
156]
[AdDaarimee,96]
AbooDardaasaid:
AbooHaneefahsaid:
KabalAhbaarsaid:
AbooDardasaid:
IbnAbiDunyawrote:
ImamAlShafieesaid:
AlIlm,120]
[KitaabAlIlm,147]
AshShabisaid:
ImamShafisaid,
QaasimalJooeesaid:
1/61]
Muaadh(ra)said:
ibnAsaakir,55/173]
AbooHaseensaid:
Nisaaee,#78]
Someofthesalafsaid,
theirswords.[]
IbnMasood(ra)said:
havetaughtus[2:32]
HafsIbnSayyaarsaid:
Shurayhsaid:
p.197]
hereafter.[]
heart.[]
HatimalAsammsaid:
SufyanalThawrisaid:
WahbBinMunbihsaid:
Hereafter.[]
IbnMasoodsaid:
IbnJawzisaid:
AlAwzaaeesaid:
Battah]
OneoftheSalafsaid:
OneoftheSalafsaid:
YoonusIbnUbaydsaid:
IbnBatta,#20]
AhmadibnHarbstated:
Rumaysah]

Shuab,7/11197]
AbooBakrsaid:
Buldaan,1/142]
IbnAbeeRawaadsaid:
Hakamiyah,p.240]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
YahyaaIbnAadamsaid:
IbnRajabsaid:
Maaarif,p.70]
Nuaym,1/79]
AbualDhayyalsaid:
ImamAhmadsaid:
Tabaree,4/306]
ImaamMaaliksaid:
Wara.Article68]
1/428]
AbeeDunyaa,p.45]
Hubayrahsaid:
AlQurtubeesaid:
IbnAbbaas(ra)said:
AlQaadheeIyaadsaid:
AlAwzaaeesaid:
7/194]
IbnAbbaassaid:
AlAwzaaeesaid:
Shuab,p.6752]
Shuab,p.6880]
IbnAlMubaaraksaid:
Siyar,10/473]
gavemyself.
Thesalafusedtosay:
Maghrib,p.105]
[AdDaarimee,96]
ImaamMaaliksaid:
IbnAbbas(ra)said:
sinsofothers.
others.
AbooHaatimsaid:
ee
YounusIbnUbaydsaid:
32/524]
AhmadIbnHarbsaid:
Ihyaa,4/568]
p.194]
Qabeesahsaid:
AbulMinhaalsaid:
ofImaamAhmad,p.396]
NuaymalAsbahaanee]
AhmadIbnAasimsaid:
ZuhdAlKabeer,p.228]
TalqIbnHabeebsaid:
Musannaf,7/182]
Jafarsaid:
AlAwzaaeesaid:
2/1107]
IbnUyaynahsaid:
13/15]
AbudDardaasaid:
Aaishahsaid:
AlQurtubeesaid:
inHilyatulAwliyaah]
Hasansaid:
Shuab,7/11197]
Shaykh,p.54]
IbnAlQayyimsaid:
IbnAlQayyimsaid:
FudaylIbnIyaadasid:
p.169]
p.197]
IbnAlMubaaraksaid:
FudaylIbnIyaadsaid:
UloomWalHikam,p.77]
Vol.10,Pp.616621]
HasanAlBasreesaid:
2/155]
AlAhnafIbnQayssaid:
Vol.10,Pp.656658]
IbnAbdilBarrsaid:
[AtTamheed,1/168]
WahbIbnMunbihsaid:
Muaadh(ra)said:
1/61]
AbuAdDardaasaid:
IbnSireensaid:
15]
IbnAbbaassaid:
Muslim,1/1315]
AbooAlAaliyahsaid:
IbnAlMubaaraksaid:
p.383]
ImaamAnNawaweesaid:
Siyar,4/9]
p.119]
Talqb.Habeebsaid:
Tawbaharticle62]
p.384]
UbaydIbnYaeeshsaid:
AbuDardaasaid:
AdDeen,1/63]
usedtosplithisday.
AshShubisaid:
AshShaafieesaid:
RaafiIbnAshrassaid:
Tirmidhee,1/50]
Atausedtosay:
2/193]
Saheeh]
IbnMasoodsaid:
MalikIbnDinarsaid:
ImamAhmadsaid:
fromher.
Sallaabee,p.580]
spoke:
bayaanAlIlm,1/92]
IbnAbdilBarrsaid:
AlZafraaneesaid:
Legislationp.537]
Daarimee,301]
ImaanMaaliksaid:
YahyaaIbnMaeensaid:
AlAsbahaaneesaid:
AdhDhahabeesaid:
SomeoftheSalafsaid:
IbnQudaamahsaid:
IbnAlQayyimsaid:
AshShawkaaneesays:
IbnAlJawzeesaid:
Shaafiee,p.68]
Tabaree,4/359]
ImaamMaaliksaid:
Fadhlihi]
AlBadaweesaid:
AshShabeesaid:
Zuhreesaid:
Fadhlihi,4/94]
IbnAlQayyimsaid:
IbnAbbaassaid:
IbnKatheer,2/114
Tabaree,4/135]
2/382]
IbnAlQayyimsaid:
IbnTaymiyyahsaid:
AlaaAlAkhnaaee]
IbnHazmsaid:
Nihaayah,7/319]
TheSalafwouldsay:
IbnalQayyimsaid:
AleeIbnHusaynsaid:
IbnHibbaansaid:
IbnHibban:
[ArRawdhah,p.173]

AbooHaatimsaid:
ImamAlShafieesaid:
Yazeedsaid:
IbnTaymiyyahsaid:
AlFataawa,10/449]
Mujaahid:
IbnAlQayyimsaid:
IbnAlJawzeesaid:
dothat.
Said,p.232]
IbnRajabsaid:
ImaamAhmadsaid:
byIbnBattah,2/472]
Aaishahsaid:
AbooBakrsaid:
AbooBakrsaid:
AbooDardasaid:
AbulAhwassaid:
Noor430]
IbnalQayyimsaid:
IbnalJawzeesaid:
8/469]
AlAwzaaeesaid:
FudaylIbnIyaadsaid:
p.62]
2/64]
IbnMubaaraksaid:
AbooQilaabahsaid:
SaeedIbnJubayrsaid:
Oneofthesalafsaid:
12/245]
MatrAlWarraaqsaid:
SaeedIbnAamirsaid:
Hilyah,3/32]
SomeoftheSalafsaid:
Madkhaal,804]
OneoftheSalafsaid:
[AsSiyar10/49]
Saalikeen:1/512]
IbnRushdsaid:
IbnWahb:
BayaanAlilm,1/250]
IbnIjlansaid:
AlAwzaaeesaid:
FudaylIbnIyaadsaid:
[AlItisaam,p.62]
2/64]
IbnMubaaraksaid:
AbooQilaabahsaid:
SaeedIbnJubayrsaid:
Oneofthesalafsaid:
12/245]
MatrAlWarraaqsaid:
SaeedIbnAamirsaid:
Hilyah,3/32]
AlQurtubeesaid:
Shaybah,#99]
ImaamBukhaareesaid:
Nisaa,p.219]
AbuDardaasaid:
Shaybah]
Awliyaa,pp.133134]
leavemybody.
AlAwliaa,10/119]
[AlaamAlMuwaqqieen]
p.31]
Nihaayah,7/319]
AlBayhaqisaid:
Hanbal,Ilal,1/383]
ImaamBukhaarisaid:
FudaylibnIyaadsaid:
ImamShafieesaid:
Nawawi]
Safwah,2/416]
IbnAbbaassaid:
Gems Of Knowledge
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Hisproofis:
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that he benefits.
those who are weak.
infinite power.

anything from it.
disease?
sin
me!
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Humble
in
Doing
Good,
Defiant
Against
Sins
Read more...
True
Purpose
of
Seeking
Knowledge
Read more...
Dunya
is
Like
the
Womb
theworld.
GMQ




the subjects.
by way of him.
from evil..

anything.
14:7)
poverty:
Answeringprayers:
Forgiveness:

Divinemercy:

(l Imrn 3:145).
Imrn 3:144).

spear.
Polishing the Heart
sallamsaid:
polished.
(ii)committingsins.
(ii)dhikr.
Traps of Iblees
him.



Thepatienceofjinn
Qatdahsaid:
reasonanddesires.
combined with fire.
Fifthly:Teaching.
die.
towardsteachinghim.
usuallybeengagedin.
requires

while.

[2:200]

[2:63]

[2:152]

[2:239]

[3:135]

[7:63]

[18:83]

orders,etc.)
[20:124]

[21:2]

[21:10]

[21:6]

[38:32]

[62:9]
him etc.].
andsilver.
birdstheydesire.
mileslong.
underneaththem.
Moon.
humanity.
scatteredpearls.
orJinn.
Keepreading
becomes dry.

12:86).
[alFawwaid]
TheHeart)
QuotesFromTheSalaf
AshShabeesaid:
312]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
170]
byAlAajurree,p.58]
ImaamMaaliksaid:
Intiqaa,p.37]
IbnAdbilBarrsaid:
IlmWaFadhlih,1/54]
BattahinAlIbaanah]
IbnShubrumahsaid:
Hereplied:
ImaamAhmadsaid:
11/177358]
IbnAbbaassaid:
AbooBakrsaid:
inHilyatulAwliyaah]
asSunnahwalJamaaah]
358]
11/177358]
AbuadDarda(ra)said:
AlIbaanah]
EesaaIbnMaryamsaid:
Dhahabee,9/549553]
IbnMasoodsaid:
whatHemandated].[]
IbnMasoodsaid:
TalqibnHabeebsaid:
ImamAlAwzaaisaid:
Shubrumahsaid:
IbnAbbaassaid:
IbnUmarsaid:
Mujaahidsaid:
Daarimee,1/121]
[AlHilyah,7/26]
AbuHaatimsaid:
AsSaffaareeneesaid:
p.101]
Ataareported:
[AsSiyar,8/297]
loved.[]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
2/30]
OneoftheSalafsaid:
MaalikBinDinarsaid:
AhmadinKitabAlZuhd]
Healsosaid:
all.[Ibid]
Muhaaribsaid:
Masrooqnarrated:
AnasbinMaliksaid:
Nubala,3/355]
AbuAlAliyahsaid:
ImaamAhmadsaid:
34]
MuawiyahBinAwssaid:
ImaamMaaliksaid:
SomeoftheSalafsaid:
Aleesaid:
ImaamMaliksaid:
UbaydBinJafarsaid:
IbnSamaàhsaid:
ImaamMaaliksaid:
50]
[Ilaam,2/361]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
SufyanBinUyaynah:
AlHasanalBasrisaid:
ImamAshShaatibi]
AbuBakrsaid:
that:
isnad]
AbuAmrbinalAlasaid:
alHasanalLuluisaid:
Huffadh,1/219]
BakralMuzanisaid:
p.359]
ImaamMaaliksaid:
HatimBinAlAsimsaid:
198]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
ImaamAhmadsaid:
ImaamBukhaareesaid:
Madarik]
Qayyim]
ImaamMaaliksaid:
Ayaad,vol.2,p.88]
SomeoftheSalafsaid:
Sunnah.[]
Zuhreesaid:
AhmadIbnHarbsaid:
AbooQatnnarrated:
IbnWahbnarrated:
[AsSiyaar,7/296]
Abdaannarrated:
Alaanarrated:
Aaishahsaid:
ImaamBukhaareesaid:
AbooAasimsaid:
AliBinAlFudaylsaid:
AbooAlAshhabsaid:
QaasimalJooeesaid:
AlHasanAlBasrisaid:
Judgement.[]
prayingitwell.
ImaamAhmadsaid:
10/167]
Hereplied:
SadbinIbraheemsaid:
intention.[]
character.
AbuHurayrahsaid:
AlHasanAlBasrisaid:
AlHasanAlBasrisaid:
UmayrBinIshaqsaid:
IbnMasoodsaid:
marryher?
willnotwrongher.[]
54]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
ImaamAhmadsaid:
ImaamAhmadsaid:
Ahmad,p.205]
ImaamMaaliksaid:
ImaamMaaliksaid:
Kalaam(q/173/a)]
IshaaqIbnEesaasaid:
Sunnah,1/189]
Nubulaa,10/60]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
Shaatibee,1/172]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
79]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
ImaamBukhaareesaid:
165]
156]
[AdDaarimee,96]
AbooDardaasaid:
AbooHaneefahsaid:
KabalAhbaarsaid:
AbooDardasaid:
IbnAbiDunyawrote:
ImamAlShafieesaid:
AlIlm,120]
[KitaabAlIlm,147]
AshShabisaid:
ImamShafisaid,
QaasimalJooeesaid:
1/61]
Muaadh(ra)said:
ibnAsaakir,55/173]
AbooHaseensaid:
Nisaaee,#78]
Someofthesalafsaid,
theirswords.[]
IbnMasood(ra)said:
havetaughtus[2:32]
HafsIbnSayyaarsaid:
Shurayhsaid:
p.197]
hereafter.[]
heart.[]
HatimalAsammsaid:
SufyanalThawrisaid:
WahbBinMunbihsaid:
Hereafter.[]
IbnMasoodsaid:
IbnJawzisaid:
AlAwzaaeesaid:
Battah]
OneoftheSalafsaid:
OneoftheSalafsaid:
YoonusIbnUbaydsaid:
IbnBatta,#20]
AhmadibnHarbstated:
Rumaysah]

Shuab,7/11197]
AbooBakrsaid:
Buldaan,1/142]
IbnAbeeRawaadsaid:
Hakamiyah,p.240]
ImaamAhmadsaid:
YahyaaIbnAadamsaid:
IbnRajabsaid:
Maaarif,p.70]
Nuaym,1/79]
AbualDhayyalsaid:
ImamAhmadsaid:
Tabaree,4/306]
ImaamMaaliksaid:
Wara.Article68]
1/428]
AbeeDunyaa,p.45]
Hubayrahsaid:
AlQurtubeesaid:
IbnAbbaas(ra)said:
AlQaadheeIyaadsaid:
AlAwzaaeesaid:
7/194]
IbnAbbaassaid:
AlAwzaaeesaid:
Shuab,p.6752]
Shuab,p.6880]
IbnAlMubaaraksaid:
Siyar,10/473]
gavemyself.
Thesalafusedtosay:
Maghrib,p.105]
[AdDaarimee,96]
ImaamMaaliksaid:
IbnAbbas(ra)said:
sinsofothers.
others.
AbooHaatimsaid:
ee
YounusIbnUbaydsaid:
32/524]
AhmadIbnHarbsaid:
Ihyaa,4/568]
p.194]
Qabeesahsaid:
AbulMinhaalsaid:
ofImaamAhmad,p.396]
NuaymalAsbahaanee]
AhmadIbnAasimsaid:
ZuhdAlKabeer,p.228]
TalqIbnHabeebsaid:
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To eat less is healthy, to speak less is wisdom, and to sleep less is

worship.
To speak less is wisdom, to eat less is healthy and to mingle less

with the people is safe and serene.
The one who steps back will not progress.
Nothing is worst than avarice that destroys the mind, not even
Alcohol.
It is unbecoming of that person who sits with his hands folded and
prays to ALLAH SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala for sustenance. ALLAH
SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala does not rain down gold and silver from the
heavens.
To earn a suspicious living is worse than begging.
The biggest gift after Iman (Faith) is your wives.
Attain knowledge before old age settles in.
Extravagance is also when a person eats whatever he wishes.
Whosoever hides his secret keeps his safety, safeguarded with

himself.
The person who calls himself learned, indeed he is ignorant, and

the one who calls himself from the dwellers of Paradise surely he
is from the dwellers of Hell.
Tawbatun-NasooHa (Accepted forgiveness) is the name of that

forgiveness that is asked for a bad deed committed, in such a
manner that he never returns to or commits that bad deed again.
The Strength in action is, never to put of what you can do today
for tomorrow.
It is not becoming of a Muslim to sit down and start praying for

sustenance without attempting to earn it, he is well aware that
gold and silver does not rain from the skies.
If it wasnt for the claim of knowledge of the unknown then I

would say five people are from the dwellers of Paradise:
1.
That family man who is poverty stricken but is patient
2.
That women with whom her husband is happy and accepting.
3.
That woman who forgives he husbands duty of Mehr (Dowry

approved by Muslim law)
4.
That person with whom his parents are Happy
5.
And that person who honestly repents from his sins
Once a sheep was slaughtered and Syeduna 'Umar al-Farooq Radi

ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho persistently asked his servant if he had first
sent meat to his neighbor who was a Jew. The slave asked why you
are asking the same question persistently. He answered that
ALLAH SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala and his Rasl Sallallaho Alaihi wa
Sallam had constantly stressed the importance of neighbors
therefore I too am persistent in stressing the same.
Three things build love:
1.
To make Salam (greeting)
2.
To make space for a person in a gathering
3.
To address a person in a respectable and good manner

1.
2.
3.
4.
1.
2.
3.
There are four types of Regrets:

Regret that spans over a day e.g. When a person leaves his home
without eating.
Regret that spans over a year, just like the negligence shown when
cultivating.
Regret that spans over a lifetime, when a man and his wife are
unsuited to each other.
Regret that is eternal, which is when your Creator is unhappy
with you.
There are three types of people:
Successful: he who listens to the advice of people and ponders
over it.
Lazy or Lethargic: he who does what he wants without
consultation or advice of people.
Corpse: who neither gives nor listens to advice and consolation.
Sayyiduna 'Umar Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho on many an occasion

asked this du'a (supplication) to ALLAH SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala so
that certain situations should always remain with him and some
things should be removed, the Du'a is: O ALLAH SubHanuhu wa
Ta'ala! Make me such that I may speak with intellect or reap
tolerance with silent. O! ALLAH SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala do not
bestow upon me too many favours, so that I may not be confused
by it, not too little that I may forget You. Hence, little yet sufficient
in comparison to having plenty thereby becoming indulgent and
committing sin.
If ever you see a learned person ('Aalim) leaning towards this

World, then know this he is blameworthy for his Religion, because
the universal harm is that if a person desires something then he is
constantly engrossed in its quest.
Faith (Iman) is to regard the Oneness of ALLAH SubHanuhu wa

Ta'ala in ones heart proclaim it with your tongue and to obey the
fundamental Islamic Instructions.
The relationship of true humility and genuine fear of ALLAH

SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala is with the heart and not by a show of
outward actions.
Why have you made slaves of those whose mothers had given
birth to them free?
Judgments or Settlements in any cases should be done quickly, so

that the accused, due to a prolonged period of time are not
compelled to withdraw their accusation.
It is absolutely necessary not to associate with a beast for though

he wishes or means well, yet he would still be accused of
committing a crime.
ALLAH SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala, shower your Blessings of Mercy on

that person who informs me of my faults.
When a learned man takes a false step then he ensnares himself in

a World of wrongdoings.
One day a man was praising Hadrat 'Umar Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala
Anho, he replied by saying why are you destroying me even more
with my desires (Nafs).
I am not a fool, but I pretend to be a fool, in order to fool the fool.

And just when the fool thinks I am a fool, I will expose the fool
and show to him that he is the fool.
I do not look at anything, except, that I see everything with

ALLAH SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala.
If I die in this condition that I have strived to earn an honest living

then it is more beloved to me than even dying as a Martyr.
Good behavior towards people is equivalent to wisdom, to request

politely is half of knowledge, and to ascribe to sound policies is
half of ones livelihood.
To educate a material person is like placing a sword in the hands

of a robber.
Do not have Faith in a persons compassion and politeness when

he cannot keep his anger under control.
Do not have Faith in a religious person who is not tested during

temptation.
He is a friend who brings to your attention your faults and to sing

praises of a person in his presence is similar to slaughtering him.
Laughing decreases ones age, while politeness, glamor, pomp and

show which ease living standards are indications of people who
are unaware of death.
To show greed and avarice is impoverishing, to be unselfish is

enriching and to wish compensation in patience.
Good deeds are the fulfillment of ones rights and to do good

deeds is a substitute for bad deeds.
To speak less is wisdom, to eat less is healthy, to sleep less is a

prayer and there is peace in solitude.
Youth before old age and old age before death is a blessing of life.
A generous person is the beloved of Almighty ALLAH SubHanuhu

wa Ta'ala even though he is a transgressor. A miser is the enemy
of Almighty ALLAH SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala although he may pray
and remember Almighty ALLAH SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala
excessively.
To forgive an oppressor is oppression upon the oppressed.
When you combine lawful with unlawful gains then the unlawful
contaminates the lawful gains though it may be little.
A Mu'min does not keep as his friend one who is opposed to

Almighty ALLAH SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala and his Prophet
Sallallaho Alaihi wa Sallam even though that person may be his
mother or father.
The sound of music and that of a mourner are two of the worst
sounds.
There is tranquility and peace in anonymity and confidentiality.
We should leave the other nine portions out for the fear of Haram
(unlawful). (i.e. if in ten portions one is Haram a Muslim would
leave the other nine portions out meaning anything unlawful
would be completely left out).
Desire is never achieved without fear, nor manners and etiquette

without formality, or happiness without peace or wealth without
gifts or poverty without contentment, or dignity without
politeness or Jihad (holy war) without diving guidance and
assistance.
Respite before preoccupation and old age before death is a

blessing of life.
Honour and dignity in this World is measured by wealth while

honour and dignity in the Hereafter is measured by good deeds.
Save yourself from the Fires of Hell even if it means by doing a

favour with half a date (fruit). If this too is not possible then with
sweet words.
After Iman (Faith), there is no greater gift than a pious wife.
Not to postpone is strength in action.
Whosoever shows you your faults, he is your friend. Those that

pay you lip service in praise are your executioners.
One who guards his secrets is surely safe.
The person who constantly discloses my faults to me is dearest to

me.
Fear that person who you dislike.
When Sayyiduna 'Umar Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho camped on the

outskirts of Jerusalem to conquer Bait al-Maqdas, the Christian
Crusaders were terrified of his presence and requested a meeting
with him before handing over the keys of the city. The Crusaders
met him whilst he wore a patched garb. They asked him the
reason as to why his name generated such immense awe and fear
that captured the hearts of his enemies. He replied; Your kings
taught you to love the World (Duniyah) and its wealth and our
Prophet Sallallaho Alaihi wa Sallam taught us to fear ALLAH
SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala and love death.
He is an intelligent person who can translate his actions into good.
Never put off for tomorrow what you can do today.
There is never a chance of pain in the neck if one does not raise his
head too high in the air.
Do not forget about yourself whilst being concerned for others.
To stop sinning is easier than to bear the burden of seeking

repentance.
Remove your gaze from the splendor of the World. Do not let the
love of this World enter your heart. Beware! The love of this World
does not perhaps destroy you, just as it had destroyed previous
nations.
Victory is gained through strategy and trust in ALLAH

SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala, not by wishful thinking.
The most intelligent amongst you is he who fears ALLAH

SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala the most.
Be sympathetic towards the poor so that they may be able to speak

and build courage.
Extend a hand of friendship to a foreigner because if his stay is

extended then he would leave his valuable possessions to return to
his own country and leave that person responsible for his
valuables who had been most worthy of his attention
Do not taunt and curse anyone for this gives rise to collective evils
in a person.
One should not judge a person by the number of Salaat (prayer) or

Roza (fasting) but by his wisdom and honesty.
To die for the right is better than to live for falsehood. Courage is
recommend, cowardice is detestable, and falsehood is vulnerable
to vanish!
Prayer is connected to the heart not by mere apparent actions.
To educate a seeker of materialism is to place a sword in the hands

of a highway robber.
Do not trust the character of one who cannot control his temper.
To laugh excessively is a sign of no remorse for death.
To side with the oppressor is oppression on the oppressed.
Death is the best teacher.
The dearest of you as long as you have not met us are the best in
names. But after we had seen you, the best of you to us are the
best of you in character. When we scrutinize you, the dearest of
you to us are the most truthful of you in speech.
People were (sometimes) judged by the revealing of a Divine

Inspiration during the lifetime of Allahs Apostle (SallAllahu
Alaihi wa Sallam) but now there are no longer any new
revelations. Now we judge you by the deeds you practice publicly,
so we will trust and favor the one who does good deeds in front of
us, and we will not call him to account about what he is really
doing in secret, for Allah will judge him for that; but we will not
trust or believe the one who presents to us with an evil deed even
if he claims that his intentions were good.
The best days we ever lived were by virtue of patience, and if

patience were to take the shape of a man, he would be a noble and
generous man.
Take yourself to account before you are taken to account, weigh

your actions before they are weighed, and beautify yourself for the
ultimate presentation. On that day not the slightest secret will be
hidden.
It was Sayyiduna Umars daily routine to visit the homes of

soldiers who were on the battlefield and ask their womenfolk if
they had to make any purchases from the market, and he would do
it for them. They would send their maids and Sayyiduna Umar
would make the purchases and hand over to them. When a
messenger came from the battlefield, bringing letters from
soldiers, the Caliph would himself deliver them at their homes and
tell them the messenger would return on such and such date, and
they should keep their letters ready by that time, He would
himself supply paper, pen, and ink, and when there was no literate
person in a family, he would himself sit outside the door and write
to their dictation.
There is no goodness in you if you do not say Fear Allah and

there is no goodness in us if we do not listen.
When Sayyiduna Umar appointed anyone as a governor, he wrote

down for him a covenant to which a group of muhajirs (up to ten
in number) bore witness. The conditions and terms were: He
would not ride a workhorse, not eat luxurious food, not wear fine
garment and not shut his door to the needy. If he did any of these
things then he was liable to punishment.
Lower your gaze from the world and turn your heart away from it.
I will inform you about what is lawful for me from the wealth of
Allah: An outfit for the winter, an outfit for the summer, mount
that I can ride upon for Hajj and Umrah, and food for my family,
such as given to a man from the Quraish who is neither the richest
nor the poorest among them. I am simply a man among the
Muslim; I go through what they go through.
Allah never obliterates evil with evil, but He erases evil with
goodness.
O Allah, you indeed know that I eat only my food, that I wear only
my own clothing, and that I take only what is rightfully mine.
The death of a thousand worshipers is easier to bear than the

death of a scholar who has knowledge of what Allah has permitted
and forbidden.
Lo! By Allah, if I remain alive to help the widows from the people
of Iraq, I will leave so much for them that they will never need to
ask for help from any ruler who comes after me.
Beware of bribery, and of ruling based on your desires.
Do not be fooled by one who recites the Quran. His recitation is

but speech, but look to those who act according to it.
Once Sayyiduna Umar was in his garden, when coming back, he

found that the people had performed the Asr Prayer. Thereby, he
said, We will surely return to Allah! I missed the Asr Prayer in
congregation. May you witness that I gave my garden in charity to
the needy so as to expiate what Umar had done.
The most beloved of people to me is he that points out my flaws to

me.
Learn knowledge and teach it to the people. Learn how to have

yourselves an aura of dignity and peace. Be humble to those that
have taught you knowledge, and be humble to those that you have
taught knowledge. And do not be haughty scholars; otherwise,
your knowledge will not rise due to your ignorance.
O Allah, if You have written me down as being someone who is

miserable, then erase that for me; and instead write me down as
being happy. For indeed, You erase whatever You wish, and You
write down and uphold .
The Islam of Sayyiduna Umar was a victory , his migration [to

Madinah] was a triumph, and his caliphate was a mercy . I
remember the time when we were not able to pray or perform
tawaf around the Kabah. That was before Sayyiduna Umar
embraced Islam. After he embraced Islam, we fought against them
until they left us alone; and thus we began to be able to pray .
Know that every habit comes by getting used to it. Get used to
being patient and doing good. Be patient against whatever befalls
you. It will make you fear Allah.
Never think ill of the word that comes out of your believing
brothers mouth, as long as you can find a good excuse for it.
Dedicate yourself to remembering Allah, for remembering Allah is

a cure. And beware of remembering people, for the act of
remembering people is a disease.
By Allah! If I had gold equal to the earth, I would have ransomed

myself with it from the punishment of Allah.
Each day is proclaimed, So and so has died! And with no doubt it

will be said one day, Umar died.
The one who laughs too much loses dignity; one who jokes too
much loses respect; whoever does something a great deal,
becomes known for it; one who speaks a great deal makes
mistakes; one who makes many mistakes loses his sense of
dignity. Whoever loses his sense of dignity loses his God-fearing
and whoever loses his God-fearing is spiritually dead.
Beware of filling your stomachs with food and drink, for it is

harmful to the body and causes sickness and laziness in
performing prayers. Be moderate in both food and drink, for that
is healthier for your bodies and furthest removed from
extravagance. Allah will hate the fat man (one who revels in a life
of luxury), and a man will not be condemned until he favours his
desires over his religion.
During the year of the Ashes (drought and famine), Sayyiduna

Umar ibn Al-Khattabs stomach would make rumbling sound. He
forbade himself from eating Ghee, and so he would eat olive oil.
And he would poke his stomach with his fingers and say, Rumble
as much as you want, for indeed, I will feed you nothing other
than this until the situation of the people improves.
Strive to listen to what comes out of the mouth of people who are
obedient to Allah. Listen to what they have to say, for indeed,
truth things are made manifest to them.
On one particular Friday, Sayyiduna Umar did not come out to

Friday prayer on time; and since he was to deliver the Friday
sermon the people had to wait until he came out to them. When
Sayyiduna Umar finally did come out to them, he came out to
them, he apologized, explaining that, I was prevented from
coming out because this garment I am wearing was being washed;
and I own no other outfit.
After Sayyiduna Umar Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu became Khalifah

of the Muslim Nation, he was once seen delivering a sermon while
wearing a lower garden that was patched in 12 different places.
Help me against myself by enjoining good, forbidding evil, and

sincerely advising me.
O Allah, I am indeed harsh, so make me gentle; I am weak, so

make me strong; and I am miserly, so make me generous.
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Some Sayings of Umar Ibn al-Khattab r.a.

Umar was known for his great knowledge and wisdom. He often expressed his
thoughts in words conspicuous for their wisdom. A number of his sayings have
come down to us, and these show the depths and dimensions of his thoughts
and expressions. We give hereunder the various sayings attributed to Umar,
which we have been able to gather from various sources:
"Hewhokeepshisowncounselkeepshisaffairsinhisownhands."
"Fearhimwhomyouhate."
"Thewisestmanishewhocanaccountforhisactions."
"Donotputofftoday'sworkfortomorrow."
"Moneycannothelpliftingitshead."
"Whatregressesneverprogresses."
"Hewhodoesnotknowevilwillfallintoit."
"Whenamanputsaquestiontome,I[cantherefore]judgehisintelligence."
"Don'tforgetyourownselfwhilepreachingtoothers."
"Thelessoftheworld,thefreeryoulive."
"Avoidanceofsinislighterthanthepainofremorse."
"Oneverydishonestmantherearetwowatchmen,hispossessionsandhiswayofliving."
"Ifpatienceandgratitudehadbeentwoshecamels,itwouldhavematteredlittleonwhichIrode."
"MayGodhavemercyonhimwhosendsmemyfaultsasapresent."
"Preservethesayingsofthosepeoplewhoareindifferenttotheworld.TheysayonlythatwhichGod
wishesthemtosay."
"FearGod,forHealonelives.Allotherthingsareliabletoperish."
"ThewisestamongyouishewhosesustenanceisthefearofGod."
"PraiseGod,forthroughpraise,Hisblessingsmultiply."
"FearGodforthatisfortune;[whereas]indifferencetoGodismisfortune."
"Bepatientbecausepatienceisapillaroffaith."
"Acquireknowledgeandteachittothepeople"
"Bedignified,honestandtruthful."
"Donotbeanarrogantscholar,forscholarshipcannotsubsistwitharrogance".
"Whenyouseethatanyscholarlovestheworld,thenhisscholarshipisindoubt".
"Godforbid[that]menshouldbejealousofknowledgeastheyarejealousofwomen."
"MayGodblessthemanwhosayslessanddoesmore."
"Thecriterionofactionisthattoday'sworkshouldnotbedeferreduntilthefollowingday."
"Trustisthatthereshouldbenodifferencebetweenwhatyoudoandsay,andwhatyouthink."
"LearntheArabiclanguageforitwillsharpenyourwisdom."
"Luxuryisanobstacle,andsoisthefatnessofthebody."
"Amanmaybeasstraightasanarrow,buteventhenhewillhavesomecritics."
"OAllah,donotgivemeinexcesslestImaybedisobedienttoYou,anddonotgivemelesslestImay
forgetYou."
"Allahlovesmoderationandhatesextravaganceandexcess."
"HewhogoestothekingstoseekfavourhasgoneawayfromGod."
"SitwiththosewholoveGodforthatenlightensthemind."
"BeforeAllah...thatisthebestdinnerwhichpeopleeattogether."
"Aslongasyouarepureofheart,youspeakthetruth."
"PilgrimsarethedelegationsofGod."
"Ifyourrulerisjust,thenpraiseGod;butifheisunjust,praytoGodtoridyouofhim."
"Allahishappywithsuchrulerswhoseslavesareundertheircontrol."
"ForgivepeoplesothatGodmayforgiveyou."
"Forthepeoplepreferthatwhichyoupreferforyourself.
"Thatwhichyoudonotwishforyourself,donotimposeonothers."
"IntheeyesofGodheisthebestrulerwhohassecuredprosperityandcomfortfor[hissubjects}."
"Thatrulerismostaccursedwhosemisconductleadstothedistressofpeople."
"Everyrulershouldkeephisdooropentopeople."
"UnderstandtheteachingsoftheHolyQuranforitisthesourceofknowledge."
"Relateasfewtraditionsaspossiblelestbybeinginvolvedintraditions,peopleoverlooktheQuran."
"AlltheinjunctionsofIslamarebaseduponreason."
"ThewaytoexpressgratitudetoGodistogiveZakatoutofthepropertythatHehasbestowedonyou."
"Inmyview,yourgreatestobligationistoofferprayers..Hewhofulfilsthisobligationwithgreat
regularitywillbesecureinhisreligion."
"Hewhosleepswithoutofferingthenightprayer,mayheneverenjoyasoundsleep."
"WomenshouldofferZakatontheirornaments."
"BlessedarethosewhoaremartyredinthewayofAllab."
"Inthe[propagation]ofIslam,commitnoexcess."
"Withoutconsultation,thecaliphateisunlawful."
"Therulerwhoseintentionisgood,willhavethehelpofGodintheadministrationofhisaffairs.]But]he
whoseintentionisbadwillcometodisgrace."
"Donotacceptgifts;[because]thatisbribery."
"TheJudgeshouldalwaysupholdtheprincipleofequalitybefore[the]law."
"MayGodcursethepeoplewhohesitatetodinewithslaves."
"Donotbemisledbyaperson'sprayersandfasting.[Instead]look[attheir]sincerityandwisdom."
"Donotbemisledbyhearingofanyone'sreputation."
"HetrustsinGodwhosowsseedsintheground,[and]thendependsuponGod."
"Earningoflivelihoodbyfollowingsomeprofessionisbetterthanlivingoncharity."
"Hewhohasanypublicresponsibilityshouldperformhisdutieswithoutcaring[about]criticism."
"Heistobepreferredwhohastheurgetosin,[yet]doesnotsin."
"Donotdependuponthemoralityofapersonuntilyouhaveseenhimbehavewhileinanger."
"Iamsurprisedatthreethings:
1.[A]manrunsfromdeathwhiledeathisinevitable.
2.Oneseesminorfaultsinothers,yetoverlookshisownmajorfaults.
3.Whenthereisanydefecttoone'scattlehetriestocureit,butdoesnotcurehisowndefects."
"Toflatteristoslaughter."
"He,whopretendstobewhatheisnot,isahypocrite."
"Ifapersonhastenhabitsoutofwhichninearegoodandonebad,thatbadonewilldestroythegood
ones."
"Donotovereat;thatinvitesdisease."
"Hewhowinsthroughfraudisnotawinner."
"Hewhowantsparadiseshouldholdfasttothecommunity."
"Theefficacyofaprayerdependsnotonthewordsbutonthesincerityofintention."
"Inthenarrationoffacts,refrainfrompoetising."
"Whenyoudonotknowofathingsaysoplainly."
"OIamnotworriedaboutthepovertyoftheMuslims.Iamafraidlestbygettingrichtheymightbecome
proudandtherebyinvitedestruction."
"Intheperformanceofyourduties,neitherbeoverzealous,norindifferent."
Umar Ibn Al-Khattab (Radiallahu anhu) said: The death of a thousand

worshipers is easier to bear than the death of a scholar who has
knowledge of what Allah has permitted and forbidden.
Miftah Dar as-Saadah, 1/122; Faraid al-Kalam, p. 157.
Islamic Quotes - Umar Ibn Al-Khattab
Umar Ibn Al-Khattab (Radiallahu anhu) said: Islam will be destroyed by

the mistakes of scholars, the arguments of the hypocrites who
misinterpret the Quran to support their views and misleading rulers.
Mahd as-Sawab, 2/717
Umar Ibn Al-Khattab (Radiallahu anhu) said:

"I am surprised at three things: 1. [A] man runs from death while death is
inevitable. 2. One sees minor faults in others, yet overlooks his own major
faults. 3. When there is any defect to one's cattle he tries to cure it, but
does not cure his own defects."
Ibn Shihb reports:

Umar went out to Shm (Transjordan) and Ab Ubaydah b. Al-Jarrh was
with us. They came to a ford while Umar was on his camel. He
dismounted his camel, took off his leather socks, placed them on his
shoulder and took the reins of his camel and began to go down the ford.
Ab Ubaydah said, O Leader of the Believers! You are doing this?! You
take off your leather socks, put them on your shoulder, take your camels
reins and go down the ford?! I wouldnt want the people of this land to see
you in such a state! Umar said, If only someone else had said this o Ab
Ubaydah. You have made a lesson for the Ummah of Muhammad Allahs
peace and blessings be upon him! We were the lowliest of people but
Allah gave us might and glory through Islam. If we seek glory through
other than what Allah gave us glory through, He will abase us (again).
In another version Ab Ubaydah said:
O Leader of the Believers, should the armed forces and elite of Shm
meet you in this condition? Umar replied, We are a people whom Allah
gave might and glory to through Islam, so we will never seek glory
through anything else.
Reported by Al-Hkim, Al-Mustadrak Vol.1 pp61, 62. He declared it to be
sahh according to the criteria of Al-Bukhar and Muslim. Al-Dhahab and
Al-Albn concur. See Al-Albn, Al-Sahhah Vol.1 p50.
It is reported that Umar b. Al-Khattb Allah be pleased with him said:

Do not be fooled by one who recites the Qurn. His recitation is but
speech but look to those who act according to it.
Al-Khatb, Iqtid` Al-Ilm Al-Amal no. 109
Imm Al-Bukhr reports in his Sahh, in the chapter entitled The virtue of
one who prays [at night] in Ramadn, from Abd Al-Rahmn b. Abdin AlQr:
I went out to the mosque with Umar b. Al-Khattb one night in Ramadn,
and we found people in separate groups: some men praying by
themselves and others praying with a small group behind them. Umar
said, I think if I gathered them behind one reciter it would be better.
Later, he made up his mind and gathered them behind Ubay b. Kab. On
another night, I went out with him again and the people were praying
behind their reciter [Ubay]. Umar said, What a good innovation (bidah)
this is, but what they are missing by sleeping is better than what they are
staying up to pray. He meant the last part of the night, for the people
used to pray in the early part.
This is further clarified by the more detailed report in Ibn Sads Al-Tabaqt
Al-Kubr Vol.5 p42 from Nawfal b. Iys Al-Hudhal:
During the time of Umar b. Al-Khattb, we used to pray in Ramadn in
groups here and there in the mosque. People would incline to pray
behind those who had the best voices. Umar said, Do I not see that they
are treating the Qurn like song? By Allh, if I can, I will change this. Only
three nights later, he told Ubay b. Kab to lead them in prayer, then stood
behind the rows and said, If this is a bidah, then what a good bidah it
is.
Al-Allmah Al-Muallim Al-Yamn graded this narrations chain of
transmission sahh in his treatise Qiymu Ramadn p51.
It is reported that Tws Allh have mercy on him said, The worship
and devoutness of a young person is not complete until he marries.
Ibrhm b. Maysurah reports that Tws said to him, You better get
married or I will say to you what Umar b. Al-Khattb said to Ab AlZawìd: Nothing but incapability or sinfulness is preventing you from
getting married!
Al-Dhahab, Siyar Alm Al-Nubal`, in his biography of Tws.
Tws b. Kaysn was a great scholar and ascetic. He was the most
renowned scholar of Yemen during his time. He is regarded as one of the
senior companions and students of Ibn Abbs, and reports narrations
from a number of other Companions.
Zayd b. Thbit reports that Umar b. Al-Khattb came to him one day
seeking permission to see him. He permitted him to enter, and at the time
his head was in the hands of his slave-girl, who was combing his hair.
[When Umar entered] he moved his head away from her. Umar said, Let
her continue combing your hair. [Zayd] said, O Leader of the Believers!
If only you had sent for me, I would have come to you. Umar replied,
Rather, the need is mine.
Al-Bukhr, Al-Adab Al-Mufrad. Shaykh Al-Albn grades its chain of
narration hasan in Sahh Al-Adab Al-Mufrad Vol. 2 p29.
Al-Bukhr reports that Umar Allh be pleased with him came to the
Black Stone (performing tawf, circumambulation), kissed it, and said, I
know that you are a stone, you do not cause benefit or harm; and if it
were not that I had seen Allhs Messenger peace and blessings of Allh
be upon him kiss you, I would never have kissed you.
Al-Bukhr, Al-Sahh, Chapter on what has been said about the Black
Stone.
Al-Ahnaf b. Qays reports that Umar b. Al-Khattb Allh be pleased with

him said:
Nothing is permitted for Umar from the wealth of Allh except two
garments: one for winter and one for summer [heat], and what I need to
carry me to Hajj and Umrah. And the provisions for my family are that of
an [average] man of the Quraysh: neither the richest nor the poorest
amongst them. After that, I am just a man from amongst the Muslims.
Ab Bakr Al-Daynr, Al-Mujlasah wa Jawhir Al-Ilm 6:78.
It is reported that Umar b. Al-Khattb Allh be pleased with him once

came out and saw a travelling party; he asked:
Who is this travelling party? They replied, Pilgrims (on Hajj). He asked
them three times, And nothing else has brought you forth? They replied,
Nothing else. He said, If the travelers [on Hajj] knew who they were
coming to, they would feel the delight of having great virtue after
forgiveness [from Allh]. By He in whose hand is Umars soul, never does
[the pilgrims] camel raise its hoof and place it back down except that
Allh raises [the pilgrim] in rank, forgives one of his sins and writes for
him a good deed.
Abd Al-Razzq Al-Sann, Al-Musannaf 5: 4, 5.
It is reported that Umar b. Al-Khattb Allh be pleased with him said:

We were once in a time when we did not think anyone learned the Quran
seeking anything but Allh the Exalted, but now I fear there are men who
learn it and intend the people and what they can get from them. So seek
Allh with your recitation and deeds. For verily, we used to know you
when Allhs Messenger Allhs peace and blessings be upon him was
amongst us, when revelation would descend and Allh would tell us about
you. As for today, Allhs Messenger peace and blessings be upon him
has passed on, and the revelations has stopped; and I only know you as I
say: whoever shows what is good, we love him for it and think good of
him, and whoever shows what is evil, we hate him for it and suspect him.
Your secret and private matters are between you and your Lord the Mighty
and Majestic.
Al-jurr, Akhlq Hamalat Al-Qur`n article 26.
It is reported that Umar b. Al-Khattb Allh be pleased with him said,

Stay well away from the enemies of Allh during their festivals.
He is also reported to have said, Do not learn the speech of the nonArabs (unbelievers) and do not enter upon the polytheists in their
churches during their holidays, for the wrath [of Allh] descends upon
them then.
Commenting on this narration, Shaykh Al-Islm Ibn Taymyah (Majm AlFatw Vol. 23 p325) states, So Umar forbade the learning of their
language and merely entering upon them in their churches on their
festivals, so what about one who does what they do? Or what about
someone who wants to do something that is part of their religion? Isnt
agreeing with them in actions even more serious than agreeing with them
in their language? Isnt doing some of the things they do in their festivals
even more serious than just entering upon them during their festivals?
And if the wrath [of Allh] descends upon them during their festivals
because of the things they do, isnt the person who partakes in their
actions or some of their actions exposing himself to the punishment for
this? And the statement of [Umar], Stay well away from the enemies of
Allh during their festivals, isnt this a prohibition from meeting with them
and getting together with them? So what about a person who actually
does what they do?
One of the reported instructions Umar wrote to Ab Ms Al-Ashar and

those under his governance during the formers Caliphate was, Seek
knowledge and understanding of (fiqh) the Sunnah and seek knowledge
and understanding of Arabic.
Ibn Ab Shaybah, Al-Musannaf Vol.6 p126.
It is reported that he said, Learn Arabic, for it strengthens the intelligence
and increases ones noble conduct (al-muràh).
Al-Bayhaq, Shuab Al-mn Vol.4 p187.
It is also reported that he said, Do not learn the language of the nonArabs, and do not enter upon them in their churches on their festivals, for
indeed wrath descends upon them.
Abd Al-Razzq Al-Sann, Al-Musannaf Vol.1 p411.
It is also reported that he was once circumambulating the Kabah when he
heard two men speaking in a language other than Arabic behind him. He
turned to them and said, Find some way to learn Arabic.
Sad b. Al-Musayyib reports from his father, I was once sitting with Umar
when a group of people arrived from Al-Shm. Umar enquired about them
and how they were; he asked, Do the people of Al-Shm hasten to break
the fast. He said, Yes. [Umar] said, They will not cease to remain upon
good as long as they do this, and do not wait for the stars [to come out]
as the people of Irq do.
Abd Al-Razzq Al-Sann, Al-Musannaf 4:225.
GemsofWisdombyAmeeralMumineen
SayyidunaUmaralFarooqRadiAllahu
TaalaAnho
Toeatlessishealthy,tospeaklessiswisdom,andtosleeplessis
worship.
Tospeaklessiswisdom,toeatlessishealthyandtominglelesswiththe
peopleissafeandserene.
Theonewhostepsbackwillnotprogress.
Nothingisworstthatavaricethatdestroysthemind,notevenAlcohol.
Itisunbecomingofthatpersonwhositswithhishandsfoldedandprays
toALLAHSubHanuhuwaTaalaforsustenance.ALLAHSubHanuhu
waTaaladoesnotraindowngoldandsilverfromtheheavens.
Toearnasuspiciouslivingisworsethanbegging.
ThebiggestgiftafterIman(Faith)isyourwives.
Attainknowledgebeforeoldagesettlesin.
Extravaganceisalsowhenapersoneatswhateverhewishes.
Whosoeverhideshissecretkeepshissafety,safeguardedwithhimself.
Thepersonwhocallshimselflearned,indeedheisignorant,andtheone
whocallshimselffromthedwellersofParadisesurelyheisfromthe
dwellersofHell.
TawbatunNasooHa(Acceptedforgiveness)isthenameofthat
forgivenessthatisaskedforabaddeedcommitted,insuchamannerthat
heneverreturnstoorcommitsthatbaddeedagain.
TheStrengthinactionis,nevertoputofwhatyoucandotodayfor
tomorrow.
ItisnotbecomingofaMuslimtositdownandstartprayingfor
sustenancewithoutattemptingtoearnit,heiswellawarethatgoldand
silverdoesnotrainfromtheskies.
IfitwasntfortheclaimofknowledgeoftheunknownthenIwouldsay
fivepeoplearefromthedwellersofParadise:
Thatfamilymanwhoispovertystrickenbutispatient
Thatwomenwithwhomherhusbandishappyandaccepting.
ThatwomanwhoforgiveshehusbandsdutyofMehr(Dowry
approvedbyMuslimlaw)
ThatpersonwithwhomhisparentsareHappy
Andthatpersonwhohonestlyrepentsfromhissins
OnceasheepwasslaughteredandSyedunaUmaralFarooqRadi
ALLAHuTaalaAnhopersistentlyaskedhisservantifhehadfirstsent
meattohisneighborwhowasaJew.Theslaveaskedwhyyouare
askingthesamequestionpersistently.HeansweredthatALLAH
SubHanuhuwaTaalaandhisRaslSallallahoAlaihiwaSallamhad
constantlystressedtheimportanceofneighborsthereforeItooam
persistentinstressingthesame.
Threethingsbuildlove:
1
TomakeSalam(greeting)
Tomakespaceforapersoninagathering
Toaddressapersoninarespectableandgoodmanner
TherearefourtypesofRegrets:
1
Regretthatspansoveradaye.g.Whenapersonleaveshishome
withouteating.
Regretthatspansoverayear,justlikethenegligenceshownwhen
cultivating.
Regretthatspansoveralifetime,whenamanandhiswifeare
unsuitedtoeachother.
Regretthatiseternal,whichiswhenyourCreatorisunhappywith
you.
Therearethreetypesofpeople:
1
Successful:hewholistenstotheadviceofpeopleandponders
overit.
LazyorLethargic:hewhodoeswhathewantswithout
consultationoradviceofpeople.
Corpse:whoneithergivesnorlistenstoadviceandconsolation.
SayyidunaUmarRadiALLAHuTaalaAnhoonmanyanoccasion
askedthisdua(supplication)toALLAHSubHanuhuwaTaalasothat
certainsituationsshouldalwaysremainwithhimandsomethingsshould
beremoved,theDuais:OALLAHSubHanuhuwaTaala!Makeme
suchthatImayspeakwithintellectorreaptolerancewithsilent.O!
ALLAHSubHanuhuwaTaaladonotbestowuponmetoomany
favours,sothatImaynotbeconfusedbyit,nottoolittlethatImay
forgetYou.Hence,littleyetsufficientincomparisontohavingplenty
therebybecomingindulgentandcommittingsin.
Ifeveryouseealearnedperson(Aalim)leaningtowardsthisWorld,
thenknowthisheisblameworthyforhisReligion,becausetheuniversal
harmisthatifapersondesiressomethingthenheisconstantlyengrossed
initsquest.
Faith(Iman)istoregardtheOnenessofALLAHSubHanuhuwaTaala
inonesheartproclaimitwithyourtongueandtoobeythefundamental
IslamicInstructions.
TherelationshipoftruehumilityandgenuinefearofALLAH
SubHanuhuwaTaalaiswiththeheartandnotbyashowofoutward
actions.
Whyhaveyoumadeslavesofthosewhosemothershadgivenbirthto
themfree?
JudgmentsorSettlementsinanycasesshouldbedonequickly,sothat
theaccused,duetoaprolongedperiodoftimearenotcompelledto
withdrawtheiraccusation.
Itisabsolutelynecessarynottoassociatewithabeastforthoughhe
wishesormeanswell,yethewouldstillbeaccusedofcommittinga
crime.
ALLAHSubHanuhuwaTaala,showeryourBlessingsofMercyonthat
personwhoinformsmeofmyfaults.
Whenalearnedmantakesafalsestepthenheensnareshimselfina
Worldofwrongdoings.
OnedayamanwaspraisingHadratUmarRadiALLAHuTaalaAnho,
herepliedbysayingwhyareyoudestroyingmeevenmorewithmy
desires(Nafs).
Iamnotafool,butIpretendtobeafool,inordertofoolthefool.And
justwhenthefoolthinksIamafool,Iwillexposethefoolandshowto
himthatheisthefool.
Idonotlookatanything,except,thatIseeeverythingwithALLAH
SubHanuhuwaTaala.
IfIdieinthisconditionthatIhavestrivedtoearnanhonestlivingthenit
ismorebelovedtomethanevendyingasaMartyr.
Goodbehaviortowardspeopleisequivalenttowisdom,torequest
politelyishalfofknowledge,andtoascribetosoundpoliciesishalfof
oneslivelihood.
Toeducateamaterialpersonislikeplacingaswordinthehandsofa
robber.
DonothaveFaithinapersonscompassionandpolitenesswhenhe
cannotkeephisangerundercontrol.
DonothaveFaithinareligiouspersonwhoisnottestedduring
temptation.
Heisafriendwhobringstoyourattentionyourfaultsandtosingpraises
ofapersoninhispresenceissimilartoslaughteringhim.
Laughingdecreasesonesage,whilepoliteness,glamor,pompandshow
whicheaselivingstandardsareindicationsofpeoplewhoareunawareof
death.
Toshowgreedandavariceisimpoverishing,tobeunselfishisenriching
andtowishcompensationinpatience.
Gooddeedsarethefulfillmentofonesrightsandtodogooddeedsisa
substituteforbaddeeds.
Tospeaklessiswisdom,toeatlessishealthy,tosleeplessisaprayer
andthereispeaceinsolitude.
Youthbeforeoldageandoldagebeforedeathisablessingoflife.
AgenerouspersonisthebelovedofAlmightyALLAHSubHanuhuwa
Taalaeventhoughheisatransgressor.Amiseristheenemyof
AlmightyALLAHSubHanuhuwaTaalaalthoughhemayprayand
rememberAlmightyALLAHSubHanuhuwaTaalaexcessively.
Toforgiveanoppressorisoppressionupontheoppressed.
Whenyoucombinelawfulwithunlawfulgainsthentheunlawful
contaminatesthelawfulgainsthoughitmaybelittle.
AMumindoesnotkeepashisfriendonewhoisopposedtoAlmighty
ALLAHSubHanuhuwaTaalaandhisProphetSallallahoAlaihiwa
Sallameventhoughthatpersonmaybehismotherorfather.
Thesoundofmusicandthatofamourneraretwooftheworstsounds.
Thereistranquilityandpeaceinanonymityandconfidentiality.
WeshouldleavetheothernineportionsoutforthefearofHaram
(unlawful).(i.e.ifintenportionsoneisHaramaMuslimwouldleave
theothernineportionsoutmeaninganythingunlawfulwouldbe
completelyleftout).
Desireisneverachievedwithoutfear,normannersandetiquettewithout
formality,orhappinesswithoutpeaceorwealthwithoutgiftsorpoverty
withoutcontentment,ordignitywithoutpolitenessorJihad(holywar)
withoutdivingguidanceandassistance.
Respitebeforepreoccupationandoldagebeforedeathisablessingof
life.
HonouranddignityinthisWorldismeasuredbywealthwhilehonour
anddignityintheHereafterismeasuredbygooddeeds.
SaveyourselffromtheFiresofHellevenifitmeansbydoingafavour
withhalfadate(fruit).Ifthistooisnotpossiblethenwithsweetwords.
AfterIman(Faith),thereisnogreatergiftthanapiouswife.
Nottopostponeisstrengthinaction.
Whosoevershowsyouyourfaults,heisyourfriend.Thosethatpayyou
lipserviceinpraiseareyourexecutioners.
Onewhoguardshissecretsissurelysafe.
Thepersonwhoconstantlydisclosesmyfaultstomeisdearesttome.
Fearthatpersonwhoyoudislike.
WhenSayyidunaUmarRadiALLAHuTaalaAnhocampedonthe
outskirtsofJerusalemtoconquerBaitalMaqdas,theChristian
Crusaderswereterrifiedofhispresenceandrequestedameetingwith
himbeforehandingoverthekeysofthecity.TheCrusadersmethim
whilstheworeapatchedgarb.Theyaskedhimthereasonastowhyhis
namegeneratedsuchimmenseaweandfearthatcapturedtheheartsof
hisenemies.Hereplied;YourkingstaughtyoutolovetheWorld
(Duniyah)anditswealthandourProphetSallallahoAlaihiwaSallam
taughtustofearALLAHSubHanuhuwaTaalaandlovedeath.
Heisanintelligentpersonwhocantranslatehisactionsintogood.
Neverputofffortomorrowwhatyoucandotoday.
Thereisneverachanceofpainintheneckifonedoesnotraisehishead
toohighintheair.
Donotforgetaboutyourselfwhilstbeingconcernedforothers.
Tostopsinningiseasierthantobeartheburdenofseekingrepentance.
RemoveyourgazefromthesplendoroftheWorld.Donotlettheloveof
thisWorldenteryourheart.Beware!TheloveofthisWorlddoesnot
perhapsdestroyyou,justasithaddestroyedpreviousnations.
VictoryisgainedthroughstrategyandtrustinALLAHSubHanuhuwa
Taala,notbywishfulthinking.
ThemostintelligentamongstyouishewhofearsALLAHSubHanuhu
waTaalathemost.
Besympathetictowardsthepoorsothattheymaybeabletospeakand
buildcourage.
Extendahandoffriendshiptoaforeignerbecauseifhisstayisextended
thenhewouldleavehisvaluablepossessionstoreturntohisown
countryandleavethatpersonresponsibleforhisvaluableswhohadbeen
mostworthyofhisattention
Donottauntandcurseanyoneforthisgivesrisetocollectiveevilsina
person.
OneshouldnotjudgeapersonbythenumberofSalaat(prayer)orRoza
(fasting)butbyhiswisdomandhonesty.
Todiefortherightisbetterthantoliveforfalsehood.Courageis
recommend,cowardiceisdetestable,andfalsehoodisvulnerableto
vanish!
Prayerisconnectedtotheheartnotbymereapparentactions.
Toeducateaseekerofmaterialismistoplaceaswordinthehandsofa
highwayrobber.
Donottrustthecharacterofonewhocannotcontrolhistemper.
Tolaughexcessivelyisasignofnoremorsefordeath.
Tosidewiththeoppressorisoppressionontheoppressed.
Deathisthebestteacher.
Umar's Inaugural Address

AftertheassumptionofofficeastheCaliph,UmaraddressedtheMuslimswhohadassembledinthe
Prophet'smosque.Inthecourseoftheaddress,Umarsaid:
"Oyefaithful!AbuBakrisnomoreamongstus.Afterhavingledusforabouttwoyears,hehasreturned
toHisMaker.HehasthesatisfactionthathehassuccessfullypilotedtheshipoftheMuslimstatetosafety
afternegotiatingthestormysea.Hesuccessfullywagedtheapostasywars,andthankstohim,Islamisnow
supremeinArabia.IslamisnowonthemoveandwearecarryingJihadinthenameofAllahagainstthe
mightyempiresofByzantineandPersia.
AfterAbuBakr,themantleofKhilafathasfallenonmyshoulders.IswearitbeforeGodthatInever
covetedthisoffice.Iwishedthatitwouldhavedevolvedonsomeotherpersonmoreworthythanme.But
nowthatinnationalinterest,theresponsibilityforleadingtheMuslimshascometovestinme,Iassure
youthatIwillnotrunawayfrommypost,andwillmakeanearnestefforttodischargetheonerousduties
oftheofficetothebestofmycapacityinaccordancewiththeinjunctionsofIslam.
Intheperformanceofmyduties,IwillseekguidancefromtheHolyBook,andwillfollowtheexamples
setbytheHolyProphetandAbuBakr.InthistaskIseekyourassistance.IfIfollowtherightpath,follow
me.IfIdeviatefromtherightpath,correctmesothatwearenotledastray.
NowbrothersIofferafewprayersandyousayAmentothem.
OAllahIamhard,makemesofttopromotetheTruth,tocomplywithyourinjunctionsandtoaspiretoa
betterlifeintheworldhereafter.
OAllahmakemehardfortheenemiesofIslamandforthosewhocreatemischiefsothattheirdesigus
againstAllahcometonaught.
OAllahIammiser;makemegenerousinthepromotionofthegood.
OAllahsavemefromhypocrisy.StrengthenmyresolvessothatwhateverIdo,Idoforthesakeof
winningYourapprobation.
OAllahsoftenmyheartforthefaithfulsothatIattendtotheirneedswithasenseofdedication.
OAllah,Iamcareless,makemeresponsibleenoughsothatIdonotlosesightofYou.
OAllahIamweakinofferingmyobediencetoYou;makemeactiveandfortifymyfaith.
OAllahbestowonmefaith,andthepowertodogood.
OAllahgivemethepowerofselfcriticismandselfassessment.
OAllahbestowonmetheinsightintothemeaningoftheQuranandthestrengthtoactinaccordancewith
whattheQuransays.
OAllahYouarecapableofdoinganything:blessuswithYourfavor.Amen."
Umar's Address About His Conduct

AftertheassumptionofofficeasCaliph,Umarsoonrealizedthathewasmorefearedthanloved.Abu
Bakrhispredecessorwastenderandsofthearted.WheneverheappearedinthestreetsofMadina,the
childrenrantohimsaying"Father,Father."Hecaressedandpattedthem.WhenUmarbecameCaliph,the
childrenwouldrunawayathissightsaying"HerecomesUmar,letusrunaway."
OntheoccasionofthefirstFridayprayerafterhisassumptionofofficeasCaliph,Umaraddressedthe
faithfulassembledinthemosqueinthefollowingterms:
"Brethren,ithascometomynoticethatthepeopleareafraidofme.Theysay'WhentheHolyProphetwas
alive,Umarwasharshtous.DuringthecaliphateofAbuBakr,Umarwashardandstern.Nowthathehas
becometheCaliphhimself,Godknowshowhardhewillbe.Whoeverhassaidthisisnotwronginhis
assessment.
ThetruthofthematteristhatIwastheslaveandservantoftheHolyProphet.TheHolyProphetwasmost
kindhearted,liberalandgenerous.IncontrastIwashardandharshsothatIwaslikeanakedsword.Itwas
fortheHolyProphettousetheswordorsheatheitathisoption.Onoccasionshesheathedthesword,and
sometimesheusedit.MypurposewastopointtotheHolyProphettheothersideofthepicture.The
decisionrestedwithhim.Sometimesheignoredmypointofview.Therewereoccasionswhenheagreed
withme.TillthedeathoftheHolyProphetthatremainedtheequationbetweenhimandme.ThankGod,
theHolyProphetwaspleasedwithme.ThoughtheHolyProphetsometimesacceptedmyadvice,and
sometimesturneditdown,yetheapprovedofmyconduct.
DuringthecaliphateofAbuBakrmyroleremainedthesame.AbuBakrwasmostsoftheartedandtender.
Itwasmybusinesstobringtheothersideofthepicturetohisnotice.Healwaystookmypointofview
intoconsideration,buttheultimatedecisionlaywithhim.Sometimesheagreedwithme,andIactedas
hisagenttoenforceadecisionwhichappearedtobeharsh.Sometimeshedidnotagreewithme,andIhad
toremainquiet.Iamhappythatthroughouttheperiodofhisoffice,AbuBakrapprovedofmyconduct,
andultimatelynominatedmeashissuccessor,althoughIdidnotcovettheoffice.
Nowthattheentireresponsibilityhascometovestinme,knowyebrethrenthatyouwillfeelachangein
me.Iwillnolongerbehardandsterninallmatters.Forthosewhopracticetyrannyanddepriveothersof
theirrights,Iwillbeharshandstern,butforthosewhofollowthelaw,andaredevotedtoreligion,Iwill
bemostsoftandtender.Iwillnottolerateanypersonmakeanyexcess.Hewhocommitsanytyranny,him
Iwillsternlycalltobook.Iwillbeharshandsternagainsttheaggressor,butIwillbeapillarofstrength
fortheweakandthemeek.Theywillfindinmetheirbestfriend.
Friendsyouhavesomerightsonme,andItellyouoftheserights,sothatyoumaybeinapositiontocall
metoaccount.Theserightsare:
firstly,thatIshouldnotexactanytaxorotherlevyfromyounotauthorizedbylaw;
secondly,thatwhatevertaxesarelawfullyrealizedfromyouarespentinyourbestinterests:
thirdly,itisincumbentonmethatIshouldprotectthefrontiersofyourland;
fourthly,itismydutytopromoteyourprosperityandlookafteryourinterests;and
fifthly,itismyobligationtodojustice.
OservantsofGod,continuetofearGod.Suppressyourselfishmotivesandworkforthesolidarityofthe
Muslimsasawhole.InrunningtheState,youaremypartners.Helpmewithyoursoundadvice.IfI
followtherightpathlaiddownbyGodandHisProphetfollowme.IfIdeviate,correctme.Strengthenme
withyouradviceandsuggestions.LetusprayforthegloryofIslam."
Amirul Muminin
WhentheHolyProphetdied,andAbuBakrsucceededhimhewascalled"KhalifatulRasul",ie.the
representativeoftheProphet.
WhenAbuBakrdiedandUmarsucceededhimhecalledhimself'Khalifa',butthequestionarosewhose
Khalifaorrepresentativehewas.ItwaspointedoutthatstrictlyspeakinghewasnottheKhalifaofthe
Rasul.HewastheKhalifaoftheKhalifatulRasul.Umarfeltthatthiswasacumbersometitle,forinthat
case,thosewhofollowedhimwouldhavetobedesignatedbyanendlesschainofKhalifas.
UmaraccordinglyfeltthattheHeadoftheMuslimStateshouldbeknownbyasimplertitlewhichshould
reflecttheIslamiccharacteroftheState.Umaraskedthepeoplearoundhimtoponderoverthematter,and
iftheycouldthinkofsomesuitabletitletheyshouldbringsuchtitletohisnotice.
OnedayLabidbinRabiaandAdibinHatimcametoMadinafromKufa.TheyalightedattheProphet's
mosqueandtherecomingacrossAmrb.AlAsaskedhimtoannouncetheirarrivaltotheAmirul
Muminin.
Amrb.AlAswasstruckbythenoveltyoftheterm'AmirulMuminin'.HeaskedLabidandAdiastohow
theyreferredtoUmaras'AmirulMuminin'.Theysaid"WeallMuslimsareMominsandUmarisour
Commander.HeisthusAmirulMuminin".
Amrb.AlAssaid"WonderfulYouhavehituponabeautifulterm.GodblessYou".
Amrb.AlAshastenedtoUmarendtheresaid"AmirulMuminin,twopersonshavecomefromKufa,and
theyseekpermissiontoseeyou".
Umarbecamecuriousatbeingaddressed"AmirulMuminin".HeaskedAmrb.alAasastohowhehad
coinedtheterm'AmirulMuminin'.Amrb.alActssaidthatthevisitorsfromKufahadusedthatterm,and
ashewasattractedbythetermhehadusedit.
Umarsaid"WewereinsearchofsomesuitabletermtosignifytheofficeIhold,andhereisatermwhich
isattractive".HeaskedAmrb.alAasastowhathethoughtofthetitle.
Amrb.alAassaid"Iamattractedbytheterm.ItisGodsent.WeallareMuslimsandyouareourAmir.
Thetermisveryattractiveandsignificant."
AfterUmarhadseenthevisitorsfromKufa,heconvenedameetingofhisconsultativeassembly,andthere
thequestionwasdiscussedwhetherheshouldadoptthetitleof'AmirulMuminin'fortheofficethathe
held.TheAssemblyapprovedthetitle.
HenceforwardUmarcametobeaddressedinhisofficialcapacityasAmirulMuminin.
Umar's Allowance
BeforebecomingtheCaliphUmarlivedbytrade.AfterassumingtheCaliphhecouldnolongercarryon
chargeashisbusiness.HeaccordinglyagreedtoacceptadailyallowancefromtheBaitulMal.Different
amountsofdailyallowanceweresuggestedbydifferentpeople.UmarsoughttheadviceofAliastothe
amountoftheallowanceheshouldaccept.Alisuggestedthatheshouldtakeasmuchamountasmight
moderatelysufficeforanaverageArab,neithertoomuch,nortoolittle.Umaracceptedthissuggestionand
amodestamountofallowancewassettledforhim.Theexactamountoftheallowancethussettledis,
however,notreportedinanyhistory.
LateronsomecompanionsincludingAli,Usman,Zubair,andTalhahthoughtofincreasingtheallowance
ofUmarasitwasnotsufficienttomeettheminimumrequirementsofUmar.Thesecompanionscouldnot
havethecouragetobroachthissubjecttoUmardirect.TheyaccordinglyapproachedHafsathedaughterof
Umar,andaskedhertoascertainUmar'sreactiontotheproposal.
WhenHafsatalkedaboutthemattertoUmar,hebecameangryandwantedtoknowwhowerethepersons
whohadmadethatsuggestion.Hafsasaidthatbeforeshecouldtellwhowerethepersonsconcernedshe
wantedhisreactiontotheproposal.
ThereuponUmarwantedHafsatotellwhatwastheHolyProphet'sbestdressinherhouse.Shesaidthatit
wasapairofclothesofredcolorwhichtheHolyProphetworeonFridaysorwhenreceivingenvoys.
UmarthenaskedwhatwasthebestoffoodthattheHolyProphettook.ShesaidthattheHolyProphet's
foodwassimplebarleybread.UmarnextaskedastowhatwasthebestbeddingthattheHolyProphetever
used.Shesaidthatitwasapieceofthickcloth.Insummeritwasspreadinfourlayersandinwinterin
two,halfhespreadunderneath,andwiththeotherhalfhecoveredhimself.
ThereuponUmarsaid:
"Hafsa,goandtellthepeoplewhohavedeputedyouthattheHolyProphethassetastandardbyhis
personalexample.Imustfollowhim.MycaseandthatoftheHolyProphetandAbuBakrislikethecase
ofthreementravelingonthesameroad.Thefirstmanstartedwithaprovisionandreachedthegoal.The
secondfollowedthefirstandjoinedhim.Nowthethirdisonhisway.Ifhefollowstheirwayhewillalso
jointhem,otherwisehecanneverreachthem."
WhenHafsahtoldofUmar'sreactiontotheproposaltothecompanionswhohaddeputedhertheysaid:
"MayGodblessUmar.Heexcelsallofusinthematterofvirtue."
Expulsion Of Jews And Christians From Arabia

AtthetimeofhisdeaththeHolyProphethadexpressedtheviewthatinArabiathereshouldbeonlyone
religion,namelyIslam.DuringthelifetimeoftheHolyProphet,allthetribesinArabiahadaccepted
Islam.TherewereonlyafewpocketsofnonMuslims,theJewsinKhyber,andtheChristiansinNajran.
DuringthecaliphateofAbuBakr,manytribeswhohadacceptedIslamapostatized.Asaresultofthe
apostasywars,alltheapostatetribesweredefeatedandtheyonceagainacceptedIslam.Duringthebrief
periodofhisoffice,AbuBakrallowedthestatusquotocontinuewithregardtotheJewsandthe
Christians.
AtthetimeoftheconquestofKhyber,atreatywasexecutedwiththeJewshereundertheywereallowedto
cultivatethelandsonthepaymentofonehalfoftheproducetotheMuslimstateatMadina.Thetreaty
alsoprovidedthattheJewscouldbeturnedoutofKhyber,whenevertheMuslimstatedeemedit
necessary.
WhenUmarbecametheCaliphhedeputedhissonAbdullahtoKhybertocollecttherevenue.AsAbdullah
laysleepingontheroofofahouseinKhyberatnight,hisbedwasoverturnedbytheJewscausinghiman
injuryinthearm.UmarinvestigatedthematterandfoundthattheJewswerebentonmischief.Umar
accordinglypassedordersexpellingtheJewsfromKhyber.TheymigratedtoSyria.Theywereallowedto
carrytheirmovablebelongingswiththem.TheirimmovablepropertyinKhyberwasdistributedamongthe
Muslims.
TheChristiansofNajrannearYemenhadapactwiththeHolyProphet"hereundertheywereallowedto
liveinpeaceunlesstheyindulgedinanyhostileactivitiesagainstIslam.Itwasalsostipulatedthatthey
wouldnotindulgeinusury.WhenUmarbecametheCaliphitwasbroughttohisnoticethattheChristians
ofNajranhadviolatedthepeacepactinasmuchastheywereindulginginusury,andwerealsoguiltyof
activitieshostiletoIslam.
UmarsummonedtherepresentativesoftheChristiansofNajran,andapprisedthemofthechargeof
violatingthetermsofthetreaty.Inavaingloriousmoodthedeputationistssaid"Ifthatwasthat,they
mightbeexpelled."Umaraccordinglypassedordersfortheirexpulsion.Arrangementsweremadefortheir
settlementinIraq.Theywereallowedtocarrytheirentiremovablepropertywiththem.Theirimmovable
propertywasacquiredbythestateonpayment.
UmarinstructedhisofficersinIraqthatallpossibleassistanceshouldbeprovidedforthesettlementofthe
refugeesfromNajraninIraq.TheChristianswereexemptedfromthepaymentofJizyaforthefirsttwo
years.
WiththeexpulsionoftheJewsandtheChristiansfromArabia,thecountrybecameanexclusivelyMuslim
land.UmarhasthusthedistinctionofbeingthefirstrulerunderwhomArabiabecametheexclusive
preserveforIslam.
Flyingaway
Theheartislikeabird:loveasitsheadanditstwowingsarehopeandfear.ibnalQayyim
Tribulations
HewhomAllahhaspredestinedtoenterParadise,thereasonswhichwillcausehisentranceshallspring
fromcalamities;andhewhomAllahhaspredestinedtoentertheHellfire,thereasonswhichwillcausehis
entranceshallspringfromlusts.IbnAlQayyim
HardeningoftheHeart
Theslaveisnotafflictedwithapunishmentgreaterthanthehardeningoftheheartandbeingdistantfrom
Allah.FortheFirewascreatedtomeltthehardenedheart.ThemostdistantheartfromAllahistheheart
whichishardened.Iftheheartbecomeshardened,theeyebecomesdry.IbnAlQayyim
Collectingofthepearls
SatanrejoicedwhenAdam(peacebeuponhim)cameoutofParadise,buthedidnotknowthatwhena
diversinksintothesea,hecollectspearlsandthenrisesagain.IbnalQayyim
LoveofAllah
Itisastagethatallofthosewhoarestrivingandcompetingarecompetingforitanditisakindoflifethat
ifyouaremissingityouareoneofthedead.
Itisalightthatifyouarewithoutityouareinandoceanofdarkness.Itisamedicineorcurethatifyouare
withoutit,yourheartbecomesaplaceofsicknesses.
Itisasweetnessorpleasurethatifyouarewithoutit,lifebecomesathingofworriesandofpain.Ibn
QayyimalJawziyyah
TheKeystotheHeart
ThekeystothelifeoftheheartlieinreflectingupontheQuran,beinghumblebeforeAllahinsecret,and
leavingsins.IbnQayyimalJawziyyah
IlluminationoftheHeart
Worshipandobedienceilluminatetheheartandmakeitstrongandsteadfast,untilitbecomeslikeaclear
mirror,shiningwithlight.
WhenShaytaandrawsclose,heisstruckbyitslightlikethosewhotrytoeavesdrop[intheheavens]are
struckbytheshootingstars,andShaytaanfleesfromthisheartwithmoreterrorthanawolffleeingfroma
lion.AlQayyim
ServantisbetweentheHandsofAllah
TheservantexistsbetweentheHandsofAllahattwotimeswhilestandingduringperformingprayer,and
whilestandingontheDayofResurrection.Whoeverfulfillstherightsofthefirststanding,willinfactbe
facilitatingthesecondone.Andwhoeverconsidersthiseasyanddoesnotpaydueattentiontoit,hewillbe
makingtheotheronedifficultforhimself.IbnAlQayyim
FivepillarsofGratitude
Gratitudeisbuiltuponfivepillars:SubmissivenesstoAllahfromtheoneexpressinggratitude;loving
Himforit;acknowledgingHisfavor;praisingHimforit;andnotutilizingitinawaythatdispleasesHim.
IbnalQayyim
TravelercarryingDirt
Deedswithoutsincerityarelikeatravelerwhocarriesinhiswaterjugdirt.Thecarryingofitburdenshim
anditbringsnobenefitIbnalQayyim
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TheDivineDecreeisalwaysabounty
Thedivinedecreerelatedtothebelieverisalwaysabounty,evenifitisintheformofwithholding
(somethingthatisdesired),anditisablessing,evenifitappearstobeatrial,andanafflictionthathas
befallenhimisinrealityacure,eventhoughitappearstobeadisease!IbnalQayyim
TheHeartandBodygetsick
Theheartgetssickasthebodydoesanditscureisinaskingforforgivenessandprotection.Italso
becomesrustylikeamirrordoesanditispolishedbyrememberingAllah.
Theheartcanalsobenakedlikethebodyandcanloseitsdressanddecoration,whichispiety,anditcan
feelhungerandthirstlikethebodydoes,anditsnourishmentisknowledge,love,trust,andofferingservice
toAllah.IbnulQayyim
Dontgettired
DonotgettiredofstandingatHisdoor,evenifyouwerethrownoutAnddonotstopapologizingtoHim,
evenifyouwereturnedbackAndifHeopensthedoorfortheoneswhowereaccepted,thenenter(with
them)theentranceoftheoneswhowereunexpectedandsay,Miskeen(poor)sogivemeSadaqah
(charity)IbnulQayyim
Nameshavemeaningandeffect
Becausenameshavemeanings,thesemeaningswillinevitablyhaveaneffectonthepersonwhocarries
thename.Nameshaveaneffectonthethingsthatarenamed,andthethingsthatarenamedhaveaneffect
ontheirnames,whethertheyarebeautifulorugly,lightorheavy,subtleorcrude.IbnulQayyim
TheDoorsofJannah
ThescholarsofevilsitatthedoorsofAlJannah(Paradise)callingthepeopletoitwiththeirspeech,but
callingtothefirewiththeiractions;everytimetheyspeaktheirwordstothepeopletheyrushforward
whilsttheiractionssuggestnottolistentothemforifwhattheyhadbeencallingtowastrue,theywould
havebeenthefirsttorespond.Thustheyareseeminglyguides,butareinfacthighwayrobbers.Ibn
Qayyim
WiseSayingsofIbnalQayyim
Testsofabeliever
Theibtilaa(testing)ofthebelieverislikemedicineforhim.Itcureshimfromillness.Hadtheillness
remaineditwoulddestroyhimordiminishhisrewardandlevel(inthehereafter).Thetestsandthetrials
extracttheseillnessesfromhimandpreparehimfortheperfectrewardandthehighestofdegrees(inthe
lifetocome).IbnQayyim
TreesintheHeart
IkhlaasandTawheedareatreeintheheart.Itsbranchesaregoodactions.Itsfruitsareagoodlifeinthis
world,andeternalcomfortintheHereafter,andjustlikeinParadisethefruitswhosesupplyisnotcutoff,
noraretheyoutofreach,likewisearethefruitsofTawheedandIkhlaasinthisworld.
AnactiondonewithoutIkhlaasandwithoutfollowingtheMessengerislikeatravelerwhosesock
becomesfilledwithsand,whichweighshimdown,andhasnobenefit.AllahlovesfromHisslavethathe
beautifieshistonguewiththetruth,andhisheartwithIkhlaasandlove,turningrepentantlywithreliance
uponAllah.IbnalQayyim
Noreplacement
Andverilyforeverythingthataslavelosesthereisasubstitute,buttheonewholosesAllahwillnever
findanythingtoreplaceHim.IbnalQayyim
QuotesbyIbnalQayyimalJawzziya
Calamitiesandtrialsareamedicine
WereitnotthatAllahtreatsHisslaveswiththeremedyoftrialsandcalamities,theywouldtransgressand
overstepthemark.WhenAllahwillsgoodforHisslaves,Hegiveshimthemedicineofcalamitiesand
trialsaccordingtohissituation,soastocurehimfromallfatalillnessesanddiseases,untilHepurifiesand
cleanseshim,andthenmakeshimqualifiedforthemosthonorablepositioninthisworld,whichisthatof
beingatrueslaveofAllah(uboodiyyah),andforthegreatestrewardintheHereafter,whichisthatof
seeingHimandbeingclosetoHim.IbnQayyimalJawzziyah
TheHeartsrest
TheheartwillrestandfeelreliefifitissettledwithAllahanditwillworryandbeanxiousifitissettled
withpeople.IbnalQayyim
Brookinthedesert
LovingAllahresemblesabrookinadesertwithnomillstone,andthatiswhytherearefewwater
drawers.Theloverusuallywantstobeisolatedwithhisloverinprivacyinordertofinddelight,thesame
asthewhaleresortstowater,andachildseekshismother.IbnalQayyim
Lifeisafadingshadow
Opeoplewhotakepleasureinalifethatwillvanish;fallinginlovewithafadingshadowissheer
stupidityIbnalQayyim
Repel,Repel,Repel
Repelthethought,forifyoudont,itbecomesanidea.Sorepeltheidea;forifyoudontitwillbecomea
desire.Sofightagainstthat(desire),forifyoudont,itwillbecomeadeterminationandapassion.Andif
youdontrepelthat,itwillbecomeanaction.Andifyoudontreplaceitwithitsopposite,itwillbecomea
constanthabit.Soatthatpoint,itwillbedifficultforyoutochangeit.IbnQayyimalJawziyyah
Home Quotes 25 Excellent Islamic Quotes

25 Excellent Islamic Quotes
Abu ZainabQuotesMarch 3 20145 Comments12,709 Views
IslamicQuotesforwhenyouareabitdownandinneedofsomeinspirationtoliftyoubackupagain,
phrasesandquotescaneasilyhelpyoudothat.
AllahremindsusintheQuranthat:
Verily,intheremembranceofAllahdoheartsfindrest.
Quran13:28
BeforeIlistthequotes,letusponderoverthisverseoftheQuranandwecanthenunderstandhowtomake
thefollowingsayingsmorepracticalforus.
AllahispromptingustothinkbysayingintheremembranceofAllahyouwillfindpeace,thiscannotbe
achievedwithoutthinkingbecauseyoucannotrememberwithoutusingyourmind.Thereisnopointin
rememberingaboutsomethingifitdoesntpromptyoutotakeaction.
SothebestremembranceistheremembranceofAllah.
TheIslamicQuotesbelow,yestheyarebeautifulandfullofwisdomanditcaneffectyouemotionallybut
itwillonlybetemporaryifitisemotional.Tomaketheeffectintoalonglastingone,aswithallthingsyou
mustputitintopractice.
Islamisapracticaldeen,thereisnothingaboutitthatisntpractical,itiswhyyouwillfindtheislamic
quotesbelowmentioningthingsthataredoablestraightaway!
Thesequotesareextremelynecessarytodeveloponescharacter,andifyoufindyourselfdownandhaving
oneofthosedayswhereyouarealittlelethargicandyoufeellikeyourTaqwaisntsostrongthisisexactly
whatyouneed.
Itwillraiseyourtaqwahigheronlyifyouputitintopractice,thereisatimeandplaceforemotionbut
certainlynotwhenitcomestobeingfearingofAllah.Thisrequirescertaintyandconfidencetoexecutethe
correctactionsattherighttime!
Islamic Quotes for High Taqwa
TheProphet(saw)said,Nosinremainsminorwhenaccompaniedbypersistence,andnosinremains
majorwhenaccompaniedbytheseekingofforgiveness.
AlAmashsaid,TheonewhosecapitalisGodconsciousness(taqwa),tongueswillbeincapableof
describingthefortunethatishispiety;andtheonewhosecapitalisthedunya,tongueswillbeincapableof
describingthemagnitudeofhislossofpiety.
SufyanalThawrisaid,Everyactofdisobediencecommittedduetopassion,itsforgivenessishopedfor.
Everyactofdisobediencecommittedduetoarrogance,itsforgivenessisnothopedforbecausetherootof
Satansdisobediencewasarrogance,whereastherootofAdamslapsewaspassion.
Itissaid,Verilypassionturnskingsintoslaves,andpatienceturnsslavesintokingsDoyounotseethe
storyofYusufandZulaykha?
Itissaid,Gladtidingstotheonewhoseintellectishismasterandwhosedesireishisslave.Andwoeto
theonewhosedesireishismasterandwhoseintellectishisslave.
Itissaid,TheonewhoisclosetoAllahduetohisobediencewillbeastrangeramongstpeople.
TheProphet(saw)said,Therootofallsinsisloveofthedunyaandtherootofalltribulationsis
withholdingtaxesandzakat.
AbuBakralSiddiq(ra)said,Therearethreethingswhichcannotbeattainedthroughanotherthree:
wealthwithhope,youthwithdyeing[thehair],andhealthwithmedication.
UmaribnalKhattab(ra)said,Goodinteractionwithpeopleishalfofintelligence,goodquestioningis
halfofknowledge,andgoodplanningishalfofsubsistence.
Itissaid,Thehappiestofallpeopleishewhohasasincereheart,apatientbody,andcontentmentwith
whathepossesses.
Sothatwasthefirsttenofthesayings,thesearetakenfromthefirsttwochaptersofPreparingfordayof
JudgementbyIbnHajar.Heres15moreIslamicQuotes
YahyaibnMuadhalRazisaid,Gladtidingstotheonewholeavesthedunyabeforeitleaveshim,
preparesforhisgravebeforeheentersit,andpleaseshisLordbeforehemeetsHim.
Ali(ra)alsosaid,BeinAllahsestimationthebestofpeople,andintheestimationofyournafstheworst
ofpeople,andinpeoplesestimationjustamanfromamongstthepeople.
Ali(ra)said,Givetowhomsoeveryouwishandyouwillbecomehismaster;askfromwhomeveryou
wishandyouwillbecomehisprisoner;anddonotseekhelpfromwhomsoeveryouwishandyouwillbe
hisequal.
SufyanalThawriwasaskedaboutthesweetnessofclosenesstoAllahtheExalted.Hereplied,Itisthat
youdonotfinddelightinabeautifulface,nicevoice,oreloquenttongue.
Awisemansaid,ThreethingsarefromthetreasuresofAllahtheExaltedthatHedoesnotgiveexcept
thoseHelovespoverty,illnessandpatience.
TheProphet(saw)said,Theonewhocomesoutofthehumiliationofdisobedienceintothehonourof
obedience,AllahtheExaltedwillmakehimrichwithoutwealth,strengthenhimwithoutsoldiers,and
honourhimwithoutaclan.
AllahrevealedtooneoftheProphets,WhoevermeetsMe[ontheDayofJudgement]whilehelovesMe,I
willmakehimenterMyParadise.WhoevermeetsMewhilehefearsMe,IwillsparehimMyHell.And
whoevermeetsMeandisashamedbecauseofhissins,Iwillmaketheangelswhorecorddeedsforgethis
sins.
KabalAhbar(ra)said,Fortressesforthebelieversarethreethemosqueisafortress,theremembrance
ofAllahisafortress,andthereadingoftheQuranisafortress.
Itissaidthat,IfAllahwantsgoodforHisservantHegiveshimtheunderstandingofthedeen,reduceshis
attachmenttothedunya,andgrantshimawarenessofhisfaults.
Anasceticsaid,Theonewhoonlyconsidershisownopinionascorrectwillbemisguided;theonewho
thinksheisrichduetohiswealthwillbeimpoverished;andtheonewhoseeksprominencethrougha
creaturewillbehumiliated.
Anasceticsaid,Thefruitsofmarifa(knowledgeofAllah)arethreebeingashamedfromAllahthe
Exalted,lovingHimandenjoyinghisCompany.
TheProphet(saw)said,Loveisthebasisofmarifa,chastityisthesignofconviction,andthepeakof
convictionisGodconsciousnessandcontentmentwithwhatAllahtheExaltedhaspredestined.
DhualNunalMisrialsosaid,TheonewhoknowsAllahtheExaltedisacaptive,hisheartisseeing,and
hisactionsforAllaharemany.
MalikibnDinarsaid,Remedythreethingswiththreepridewithhumility,greedwithcontentment,and
envywithsincereadvice.
Umar(ra)said,Therearefourtypesofoceanspassionistheoceanofsins,thenafsistheoceanof
desires,deathistheoceanoflives,andthegraveistheoceanofregrets.
Thatbringsustotheend.Hopefullythiswillincreaseyourtaqwa,howeveritwillnotcomeofanyuseifit
isnotputintopractice.
Didyoulikethesayings?Letmeknowbyleavingacomment.
AllthequotesweretakenfromIbnHajarsbook,PreparingforthedayofJudgement.Readitoverat
balagha.net.
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Islamic Quotes of Uthman ibn Affan
Abu ZainabQuotesAugust 14 20134 Comments10,365 Views
HadhratUthmanGhaniwasthe3rdCaliphofIslam,inthispostwellbelookingatsomegreatquotesof
UthmanIbnAffan.
HewasacompanionoftheProphetMuhammad(saw)andknownasDhunNurain(thepossessoroftwo
lights)becausehemarriedtwodaughtersoftheProphet(saw)oneaftertheother.
Hewascertainlyamanwhohadwisdomandhonour!BeforewelookatsomeofthequotesbyUthman
(r.a)IwanttoquoteacoupleoffamousahadithnarratedbyUthmanIbnAffan.
IheardtheMessengerofAllah(saw)say:Whoeverbuildsamasjid(mosque)forthesakeofAllah,Allah
willbuildsomethingsimilarforhiminParadise.IbnMajah
And
TheMessengerofAllah(saw)said:ThemostexcellentofyouistheonewholearnstheQuranandteaches
it.IbnMajah
ThesealofCaliphUthman
Wearealwaysremindedabouttheaboveahadithbutafewofusperhapsdidntknowwhonarratedit,
indeeditwasUthman(r.a).
ItwasduringthereignofUthmanthatheorderedtheunificationoftheQuran,whichisnowcalledthe
UthmaniScript.
DuringhistimeastheCaliph,Islamhadspreadveryfareastandwest,thefirstinitiationofcontactsby
MuslimstoChinawereinitiatedbyhim.
Therearemanyotherdistinctionsofthisgreatman,IcouldwritealotmorebutIllsavethatforanother
day.LetsnowtakealookatsomeofthesayingsofHadhratUthman.
Dontforgettocheckoutsomemoreinspirationalislamicquotes.
Quotes of Uthman Ibn Affan

Itappearsthathewasamanoffewwords,butwhenhespokehiswordsweresurchargedwithwisdom.
IncludedbelowareIslamicquotesaboutpride,goodhabits,patience,essentials,pietyandmore.
Hesaidthatfourthingsareuseless,andtheyare:
1. Knowledge without practice;

2. Wealth without expenditure in the way of Allah;
3. Piety for the sake show prompted by worldliness; and

4. Long life with no stock of good deeds.
Donotquarrel,anddonotcreatedifferencesamongyourselves.HoldfasttotheropeofAllahand
maintainunityinyourranks.
Thethoughtofthespiritualworldshedslightonthesoul,butthethoughtoftheterrestrialworldcasts
darknessthereon.
Underallcircumstances,apersonshouldbepatient,otherwisedisgracewouldbehislot.
Acquirewisdomfromthestoryofthosewhohavealreadypassed.
Theworldisproud.Leaveitalonelestitentrapsbyitsguises,andteachesyoupridewhichwillkeepyou
awayfromAllah.
HadhratUthman(r.a)heldthefollowingfourthingsasessential:
1. To associate with the worthy is laudable, but to follow them is

essential.
2. To read the Quran is virtues, but to act according to its
injunctions is essential.
3. To visit the sick is meritorious, but to cause them to make their
behests is essential.
4. To visit the shrines of holy men is piety, but to be prepared for
death is essential.
WhentheMuslimsaredisunitedtheywouldfalterintheirfaith,andwouldbebereftoftheirinherent
strength.
YouwillnotbeconsciousoftherealityoffaithtillloveforAllahishelddearerthanthepassionto
acquirewealth.
ThehighestdegreeinIman(faith)isthatyoualwaysregardyourselfinthepresenceofAllah.
HewhomakesthebookofAllahashisguidewouldremainsafefromsin,andhewouldbecounted
amongthebestofmen.
Home Quotes 25 Inspiring Quotes by Imam Ali

25 Inspiring Quotes by Imam Ali
Abu ZainabQuotesFebruary 22 201324 Comments90,029 Views
ImamAliIbnAbiTalibhadthebestupbringingashe
grewupinthehouseofnonotherthantheProphet(saw).Soyoucanimaginehischaracterandhowgood
itwas.AnyofImamAlissayingswouldbeofgreatimportanceandinspiringtoanygenerationof
MuslimsandevennonMuslims.PreviouslyIwroteanarticleontheInspiringIslamicQuotes,I
recommendyoutoreadthatasitcontainsquotesbyImamAliandmore.
HewasthefirstfromtheProphets(saw)familyafterKhadijah(ra)toembraceIslamanditwasatavery
youngage.ThequotesbyImamAlinumbermany,astherearemanycollectionsofhislifeespecially
amongtheShiaMuslims.
IamnotgoingtowriteabouttheShia/SunnidividethatemergedatthetimeofImamAlisreign,asIdont
seeanybenefitinthatinthisinstance.?
ThecharacterofImamAliwasofthebestinsocietyinanytimeorgeneration,hewasaroundgreatmen,
hewasagreatmanandagreatJudge!Wecouldgoonaboutthegreatnessofthisgreatcompanionofthe
Prophet(saw)andstillwouldnotbeabletodoanyjustice.
ThisiswhatthegreatbiographistIbnAthirhadtosayaboutHazratAli:
AliwasthefirstCaliphbothofwhoseparentswerepureHashimites.Hewassojudicialmindedthathe
couldnotputupwiththedishonestyofhisrelationsorfriends,andwassomuchengrossedinpietythatat
thetimeofhismarriagewithFatima(ra)hedidnotpossesanythingsaveacamelskinonwhichhefedhis
camelsintheday,andwhichheconvertedintoabedsheetatnight.TheProphet(saw)inhistabletalkhas
notextolledanyoneofhiscompanionsasmuchashehasAli.Surely,Alineverspokealieduringhis
lifetime.
ThequotesbyImamAliIbnAbuTalibareofhighimportanceandshouldaffectapersonimmediatelyand
makeusactiveinbecomingbetterMuslims,ofcoursewehavetheprimarysourcesofIslami.e.theQuran,
SunnahetcbutwecanusethesebeautifulquotesofImamAli(ra)tokeepourmomentumgoing.
Quotes By Imam Ali about Life

1. The days of life pass away like clouds, so do good while you are
alive.
2. Of all the follies the greatest is to love the World.
3. Opportunity is swift of flight but slow to return.

4. The most happy is he to whom God has given a good wife.
5. Do not sell your conscience for anything but heaven.
His Sayings about Piety
1. Fear Allah (swt) and you will have no cause to fear anyone.
2. Resignation to the Will of Allah (swt) is the cure of the heart.
3. The word of Allah (swt) is the medicine of the heart.
4. He who knows himself knows Allah.
5. Patience is the fruit of faith.
6. No shelter is safe than piety.
7. A mans behaviour is the index of his mind.
8. Virtue never dies.
9. Wealth and greed are the roots of all evils.
10.
Riches without faith are the greatest poverty.
Quotes by Imam Ali about Good Character and Knowledge

1. The disease of the heart is worse than the disease of the body.
2. To fight against ones desires is the greatest of all fights.
3. The strongest amongst you is he who subdues his self.
4. A mans worth depends upon the nobility of his aspirations.
5. Generosity hides shortcomings.
6. The learned lives although he dies.
7. The sum total of excellence is knowledge.
8. To respect the learner is to respect Allah.
9. Knowledge enlivens the soul.

10.
A mans glory from his virtue is greater than the glory of
his pedigree.
ThegreatcharacterofImamAlioranyoftheCompanionsoftheProphet(pbuh)cannotbeemphasized
enough,butwhatwereallyneedtodoistakeagoodlookthelivesofthesegreatmenandtrytoemulate
them.AfteralltheydidtakeIslamtotherestoftheWorldsomuchsothatMuslimsnowarelivinginevery
partoftheWorld.
Whatwasitaboutthesementhatmadethemlikethat?TheywereMuslims,weareMuslimsyettheywere
abletoconquerlandsandweareconquered!
TheSayingsofImamAliinthisarticlearetakenfromtheLifeofHazratAli(ra)byProf.MasudulHasan
originallypublishedbyIslamicPublicationsLTD.
Home Quotes Islamic Quotes by Abu Bakr Siddiq

Islamic Quotes by Abu Bakr Siddiq
Abu ZainabQuotesMay 4 20136 Comments14,173 Views
WheredoyoustartwithAbuBakrSiddiq?Thisis
exactlywhatIwasthinkingwhenIwantedtowriteabouthisbeautifulsayingsandespeciallythewise
wordsthathehassaid.
ThispostwilllookattheQuotesbyAbuBakr.AbuBakrSiddiqwasafineMuslim,onewhowas
guaranteedJannahbytheProphetMuhammad(pbuh)himselfbutbeforewelookatthequotesofAbu
Bakrletstakeabrieflookathisexemplarycharactersothatwecantrytoemulatehimandfindoutwhat
madehimsuchaninspirationalstar!
TheProphet(pbuh)gavehimthetitleasSiddiq(theverifieroftruth)aftertheProphetMuhammadcame
backfromhisnightjourney(alIsrawalMiraj).AbuBakrwasgiventhetitleasSiddiq(sometimesspelt
Siddique)becausethepeopleofMakkahdidntbelievethattheProphetcouldtraveltoandfromPalestine
(alQuds)inonenightletalonetraveltoheaven.AbuBakrSiddiqconfirmedintheaffirmativewithout
question.
SuchwasthestrengthandconvictioninhisbeliefinAllahandhisMessenger.
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AbuBakrwasalsoknownbyothertitles,IllbewritingapostonthedistinctionsofAbuBakrSiddiqinthe
comingweekssowecantakealookatthosethen.FornowletstakealookatsomeIslamicQuotessothat
wecantrytolearnalittleaboutthesortofvaluesthecompanions(Sahabas)oftheProphet(saw)held.
ByreadingthesayingsandquotesofAbuBakrwewanttobeabletounderstandthementalityhehadand
wherehisprioritieslay.WeliveinatimewhereweasMuslimsareunfortunatelyunclearaboutour
purposeinlifeorwesometimeslackseriousness.
WecantseemtoconnectIslamwithsociety!ItisalmostasifIslamisapersonalthinginasecularkindof
way.ThequotesbyAbuBakrbelowwillshowyouhowmuchthesecompanionswhereconcernedabout
thesocietyandtheirwillingnesstopleasetheirCreatoralllinkedtogether.
Whatdoyouthink?IsIslamsecular?ShouldIslamhaveasayintheaffairsoftheMuslims?Letmeknow
yourthoughtsbelow.
Islamic Quotes Abu Bakr

1. Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity.
2. Be good to others, that will protect you against evil.
3. Have an earnestness for death, and you will have life.
Islamic Quotes about Knowledge
1. The more knowledge you have, the greater will be your fear of
Allah.
2. Without knowledge, action is useless and knowledge without
action is futile.
3. Knowledge is the life of the mind.
4. When a noble man learns knowledge he becomes humble; when
an ignoble person gains knowledge he gets conceited.
5. When knowledge is limited, it leads to folly; when knowledge
exceeds a certain limit, it leads to exploitation.
Quotes by Abu Bakr on Advice

1. When you seek advice, do not withhold any facts from the
person whose advice you seek.
2. When you advise any person you should be guided by the fear
of Allah.
3. If anybody seeks your advice, offer right and sincere advice.
4. He who is not impressed by sound advice lacks faith.
5. He who aspires paradise should learn to deal with the people
with kindness.
6. He who fears to weep should learn to be kind to those who
weep.
Islamic Quotes about Character
1. If you want to control other people, first control yourself.
2. Patience is half faith and confidence is full faith.
3. Solitude is better than a society of evil people.
4. The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is
dishonesty.
5. Do not look down upon any Muslims, for even the most inferior
believer is great in the eyes of Allah.
6. Allah bless him who helps his brother.
7. Co-operate with one another and do not have grudge of
jealousy.
8. Muslims should live like brothers.
9. Allah helps those who fear Him.
10.
Allah will help him who moves in the way of Allah.
11.
To fight against yourself is greater Jihad.
ThatconcludesthissetofquotesbythegreatAbuBakr,Ihopewecanlearnfromtheseandbebetter
muslimsandambassadorsofIslam.
IncludedwiththispostisaposterwithIslamicQuotesasanaddedbonussothatyoucanreaditwhenyou
wantto.
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Quotes of Ibn Taymiyyah
Abu ZainabQuotesFebruary 5 20142 Comments13,583 Views
IwasrecentlyreadingabookcalledtheDiseasesoftheheartandtheircuresanditcontainedalotofquotes
ofIbnTaymiyyah.SoIthoughwhynotaddthemheresothatyouguyscanreadthequotesandsharewith
others.
AsusualliketheotherIslamicquotespostsIveincludedalotofinspiringsayingsofIbnTaymiyyahandI
hopeitcanmotivateustoactonitandhavemoreTaqwa.
IfyouareinterestedinreadingsomeIslamicBooksthengoaheadandcheckoutthisposton5good
Islamicbookstoreadonline.
Sayings of Ibn Taymiyyah about Taqwa

1. Every punishment from Him is pure justice and every blessing
from Him is pure grace.
2. Whoever desires everlasting bliss, let him adhere firmly to the
threshold of servitude.
3. The Lord loves to be loved.
4. Guidance is not attained except with knowledge and correct
direction is not attained except with patience.
5. In this world there is a paradise, whoever does not enter it will
not enter the Paradise of the Hereafter.
6. The one who is [truly] imprisoned is the one whose heart is
imprisoned from Allah and the captivated one is the one whose
desires have enslaved him.
QuotesofibnTaymiyyahabouttruth:
1. This whole religion revolves around knowing the truth and acting
by it, and action must be accompanied by patience.
2. Worship is founded upon the Legal Law and following it, not upon
ones base desires and innovation.
3. If you do not taste the sweetness of an action in your heart,

suspect it, for the Lord, Exalted is He, is the Appreciative.
4. The more the servant loves his Master, the less will he love other
objects and they will decrease in number The less the servant
loves his Master, the more will he love other objects and they will
increase in number.
HissayingsaboutTawhidandblessings:
1. Perpetually is the servant either the recipient of a blessing from

Allah; in which case he is need of gratitude; or he is the
perpetrator of a sin, in which case he is in need of repentance;
he is always moving from one blessing to another and is always
in need of repentance.
2. Sins cause harm and repentance removes the cause.
3. Bearing witness to tawhid opens the door of good and repentance from sins closes the door of evil.
4. The jihad against the soul is the foundation for the Jihad against
the disbelievers and hypocrites.
5. A man will never fear something besides Allah unless it be due to
a disease in his heart.
6. Trials and tribulation are like feeling the heat and cold, when one
knows that they cannot be avoided, he will not feel anger at their
onset, nor will he be distressed or dis heartened.
7. The perfection of tawhid is found when there remains nothing in
the heart except Allah, the servant is left loving those He loves
and what He loves, hating those He hates and what He hates,
showing allegiance to those He has allegiance to, showing
enmity to those He shows enmity towards, ordering what He
orders and prohibiting what He prohibits.
8. The objective of asceticism is to leave all that harms the servants
Hereafter and the objective of worship is to do all that will benefit
his Hereafter.
9. Sins are like chains and locks preventing their perpetrator from
roaming the vast garden of tawhid and reaping the fruits of
righteous actions.
IbnTaymiyyahsSayingsaboutbeingimprisoned:
Whatcanmyenemiesdotome?Ihaveinmybreastbothmyheavenandmygarden.IfItraveltheyare
withme,neverleavingme.ImprisonmentformeisachancetobealonewithmyLord.Tobekilledis
martyrdomandtobeexiledfrommylandisaspiritualjourney.
Inthisworld,manfindsintheremembranceofAllah,praisingHimandworshippingHim,adelightthatis
incomparabletoanythingelse.
ThesesayingsofthegreatImamibnTaymiyyahwerecollectedfromvarioussourcesincluding,MajmuAl
Fatawa,IbnalQayyim,IbnRajabandalBazzar.
Hopefullyyoulovedthesequotes,pleaseleaveacommentandletmeknowhowyoufoundit.Thereare
moreinspirationalIslamicquotesforyoutoread.

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- Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

If Allah brings you to it, He will bring you through it.

Whoever follows patience, success will follow him.

As there is no darkness in the moonlight. So is Mustafa (Muhammad), the well

Suffering is a gift. In it is hidden mercy. - Jalaluddin al-Rumi

A friend cannot be considered a friend until he is tested in three occasions: in time of

If you are aware of your humility, then you are arrogant.

Knowledge is understanding that a tomato is a fruit.

God made the illusion look real

but how can the dust rise by itself?

If you make intense supplication

Innumerable changes of moods are yours,

Love all, with sincere love and concern.

Joy and sorrow are the light and shade of life;

I will not serve God like a labourer, in expectation of my wages.

Some people make their goals the stars,

How long will you keep pounding on an open door

The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart

Imam al-Shafi' in his final sickness said:

If you make demands on Him, you doubt Him.

Stay close by the door, if you desire all beauty

I seek no exchange for my dearest love

Maa ki du'a, jannat ki hawa

Try to dissolve out of selfishness into a voice beyond those limits.

resurrection, and that is where he will gain the ultimate benefits

All are stricken and you are safe?

The candle is not there to illuminate itself

Put aside your pride,

That which God said to the rose,

I have been so naughted in Thy Love's existence that my nonexistence is a thousand

Does money upset the hearts of learned men?

The spiritual warrior is he who breaks an idol;

People choose the path of their own lives: victor or victim.

To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.

Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However,

Say the truth even if it may be bitter.

A man not progressing is not standing still. He is stagnating.

Pride is concerned with who is right.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for

Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.

Every drop of sweat

Intelligence is the shadow of objective truth.

If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable.

Truthfulness is composed of justice and courage.

Remembrance of Allah is certain knowledge of one's belief ('ilm al-iman), immunity

Ikhlaas is to forget the vision of creation by constantly looking at the Creator.

In the sea there are countless treasures,

The creative spirit demands persistence.

Seeking knowledge at an Young age is like engraving on a stone.

People need comfort.

The lower self is greedy,

Your destiny is Allah.

The best provision is piety.

Knowledge is not what is memorised.

Not wishy-washy, not up and down, don't zig and zag.

Shaitan is always looking for an opening to get you.

When we look for strength in ourselves, we will be weak.

How can you Despair?

There are distinctions among people.

Do the Obligatory [Fardhu], Improve on it with the Supererogatory [Sunnat]. Add

Never do I argue with a man with a desire to hear him say

The need of the hour is that your life should be revolutionised.