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Sayings of the Renowned
Scholars of Islam
Vol.
1 - 500
Compiled By
Muhammad Gaffer Ibn Abdul Goffur
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In The Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
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"And your Lord said: "Invoke Me, [i.e. believe in My Oneness (Islamic Monotheism)]
(and ask Me for anything) I will respond to your (invocation). Verily! Those who scorn
My worship [i.e. do not invoke Me, and do not believe in My Oneness, (Islamic
Monotheism)] they will surely enter Hell in humiliation!"
Surah Ghafir 40:60
"Is not He (better than your gods) Who responds to the distressed one, when he calls
Him, and Who removes the evil, and makes you inheritors of the earth, generations
after generations. Is there any ilah (god) with Allah? Little is that you remember!"
Surah An-Naml 27:62
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The Amir al-Mu'minin Abu Hafs 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (RA) said:
"I heard the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) saying, 'Actions are only by intentions, and
each man has only that which he intends. Whoever's emigration is for Allah and His
Messenger, then his emigration is for Allah and His Messenger. Whoever's
emigration is for some worldly gain which he can acquire or a woman he will marry,
then his emigration is for that which he emigrates."
al-Bukhari & Muslim
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Mentioned With Transliteration Meaning
Allah's Name Subhanahu wa ta'ala He is exalted above weakness
and indignity
Allah's Name 'Azza wa-Jal He is exalted and glorified
Allah's Name Jalla Jalaluh Exalted is His glory
Prophet Muhammad Salla 'Llahu 'alayhi wa sallam May Allah's peace and blessings
be on him
Prophets and Angels 'Alayh is-Salam Peace be on him
A Male Companion Radiya 'Llahu 'anhu May Allah be pleased with him
A Female Companion Radiya 'Llahu 'anha May Allah be pleased with her
Two Companion Radiya 'Llahu 'anhuma May Allah be pleased with them
More Than Two Companions Radiya 'Llahu 'anhum May Allah be pleased with them
A Past Scholar or Righteous Muslim Rahimahu 'Llah May Allah have mercy on him
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Acknowledgement
All Praise and thanks be to Allah! We praise and thank Him, ask Him for His Help and Forgiveness, and
we seek refuge in Allah from the evils of our souls and the mischief of our deeds. He whom Allah
guides will not be misled, and he whom Allah misleads will never have a guide. I testify that there is no
deity but Allah alone, without any partners, and that Muhammad is His 'Abd (worshiper) and
Messenger.
Putting together a work of this nature is a monumental task that obviously takes more effort than that
of a translator and editor. As is always, to mention all those who aided me with their various input
would be an equally lengthy task. But, of course, a few people stand out for their significant
commitment in making this book a success. Special thanks to my Parents, Wife & Khayer Uncle.
Of course, first and last, all praise and thanks are due to Allah (SWT), may He (AWJ) forgive us for any
mistakes and show us the right path. Aameen.
Muhammad Gaffer Ibn Abdul Goffur
May 21, 2014
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Sayings of the Renowned Scholars of Islam
1 - Ibn Taymiyyah said: “Every punishment from Allah is pure justice and every blessings
from Him is pure grace.”
2 - Abu Hurayra (RA) saw two men and said to one of them, "Who is this man in relation to
you?" He is my father," he replied. He (Abu Hurayra) said, "Do not call him by his own name
nor walk in front of him nor sit down before him."
3 - Ibn Taymiyyah said: “The Lord loves to be loved.”
4 - Imam Sufyan ath-Thawri said: "Woe to you! Seek knowledge. I fear that the knowledge
will leave you and come to another people so that you are humiliated. Knowledge is a honor
in this life and next life."
5 - Ibn Taymiyyah said: “In this world there is a paradise, whoever does not enter it will not
enter the Paradise of the Hereafter.”
6 - Imam ibn Hibban said: "Spying is one of the branches of hypocrisy, and thinking the best
(of others) is one of the branches of faith. The intelligent person thinks the best of his
brothers, and is personally concerned about the grievances and sorrows of his brother.
However the ignorant person assumes the worst about his brothers and is unconcerned about
the grievances and sorrows of his brother."
7 - Shaykh Abdur-Rahmaan as-Sa`di said: "In marriage one feels unparalleled joy. In
marriage there is a special type of mercy that you won't find elsewhere."
8 - Ibn Umar (RA) said: "Making parents weep is part of disobedience and one of the major
wrong actions."
9 - Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jawiyyah said: "Patience is that the heart does not feel anger
towards that which is destined and that the mouth does not complain."
10 - Ibn Taymiyyah said: “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.”
11 - Imam Ibn Rajab said: "Eid is not for the one who wears new clothes. Eid is for the one
whose obedience rises. Eid is not for the one with beautiful clothes and fine means of
transport, Eid is for the one whose sins are forgiven."
12 - Imam ash-Shaafi’ee said: “If I say something then compare it with the Book of Allaah
and the sunnah of His Messenger (PBUH) and if it agrees with them, then accept it and that
which goes against them, then reject it and throw my saying against the wall!”
13 - Yahyaa Ibn Ma’een said: “Knowledge is understanding and comprehension, and
knowledge is not in relaying abundance of narrations.”
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14 - Abdullah Ibn al-Mubarak said, "The one who prays Twelve rak'ahs everyday has
fulfilled the right of prayer; the one who fasts three days every month has fulfilled the right of
fasting; the one who recites one hundred verses everyday has fulfilled the right of the Qur'an;
and the one who gives a dirham in charity every Friday has fulfilled the right of Charity."
15 - Shaykh Sulaymaan ibn ‘Abd-Allaah said: "Rather what the believer must do, if the Book
of Allaah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (PBUH) have reached him and he understands
them with regard to any matter, is to act in accordance with them, no matter who he may be
disagreeing with. This is what our Lord and our Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) have enjoined upon us, and all the scholars are unanimously agreed on that, apart
from the ignorant blind followers and the hard-hearted. Such people are not scholars."
16 - Ibn Taymiyyah said: “The perfection of twahid 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.”
17 - Ibn Qayyim-al-Jawziyyah said: "Sins have many side-effects. One of them is that they
steal knowledge from you."
18 - Imam Malik said: "Indeed I am a human, I can make mistakes, and I can be correct, so
look into my opinion, everything that is in agreement with the Book and the Sunnah, then
take it, and everything that does not agree with the Book and the Sunnah then leave it."
19 - Imam ash-Shaafi’ee said: “The Muslims (of my time) were of a unanimous opinion that
one who comes across an authentic sunnah of Allaah’s messenger (PBUH) is not allowed to
disregard it in favour of someone’s else’s opinion.”
20 - Ibn Taymiyyah said: “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, never leaving me. Imprisonment for me is
a chance to be alone with my Lord. To be killed is martyrdom and to be exiled from my land
is a spiritual journey.”
21 - Umar Ibn Al-Khattab (RA) said: “If your brother mentions something to you in private
then walks away it is a trust even if he didn’t instruct you not to inform anyone.”
22 - Imam as-Sa'di said: “A servant should obey Allah and be just even if someone treats him
unjustly. It is not allowed to lie about the one who lies about you, or to deceive the one who
deceives you.”
23 - Fu'aad Ibn 'Abdul-'azeez ash-Shulhoob said: “When you love someone only for the sake
of Allah (Subhanahu wa ta’ala), you have reached the pinnacle of friendship, and what
remains is for both of you to remain careful not to allow any worldly benefits to enter into
and spoil your friendship.”
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24 - Ibn al-Qayyim said: “There are two types of diseases that attack the heart, one; doubt and
error and the second; lust and desire, both are mentioned in the Qur’ân.”
25 - Imam Muhammad bin Sirin said: “If you were to find out that your brother has done
something bad, then you should look after an excuse for him, if you can’t find an excuse, you
should say, “He has an excuse.”
26 - Ubaydullâh bin Ja'far said: “If a person speaks and he gets fond of his speech, then he
should be quiet. And if he is quiet and becomes fond of his quietness, then he should speak.”
27 - Al-Albaanee said: “To move the finger in Tashhahud so much so that the finger in
pointing towards the floor, is wrong. It has to point towards the Qiblah (direction toward
which Muslims pray) all the time."
28 - al-Hassan al-Basree said: “Few deeds done according to the Sunnah is better than many
deeds done according to Bid’ah.”
29 - Ibn 'Uthaymeen said: “The bigger desire you have for a sin, the bigger your emaan is if
you leave it.”
30 - Imam as-Sa'di said: “Laziness against the Salaah is a sign that the heart does not long
after Allah.”
31 - adh-Dhahabee said: “The phrase “Allah descends to the lowest heaven” has been
reported by 20 companions.”
32 - Ibn Taymiyyah said: “You should not look at what the person used to do, rather you
should look at what kind of person they are today. The one who gets bogged down about
people’s pasts, is just like Iblees who said to Allah, “You created me from fire and You
created him from clay.”
33 - U'aad Ibn 'Abdul-'azeez ash-Shulhoob said: “One of the ways of increasing love between
brothers and of removing rancor from their hearts is for them to give gifts to one another.”
34 - Ibn al-Qayyim said: “Those who treat their haram love for the opposite gender by
spending time with them, are in reality only increasing themselves in sorrow and sin.”
35 - Ibn Umar (RA) said: “The blood of the Muslim is holier in the sight of Allah than the
Ka’bah itself.”
36 - Bilal bin Sa'd said: “A brother who reminds you of Allah when you meet him, is better
than a friend who places a dinar in your hand every time you meet him.”
37 - Dun al-Nun al-Misri said, "The one who knows Allah, the Exalted, is a captive, his heart
is seeing, and his actions for Allah are many."
38 - Sufyaan ath-Thawree said: “If you want to marry a girl, make her mother happy first.”
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39 - Umar Ibn Al-Khattab (RA) said: “No man can have anything better after faith (îmân)
than a woman of righteous character, loving and child-bearing. And no man can have
anything worse after unbelief (kufr) than a sharp-tongued woman of bad character."
40 - Ibn Taymiyyah said: “Nobody loved the Prophet (PBUH) as Abu Bakr (RA). Therefore,
those who hate Abu Bakr belong to the greatest hypocrites.”
41 - Ibn Taymiyyah said: “If it crosses a person’s mind that he is going to fast tomorrow, then
he has made the intention.”
42 - Ibn Hajar Al-Ashqalani said: “In the hadeeth of Anas, “Eat sahoor, for in sahoor there is
blessing”, what is meant by blessing is reward, or it is blessed because it gives one strength
and energy to fast, and makes it less difficult. And it was said that the blessing coming from
waking up and offering du’aa’ at the end of the night, before dawn.”
43 - Anas bin Malik said: “If the fasting person backbites, his fast is broken.”
44 - Ibn 'Uthaymeen said: “It belongs to the greatest sins to break the fast in Ramadan
without a legit excuse.”
45 - Sulayman bin Musa said: “When you fast, your hearing and sight should also fast, and
your tongue should fast by keeping away from lies; and do not harm your servant. Don’t let
the day you fast be the same as the day you don’t fast.”
46 - Ibn Hajar Al-Ashqalani said: “The scholars said: The reason why Laylat al-Qadar has
been concealed is so that people will strive to seek it, because if its timing was known, they
would limit their efforts to that night only.”
47 - The scholars of the Standing Committee said: “With regard to singling out one night of
Ramadan as Laylat al-Qadr, this requires evidence to show that it is this night and not any
other. But the odd numbered nights of the last ten nights of Ramadan are more likely than
others (to be Laylat al-Qadr) and the twenty-seventh night is the most likely night to be
Laylat al-Qadr, because of the ahadeeth to that effect.”
48 - Ibn al-Qayyim said: “The Prophet (PBUH) used to change his route on the days of Eid,
such that he went by one route and returned by another. It is said (he did this) to give salaams
upon the people of both routes. Or so that both groups get some of his blessings. Or so that
anybody who has a need can take care of it. Or to make manifest the ruling of Islam… and
this is the most correct opinion for all these reasons and for other reasons of wisdom which
his actions contain.”
49 - Ibn al-Qayyim said: “Never do the love of song and the love of Qur`ân come together in
a person’s heart except that one expels the other.”
50 - Ibn Shubrumah said: “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.”
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51 - Ibn al-Qayyim said: “One of the consequences of sinning is that they take away the
shyness which is the life of the heart and the source to all good.”
52 - Abdullah ibn Masood said: “Speech by itself is worthless, unless it is followed by action.
Speech and action by themselves are worthless, unless they have the right intention. And
speech, action, and the right intention are worthless unless they agree with the Sunnah.”
53 - Ibn Taymiyyah said: “And bid’ah is associated with splitting, just as Sunnah is
associated with the Jamaa’ah. So it is said: Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaa’ah, just as it is said:
Ahlul-Bid’ah wal-Furqah (the People of innovation and division).”
54 - Ibn Jarir said: “Whoever loves but for Allah, and Whoever hates but for Allah, Whoever
befriends but for Allah, would obtain Allah’s friendship. No matter how often he prays or
how long he fasts, man will not taste the sweetness of Iman, unless this description becomes
true of him. Most people befriend their Friends but for the world, (Not for Allah), which is
utterly worthless.”
55 - Umar ibn Abdil-’Aziz said: “Become a scholar if you are able. If you are not able, then
be a student. If you can not, then show love for them. If you are unable to do that, then (at
least) do not hate them.”
56 - Abu Ad-Dardaa said: “It is better to advise your friend than to severe relations with him,
for no one can take the place of your friend if you lose him. Be generous and lenient with
your friend, and do not allow an envious person to come between you and him, for in this
case, your friend might die tomorrow and you grieve for him. However, how could you
grieve after he dies, when you have shunned him when he was still alive?”
57 - Umar bin Khattab (RA) said: (talking to Al-Ahnaf bin Qais): ”Oh Ahnaf, the more one
laughs , the less dignity will he possess. Whoever jokes (excessively) is a person who will be
taken lightly. Whoever does something frequently will known by that thing. Whoever speaks
often, errs often; the more often one errs, the less modesty he will possess; Whomever has a
low level of modesty will also have a low level of piety; and when one has a low level of
piety, then his heart dies.”
58 - Imam Bukhari said: (talking about the Shias): "They are not to be greeted, nor are they to
be visited, nor are they to be married, nor is their testimony to be accepted, nor are their
sacrifices to be eaten."
59 - Umar bin Khattab (RA) said: "To be alone means that you avoid bad company. But to
have a true friend is better than being alone."
60 - Aun bin Abdullah said: "He who counts tomorrow in his life-term will not have
considered death its due consideration. Verily, how many persons start a day, but do not
finish it, and how many persons hope for tomorrow, but do not live to reach it? If you
contemplate about the end of life and its unpredictability, you will hate long hopes and the
deceiving role they have."
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61 - Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (RA) said: "With regard to me, two categories of people will be ruined,
namely he who loves me too much and the love takes him away from rightfulness, and he
who hates me too much and the hatred takes him away from rightfulness. The best man with
regard to me is he who is on the middle course. So be with him and be with the great majority
(of Muslims) because Allah's hand (of protection) is on keeping unity."
62 - Ibn Taymiyyah said: "Some of them (philosophers) think that he (Alexander the great) is
mentioned in the Qur'aan as Dhuul Qarnayn, and that Aristotle was Dhuul Qarnayn's
minister. This is however clean ignorance. Alexander, Philip's son, never reached the land of
the turks, He only reached Persia. Neither did he construct the barrier. However, the one who
is mentioned in the Qur'aan (Dhuul Qarnayn), he reached East and West."
63 - Ibn Qayyim said: "The more sins one falls into, the further away one falls from the good
company and its sittings. One moves towards the group of Shaytaan instead."
64 - Shaykh ibn Baaz said: "What is prescribed for the believer is to respect his brother if he
apologizes to him and accept his excuse if possible, and to think positively of him whenever
possible, in hopes that hearts will be free from resentment and that people will be brought
together and will cooperate in doing good. It was narrated from ‘Umar (may Allaah be
pleased with him) that he said: “Do not think badly of a word uttered by your brother, when
you can find a good interpretation for it.”
65 - Ibn Qayyim-al-Jawziyyah said: "There are those who ask why they should ask about
anything when everything is already determined. Then we ask them why they should eat
when they become hungry when it already is determined that he will eat? These are more
misguided than the animals, even the animals take means to achieve something."
66 - Shaykhul Islaam ibn Taymiyyah said: "Whoever deviates from the Madhhab and Tafseer
of the Sahaaba and Tabi'een to that which opposes it, then he has erred in that - rather (he
has) innovated."
67 - Umar ibn al-Khattaab (RA) said: "Your love should not reach the point of infatuation
and your hatred should not reach the point of destruction."
68 - Ibnul Qayyim said: "That the paradise exists today, is something Allaah's messenger
(PBUH) and his Sahaba confirmed."
69 - Ibn Taymiyyah said: “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.”
70 - Ash-hab, one of Imam Maalik’s students said: “Maalik was once asked whether one was
safe to follow a ruling related to him by reliable narrators who had heard it from companions
of the Prophet (PBUH). Imam Maalik replied, “No, by Allaah, not unless it is correct, the
truth is only one. Can two opposing opinions be simultaneously correct? The opinion that is
correct can only be one.”
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71 - Imam Abu Hanifa said to his student Abu Yusuf: “Woe be to you Ya’qoob. Do not write
down everything you hear from me, for surely I may hold an opinion today and leave it
tomorrow, hold another tomorrow and leave it the day after."
72 - Imam Abu Hanifa said: “If a hadeeth is found to be authentic, that is my madhhab.”
73 - Imam Abu Hanifa said: “Adhere to the athaar and the way of the Salaf and beware of
newly invented matters, for all of it is an innovation.”
74 - Imam ash-Shaafi’ee said: “There is no one among us who has not had a sunnah of
Allaah’s messenger (sallallaahu alayhi wassallam) elude him or have one slip his mind; so no
matter what rulings I have made or fundamental principles I have proposed, there will be in
them things contrary to rulings of Allaah’s messenger (sallallaahu alayhi wassallam).
Therefore, the correct ruling is according to what Allaah’s messenger (sallallaahu alayhi
wassallam) said, and that is my ruling.”
75 - Imam ash-Shaafi’ee said: “Our school of thought is correct but could possibly be
mistaken, and the school of thought which differs from us is mistaken but could possibly be
correct.”
76 - Ibn Taymiyyah said: “Sins are like chains and locks preventing their perpetrator from
roaming the vast garden of tawhid and reaping the fruits of righteous actions.”
77 - Imam ash-Shaafi’ee said: “The Muslims are unanimously agreed that if a sunnah of the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) is made clear to someone, it is not permitted for him to leave it
for the saying of anyone else.”
78 - al-Haakim also collected from Imam ash-Shaafi’ee a similar statement to that of Imam
Abu Hanifa, that being said: “If a hadeeth is found to be saheeh, it is my madhhab.”
79 - Ibn Taymiyyah said: “Bearing witness to tawhid opens the door of good and repentance
from sins close the door of evil.”
80 - Imam ash-Shaafi’ee said to Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal: “You know better about hadeeth
than us, so if an authentic hadeeth comes to you, then inform me of it, that I may say
according to it, whether its source is the Hijaaz or Koofah or Egypt.”
81 - Ibn Taymiyyah said: “A man will never fear something besides Allah unless it be due to
a disease in his heart.”
82 - Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal said: "Do not follow my opinion; neither follow the opinion of
Maalik, nor Shaafi'i, nor Awzaa'i, nor Thawri, but take from where they took."
83 - Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal said: "The opinion of Awzaa'i, the opinion of Maalik, the
opinion of Abu Haneefah: all of it is opinion, and it is all equal in my eyes. However, the
proof is in the narrations {from the Prophet (PBUH) and his Companions)}."
84 - Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said: "No one has to blindly follow any particular man in
all that he enjoins or forbids or recommends, apart from the Messenger of Allaah (peace and
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blessings of Allaah be upon him). The Muslims should always refer their questions to the
Muslim scholars, following this one sometimes and that one sometimes. If the follower
decides to follow the view of an imam with regard to a particular matter which he thinks is
better for his religious commitment or is more correct etc, that is permissible according to the
majority of Muslim scholars, and neither Abu Haneefah, Maalik, al-Shaafa’i or Ahmad said
that this was forbidden."
85 - Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said: "Indeed the people of Truth and the Sunnah do not
follow anyone [unconditionally] except the messenger of Allaah (PBUH), the one who does
not speak from his desires - it is only revelation revealed to him."
86 - Umar (RA) said, "There are four types of oceans - passion is the ocean of sins, the nafs is
the ocean of desires, death is the ocean of lives, and the grave is the ocean of regrets."
87 - Ibn Taymiyyah said: “Trails 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 disheartened.”
88 - Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said: "A person who only sticks to one Imam no matter what
and ignores everything else has taken this Imam as a Messenger."
89 - Al-Hasan al-Basri said: "Sell this life for the next and you win both of them. Sell the
next life for this and you loose both of them."
90 - A man came to Aishah (radiyAllahu'anha) and asked: “When will I know that I am
pious?” She said: “When you realize that you are a sinner”. He said: “And when will I realize
I am a sinner?” She replied: “When you think you are pious.”
91 - Imaam Maalik said: "My mother would dress me up in the clothes of the scholars whilst
I still was a young boy and she would tell me "Go to the masjid and seek knowledge from
Imaam ar-Rabee'ah, study his manners before you take from his knowledge."
92 - Yunus As-Sadafie said: “I have never seen a wiser man than ash-Shafi`ee, I was arguing
with him one day about an issue and I left him. One day, he met me, held my hand and said:
“Cannot we be brothers, even if we disagree about something?”
93 - Abu Bakr (RA) said, "Four things are completed by four others - prayer with the Two
Prostration of Forgetfulness (sajdatay al-sahw), fasting [Ramadhan] with Sadaqat al-Fitr
(alms given at the end of Ramadhan), Hajj with Sacrificial Slaughter, and Iman (faith) with
Jihad."
94 - Shaykh Al-Albaanee said: "The parents should not hinder the girls from learning to read
and write, on the condition that they are brought up Islamically. There is no difference
between girls and boys in this question. To hinder girls from this means that their rights are
abused and they are humiliated."
95 - Ibn Taymiyyah said: “Sins cause harm and repentance removes the causes.”
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96 - al-Albaanee said: "Many students of today busy themselves with the errors of others
instead of their own."
97 - Uma (RA) said to a man who was thinking of divorcing his wife: “Why do you want to
divorce her?” He said, “I do not love her.” ‘Umar said, “Must every house be built on love?
What about loyalty and appreciation?”
98 - Ibn 'Uthaymeen said: "Marry a religious woman. She will neither abuse your right nor
reveal your secret and she will take care of your property and your child in the best way."
99 - Abdullah Ibn al-Mubarak said: "One doesn't become noble with any type of knowledge
if he doesn't beautify his knowledge with good conduct."
100 - Umar bin Abdil Aziz said: "Never be alone with a non mahram woman even if you're
just teaching her Qur'an."
101 - A'isha, the Umm al-Mu'minin, said: "I did not see anyone who more resembled the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) in manner of speaking that Fatima. When she came to him, he
stood up for her, made her welcome, kissed her and had her sit in his place. When the Prophet
came to her, she stood up for him, took his hand, made him welcome, kissed him, and made
him sit in her place. She came to him during his final illness and he greeted her and kissed
her."
102 - Ibn Taymiyyah said: “In this world, man finds in the remembrance of Allah, praising
Him and worshiping Him, a delight that is incomparable to anything else.”
103 - Ibn Umar (RA) said: "If you talk gently with your mother and you feed her, you will
enter Jannah on the condition that you avoid great sins."
104 - Shaykhul Islaam ibn Taymiyyah said: "Music is forbidden according to all the four
Imaams."
105 - Shaykh-ul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said: "I have forgiven those who have lied about me
and treated me unjustly.”
106 - Umar ibn al-Khattāb (RA) said: "If you see that one of you has slipped, correct him,
pray for him and do not help Shaytan against him (by insulting him, etc.)."
107 - Ibn Taymiyyah said: “If you do not taste the sweetness of an action in your heart,
suspect it, for the Lord, Exalted is He, is the Appreciative.”
108 - Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymeen said: "Allah lets the people of lies entice from
the truth with various plans, doubts and false propaganda just to make the haqq (truth) clear
and more visible and to prevail over falsehood."
109 - Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said: "Causes of hardheartedness include: turning away from
Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, and not reading Qur’an; being preoccupied with this
world and focusing mostly on it, and not paying attention to matters of religion, because
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obeying Allah, may He be exalted, makes the heart soft and brings one back to Allah, may He
be blessed and exalted. The remedy for that is to turn to Allah, repent to Him, remember Him
a great deal, read the Qur’an a great deal, and do acts of worship, as much as one can."
110 - Ibn Battaal said: "Politeness is part of the attitude of the believers, and it is lowering the
wing of humility to people, speaking gently, and not speaking harshly to them, which are
among the best means of creating harmony."
111 - It is reported that Al-Hasan Al-Basree once said during the funeral of a man: "May
Allah have mercy on the man who works for the likes of this day; for today you are able to do
what these brothers of yours, the residents of these graves, cannot do. So make full use of
your health and free time before the day of distress and accounts comes upon you."
112 - Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal said: "For everything there is a blessing; the blessing of the
hearts is being pleased with Allah, the Almighty, the All-Powerful."
113 - When 'Abdullah bin Mubarak was dying, he told his servant, Nasr: "Put my head on the
sand (i.e ground)." Nasr began to cry. Ibn Al-Mubarak said, "What makes you cry?"
He replied, "I remembered the comfort you were in and what you are in now, poor and
estranged." Ibn Al-Mubarak said, 'Be quiet, I have asked Allah ('azza wa jaal) to give me a
life of the rich and the death of the poor.'"
114 - Musa ibn Talha said: "I have not seen anyone more eloquent than Aisha, may Allah be
pleased with her."
115 - Ibn Taymiyyah from a prison in Egypt: "Dear mother! I thank Allah for all gifts. I have
not chosen to be here and far away from you. If the birds could carry me, I would have
hurried back to you." "Dear mother! Do not think that there is anything I wish here in life as
to be near you."
116 - Shaykh Al-Albani said: "Ahl-ul-Bid’ah are as the Christians when it comes to accepting
that which suits them. They read the Qur’an and Sunnah and take that which suits them and
lure away from that which doesn’t."
117 - Shaykh-ul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said: "The Arabic language itself is part of Islam, and
knowing Arabic is an obligatory duty. If it is a duty to understand the Qur‘ân and Sunnah,
and they cannot be understood without knowing Arabic, then the means that is needed to
fulfill the duty is also obligatory."
118 - al-Hasan al-Basri was reported to have said: "The best season to a believer is the
winter, its nights are long for those who wish to pray, and its days are short for those who
wish to fast."
119 - Ibn al-Qayyim said: "It is from the Sunnah to wear the best of one's clothes on the day
of Jumu'ah."
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120 - It is reported that Al-Hasan Al-Basri – Allah have mercy on him – said: "How strange it
is that person whose departure (from this world to the next) has been announced, and whose
predecessors have already departed, still plays around!"
121 - Thabit al-Bannani said: "Anas used to oil his hand with scented oil in the morning for
the sake of shaking hands with his brothers."
122 - Muqbil Al-Wadi'i said: "I advice students of knowledge to focus on seeking knowledge
and not the disputes that take place between scholars."
123 - Hatim al-Asamm said, "The one who claims four things without doing four others has
lied - the one who claims to love Allah yet does not abstain from things prohibited by Him
has lied; the one who claims to love the Prophet (PBUH) yet dislikes the poor and needy has
lied; the one who claims to love Paradise yet does not give charity has lied; and the one who
claims to fear Hell yet does not give up sinning has lied."
124 - Ibn ‘Ijlan said: "Allah (‘azza wa jaal) made the believer’s strength in his heart and did
not make it in his limbs, don’t you see a weak old man fast the hot days and stand (in prayer)
at night while a young man is unable to do that."
125 - Ibn 'Asakir said: "When I decided to start narrating (hadith), and Allah knows I did not
do it to be at the head or for being a leader. Rather I said to myself, when will I narrate what I
have heard (of hadith)? What is the benefit of me leaving (the hadith) in books (without
narrating it?). So I sought the help of Allah, then I went to my teachers and the rulers and
sought permission from them. They all said, Who is more deserving than you? "
{Lesson}: Do not start teaching until you have gained enough knowledge and your teachers
recognize your ability!!!
126 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: "By Allah, never was a person given an abundance of worldly
wealth and then not feared this might be a plot against him [for his wrongdoing] except a
person lacking intelligence and sound opinion. And never has Allah held back worldly wealth
from a person and that person has not thought that a good choice has been made for him
except a person who [also] lacks intelligence and sound opinion."
127 - Ibn Qudhama al-Hanbali said: "Iman [faith] in a statement of the tongue, an action of
the limbs and a belief of the heart. It increases with obedience and decreases with
disobedience."
128 - Abdullah Aal-Bassam said: "The intention is what distinguishes an act of worship from
a habit."
129 - After the death of his wife Umm Sâlih, Imâm Ahmad used to praise her. He once said:
"In the thirty years she was with me, we never had a single word of disagreement."
130 - Imam al-Hasan al-Basri – Allah have mercy on him – said: "To learn a single topic of
knowledge and teach it to a Muslim is more beloved to me than having the whole world and
giving it in the cause of Allah."
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131 - Shaykh ‘Abd-Allah ibn Jibreen said: There is no doubt that cigarettes, nargilah (shisha),
smokeless tobacco and the like are haram, because they are all evil and unlawful. Allah says
(interpretation of the meaning):
"He allows them as lawful At-Tayyibât (i.e. all good and lawful as regards things, deeds,
beliefs, persons, foods), and prohibits them as unlawful Al-Khabâ’ith (i.e. all evil and
unlawful as regards things, deeds, beliefs, persons and foods)." [al-A ‘raaf 7:157].
And because they damage people’s health and cause serious diseases that may lead to death,
and Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"And do not kill yourselves." [al-Nisa’ 4:29]
"and do not throw yourselves into destruction." [al-Baqarah 2:195]
And because it is extravagance and a waste of money on something that is of no benefit, and
the spendthrifts are the brothers of the devils (cf. 17:27). We advise anyone who is tested
with any of these things to repent and give it up immediately, and to resolve not to go back to
it, and to seek the help of Allah in quitting it, and to be patient for a few days until he is able
to give it up completely and put an end to the pain that it causes him. And Allah is the
Healer."
132 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: "It has reached me that when Allah the Mighty and Majestic
blesses a people and gives them some good He asks them to be grateful. If they are grateful,
He is all able to give them more. But if they are ungrateful, He is all-able to turn His
blessings into a punishment."
133 - Ahmad ibn Harb would say: "If six mannerisms are gathered in a woman, her goodness
is perfected: Guarding the five prayers, yielding to her husband, pleasing her Lord, guarding
her tongue from backbiting and gossip, forsaking worldly possessions, and being patient
following a tragedy."
134 - Hatim al-Asam said: "I have three traits that give me an advantage over my opponent: I
rejoice when he is correct, I despair when he is wrong, and I guard myself from insulting
him."
135 - Umar bin Al-Khattaab (RA) said: "Don’t be fooled by the recitation of Qur’an for it’s
only words that we utter. Rather, look at the one who acts upon it."
136 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: "One who acts without knowledge is like one who travels off
the path; and the one who acts without knowledge corrupts more than he rectifies. So seek
knowledge in a way that does not harm your worship, and seek to worship [Allah] in a way
that does not harm [your seeking of] knowledge. For verily, there were people (the Khawarij
extremists) who sought to worship [Allah] but abandoned knowledge until they attacked the
Ummah of Muhammad – PBUH – with their swords. But if they had sought knowledge, it
would not have directed them to do what they did."
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137 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: "The believer does the best deeds yet is most fearful [that his
deeds will not be accepted]. If he were to spend a mountain of wealth [in charity], he would
not feel sure [of the reward] until he sees it. The more righteous and pious he becomes, the
more he fears. But the hypocrite (munafiq) says, ‘There are so many people, I will be
forgiven, no problem.’ So he does wrong and evil deeds, yet holds foolish wishes about
Allah."
138 - Umar Ibn Al-Khattab (RA) was in the presence of some Yemeni people (who did not
want to work), and he asked: "Who are you?" They said: “We are the mutawakilun”, (those
who put their trust in Allah). So, Umar said: "No, you are the muta’akilun! (those who expect
others to feed them)! And as for the mutawakil, he first throws the seeds into the earth and
then depends on Allah (to provide for him)."
139 - Ibn Taymiyyah said: “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.”
140 - Ibn Taymiyyah said: “The whole religion revolves around knowing the truth and acting
by it, and action must be accompanied by patience.”
141 - Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen said: "As for perfumes, it is allowed for
the fasting one, in the beginning of the day and the end of the day (I.e. whenever he wants
to). Whether it is incense (A kind of smoke that produces nice smell), oils or the like. It is
however Haraam to take a drag (I.e a puff) of the smoke (So that it enters the stomach)."
142 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: "By He in whose Hand is my soul, I have lived amongst people
who never ordered food to be prepared for themselves If [food] was presented to one of them,
he would eat, otherwise, he would be silent; and he would not care if it was hot or cold."
143 - Ibn Taymiyyah said: “Worship is founded upon the Legal Law and following it, not
upon ones base desires and innovations.”
144 - Ka’b Al-Ahbar said: "Allah chose from the months the month of Ramadan, from all the
lands He chose Makkah, from the nights He chose Laylatu Al-Qadr (The Night of Decree),
and chose the times for prayers; so a believer is always between two good deeds: one he has
done and the other he is waiting to do."
145 - Ibn Taymiyyah said: “Whoever desires everlasting bliss, let him adhere firmly to the
threshold of servitude.”
146 - When Imam al-Hasan al-Basri came across a group of people arguing, he would say:
"These ones have become tired of worship, speaking has become easy for them, and their
Taqwa has diminished, and that is why they talk and argue so easily."
147 - al-Hasan al-Basrî said: "The intelligent person’s tongue is behind his heart: when he
wants to speak, he first thinks. If [his words] will be in his favor, he says them, and if they
will be against him, he does not speak. And the ignorant person’s heart is behind his tongue:
when he merely thinks of saying something, he says it, whether it is for or against him."
148 - Umar Ibn al-Khattab (RA) said: "I love to look at a Qur'an reader in white garments."
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149 - Ibn Taymiyyah said: “Guidance is not attained except with knowledge and correct
direction is not attained except with patience.”
150 - al-Hasan al-Basri – Allah have mercy on him – said: "Four signs of wretchedness are:
1. [having] a hard heart,
2. dry eyes [that never cry],
3. extended hopes [about this life],
4. and greed and keenness to amass worldly things (the dunya)."
151 - Once ‘Umar Ibn ‘Abdul ‘Azeez was advised: "O ‘Umar, beware of being the ally of
Allah in open, while being His enemy in secret. If one’s nature in open and secret do not
equate then he is a hypocrite, and the hypocrites occupy the lowest level in Hellfire."
152 - Dun al-Nun al-Misri said, "Anyone who really fears something flees from it; anyone
who really desires something seeks it; and anyone who finds the [sweetness of the] company
of Allah becomes estranged from his nafs."
153 - Umar Ibn Al-Khattaab (RA) said: "Whoever acts on whims and desires and sin loses
out and harms no one but himself. Whoever follows the Sunnah and adheres to laws and
follows the right path, seeking that which is with Allah for those who obey Him, is doing the
right thing and is a winner."
154 - Imam Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'i said: "Once I heard Bilaal Ibn Sa’d saying, ‘Do not
look at how small the sin is but instead look at how great is the One that you have
disobeyed."
155 - Abdullaah Ibn Mas’ood (RA) said: "There isn’t any true relaxation for the believers
besides the meeting of Allah."
156 - Imam Sufyan ibn `Uyaynah said: "Don’t ever leave off making Du’aa nor allow what
[bad deeds] you commit to prevent you from it, for indeed Allah answered the Du’aa of
Iblees (the Devil) and he is the most evil of creation [when he said to Allah]
"Grant me respite until the Day in which they will be resurrected.’ He (Allah) said, ‘Indeed
you are from those who are granted respite. [7:14-15]"
157 - Imam al-Hasan al-Basree said: "The effect of learning in early age is like engraving on
a stone."
158 - al-Hasan al-Basri – Allah have mercy on him – said: "If people called on Allah when
put to trial because of their rulers, Allah would relieve their suffering; but instead they
resorted to the sword, so they were left to it. And not one day of good did they bring."
Then he recited (Quran 7: 137):
'And the good word of your Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel, for the patience and
perseverance they had, and We destroyed the works of Pharaoh and his people and what they
had erected.'
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159 - Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jauziyyah said: "The perfection of Tawheed is found when there
remains nothing in the heart except Allah."
160 - Umar Bin al-Khattab (RA) became unconscious after he was stabbed, and it was said:
"Nothing would wake him up except the call to prayer, if he is still alive." They said to him,
"The prayer has finished, O Chief of the Faithful!"
He woke up and said, "The prayer, by Allah! Verily, there is no share in Islam for whoever
abandons the prayer." He performed the prayer while his wound was bleeding."
161 - al-Qasim bin Muhammad said: "Whenever I went out in the morning, I used to visit
Aishah {radiyAllahu'anhu (his aunt and the wife of the Prophet (PBUH)} and greet her. One
day I found her performing Ad Duha prayer, reciting this Ayah repeatedly, crying and
invoking Allah:
'So Allah has been gracious to us, and has saved us from the torment of the Fire.' (52:27)
I stood there until I felt bored, so I left and went to the market to do something and said to
myself that when I finish what I have to do, I will go back (to her).
When I finished and went back to her, I found her still standing in prayer, reciting the same
Ayah, crying and invoking Allah.'"
162 - al-Hasan al-Basri was on his deathbed, some of his companions came to him and said:"
O Abu Sa’eed, offer us some words you can benefit us with. He replied, “I will equip you
with three words, then you must leave me to face what I am facing.
1. be the farthest of people from those things you have been forbidden,
2. and be the most involved of people in the good you have been commanded to do;
3. and know that the steps you take are two steps: a step in your favor and a step against you,
so be careful where you come and where you go."
163 - Imam al-Qurtubi said: "This dislike of death is a natural dislike which stems from a
feeling of aversion, which is difficult to bear. Undoubtedly it exists in everyone, except the
one who Allah blesses with love for Him and he realized the beauty of being close to Him.
That person’s love for Allah overwhelms him and he will say when it is his time to depart this
world, addressing death and its agonies, as Mu’aadh (RA) said: A beloved one has come at a
time most needed, and the one who has any regrets today will never prosper, so take my soul
as You will, for by You, my hearts loves You."
164 - Shaykh 'Abdur-Rahmaan As-Sa'di said: "For the fulfillment of tawhid removes and
cleanses one from major and minor shirk, from innovated sayings and beliefs, innovated
customs and deeds and from disobedience."
165 - al-Hasan al-Basri – Allah have mercy on him – said when asked ‘what is iman (faith)?’:
"
It is perseverance (al-sabr) from the things that are forbidden by Allah the Mighty and
Majestic and acceptance. He was asked, “What is perseverance and acceptance?” He replied,
“al-sabr is to persevere in holding back from what Allah has forbidden, and [acceptance is]
acceptance of what Allah the Mighty and Majestic has commanded."
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166 - Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali said: "The fact that not all Muslims around the world participate
in Hajj every year is actually a mercy from Allah."
167 - al-Haarith ibn Qays said: "If you want to do something good, then do not put it off until
tomorrow; if you are doing something pertaining to the Hereafter, then continue as long as
you can; if you are praying and the Shaytaan tells you that you are showing off (by making it
long), then make it longer."
168 - Dun al-Nun al-Misri said, "The one who knows Allah, the Exalted, is loyal, his heart is
alert, and his actions for Allah is pure."
169 - Malik ibn Dinar said, "Remedy three things with three- Pride with Humility, Greed
with Contentment, and Envy with Sincere Advise."
170 - Ibn Sulayman al-Darani said, "The origin of every good in this world and the Hereafter
is fear of Allah; the key to the dunya is satiety; and the key of the Hereafter is hunger."
171 - al-Hasan al-Basri – Allah have mercy on him – used to say, "If it were not for the
munafiqoon, you would feel all alone in the streets (the streets would be empty)."
172 - al-Hasan al-Basri said, "If a man from amongst the Salaf were to be sent forth today,
he would not recognize anything from Islam.” He put his hand on his cheek and added,
“Except this prayer (salah).” Then he said, “But by Allah, this does not apply to the person
who lives in this unfamiliar time, never having seen the Righteous Predecessors, but who sees
[instead] the innovator calling to his bid’ah, and the follower of worldly wealth calling to his
materialism, but Allah protects him from all this and makes his heart love and aspire to those
Righteous Predecessors, asking about their way, searching and trying to follow in their
footsteps, and adhering to their path. Such is a person who will be recompensed with an
immense and great reward. So be you all like this, by Allah’s permission."
173 - Hatim al-Asamn said, There is not a morning that passes except that Satan says to me,
"What do you eat? What do you wear? Where do you live?" I say to him, "I eat death, I wear
the shroud, and I live in the grave."
174 - Abdullah Ibn Mas‘ood (RA) said: "You cannot attain the pleasure of Allah if you try to
please people by displeasing Allah."
175 - Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jauziyyah said: "The Prophet (PBUH) participated in foot races,
wrestled and sew his shoes and Thoub with his own hands. He also mended his bucket of
water, milked his sheep, patched his Thoub, served himself and his family and carried mud
bricks when the Masjid was being built."
176 - Ibn al-Mubarak said: "Nothing is better than seeking knowledge for Allah’s sake. And
Allah hates nothing such as seeking knowledge for someone else's sake."
177 - Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jauziyyah said: "Whoever neglects to teach his son that which
will benefit him, and ignores him, has done something very bad indeed. Most children go
astray because of their parents who neglect them and fail to teach them the duties and
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Sunnahs of their religion. They neglect them when they are young so they do not benefit
themselves or benefit their parents when they grow up."
178 - Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah: "It is not permissible for anyone to go beyond the
limits of Islam and follow something other than that which was narrated in the Qur’an and
Sunnah, whether that has to do with inward matters or outward, whether for the common man
or the elite."
179 - Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen said: "If it's evident that the person who
stands besides you in Salah keeps moving their feet away from you (i.e. refuses to join feet) it
is not from the Sunnah for you to move your foot closer (because then you'll end up standing
with widespread feet)."
180 - It was said to al-Hasan al-Basri: "People say that the one who has been on Hajj is the
one who is forgiven.” He said, "And the sign of this is that he leaves the evils he used to do."
I
181 - Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah said: "Whatever Allah has decreed for His believing
slave is a blessing even if that is in the form of withholding; it is a favor even if that is in the
form of a trial, and the calamity decreed by him is fair even if it is painful."
182 - Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said: "The view of the four Imams is that all kinds of
musical instruments are haram. It was reported in Saheeh al-Bukhaari and elsewhere that the
Prophet (PBUH) said that there would be among his Ummah those who would allow zina,
silk, alcohol and musical instruments, and he said that they would be transformed into
monkeys and pigs… None of the followers of the imaams mentioned any dispute concerning
the matter of music."
183 - Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal said: "The Companions of the Messenger of Allaah (PBUH)
– after the four caliphs – are the best of the people, and it is not permissible for anyone to
speak ill of any of them, blaming them for deficiencies and shortcomings. It is indeed
obligatory upon the ruler to reprimand and punish whoever does that, and he should not be
pardoned."
184 - al-Hasan al-Basri often used to say, "O youth! Seek the hereafter, for we often see
people pursuing the hereafter and finding it as well as the dunya (worldly well being), but we
have never seen anyone pursue the dunya and gain the hereafter as well as the dunya."
185 - Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jauziyyah said: "Friday prayer is one of the most important
obligations in Islam, and one of the greatest gatherings of the Muslims. Gathering on Friday
is more important and more obligatory than any other gathering apart from ‘Arafah. Whoever
neglects it, Allah will place a seal on his heart."
186 - Abdullah ibn Mas'ud said, "Four things are from the darkness of the heart - a full
stomach without caring [whether it is halaal or haraam]; keeping the company of oppressor;
forgetting past sins; and being under the delusion that one's lifetime will surely be long.
There are another four things that are from the illumination of the heart - an empty stomach
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because of caution; accompanying the righteous; remembering past sins; and not expecting to
live for long."
187 - Umar bin ‘Abd Al-‘Aziz once wrote to al-Hasan al-Basri to get a brief exhortation from
him, so al-Hasan wrote back, "The dunya distracts and preoccupies the heart and body, but
al-zuhd (asceticism, not giving importance to worldly things) gives rest to the heart and body.
Verily, Allah will ask us about the halal things we enjoyed, so what about the haram!"
188 - Imam ash-Shaafi'ee said: "When some of the people of desires came to Maalik Ibn
Anas, he said, As for me, then I am upon clear evidence froth my Lord and my Religion. And
as for you, then you are in doubt, so go to a doubter and argue with him."
189 - Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jauziyyah said: "He (the Prophet PBUH) cried when his son
Ibrahim died. His eyes became tearful, and he felt sadness for losing Ibrahim. He said,
"The eye gets tearful and the heart grieves, but we only say what pleases our Lord. Verily, we
are sad for losing you, O Ibrahim!"
190 - Umar Ibn Al-Khattaab (RA) said: "I wish you knew what I have in my heart for you,
but there is no way for you to know except by my actions."
191 - Imam az-Zuhree said: "We found out that the knowledgeable used to say: "The rescue
is in following the Sunnah."
192 - Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA) said: "Goodness is not in your wealth and offspring being
plentiful; true goodness is when your [good] deeds are plenty and you have great
understanding and forbearance, and when you compete to worship your Lord. If you do good
you praise Allah and thank Him, and if you sin you beg Allah’s forgiveness. There is no good
in this life except with two types of men: A man who sins but then corrects himself through
repentance, and a man who strives and hastens to get [the good] of the hereafter."
193 - Umar (RA) said, "I swear by Allah! I have never been tested by hardship except that
Allah bestowed upon me due to it four blessings - the first is that I was not tested through a
sin; the second, that the hardship was not greater than it was; the third, I wasn't deprived of
being contented with it; the fourth, I hope that I will be rewarded for it."
194 - Ali (RA) said, "The one who longs for Paradise will rush towards good deeds; the one
who dreads Hell will put an end to his vices; the one who has a firm conviction in [the
imminent arrival of] death will lose all his passions; and the one who really knows the dunya
will find disasters easy to bear."
195 - al-Hasan al-Basri – Allah have mercy on him – said: "The life of this world is made up
of three days: yesterday has gone with all that was done; tomorrow, you may never reach; but
today is for you so do what you should do today."
196 - Ali Ibn Abi Talib (RA) said: "Pay attention to your brothers for they are your provision
in this life and in the hereafter. Do you not listen to the cry of the people of the fire:
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"Now we have no intercessors, Nor a close friend (to help us).” [Surat Ash-Shu`arā' 26:100-
101]
197 - Ibn Al-Mubaarak said: "Whenever a man would see something from his brother that he
dislikes, he would give him orders in private and forbid him in private. Conversely, he would
be rewarded for him screening his brother and also rewarded for forbidding evil. As for
today, whenever a man sees what he dislikes he angers his brother and unveils his screen."
198 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: "It used to be said: it is part of al-nifaaq (hypocrisy) to be
inwardly different from what you are on the outside, to say one thing and do another and to
be different in how you enter and how you leave. And the root of al-nifaaq is lying."
199 - Uthman (RA) said, "There are four things, the outward of which is a virtue but the inner
of which is an obligation - being in the company of the righteous is a virtue and imitating
them is an obligation; reciting the Qur'an is a virtue and acting according to its
commandments is an obligation; visiting the grave is a virtue and preparing for the time when
one will enter them is an obligation; visiting a sick is a virtue and asking him for advice is an
obligation."
200 - Wahb ibn Munabbih al-Yamini said, "It is written in the Torah that he who is greedy is
in fact poor even if he owns the whole world; he who obeys [God] is obeyed even if he is a
slave; and he who is content is rich even if he is hungry."
201 - Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan said: "It is worse to be hopeless about the forgiveness of
Allah than to sin."
202 - Uthman (RA) said, "I found the sweetness of worship in four things - the first in
fulfilling Allah's commandments, the second in abstaining from Allah's prohibitions, the third
in enjoining good with the intention of attaining Allah's reward, and the fourth in forbidding
evil fearing Allah's wrath."
203 - The Prophet Isa (alayhis-salam) would say, "People are either living in times of ease
and well-being or facing tribulation, so be merciful to those who are facing tribulation and
thank Allah for your well-being." [Bukhari & Muslim]
204 - Umar Ibn Al-Khattab (RA) wrote to his son: "I advise you to fear Allah, for whoever
fears Him has protected himself from His punishment. Whoever offers Him a loan, He will
repay (reward) him, and whoever thanks Him, He will give him more. Make taqwa your goal
and the polish of your heart."
205 - Shamit ibn ‘Ajlan said: "There are two types of people who are tormented in this life. A
man who was given wealth and is busy with it, and a man who was deprived of this life’s
riches, so he follows its riches with his heart, and his inner self is nearing demise out of
sorrow for his being deprived."
206 - ar-Raghib said, "Hilm' (the abandonment of haste) means it is the ability to control the
soul and temperament at the onrush of anger."
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207 - Imam ash-Shaafi’ee said: "To seek knowledge is better than to pray voluntary prayer."
208 - Imam Al-Shafi’ee said: "… I was fatherless and my mother couldn’t afford paper for
me. When I found a bone, I wrote on it."
209 - Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen said: "Knowledge is to comprehend the reality of something as
it truly is, with certainty."
210 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: "The worst of people are the family of a dead person who cry
over him, but don't pay off his debts."
211 - It was said to Muhammad Ibn al-Munkadir: "What is left of your pleasure?" he said:
"Meeting up with the brothers and making them feel happy."
212 - Imaam Sha’bee said: "Whatever hadeeth of the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) the people
give to you, hold firm to it; and the thing which they say from their opinion, throw it in the
dustbin."
213 - Abu Darda (RA) said: "No one can achieve complete understanding of Islam until he
condemns people for the sake of Allah and then returns home and condemns himself even
more."
214 - Imam Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali said: "The winter is the believers spring, where he walks
around in the garden of obedience. The days are short and cold so that one can fast easily and
the nights are long so that one can sleep well and pray the night prayer as well."
215 - Bishr ibn Al-Haarith said: "The (person) that loves fame has not feared Allah. He also
said: Do not act in order to be mentioned, and hide your good deeds as you hide your bad
ones."
216 - Imam Sufyan Ath-Thawri said: "Sometimes a man will narrate a hadith to me that I
knew before his mother gave birth to him. However, out of good manners, I will listen to him
(as though i did not know it)."
217 - Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jauziyyah said: "There are those who do not see the effects of a
sin, and they are tricked by it. They don't realize that the sin can take effect after a while."
218 - Yahya ibn Ma'een said: "I never saw a mistake in a person except that I would try my
best to cover it up for him."
219 - Uthmaan bin ´Affaan (RA) said: "Keep yourself away from Alcohol, its the mother of
all evil (or filth)."
220 - Umar Ibn Al-Khattaab (RA) would write to his governors during his caliphate and say:
“The most important of your affairs in my view is prayer; whoever prays regularly has
protected his faith, but whoever neglects it, is bound to be more negligent in other issues of
faith."
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221 - al-Jahidh said: "Hilm' (the abandonment of haste) means it is the abandonment of
taking revenge in the state of extreme anger, despite the ability to do so."
222 - Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah said: "If every time two Muslims have a dispute they
part ways as a consequence, then no affection or brotherhood will remain among Muslims!"
223 - Dr. V. Abdur-Raheem stated on asking of his students regarding Arabic Language:
"O Shaykh! What is the best way to learn Arabic?", whereupon he advised: "Arabic is not
learnt by simply memorising the grammatical rules, rather, Arabic is learnt through
necessity..."
224 - Imaam ash-Shaafi'ee said: "The language which Allah favoured was the Arabic
language as be revealed his Noble Book in this (Arabic) and be made this the language of the
seal of the Prophets Muhammad (PBUH). And that is why we say that it is befitting for
everyone who has the ability to learn Arabic- that they learn it, as it is the best language."
225 - Shaykh al-Albaanee said: "Learning Arabic language is an obligatory matter, as has
been determined by the scholars, that:
If an obligatory act [A] requires you to undertake a secondary act [B] in order to fulfill the
obligatory act [A], then that secondary act [B] becomes obligatory.
[That said], it is not possible for a student of knowledge to understand the Qur'aan and the
Sunnah except by means of the Arabic language.
As for communicating in Arabic, then it is from the recommended acts, since there is no
evidence to suggest its obligation."
226 - Ash-Shawkani said: 'If a person fears that he will commit illegal sexual intercourse and
he has the ability to marry, then it becomes obligatory upon him to marry. This is because
illegal sexual intercourse is forbidden, as is that which leads to it, and which is a precursor to
it. If someone fears that he will fall into such an act, he must do what he can to remove it
from him. If such an impulse cannot be repelled except by marriage, then marriage is
obligatory upon him."
227 - al-Hasan al-Basri – Allah have mercy on him – said: "Do not sit with an adherent of
bid’ah for he will cause a disease in your heart."
228 - al-Hasan al-Basri – Allah have mercy on him – said: “When a man sought knowledge,
it would not be long before it could be seen in his humbleness, his sight, upon his tongue and
his hands, in his prayer, in his speech and in his disinterest (zuhd) in worldly allurements.
And a man would acquire a portion of knowledge and put it into practice, and it would be
better for him than the world and all it contains – if he owned it he would give it in exchange
for the hereafter.”
229 - Continuous Sin makes heart blind; Explanation of the verse:
"Nay, but their hearts were covered over by what (sins) they earned." [Al-Mutaffifîn: 14]
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al-Hasan al-Basri said, “It is because of doing one sin after another, until the heart becomes
blind and dies.”
230 - Learn Arabic before destruction; ‘Abdullah b. Zayd Al-Numayri reports that al-Hasan
al-Basri said: “They (the heretics) were destroyed by their inability in Arabic (al-‘ujmah).”
231 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: "Faith (iman) is not by embellishment or wishful thinking, but it
is what settles in the heart and is verified through your works. Whoever says good but does
not do good will have his words compared to his deeds by Allah. Whoever says good and
does good will have his words raised by his deeds."
This is because Allah ‘azza wa jalla said:
"To Him ascends the good word, and the righteous deed raises it." [Sûrah Fâtir: 10]
232 - Good is Knowledge and Paradise; Commenting on 2:201 of the Quran which states:
Our Lord! Give us the good of this world and the good of the hereafter…
al-Hasan al-Basri said: “The good of this world is knowledge and worship, and the good of
the hereafter is Paradise.”
233 - al-Hasan al-Basri mentioned: “That a man complained to him concerning drought so it
was said seek forgiveness from Allaah, another complained about another matter so it was
said seek forgiveness from Allaah, another complained about lack of rain for his land so it
was said seek forgiveness from Allaah another complained of no offspring so it was said seek
forgiveness from Allaah, then he (Hasan al Basri) recited:
“Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver. He will send [rain
from] the sky upon you in [continuing] showers And give you increase in wealth and children
and provide for you gardens and provide for you rivers. “ [Nuh: 10-12]
234 - al-Hasan Al-Basri said: “There is no backbiting in the case of a person of innovation or
a person who openly commits sins.”
235 - al-Hasan al-Basri was said, “O Abu Sa’eed! Let me debate with you about the
Religion.” Hasan replied, “As for me, I know my religion, if you have lost your Religion then
go and look for it.”
236 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: “The best attribute a believer can have is forgiveness.”
237 - Shaykh bin Uthaymeen was asked: It is apparent that many students of the knowledge
steer away from perfecting the rules of the Arabic language (grammar); Considering its
importance- what is your point of view?
And the Shaykh responded: Understanding the Arabic language is important, whether it be
the rules of i'raab or the rules of balaaghah, all of these are important. However, based upon
us being Arabs, and all Praise is for Allah, then it is possible to learn without knowing the
rules of the Arabic language. However, from that which is complete (and better) is for a
person the learning of the Arabic language with all of its rules. So, I encourage the learning
of the Arabic language with all its rules.
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238 - Shaykhul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said: It is known that Arabic is Fard 'alal-kifaayah and
the salaf would discipline their children for making grammatical mistakes. Due to this, we are
ordered, whether it be an obligation or a recommendation, to preserve Arabic (grammatical)
rules, and to correct the tongues that have deviated from the correct speech. By doing so, we
preserve the methodology of understanding the Qur'an and the Sunnah. We also preserve the
following of the Arabs in their manner of (correct) speech. If people were left with their
grammatical mistakes, this would be considered a great deficiency and despicable mistakes.
239 - al-Jurjani said, "Hilm' (the abandonment of haste) means it is to be calm in the state of
anger."
240 - It was told to Imam al-Hasan al-Basri: “So-and-so has slandered you.” He sent a tray of
halwa [sweets] to the man, noting, “I hear that you have bestowed upon me your good deeds.
I would like to repay you.”
241 - Imam Abu Haneefah said: "When a hadith is found to be Saheeh, then that is my
madhhab."
242 - Imam Abu Haneefah said: "It is not permitted for anyone to accept our views if they do
not know from where we got them."
In one narration, "It is prohibited for someone who does not know my evidence to give
verdict on the basis of my words.
Another narration adds, "...for we are mortals; we say one thing one day, and take it back the
next day."
In other narration, "Woe to you, O Ya'qoob! Do not write down everything you hear from
me, for it happens that I hold one opinion today and reject it tomorrow, or hold one opinion
tomorrow and reject it the day after tomorrow."
243 - Imam al-Hasan al-Basri said: "The Sunnah is – by Him besides whom none has the
right to be worshipped – between those who exceed the limits and those who fall short. So be
patient upon it, may Allah have mercy upon you. For indeed, the {true} Ahlus-Sunnah were a
minority from those who preceded and shall be a minority from those to come. They did not
accompany the people who are excessive when they exceeded the limits, nor the people of
innovation when they innovated.
Rather, they persevered upon the Sunnah, until they met their Lord."
244 - al-Hasan al-Basri was asked about, who will be screaming in horror the most on the
Day of Judgment, meaning from Allah’s torment. He said:
"A man whom Allah had granted bounties, which he used in disobedience of Allah."
245 - Imam Abu Haneefah said: "When I say something contradicting the Book of Allah,
Exalted, and what is narrated from the Messenger (sal-Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam), then ignore
my saying."
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246 - Imam Malik Ibn Anas said: "Truly I am only a mortal; I make mistakes (sometimes)
and I am correct (sometimes). Therefore, look into my opinions; all that agrees with the Book
and the Sunnah, accept it; and all that does not agree with the Book and the Sunnah; ignore
it."
247 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: "Stay away from the busying aspects of life, and surely, life has
abundant busying aspects. Every man who indulges in an aspect of life that fills his time, then
the door he opened will open ten more doors of busying aspects for him."
248 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: "You wish you could live as long as Noah (PBUH) lived, even
though Allah’s order (death) strikes at someone’s door every night!"
249 - Imam Malik Ibn Anas said: "Everyone after the Prophet (sal-Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam)
will have his sayings accepted and rejected- not so the Prophet (sal-Allahu 'alayhi wa
sallam)."
250 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: "Death has exposed the reality of this life and did not leave
chance for the wise person to delight in it."
251 - Ibn Wahb said: "I heard Maalik being asked about cleaning between the toes during
ablution. He said, 'The people do not have to do that.' I did not approach him until the crowed
had lessened, when I said to him, 'We know of a sunnah about that.' He said, 'What is that?' I
said, 'Layth ibn Sa'd, Ibn Lahee'ab and Amr ibn Al-Haarith narrated to us from Yazeed ibn
Amr al-Ma'aafiree from Abu Abdur-Rahman al-Hubulee from Mustawrid ibn Shaddaad al-
Qurashee who said, 'I saw the Messenger of Allah, (sal-Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam) rubbing
between his toes with his little finger.' He said, 'This hadeeth is sound; I had not heard it at all
until now.' Afterward, I heard him being asked about the same thing, on which be ordered
cleaning between the toes.'
252 - Imam Ash-Shaafi'ee said: "The Sunnahs of the Messenger of Allah, (sal-Allahu 'alayhi
wa sallam) reach, as well as escape from us, every one of us. So whenever I voice my
opinion, or formulate a principle, where something contrary to my view exists on the
authority of the Messenger of Allah, (sal-Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam), then the correct view is
what the Messenger of Allah, (sal-Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam) has said, and it is my view."
253 - al-Hasan al-Basri said while describing the life of this world: "This life is good for the
believer. He works little (i.e. he is moderate in performing acts of worship), and takes enough
provisions with him to Paradise. This life is bad for the disbeliever and the hypocrite, for he
wastes his nights in it and the only provisions he collects from it, is being directed to the
Fire."
254 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: "In this life, the believer is just like a prisoner who strives hard
to free his neck; he never feels safe until he meets Allah, the Exalted and Most Honored."
255 - Musa (alayhis-salam) said, "Allah, You to belongs all praise and to You does one
complain. You are the One who aids, through You does one seek relief, upon You does one
rely, and there is no power or strength except through You."
256 - Imam Ash-Shaafi'ee said: "If you find in my writtings something different to the
Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, (sal-Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam), then speak on the basis of
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the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, (sal-Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam), and leave what I have
said." In one narration: "...then follow it (the Sunnah), and do not look sideways at anyone
else's saying."
257 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: "May Allah grant mercy to some people who used this life as if
it was a loan; they gave it back to He who has entrusted it to them and went away with a light
weight (of burden)."
258 - Al-Hasan al-Basri said: "He whose wealth increases, his sins increase, and he whose
speech multiplies, his lies multiply. He whose conduct becomes harsher, torments his own
self."
259 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: "By Allah! Anyone among mankind who earns abundance in his
life but does not feel afraid that he is being tried and tested, then his deeds will decrease and
his opinion will become obsolete. Whenever Allah withholds this life’s splendor from a
Muslim slave, who thinks that he is allowed to excessively indulge in its delights, then know
that he is being deprived because his good deeds have decreased and his opinion became
obsolete."
260 - Imam Ash-Shaafi'ee said: "When a hadeeth is found to be saheeh, then that is my
madhhab."
261 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: "Amazing is he who laughs, even though the Fire is in front of
him, and feels elation, while death is awaiting him!"
262 - Imam Ash-Shaafi'ee said: "In every issue where the people of the narration find a report
from the Messenger of Allah, (sal-Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam), to be saheeh which is contrary
to what I have said, then I take my saying back, whether during my life or after my death."
263 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: "He among mankind who will receive the least reckoning on the
Day of Judgment, is he who reckons his own self in the life of the world for Allah’s sake. He
who contemplate his intentions and actions; if whatever he has intended is for Allah’s sake,
he persists in it, otherwise he refrains from doing it. Verily, reckoning on the Day of
Judgment becomes heavy for those who were hasty in this life and did not hold themselves
accountable. They will find that Allah has counted their deeds, including what equals an
atom."
264 - Imam Ash-Shaafi'ee said: "If you see my saying something, and contrary to it is
authentically reported from the Messenger of Allah, (sal-Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam), then
know that my intelligence has departed."
265 - al-Hasan al-Basri wrote to Caliph ‘Umar bin Abdul-Aziz: "This life is temporary and
not permanent; Adam was sent down to it as punishment. Therefore, O Leader of the Faithful,
beware of this life and know that the best provision pertains to abandoning excessive
indulgence in it and that wealth pertains to being deprived of its splendor. This life always
has its victims. It brings disgrace to those who are mighty in it and poverty to those who
collect it with greed. Its parable is poisons: when one unknowingly eats the poison, he will
die as a consequence. Therefore, be like a wounded man who nurses his wounds for a while
for fear of extended repercussions and endures the bitterness of the medicine so that his
illness is not prolonged.
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Beware of this deceiving life, for it cheats and lures people with its beauty. Life lures with its
false adornments and deceives with its hopes. It has beautified itself for those who seek it in
marriage and became just like the beautiful bride at whom the eyes stare, whom the hearts
adore and the inner self covets. However, life kills all of its husbands. Yet, its current
husbands do not take a lesson from the fate of her ex-husbands whom it killed, nor do the
latter advise the surviving former against its danger. However covets life, satisfies his desire
from it and becomes further deceived by his excessive indulgence in its affairs. He becomes a
tyrant who forgets the Return (to Allah), until his feet are removed from this life, and
consequently, his sorrow increases and his grief intensifies.
He departs this life without sufficient provisions and is introduced to the Last Life without
having firm foundation to rely on. Beware of this life, O Leader of the Faithful! Even when
you feel more delight in it as ever before, you should be more aware of it as ever before.
Whenever owners of life’s splendor feel comfortable in this life, it is followed with an
affliction. What seems delightful in this life is connected to hardship, and whatever is though
permanent, is bound to vanish. The joys of this Life are mixed with sadness. Whatever leaves
it never comes back and whatever is to come is unknown, so awaiting for it does not avail. Its
wishes are unreal, its hopes are false, its core is impure and its essence is encompassed by
grief. Verily, the son of Adam is always in danger from this life while still in it.
Life was offered to your Prophet Muhammad (sallallau alaihi wasallam) with its keys and
treasures, but he refused to accept it. He dislike to covet what Allah does not prefer, or to
elevate what His King has made lowly. It is Allah Who kept life’s splendor away from the
righteous as a test for them and gave its abundance to His enemies as a trial from Him. It was
reported that Allah the Exalted and Most Honored said to Moses (sallallau alaihi wasallam)
‘If you see riches coming, say, ‘this is on account of a sin for which the punishment is sent
sooner rather than later.’ If you see poverty coming, say, ‘Welcome, O sign of the righteous."
266 - Imam Ash-Shaafi'ee said: "For everything I say, if there is something authentic from
the Messenger of Allah, (sal-Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam) contrary to my saying, then the
hadeeth of the Prophet (sal-Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam) comes first, so do not follow my
opinion."
267 - Imam Ash-Shaafi'ee said: "Every statement on the authority of the Prophet (sal-Allahu
'alayhi wa sallam) is also my view, even if you do not hear it from me."
268 - Al-Hasan Al-Basri said about the companions and leaders of the second generation of
Islam, the Tabi’in , and he was one of them: "I met some people who would not rejoice at the
splendor of life when it came to them, nor dedicate their attention to any part of it that went
away from them. This life was as worthless in their eyes as dust. One of them lived for fifty
or sixty years during which he only owned the clothes that he wore, did not have a barrier
between his body and the floor when he slept, and did not ask his family to cook a dish of
food for him. When night came, they would be standing and then laying their foreheads on
the floor (in Sujud [prostration]), with tears running down their cheeks. They begged their
Lord to free their necks (from the Fire). Whenever they performed a good deed, they
appreciated Allah for it and asked Him in supplication to accept it. Whenever they committed
an error, they felt sad and begged Allah to forgive it for them, may Allah’s mercy and
pleasure be on them. By Allah! They were not saved from the repercussions and evil
consequences of sins, except through Allah’s forgiveness."
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269 - Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal said: "Do not follow my opinion, neither follow the opinion
of Maalik, nor ash-Shaafi'ee, nor Awzaa'ee, nor Thawree, but take from where they took."
In another narration: "Do not copy your Deen from anyone of these, but whatever comes
from the Prophet (sal-Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam) and his Companions, take it; next are their
Successors, where a man has a choice."
Once he said: "Following means that a man follows what comes from the Prophet (sal-Allahu
'alayhi wa sallam) and his Companions; after the Successors, he has a choice."
270 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: "The Faqih (who has knowledge in the religion), is he who is
disinterested in this life, eager for the Last Life, has knowledge in the religion, often worships
his Lord, refrains from breaching the honor of Muslims and from unjustly acquiring their
wealth and sincerely advises them."
271 - Hajjaj said, "Restrain these souls for they plunge into every soul. May Allah have
mercy upon a person who places a rein around his soul and guides it to the obedience of
Allah and turns it away from disobedience. Know that patiently staying away from Allah has
prohibited is easier than bearing His punishment."
272 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: "Allah the Exalted has ordained the acts of obedience, and helps
one perform them, and has forbidden the acts of disobedience, and helps one avoid them.
Work as much as you feel able to endure the blazing Fire, and know that you have no excuse
if you end up in it."
273 - Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal said: "Whoever rejects a statement of the Messenger of Allah,
(sal-Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam) is on the brink of destruction."
274 - Imam al-Hasan al-Basri was asked: "Shouldn’t one of us feel too shy to ask his Lord to
forgive his sin, then do it again, then ask for forgiveness, then do it again?"
He said: "The Shaytaan wishes that you would have this attitude, so do not tire of asking for
forgiveness."
275 - Al-Hasan al-Basri said: "I saw a people from the Companions of the Messenger of
Allaah (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) saying: ‘Whoever acts without knowledge, then that
which he corrupts and ruins is greater than that which he sets aright. The one who does deeds
without ‘ilm is like a traveller without a path, so seek knowledge with such a seeking that
does not harm ‘ibaadah (worship) and seek (to perform) ‘ibaadah such that it does not harm
‘ilm.’ And a man from amongst them would seek knowledge until it was readily seen from
his khushoo’ (humbleness), his zuhd (asceticism), his speech and sight."
276 - "Guide us to the straight path - the path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor,
not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray." Qur'an Al-Fatihah: 6-
7
In his interpretation of aforesaid verses of the Surah of Al-Fatihah, Sheikh Muhammad Ibn
Abdul-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) has stated:
"The scholars meant in the verse that reads, 'those who have evoked (Allah's) anger' are those
who do not act in accordance with their knowledge, and '...those who are astray' are the ones
who act without knowledge. The former is the quality of the Jews, while the latter is that of
the Christians. Some ignorant people mistakenly believe that those two qualities are restricted
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to the Jews and the Christians, forgetting that Allah commands them to recite the above
mentioned Qur'anic invocation seeking refuge with Him from being one of the people of
these two qualities. Glory be to Allah! How do those ignorant people think that they are safe
from these qualities, though they are taught and commanded by Allah to keep on invoking
Him (through the aforesaid verses) seeking His refuge against them?! Are they not aware that
they thus assume evil about Allah?!
277 - al-Hasan al-Basri advised some of his students admonishing them about avoiding the
state of being proud. He said: 'Do not deceive yourself into being too proud because you are
in a good or righteous environment, for there is no place that is better than Paradise, and our
father, Adam (AS), experienced there what is known to all. Do not become proud merely
because you worship often, for consider what happened to Iblees (Satan) after he spent a
great deal of time worshiping. Do not think yourself great because you have met with
righteous people, for there is no man more righteous than the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi
wasallam), yet the disbelievers and hypocrites did not benefit by simply knowing him.'
278 - Ibn Hubayrah states: "Muslim scholars uniformly agree that purification with water is
obligatory for whoever is obliged to perform prayer, provided water is available; in case
water is unavailable, one should use its substitute (i.e., clean earth), in accordance with the
Qur'anic verse in which Allah, Exalted be He, says,
'...And find no water, then seek clean earth...' Quran: An-Nisa 43,
and '...And sent down upon you from the sky, rain by which to purify you...' Quran: An-
Anfal: 11'
279 - It is related that a group of people were once seated in the company of al-Hasan al-
Basri: 'When some men passed by, dragging along with them a body of a dead man. When al-
Hasan saw the dead man, a glint of instant recognition could be discerned in his eyes, and he
fell unconscious from the shock of some memory that had just been rekindled. When he
regained consciousness, his companions asked him what was wrong with him. He said;
This man – referring to the dead man being dragged along on the ground – used to be one of
the best worshippers and one of the most renowned ascetics in the world (renouncing all the
temporary pleasures of this world because he was so busy and devoted to worship).
One day he left his home, intending to go to the masjid to pray; but on the way, he saw a
beautiful young Christian women, who became an immediate temptation to him.
When he proposed to her, she refused, saying, "I will not marry you until you become an
adherent of my religion." He went on his way, but as time went on, he yearned for her
continued to increase. He then succumbed to her wish and exited from the fold of Islaam –
the religion of pure, unadulterated Monotheism. After he became a Christian and some time
passed, the woman came out to him from behind the curtain and said, “You are a man who is
bereft of goodness. You have forsaken your religion, which was important to you for your
entire life, simply for the sake of a lust that is of no value. Indeed, I too am forsaking my
religion, but not for the same reason. I am doing so in order to achieve a blissful existence
that never comes to an end, an eternal existence under the care of the One, the As-Samad
(i.e., Allaah; The Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creature need, He neither eats nor
drinks)."
She then recited the entire Chapter of Al-Ikhlaas:
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"Say (O Muhammad (saw)): "He is Allah, (the) One. Allah-us- Samad (The Self-Sufficient
Master, Whom all creatures need, He neither eats nor drinks). He begets not, nor was He
begotten; And there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him." [Qur'aan 112:1-4]
When the people had heard about what she had said, they approached her and asked, “All
along, you had this Chapter memorized?“ “No,” she answered. “By Allaah, I had never
known it before. But after this man continued to insist upon having me, I saw a dream; I saw
Hellfire, and my place in it was shown to me. I became terrified and panic-stricken. Maalik –
the gatekeeper of the Hellfire – said to me, ‘Do not be afraid or sad, for Allaah has ransomed
(i.e., saved) you with this man (i.e., he will take the place in Hellfire that you would have
taken had not Allaah saved you).’ He then took me by the hand and admitted me into
Paradise. Seeing a line written inside of it, I read it; among what was written were these
Words:
"Allaah blots out what He wills and confirms (what He wills). And with Him is the Mother of
the Book (Al-Lauh Al-Mahfooz)“. [Qur'aan 13:39]
He then recited Soorah Ikhlaas to me, and I began to repeat it.
Then I woke up and had it (Soorah Ikhlaas) memorized." Al-Hasan then said, "The woman
then embraced Islaam, and the man – whose corpse you just saw being dragged away – was
killed for having apostatized. And I ask Allaah to make us firm and steadfast upon guidance
and to grant us safety and success."
280 - Ibn al-Qayyim said, "Patience is that intellect and religion stand firm when faced with
lusts and desires." The meaning of this is that human nature turns after that which it loves, but
intellect and religion prevent it. As such the two are at continuous was with each other, and
this was has its ups and downs. The battelefield is the heart, patience, courage, and firmness.'
281 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: "Beware of entering upon a day having tomorrow or other future
days as your main concern and worry. (If you do so), you will increase in anxiety and
difficulty, and you will wish to collect during your day, what will suffice you for several
days. How stupid! One ends up being preoccupied, one’s grief gets worse and one’s toil and
labor becomes great. And the slave ends up neglecting doing (good) deeds as a result of these
hopes (he has in tomorrow and the future days)."
282 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: "Whoever learns something in the name of Allaah, seeking that
which is with Him, he will win. And whoever learns something for other than Allaah, he will
not reach the goal, nor will his acquired knowledge bring him closer to Allaah."
283 - Shaykhul-Islam Ibn Taymiyah stated that: "The prohibition of touching the Book of the
Qur'an while being in a state of (major or minor) ritual impurity is agreed upon by Four
Imams."
284 - Yunus bin ‘Ubaid said: ‘I have not seen anyone with more feeling of sadness than al-
Hasan, he used to say, ‘We laugh now and perhaps Allah has looked over our actions and
said: I will not accept anything from you’. Al-Hasan said: "The believer wakes up feeling sad
and goes to sleep feeling sad as there is no room for him other than this since he is in between
two (constant) fears: a mistake he has committed which he does not know what Allah will do
with it, and the time left ahead not knowing what hardships he will face."
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Al-Hasan was scolded for his deep sadness and fear, so he replied: “What security do I have
that perhaps Allah has seen what He dislikes of me and says, ‘Go, I will not forgive you. So I
work for that which cannot be worked for’.“ He was brought a mug of water to break his fast,
so when it was brought nearer to him, he began to weep. He said, ‘I remembered the wish of
the people of hell-fire and what they said: “Pour upon us some water or from whatever Allah
has provided you.” and I remembered the reply: “Indeed, Allah has forbidden them both to
the disbelievers."
A man asked Al-Hasan, ‘How have you woken up?’ He said, ‘Fine.’ The man said, ‘How are
you?’ Al-Hasan smiled and said, ‘You ask me how I am?! What do you think of people who
got aboard a ship until they reached the middle of the sea and the ship broke down, so each
one was hanging on by a wood, what would be their state? My state is more severe than
theirs.’
285 - Ibn Hubayrah stated in his book entitled Al-Ifsah (Enunciation) that: "They (i.e., the
Four Imams) agree that it is impermissible for one in a state of ritual impurity to touch the
Qur'an." However, one in a state of ritual impurity is allowed to hold the Book of Qur'an in a
cover or a bag so as not to touch it directly. Similarly, one in such a state of impurity is
allowed to read or browse through the Book without touching it.'
286 - Ibn Taymiyyah said, "Taqwa is that the person act in obedience to Allah upon a light
from Him and that he abandon disobedience to Him upon a light from Him, fearing the
punishment of Allah."
287 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: I saw ‘Uthman bin ‘Affan (RA) sleeping in the mosque with a
sheet around him and there was no one beside him, and he was Amir Al-Mu’mineen
(commander of the faithful).
288 - Uthmân bin Affan (RA) said in a sermon: Son of Adam! Know that the angel of death
who has been assigned to you has not ceased to pass you and move on to others, ever since
you have been in this world. But it is as if he is about to pass someone else and move on to
target you, so be careful and prepare for him (by correcting your deeds). And do not forget
him, for he does not forget you. And know o son of Adam, if you are heedless about yourself
and do not prepare, no one else will prepare for you. You must meet Allah the Mighty and
Majestic, so take for yourself and do not leave it to someone else. Peace be on you.
289 - al-Ḥasan al-Baṣri to ‘Umar bin ‘Abd al-‘Aziz: “In order to be followed as an example,
be a brother to your other Muslims. Be a son to the elders, and a father to the younger ones.”
290 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: ‘Nobody feared it [hypocrisy] except a believer, and nobody felt
safe of it except a hypocrite.'
291 - al-Hasan Al-Basri said: 'Iman is not wishful thinking or outward appearances but a
matter rooted in the heart and confirmed by actions.
292 - Imam al-Hassan al-Basri said: “We laugh and yet – who knows? – perhaps Allah has
looked at some of our works and said: “I will not accept anything from you.” Woe to you, son
of Adam! Can you fight Allah? Whoever disobeys Allah is fighting Him. By Allah! I have
met seventy veterans of Badr. Most of their garments were wool. Had you seen them you
would have said they are crazy, and had they seen the best among you they would have said:
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“Those people will have no part in the Hereafter.” Had they seen the worst among you they
would have said: “Those people do not believe in the Day of Reckoning.” I have seen people
for whom this world was cheaper than the dust under their feet. I have seen people the like of
whom would come home at night, not finding more than his own portion of food, and yet say:
“I shall not put all of this into my belly. I shall certainly give some away for Allah’s sake.”
Then he would give away some of his food in charity, even if he were more in need of it than
its recipient.”
293 - Uqbah ar-Rasibi said: “I entered upon al-Hasan while he was eating, and he said:
“Come eat with me.” I said: “I have already eaten until I can eat no more.” He said: “Subhan
Allah! Does the Muslim eat until he can eat no more?!”
294 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: “Allah will inflict six punishments on the one who loves the
dunya and chooses it over Hereafter – three in this world and three in the next. As for the
three in this world they are – delusion and hope in having a long lifetime that has no end,
overpowering greed that leaves no contentment, and the taking away of the sweetness of
worship. As for the three in the Hereafter they are – the harrowing ordeal of the Day of
Judgement, a sever bringing to account, and an eternal regret.”
295 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: “It baffles me to see a people who are advised to get their
provision and are told that the departure time is due, yet they sit down playing!”
296 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: “The land of Paradise is flat and angels keep planting on it.
When they slacken, they are asked “Why did you slacken?” They [the angels] say, ‘Our
fellow has slackened.’ Do not make angels feel slackened, may Allah bestow His Mercy on
all of you.”
297 - Abu Ali al-Daqqaa said, "The definition of patience is that you not object to the decree.
However, allowing the effects of tribulation to show, without complaining, does not go
against patience. Allah, Most High, says concerning Ayyub,
"We found him patience," Sad (38): 44
despite the fact that he said, "Great harm has afflicted me." al-Anbiya (21): 83,
298 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: “One day I was walking with a young pious man in the narrow
streets of Basra and its markets until we reached a physician sitting on a chair and around him
were many men, women, and children who had bottles of water in their hands. Each one of
them was seeking a cure for his illness. The young man moved closer to the physician and
asked him, ‘O physician! Do you have a medicine that cleans away sins and cures the
[spiritual] diseases of the heart? He replied ‘Yes!’ The young man said, ‘Give it to me!” The
physician said, “Take ten things from me – take the roots of the tree of poverty with the roots
of the tree of humility, and pour in it the milk of repentance, then place it in the mortar of
acceptance [of whatever is predestined for one], crush it with the pestle of contentment, then
place it in the pot of piety, pour over it the water of shame, then boil it with the fire of love,
then place it in the cup of gratitude and cool it down with the fan of hope, then drink it with
the spoon of praise. If you do all of this then it will cure you of every illness and trial in this
world and in the Hereafter.’”
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299 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: “It used to be said: 'Whoever condemns his brother for a sin that
he repented from, will not die until Allaah tests him with it (i.e. the same sin).'”
300 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: “Son of Adam, the knife is being sharpened and the oven is
being heated up, yet the ram is still eating the fodder.”
301 - Truly, this Qur’an is recited by slaves and children who have no knowledge of its
interpretation, for they have not followed the matter from its beginning. Allah, Mighty and
Majestic, said,
‘A Book, We have sent it down to you, Blessed, that they may ponder its signs deeply. (S.
Sad [38], v.29)’
al-Hasan al-Basri said: Pondering its signs deeply is no more than following it, and Allah
Knows best. But by Allah, it is not preserving its letters while wasting its limits! One of them
even says, ‘I have recited the whole Qur’an without missing a single letter of it,’ although by
Allah, he has missed it all, for the Qur’an is not seen in him in any of his character or deeds.
Another even says, ‘Truly, I can recite a surah in one breath’! By Allah, these are not reciters,
or people of knowledge or wisdom or spiritual caution! When did real reciters every say
things like this? May Allah not make their like widespread amongst the people!
302 - Uthman (RA) said: "It (alcohol) destroys reason and reason is the most sublime thing
that Allah has given to man, and man should elevate himself by means of reason, not try to
destroy it."
303 - Uthman (RA) said: "I have no interest in songs, I never committed any immoral deed,
and my right hand never touched my private part since I swore allegiance to the Messenger of
Allah (PBUH). I did not drink alcohol during Jahiliyyah nor in Islam, and I did not commit
zina during the Jahiliyyah or in Islam."
304 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: “O son of Adam! You will die alone, be resurrected alone and
be recompensed alone. O son of Adam! If all people obey Allah and you disobey him, their
obedience will not benefit you. If they all disobey Allah and you obey him, their
disobedience will not harm you. O son of Adam! Beware of your sins, for it is your flesh and
blood at stake. If you are saved from the evil repercussions of your sins, your flesh and blood
will be saved for you. If it is the other destination, then it is a Fire that will never be
extinguished, a body that will never perish [eternal torment] and a soul that will never die.”
305 - Ibn Abi al-Dunya said: 'The reciters of the Qur’an are of three types:
1-Those who take it as merchandise with which they ply their trade.
2-Those who recite its words but fail to comply with its injunctions, they use it to lord over
the people of their land and rely on it to ascend to positions of authority. There are many who
fall into this category, may Allah make their number small!
3-Those who treat the Qur’an as a cure and apply it to heal the ailments of the hearts. They
recite it in their places of devotion and attain tranquillity, they weep in their hooded cloaks,
and they are overcome with fear and sombreness. It is for their sake that Allah sends down
the rain and it is through them that Allah confers victory against the enemy. By Allah this
category is rarer than red gold."
306 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: “The heart becomes corrupt through six means:
1-Committing a sin in the hope of repenting
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2-Seeking knowledge and not applying it
3-Practice without sincerity
4-Eating the sustenance of Allah without appreciating Him
5-Not being pleased with Allah’s allocation (destiny)
6-Burying the dead without learning from them.”
307 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: “We used to be amongst a group of people (i.e., the
Companions) who would never do any act in public if they could do so in private. And those
Muslims would strive in making their du’a, and not a sound would be heard from them! For
they used to whisper to their Lord.”
308 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: 'By Allah! Hastening to the prayer is not accomplished by the
feet. Indeed they were prohibited from coming to prayer without tranquillity and dignity.
Rather, it is about the hearts, the intention, and the submission.
309 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: Whoever wishes to know who he is, let him present himself to
the Qur’an.
310 - Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣri once saw a man eating in the graveyard and commented, “This is a
hypocrite; he sees death before his eyes, yet his stomach craves for food.”
311 - Habib Abu Muhammad said, "Whoever's eye does not find rest with You [Allah], then
his eye will not find rest. And whoever is not at ease with You will not find ease."
312 - Muslim ibn Yasar said, "Pleasure-seekers find no pleasure like withdrawal for the
purpose of intimate discourse with Allah [SWT]."
313 - Muslim al-Abid said, "If it were not for the congregational prayer I would never go out
of my door until I die. Those who obey Allah find no pleasure sweeter than withdrawal to
converse with their Lord, nor anything which they eagerly anticipate more of all the
tremendous rewards in the next life which is more important in their breasts and sweeter to
their hearts than gazing towards Him."
314 - al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī once sat next to an empty grave and said: “A matter (ie. life) that ends
like this deserves to feel disinterest about its beginning. A matter that starts like this (ie.
death) deserves that its end is feared (ie. the Hereafter).”
315 - al-Hasan al Basri said: “In this world the believer is like a stranger, he does not despair
when it humiliates him and neither does he covet its grandeur. The people are in one state,
and he is in a totally different state.”
316 - Imam al-Khattabi said: “Who will do the job today like al-Hasan al-Basrī with his
sincerity of advice and moving admonishment? May Allah rectify us and our rulers, for they
are corrupt because of our sins.”
317 - aI-Hasan al-Basri reported that, "A man was very sad because of the death of his son
and he complained this to him. aI-Hasan said, "Was your son absent from you before his
death? The man replied, "Yes, his absence was more than his attendance. aI-Hasan said, "So
deem his absence forever but this time will be the most rewarding for you. The man said, O
Abu Sa'id, You appeased my anxiety about my son.'
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318 - Ibn Taymiyyah said, "Taqwa in actions comes about by meeting two requirements, the
first that the deed be sincerely for Allah; meaning by this that one desire only the Face of
Allah and not associate anything else in the worship of his Lord, the second that the deed be
something Allah has commanded and loves, i.e., it be in conformity to the Legal Law and not
in accordance to some other law that Allah has not allowed to be followed.'
319 - al-Khattabi said, "The meaning of du'a is the servants asking his Lord for His help and
continued support. Its essence is that a person shows his need of Allah and expresses his
inability to change any matter himself or having any power and ability. This charactersitic is
the mark of servitude and exemplifies it. Du'a also carries with it the meaning of praising
Allah and attributing to Him generosity and grace.'
320 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: “Everything has something staining it, and the stain of Scared
Knowledge is covetousness (ie. wealth, fame).”
321 - Al-Hasan al-Basri said: “A bedouin once passed by Basra and asked, “Who is the
Master of this city?” It was said to him, “al-Hasan al-Basri.” He asked, “And how did he
become their master?” They replied, “He had no need of their worldly effects but they were
in need of his knowledge.”
322 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: “The capital of the believer is his religion, it is always with him,
he does not leave it behind when on a journey and neither does he entrust it to another.”
323 - al-Mawardi said, "hilm' is from the most noble of qualities and the most deserving of
being possessed by the intellegent, the perspicuous. It serves to preserve ones honour, keep
one free from trouble and worry, and attract respect and praise."
324 - Umar Ibn al-Khattab (RA) said, "There is no portion in Islam for whoever abandons the
prayer."
325 - Sa'd (RA) and Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA) said, "Whoever gives it [salaah] up has become
a kafir."
326 - One man asked al-Hasan al-Basri, why the faces of the people who perform tahajjud
(night prayers) shine more brightly than others. He answered: “It is because when they are
alone with the light of the All-Merciful, He clothes them with light from His Light.”
327 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: “Know that you cannot love Allah until you love obeying Him!”
328 - al-Hasan al Basri was weeping before his death For fear that Allah might throw him in
the Fire and care less about him.”
329 - Abdullah ibn Shaqiq said, "The Companions of the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) did not
regard the abandonment of any of the actions as kufr except for the prayer."
330 - Abu Ayyub as-Sakhtiyani said, "Abandoning the prayer is kufr and there is no
disagreement about it."
331 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: “If it were not for three, the son of Adam would not have
lowered his head: death, illness, and poverty. Other than that, however, he is proud.”
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332 - Once al-Hasan al-Basrī passed by a man who was laughing (excessively) and asked
him, “O my nephew! Have you safely passed over the Sirat?” The man said, “No.” al-Hasan
al-Basrī then asked, “Have you received news that you will end up in Paradise or Hell?” The
man said, “No.” al-Hasan al-Basrī asked him, “Why do you laugh then, may Allah save you,
while the matter ahead is horrifying?” That man was never seen in such laughter until he
died.”
Note: This does not refer to smiling as this is part of the Sunnah for which the Muslim earns
a charity.
333 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: “O son of Adam! Sell your current life for your latter life, and
you will win both. Do not sell your latter life for this life, for you will lose them both. The
period of stay is short, and the righteous ones went away before you, so what are you waiting
for? By Allah, it is about to come, and then the latter ones will join the former ones among
you.”
334 - Ibrahim ibn Adham said, "The highest of the ranks is that you should devote yourself to
your Lord, and feel at ease with Him in your heart and consciousness and all of your limbs so
much so that you hope for nothing but your Lord and fear nothing but your wrong action, and
His love become so firmly established in your heart that you will never prefer anything to it.
If you are like that you will not care whether you are on land or sea, on the plains or in the
mountains. Your longing to meet your Beloved will be like the thirsty person has for cold
water, and the longing the hungry person has for wholesome food, and the remembrance of
Allah will be sweeter to you than honey and more delicious than pure water to the thirsty
person on a hot summer's day."
335 - al-Fudayl said, "Good fortune to whoever becomes alienated from people and with
whom Allah sits."
336 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: “Had the hearts had life or righteousness in them, they would
have made you weep about a night after which follows the Day of Resurrection, during which
the creations will see more naked bodies and weeping eyes than ever before.”
337 - al-Hasan al-Basri was asked, “O Abu Sai’d! How are you?” He replied, “Like he who
awaits death when night falls, and in the morning, he does not know if he will live through
the night or in which state (condition) he will die.”
338 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: “Those who were before you used to often consider the nearness
of death. One of them would often take water for purity, fulfill the call of nature and perform
ablution, fearing that Allah’s Command (death) might come to him while he is not in a state
of purity.”
339 - Abu Sulayman said, "Allah has never made me at ease with any but Him."
340 - Ma'ruf said, "Rely on Allah so much that He becomes the One with whom you sit, the
Companion who gladdens you and the One to whom you bring your complaint."
341 - al-Hasan al-Basri was asked, “O Abu Sa’id! What should we do? We sit with people
who make us afraid (from death) that makes our hearts fly away.” He said, “By Allah! If you
associate with someone who makes you afraid, so that you earn safety, is better than
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associating with someone who makes you feel safe, for in this case, unsafety might touch
you.”
342 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: “By He in Whose Hand is my life! I met people who were as
disinterested in this life as they were in the sand they walked on.”
343 - al-Hasan al Basri said: “Son of Adam! Life is only days, so if your day passes, your life
becomes shorter.”
344 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: “The ones who have taqwa protect themselves from what Allah
has prohibited and act upon what He has commanded. Taqwa remains with them until they
forsake many halal things fearing that they could be haram.”
345 - Habib Abu Muhammad said, "One of the signs of those who love Allah is that they are
not cheerfully at ease with anyone other than Him, and they are never lonely with Him. When
love of Allah, exalted is He, takes up its abode in the heart then one becomes cheerfully at
ease with Allah, because Allah is more sublime in the breasts of the Gnostics than that they
should love anyone other than Him."
346 - Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (RA) said: "He who enters the grave without any provisions is as
though he wishes to sail the sea without a ship."
347 - Umar ibn al-Khattab (RA) said: "Honour in this world is in wealth, and honour in the
Hereafter is in righteous actions."
348 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: “You will not meet a believer except he is evaluating himself.”
349 - A man said, “O Abu Sa’eed (al-Hasan al-Basri), I am complaining to you of the
hardness of my heart.” He said, “Soften it with dhikr. The more forgetful the heart is, the
harder it becomes, but if a person remembers Allaah, that hardness softens as copper melts in
the fire. Nothing can soften the hardness of the heart like the remembrance of Allaah, may He
be glorified and exalted. Dhikr is healing and medicine for the heart. Forgetfulness is a
disease, the cure for which is remembrance of Allaah.”
350 - al-Hasan al-Basri once went to visit a sick person and found him in the throes of death,
so he saw the distress and anguish that had befallen him. He went back to his family with a
different color from when he had left them (ie. he was visibly shaken by what he had seen).
They said to him, “Come and eat, may Allah have mercy on you.” He said, “O my family, go
ahead, eat and drink. I have seen death, and I shall never stop working hard until I meet it.”
351 - Ahmad and Ishaq said, "Abandoning the prayer is kufr, because it was kufr on the part
of Iblis to refuse to prostrate to Adam, and abandoning prostration to Allah is more serious."
352 - Ibn Mas'ud said, "Whoever does not pay the Zakah has no prayer."
[*explanation: The denial of the acceptability [of the prayer] is not a denial of its soundness,
and it is not obligatory for him to repeat [the prayer] because of his leaving [out the zakah].
What is really meant by that is that Allah is not pleased with him, nor is he praised for it in
the Highest Assembly, nor is he boasted of to the angels, whereas whoever undertakes there
pillars (five pillars of Islam) correctly receives acceptance in the above sense, but whoever
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does some of them without others does not receive that (acceptance) even though he is not
punished for those things he did do with the same punishment as one who abandons them. On
the contrary, he has discharged his responsibility (in respect of the obligation of prayer) and
may even be rewarded for it.]
353 - Umar (RA) said: "I do not come to women because of desire. Were it not for children, I
would not care if I never saw a woman with my own eyes."
354 - Umar (RA) said: "I force myself to have intercourse, hoping that Allah will bring forth
from me a soul who will glorify and remember Him."
355 - Sa'd ibn al-Musayyab said: "Umar (RA) went for Hajj, and when he was in Dajnan he
said: 'There is no god but Allah, the Most High, the Most Great, the One Who gives whatever
He wills to whomever He wills. I used to tent the camels of al-Khattab in this valley, wearing
a woollen garment. He was harsh; he would exhaust me when I worked and beat me if I fell
short. And now here I am, with no one between me and Allah."
356 - Umar (RA) said, 'The bonds of Islam will be undone one by one when there will be a
generation brought up in Islam who do not know what Jahiliyah is.'
357 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: “A person may struggle in the way of Allah, without ever
striking a sword even once.”
358 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: “My eye has never set on anything, nor has my tongue
articulated a word, nor has my hand struck anything, nor have my feet started moving, except
that I first examined whether it was an action of obedience or disobedience: if it was
obedience, I proceeded; but if it was disobedience, I refrained.”
359 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: “When shaytān looks at you and sees you persistent in your
obedience to Allah (Subhanahu wa ta’ala)), he will do his utmost to deceive you; if he still
sees you persistent, he will give up on you and leave. However, if he sees you alternating
between this and that, he will have hope in you.”
360 - al-Hasan al-Basri said, “Do not let the share of knowledge that one of you possesses be
merely that the people say that he is a scholar.”
361 - Yahya Ibn Mu'adh said, 'An honourable person would never be disobedient to Allah,
and a wise person would never prefer the dunya over the Hereafter.'
362 - al-Ḥasan al-Baṣri to ‘Umar bin ‘Abd al-‘Aziz: “If you had the age of Nuh, the
ownership of Suleiman, the faith of Ibrahim, and the wisdom of Luqman, then you would still
have to face the agony of death. Behind death there are two abodes: if you miss one of them,
you will end up in the second.”
363 - Uthman ibn Affan (RA) said: "Worrying about the dunya is a darkness in the heart,
while worrying about the Hereafter is a light in the heart."
364 - Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA) said: "The one who seeks after knowledge, Paradise will seek
after him; and the one who seeks after disobedience, the Hellfire will seek after him.."
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365 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: “The goodness in which there is no evil is: gratitude (to Allah)
in times of well-being, and patience in times of misfortune. Yet how many of those who are
blessed are not thankful, and how many of those who are tried are not patient?”
366 - “This is a clear example from the Salaf ( i.e., pious predecessors) of how to call to the
religion of Allah indirectly with your character, as sometimes calling a person directly may
not prove the most effective way. Many accepted Islam because of hearing about the Divine
character of Prophet Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallaam), even before they met
him…as all of us did!!! Hassan Al-Basree (rahimahullaah) had a neighbour who was a
Christian. This neighbour had a toilet on the roof of his apartment and it used to leak through
a hole in the roof of Hassan Al-Basree’s apartment. Hassan placed a bucket beneath the hole
to catch the urine that would leak through it and discard the contents at the end of each day.
This continued for 20 years. Then one day, Hassan fell ill and his Christian neighbour came
to visit him. When he entered, the neighbour noticed the bucket of urine that was leaking
through the hole in his ceiling and asked Hassan astoundingly! “How long have you been
tolerating this harm from me?” Hassan replied, “For 20 years.” So the Christian neighbour
took of his belt (which was the clothing of the Christians during that time) and accepted
Islam.”
367 - A man said to al-Hasan al-Basri: “The people sit around you so that they may find fault
with you!’ So he said, ‘Indeed, I encouraged my soul to aspire for Paradise so it aspired for it.
Then I encouraged it to aspire for salvation from Hellfire and so it aspired for it. Then I
encouraged it to aspire for salvation from the people, but I didn’t find a way to that. Indeed
the people were not pleased with their Creator although He provides for them, so how can
they be pleased with another creation like themselves?”
368 - Imam as-Sadi said, "It is Allah who has undertaken the task of aiding His religion,
perfecting the truth with which He sent His messengers, and manifesting its light in all
regions of the earth, even though the disbelievers hate it. Even though they strive to the
utmost of their abilities to extinguish His light, defeat and failure is their fate. They are like a
person who blows air with his mouth in the direction of the sun in the hope that he can
extinguish its fire; never will he be able to do so, rather he just imputes his own intellect with
deficiency and doltishness."
369 - A man said to al-Hasan al-Basri, “Does Iblees sleep?” He answered, “If he were to
sleep we could then have a rest.”
370 - Umar ibn al-Khattab (RA) said, "Good interaction with people is half of intelligence,
good questioning is half of knowledge, and good planning is half of subsistence."
371 - al-Hasan al-Basri used to say about the statement of the Most High, “Verily mankind is
ungrateful to His Lord.” [Surat Al-`Ādiyāt, Verse 6]
“This means that he remembers the tragedies that befell him but forgets the blessings.”
372 - al-Hasan Al-Basri said: “Your souls are your means to an end, so rectify your souls and
they will notify you of your Lord (The Mighty and Majestic).”
373 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: “If you see a man competing with you in the (affairs) of the
worldly life, then compete with him in the (affairs) of the afterlife.” He (rahimahullaah) said:
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“The foundations of evil are three and its subsidiary branches are six. The foundations are:
Envy, covetousness and love of the worldly life. Its subsidiary branches are: Love of
leadership, love of boasting, love of praise, love of filling oneself with food, love of sleep and
love of relaxation.” He (rahimahullaah) said:
“The soul of the son of Aadam does not exit this world, except with a loss in three (things):
[1] It did not satisfy itself with what it gathered (of the worldly
things);
[2] It did not achieve what it hoped for;
[3] It did not increase in perfecting what is sent forth (for it of
good deeds in the hereafter).”
374 - Al-A'mash said, "The one whose capital is God-consciousness (taqwa), tongues will be
incapable of describing the fortune that is his piety; and the whose capital is the dunya,
tongues will be incapable of describing the magnitude of his loss of piety."
375 - Ayyoub said: “al-Hasan al-Basri used to speak with a speech as if it was a stream. And
a people after him spoke with a speech from their mouths as if it was vomit.”
376 - Sufyan al-Thawri said, "Every act of disobedience committed due to passion, its
forgiveness is hoped for. Every act of disobedience committed due to arrogance, its
forgiveness is not hoped for because the root of Satan's disobedience was arrogance, whereas
the root of Adam's lapse was passion."
377 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: “The night and the day have not ceased to lessen the life spans
and bringing close the appointed times of death.”
378 - It was said to al-Hasan al-Basri: “Indeed, the people say that ”Whoever testifies that
none has the right to be worshipped except Allah will enter paradise”; so he (i.e. al-Hasan)
said: ”Whoever testifies that none has the right to worshipped except Allah and then he fulfils
its rights and obligations, he will enter paradise.”
379 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: “Indeed, a weakness in your Eemaan is that you are more
attached to what is your possession than what is in Allah’s Hand."
380 - Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (RA) said regarding the Qur'anic verse, 'Corruption has appeared
on land and sea', "The land refers to the tongue and the sea refers to the heart. If the tongue is
corrupted people cry over it, and if the heart is corrupted the angels cry over it."
381 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: “Two thoughts roam over the soul, one from Allah one from the
enemy. Allah shows mercy on a servant who settles at the thought that comes from Him. He
embraces the thought that comes from Allah, while he fights against the one from his enemy.
To illustrate the heart's mutual attraction between the two powers the Prophet said: "The heart
of a believer lies between two fingers of the Merciful".... The fingers stand for upheaval and
hesitation in the heart... If man follows the dictates of anger and appetite, the dominion of
Satan appears in him through idle passions (hawa) and his heart becomes the nesting-place
and container of shaytan, who feeds on hawa. If he does battle with his passions and does not
let them dominate his ego (nafs), imitating in this the character of the angels, at that time his
heart becomes the resting-place of angels and they alight upon it.”
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382 - al-Hasan al-Basri heard a person say: ‘no-one may perform the [religious] duty of
forbidding what is wrong except a person who does no wrong’. al-Hasan remarked: ‘Satan
would like that to happen to us such that nobody would forbid the wrong nor command what
is right.’ Abu Muhammad said: ‘al-Hasan spoke the truth and that is what we also mentioned
before. May God grant us to be amongst those [He permits to] do good and to act upon it, and
make us amongst those who can see the guidance, for no one is without faults. One who
looks to his own weaknesses will forget those of others. May God permit us to die on the
Sunna of Muhammad (Allah abundantly bless him and grant him peace). Amin, O Lord of
the Worlds!”
383 - Uthman ibn Affan (RA) said, "The one who leaves the dunya, Allah the Exalted will
love him; and the one who leaves sin, the Angels will love him; and the one who has no
craving for the possessions of the Muslims, the Muslims will love him.'
384 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: “Iblees was not one of the angels, not even for a single
moment. He is the father of the jinn, just as Adam (peace be upon him) is the father of
mankind.”
385 - al-Hasan al-Basri was in a gathering when he mentioned the companions of
Muhammad -Sallallaahu Alayhi Wa Sallam - He then remarked: “They possessed the most
pious hearts of this ummah, were the most profound in knowledge and the least constraint. A
people, whom Allah chose for the companionship of His Prophet -Sallallaahu Alayhi Wa
Sallam -, so emulate their character and way, for by the Lord of the Ka'bah, they are upon the
straight path.”
386 - al-Hassan al-Basri said, "If you happen to pass by a group of people, some of whom are
Muslims and some of whom are disbelievers, greet them."
387 - Ali ibn abi Talib (RA) said, "Surely from the blessings of this world, sufficient is Islam
as a blessing; surely from the multitude of preoccupations, sufficient is obedience as a
preoccupation; and surely from the causes for reflection, sufficient is death as a cause."
388 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: "By Allah, the oath of allegiance to 'Ali was like the oath of
allegiance to Abu Bakr and 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them).”
389 - al-Hasan al-Basri was asked about the Companions fighting amongst themselves, and
he said: "That was fighting in which the Companions of Muhammad (PBUH) represent, and
we were not; they knew, but we do not know. In the issues on which they agreed, we follow;
on the issues on which they differed, we refrain from taking a stance."
390 - Abdullah ibn Mas'ud said, "How many are deluded by the blessings showered on them;
how many are tested by the praise heaped on them; and how many are duped into a sense of
security by Allah hiding their sins."
391 - al-Hassan al-Basri observed: "Some people had claimed to love Allah, so Allah tried
them with the verse, `Say, If you truly love Allah then follow me, Allah will love you.'"
392 - al-Hasan al-Basri said, “If you see a man competing with you with regard to this world
then compete with him concerning the Hereafter.”
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393 - al-Hasan al-Basri said: “Knowledge is of two types: knowledge in the heart and
knowledge upon the tongue. The knowledge in the heart is the beneficial knowledge and the
knowledge upon the tongue is the proof of Allaah upon His slaves.”
394 - Prophet Dawud (AS) said, "It was revealed to me in the Psalms that the sensible person
should only occupy himself with three things - making provisions for the Day of Judgement,
seeking sustenance for his life, and seeking pleasure within what is permissible."
395 - aI-Hasan aI-Basri, said, "Assuredly, the one who tells you about the speech of others
would also tell others about your speech."
396 - al-Hasan al-Basri said, "He who has no manners has no knowledge; he who has no
patience has no Religion (din); he who has no God-consciousness has no closeness to Allah."
397 - Abu Sulayman al-Darani said in his supplication, "O my Lord, if You ask me about my
sins, I will surely ask You for Your forgiveness; and if You ask me about my miserliness, I
will surely ask You for Your generosity; and if You make me enter Hell, I will inform the
people of the Hell that I love You."
398 - Imaam Az-Zuhree (d. 124H) said: “The people of knowledge who came before us used
to say, ‘Salvation lies in clinging to the sunnah.’"
399 - Ibrahim al-Nakha'i said, "Those who were destroyed before you were destroyed due to
three traits - excess in speech, excess in food, and excess in sleep."
400 - Yahya ibn Mu'adh al-Razi said, "Glad tidings to the one who leaves the dunya before it
leaves him, prepares for his grave before he enters it, and pleases his Lord before he meets
Him."
401 - Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA) said, "He who does not have the sunnah of Allah, the Sunnah of
His Messenger, and the Sunnah of His chosen ones, has nothing. It was asked, "What is the
Sunnah of Allah?" He replied, "Safeguarding secrets." It was asked, "What is the Sunnah of
the Messenger?" He replied, "Being gentle with people." It was asked, "What is the Sunnah
of His chosen ones?" He replied, "Bearing people's harm.'"
402 - Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA) said, "Be in Allah's estimation the best of people, and in the
estimation of your nafs the worst of people, and in people's estimation just a man from
amongst the people."
403 - Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA) said, "people before us used to advise each other of three things
- the one who works for his Hereafter, Allah will take care of the matters of his din and dunya
for him; and the one who beautifies his inner self, Allah will beautifies his appearance; and
the one who rectifies that which is between him and Allah, Allah will rectify that which is
between him and people."
404 - Umar Ibn Al-Khattaab (RA) said: “If I slept during the day I would have neglected the
people, and if I slept during the night I would have neglected myself. How can I sleep when I
have these two concerns, O Mu’aawiyah?”
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405 - al-Hasan al-Basri said, “Indeed some people have placed humility in their dress and
arrogance in their chest.”
406 - Umar Ibn Al-Khattaab (RA) said: “The one who is in a position of leadership is more
likely to fall into temptation or sin, except those whom Allaah protects, and they are few.”
407 - Abdullah ibn Mas'ud said, "Fulfil that which Allah has made obligatory upon you and
you will be the best of worshippers; refrain from the prohibitions of Allah and you will be the
best of ascetics; and be pleased with what Allah has allotted for you and you will be the
richest of people."
408 - Salih al-Marqadiyy once passed by some houses and said, "Where are your first
inhabitants? And where are your old dwellers? So he heard a voice saying, "Their legacy has
come to an end, underneath the soil their bodies have decomposed, and their actions remain
as necklaces around their necks."
409 - Ali ibn Abi Talib said, "Give to whosoever you wish and you will become his master,
ask from whoever you wish and you will become his prisoner, and do not seek help from
whosoever you wish and you will be his equal."
410 - Yahya bin Mu'adh said, "Leaving all of the dunya is taking all of the dunya; the one
who leaves all of it has taken all of it and the one who takes all of it has left all of it; so,
taking it is leaving it, and leaving it is taking it."
411 - It was said to Ibrahim ibn al-Adham, "How did you attain zuhd (asceticism)?" "With
three things," He said, "I saw that the grave is lonesome and that I would have no companion
therein; I saw that the path is long while I had no provisions; and I saw that the Omnipotent
would be the Judge while I had no valid argument (in my defence)."
412 - Shibli said, "O my Lord! I wish to gift to You all of my good deeds despite my poverty
[in acts of obedience] and weakness; how then do You not wish, O my Master, to gift to me
[the overlooking of] my bad deeds despite Your richness?!" He also said, "If you find delight
in Allah's company then renounce the company of your nafs."And he said, "Had you tasted
the sweetness of closeness of Allah you would have known the bitterness of estrangement
(from Him)."
413 - Sufyan al-Thawri was asked about the weakness of closeness to Allah the Exalted. He
replied, "It is that you do not find delight in a beautiful face, nice voice, or eloquent tongue."
414 - Ibn Abbas said, "Zuhd (asceticism) is composed of three letters, z-h-d. 'Z' is zadun lil
ma'ad [provision for the Hereafter]. 'H' is hadun lil-din [guidance for the Religion]. And 'D' is
dawan 'ala al-ta'a [constancy in obedience]."
415 - Ibn Abbas (RA) said, "Auhd (asceticism) is composed of three letters, z-h-d. 'Z' is for
leaving zina [adornments]. 'H' is for leaving hawa [desires], and 'D' is for leaving the dunya
[this world]."
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416 - A man came to Hamid al-Laffaf and said to him, "Advise me." He said, "Have for your
Religion (din) a cover, just like a copy of the Qur'an (mushaf) has a cover." The man asked,
"And what is the cover of the din?" He replied, "Leaving speech except that which is
necessary, leaving the dunya except that which is necessary, and refraining from mixing with
people except when it is necessary. Also know that the essence of asceticism is refraining
from the prohibitions be they minor or major, fulfilling all the obligations be they easy or
difficult, and leaving the things of this world for its people be they great or small."
417 - Luq'man al-Hakim [peace be upon him] said to his son, "O my son! Man is composed
of three thirds - a third for Allah, a third for himself, and a third for the worms. The third that
is for Allah is his soul; the third that is for himself is his actions, and the third that is for the
worms is his body."
418 - Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA) said, "Three things enhance memorising and eradicate phlegm -
Siwak, Fasting and reciting the Qur'an."
419 - Ka'b al-Ahbar said, "Fortresses for the believers are three - the mosque is a fortress, the
remembrance of Allah is a fortress, and reading the Qur'an is a fortress."
420 - Imam as Sa'di said, "Deception is to show the one being deceived something and hide
the reality in order to reach ones goal. The hypocrites tried to deal with Allah and the
believers in this way but their deception came back on themselves. This is something
extraordinary for normally a deceiver will either be successful and see the fruition of his goal,
or at least be safe. These hypocrites did what they did, and plotted their plans, but all they
succeeded in doing was seal their own destruction."
421 - al-Hasan al-Basri said, "None feels safe from hypocrisy except a hypocrite, and none
fears it save a believer."
422 - Ibn al-Qayyim said, 'Allah, Glorious is He, has described the denizens of the Fire as
being of people of ignorance, and He informed us that the routes to knowledge have been
barred to them. He said,
"They will say, 'If only we had listened and used our intellect, we not have been denizens of
the Blaze." [al-Mulk 67:10-11]
-Hearing and intellect are the foundations of knowledge and by them does one acquire it,
"We have created many of the jinn and men for Hell. They have hearts they do not
understand with. They have ears they do not hear with, they have eyes they do not see with.
Such people are like cattle, rather they are even further astray! They are the unaware." [al-
Araf 7:179]
-Here, He informs us that they have not acquired knowledge from any of its three doors:
intellect, hearing and seeing...
"Deaf - dumb - blind. They do not use their intellect." [al-Baqarah 2:171]
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423 - Ali (RA) said, "Din and Dunya will continue to exist as long as four things exist - as
long as rich are not miserly in that with which they have been blessed; as long as the scholars
practise what they have learnt; as long as the ignorant are not arrogant about that which they
do not know; and as long as the poor do not sell the Hereafter in return for the dunya."
424 - Ibn al-Qayyim said about the hypocrites, "Such is the state of the hypocrites. The light
of their faith has been removed by hypocrisy, leaving to smoulder in their hearts the heat of
disbelief, doubts, and questionable practices. And as heat and flames singe their hearts in this
world, so, too, on the Day of Judgment will God place them in a 'kindled Fire that reaches up
to the hearts.' Such is the similitude of one who no longer goes through this world by the light
of faith, who abandons it and removes himself from it after it had lit his way."
425 - Hatim al-Asamm said, "The one who delays four things until four others will find
Paradise - sleep until the grave, pride until after the accounting [of good and bad deeds],
repose until after the crossing of the sirat [bridge to be crossed on the Day of Judgment], and
desires until entering Paradise."
426 - Imam al-Ghazali lists four ways to help one awake up for Tahajjud prayer:
(1) To minimise one's intake of food, (2) To avoid exhausting work during the day, (3) To
sleep a little in the afternoon, and (4) To avoid sins as they harden the heart and limit the
causes of mercy. [Imam al-Ghazali, Ihya 'ulum ad-din 1:325],
427 - Shaykh Saalih al-Fowzaan said, "So whomever the Qur'an has reached, and he is an
Arab, then the proof has been established upon him. And if he is not an Arab, then its
meaning is translated to him so he understands it."
428 - Ibn al-Qayyim said about the hypocrites, "This then stresses the fact that they
(hypocrites) are people of darkness and have no light (nur) in any of its forms: the Book
which Allah has called light; the Messenger (pbuh) which Allah has called light; His religion
which Allah has called light; His guidance which Allah has called light; one of His Names is
'the Light'; and the prayer which is light, Allah's taking away their light (nur) means that He
took all this away from them."
429 - Sa'd bin Bilal said, "Despite committing a sin, Allah still bestows four blessings on His
sinful servant - He does not cut off his sustenance, He does not cause his health to
deteriorate, He does not make the sin apparent on him for all to see, and He does not hasten
his punishment."
430 - Ibn Masud (RA) used to say: 'Indeed, this Qur'an is the banquet of Allah; so take from
it as much as you can [i.e., learn from it] for I know nothing more unworhthy than a house in
which there is nothing of the Word of Allah. The heart which contains nothing of the Word of
Allah, goes to ruin like a house in which no one lives.'
431 - Ibn al-Qayyim said, "The meaning of the Taghut is 'everything whose limits the servant
transgresses with regards to worshipping, obeying or following.' An example of worshipping
would be in worshipping idols, an example of obeying would be obeying scholars in matters
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exceeding the limits, and an example of following would be following a leader in matters
exceeding the limits. Imam Ibn 'Abdul Wahhab defined it as 'everything that is worshipped
besides Allah.'"
432 - Imam al-Awza'i (rahimahullah) said, "Az-Zuhri (d.124H) and Mak-hul were asked
about the ayat regarding the Attributes of Allah and they replied, 'Leave them as they are.'"
433 - Al-Walid Ibn Muslim (rahimahullah) said, "Malik (d.179H), al-Awxa'i, Layth Ibn Sa'ad
(d.175H) and Sufyan ath-Thawri (d.167H) (rahimahullah), were asked about the reports
concerning the Attributes [of Allah] and they all replied, 'Leave them as they are without
asking how.'"
434 - Al-Awza'i (rahimahullah) said, "We would say while the Tabi'un (the successors of the
Companions of the Messenger PBUH) were many, 'Indeed Allah, the Most Perfect, is above
His Throne and we have Iman in what is related in the Sunnah concerning the Attributes [of
Allah].'"
435 - Sufyan Ibn 'Uyaynah (d.198H) (rahimahullah) said, "Everything that Allah described
Himself in His Book, then its recitation is its explanation without asking how or resembling."
436 - Uthman (RA) said, "Signs of a person who really know Allah are eight - his heart is in a
state of fear and hope, his tongue is in a state of praise and gratitude, his eyes are in a state of
shame and tears, and his will is in leaving the duniya and seeking the pleasure of his Lord."
437 - Abdullah Ibn al-Mubarak (rahimahullah) said, "We know that our Lord, the Most
Perfect, is above the heavens, above His 'Arsh (Throne), separate from His creation."
438 - Nu'aym Ibn Hammad al-Khuza'i (d.228H, the Shaykh of al-Bukhari said, "Whoever
resembles (makes tashbih of) Allah to His creation has committed kufr (disbelief) and
whoever denies what Allah has described Himself with has also committed kufr. Indeed,
there is no tashbih at all in that which Allah has described Himself with, or what His
Messenger has described Him with."
439 - Imam Muhammad Ibn al-Hasan ash-Shaybani (d.189H) (rahimahullah) said, "The
scholars from the east and the west are all united upon having faith in the Qur'an and in the
ahadith that are related by the precise, reliable narrators (thiqat) from Allah's Messenger
[pbuh], concerning Allah's Attributes, without explanation or resemblance. Whoever explains
anything from them this day, has left that which the Prophet [pbuh] was upon and has split
from the Jama'ah. For they neither described nor explained, but rather they gave verdicts with
what was in the Book and the Sunnah, then remained silent. Whoever speaks with the view of
Jahm [Ibn Safwan] has split from the Jama'ah, because he described Him with attributes that
are nothing."
440 - Sufyan al-Thawri said, " The poor have chosen five things and the rich have chosen
five others - the poor have chosen serenity of the soul, freedom from worries, worship of the
Lord, ease of accountability, and the highest position. The rich have chosen weariness of the
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soul, preoccupation with worries, worship of the dunya, severity in accountability, and the
lowest position."
441 - Abu Ja'far at-Tirmidhi, when asked as to how Allah keeps His Attribute of being above
the creation if He Descends to the Lowest Heaven in the last third of the night, replied, "The
Nazul (Descends of Allah) is understood, but the how/nature is unknown, and faith in it is
obligatory, and to question about [how] it is an innovation (bid'ah)."
442 - The Shaykh of Imam Malik, Rabi'ah Ibn Abi Abdir-Rahman (rahimahullah) said, "Al-
Istiwa (Allah's Descending) is not unknown, and how is incomprehensible. From Allah is the
Message, upon the Messenger is to clear convey it, and upon us is to affirm it."
443 - Imam Malik (rahimahullah) was asked about [how Allah made] al-Istiwa to which he
replied, "Al-Istiwa is known and how is unknown. To have faith in it is obligatory and to
question [how] is an innovation." Then he said to the questioner, "I do not think except that
you are an evil man!" So he ordered him to be expelled."
444 - Imam ash-Shafi'i (rahimahullah) said, To Allah belong Names and Attributes that occur
in His Book and that His Prophet (PBUH) related to the nation. It is not possible for anyone
to refute (radd) them. So the one who contradicts this after the evidence has been established
against him then he is a kafir (non-Believer), and as for before the establishment of the proof
then he is excused due to ignorance, because the knowledge of that cannot be attained
through the intellect. So we affirm these Attributes and we negate tashbih (likening Allah to
creation) as Allah negated it by saying, 'there is nothing like Him.'"
445 - Imam ash-Shafi'i (rahimahullah) said, The belief that I am upon, and I saw our
Companions, the As-hab-ul Hadith - like Malik and Sufyan and others - to be upon is:
affirming the testimony that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah and that
Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. And that Allah is Over His Throne, above His Heaven
(ala 'Arshihi fi Sama'ihi), He comes close to His Creation howsoever He Wills, and He
Descends to the lowest heaven howsoever He Wills."
446 - Nu'aym Ibn Hammad, the Shaykh of Al-Bukhari, said, "Whoever resembles Allah to
His creation has committed kufr (unbelief). Whoever denies what Allah has described
Himself with has [also] committed unbelief. Whatever He has described Himself with, or His
Messenger [described Him with], then there is no tashbih (resemblance) in it."
447 - Sufyan sl-Thawri said, "No one in this age amasses wealth except that he has five traits
- the delusion that his lifespan will be long, overpowering greed, intense miserliness, lack of
piety, and forgetfulness of the Hereafter."
448 - Ibn Taymiyah said, "Muhammad ibn al-Hasan learnt from Abu Hanifa (d.150H), Malik,
and [other] scholars of their level. He related a consensus (ijma) and onformed that the
Jahmiyah continuously, or preponderantly describe [Allah] with matters of negativity. As for
this saying: 'without explanation', then what is intended by this is the explanation of the
Jahmiyah; those who innovated an explanation concerning the Attributes, which was in
opposition to that which the Companions and their followers were firmly established upon."
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449 - Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal (rahimahullah) said, about the hadith of Allah's Descending
(Nuzul), "We have faith in it and we affirm it, without asking how, without explaining it, nor
do we reject anything from it."
450 - Is-hq bin Rahawayah (rahimahullah) said, "Indeed Allah has described Himself in His
Book with Attributes from which the creation is left in no need to describe Him with, other
than what He described Himself with. From among them, 'Allah will Come to then in the
shade of clouds' and His saying, 'And you see the angels around the Throne, hymning the
praises of their Lord.
451 - Ali (RA) said, "The one who gathers six traits will not have left anything that brings
him closer to Paradise or anything that makes him escape Hell - he come to know Allah the
Exalted and thus obeyed Him; he come to know Satan and this disobeyed him; he come to
know the Hereafter and this sought it; he come to know the dunya and this rejected it; he
come to know the Truth and this followed it; and he come to know falsehood and this steered
clear of it."
452 - Ibn Rajab said: “He who spreads his knowledge to the people and speaks to them must
be very careful of not asking things from them. He must not be covetous for any of their
wealth or provisions nor wish to win their hearts. He should just spread his knowledge and be
content with not hoping anything from them through careful godliness. This is because greed
of worldly matters and yearning them are ugly traits especially when found in a scholar.”
453 - Sufyaan Ath-Thawree said: “Learn this knowledge and keep silent. Do not mix it with
joking around lest the hearts spit it out.
454 - The majority of the scholars have agreed that, "Contemplation is of five types -
contemplating Allah's signs results in affirming the Oneness of Allah (tawhid) and in
conviction; contemplating Allah's blessings results in loving Allah; contemplating Allah's
promise [of reward and Paradise for the good-doers] results in creating a desire to do good;
contemplating Allah's punishment results in fear and awe of Him; and contemplating one's
shortcomings in obedience despite Allah's blessings and mercy towards oneself results in a
sense of shame and humility."
455 - al-Hasan al-Basree heard a group of people arguing, so he said: “These people have
(their tongue), and their piety has decreased and that is why they speak.”
456 - Al-Awzaa’ee said: “Whoever stands the night in prayer, Allaah will make easy for him
his standing on the Day of Judgment.”
457 - Hatim al-Asamm said, "Hastiness is from Satan except in five situations in which is it
the sunnah of the Messenger of Allah [pbuh] to hasten - feeding the guest when he arrives;
preparing the deceased for burial when he dies; marrying off the daughters when they reach
the age of maturity; paying a debt when it is due; and making repentance from a sin as soon
as it is committed."
458 - Ali Ibn Abi Taalib (RA) said: “From the rights of the scholar over you are:
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– Give the salaams to the general populace and specifying them (i.e. the scholar) by greeting
them particularly.
– Sit in front of him.
– Do not point at him with your hand.
– Do not cut your eyes at them.
– Do not say that so and so opposes your statement.
– Do not backbite anyone in front of him.
– Do not walk through his sitting.
– Do not grab him by his garment.
– Do not pester him if he is tired.
– And do not turn away from his companionship.
He is like the date palm and you are waiting for something to befall you. The believing
scholar has a greater reward than the warrior in the Cause of Allaah. When the scholar dies, a
void is created in Islaam that will not be filled until the Day of Resurrection.”
459 - Al-Fudayl Ibn ‘Iyaad said: “I met the best of people, all of them people of the Sunnah
and they used to forbid from accompanying the people of innovation.”
460 - Imaam Ash-Shaafi’i said: “Every issue of which I spoke in a manner that goes against
the Sunnah, I retract it during my lifetime and after my death.”
461 - al-Hasan al-Basree said: “Do not sit with the people of innovation and desires, nor
argue with them, nor listen to them.”
462 - Uthman (RA) said, "The believer is in six types of fear - the first is that Allah the
Exalted will take away his iman (faith); the second is that the angels will write down things
that will expose him on the Day of Judgement; the third is that Satan will render his actions
void; the fourth is that the Angel of Death will take his soul when he is in a state of
heedlessness; the fifth is that the dunya will delude him and make him work for other than the
Hereafter; and the sixth is that his family and children will preoccupy him such that he
neglects the remembrance of Allah the Exalted."
463 - Ibraaheem ibn Maysarah said: “Whoever honours an innovator has aided in the
destruction of Islaam.”
464 - Abdullaah Ibn Mas’ood (RA) said: “If I had ten days left to live, and I knew I would
die by the end of them, and I had enough time to get married, I would get married for fear of
temptation (fitnah).”
465 - Imaam Al-Baghawee (d. 516) said: “So the scholars from the people of the sunnah are
united upon the prohibition of quarrelling and argumentation, and upon discouraging others
away from learning or discussing theological rhetoric.”
466 - Imaam Ash-Shaafi’ee said: “That a slave meets Allaah with everything He forbade
except shirk is better for him than theological rhetoric. Indeed I have seen things from the
people of theological rhetoric that I do not think a Muslim would say.”
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467 - Imaam Ash-Shaafi’ee said: “If I wanted to, I could have written a large book against
every opponent. However theological rhetoric is not my kind of thing, and I do not like that
anything from it (theological rhetoric) should be attributed to me.”
468 - Ibn Abbas (RA) said, "Ten things are from the Sunnah, five related to the head and five
to the body - as for the head they are: using siwak, rinsing the mouth, rinsing the nose,
shortening the moustaches, and shaving the head. As for the body they are: removing armpit
hair, clipping the nails, shaving pubic hair, circumcision, and cleansing [after relieving
oneself]."
469 - al-Hasan al-Basree said: “Do not sit with a person of innovation, for indeed he will put
a disease in your heart.”
470 - Imaam Maalik was asked “Will Allaah be seen on the day of Judgement?“ So he
replied: Yes, Allaah says , “And some faces shall be shining and radiant upon that day,
looking at their Lord.” [75:22];
471 - Ahmad said: “Whoever alleges that Allaah will not be seen in the Hereafter is a
disbeliever who has rejected the Qur’aan.”
472 - Al-Waleed Ibn Muslim (d. 194) said: "I asked (Imaam) Maalik, Al-Awzaa’ee, Imaam
Layth Ibn Sa’d, and Sufyaan Ath-Thawree, may Allaah have mercy upon them, concerning
the reports relted about the Attributes, so they all said, “Leave them as they are without
asking ‘how’."
473- Umar (RA) said, "Allah has concealed six things in six others - He has concealed
pleasure in obedience, anger in disobedience, His Greatest Name in the Qur'an, the Night
Power (laylatul qadr) in Ramadan, the Middle Prayer (al-salatul wusta) amongst the prayers,
and the Day of Judgement amongst the days."
474 - Abdullaah Ibn Al-Mubaarak said: “Be one who relies on the narrations (from the Salaf)
and accept of people’s opinions that which may explain the hadith to you.”
475 - Ibn Al-Qayyim said: “The Prophet (saw) advised and urged that the seeker of
knowledge be treated kindly for no other reason except for virtue and honor of what they
were seeking.”
476 - Ibn ‘Umar (RA) said: “Every innovation is misguidance, even if the people see it as
something good.”
477 - Imaam Ahmad said: “Whosoever alleges that Allaah does not speak, then he is a
disbeliever. Verily we relay these narrations as they have come.”
478 - Haytham Ibn Jameel was asked: “A man is well learned with regards to the affairs of
the Sunnah, should he debate and argue about them?” He replied: “No, however he should
inform the people about the Sunnah, so if it is accepted from him then good and if not then he
should keep silent.”
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479 - Ibn Masud (ra) said, “None of you should ask concerning himself except that he uses
the Qur’an as his benchmark, so whoever loves the Qur’an loves Allah and His Messenger.”
480 - Ali (RA) said, "Blessings are six - Islam, the Qur'an, Muhammad - the Messenger of
Allah (PBUH), well-being, Allah's protection, and non-dependence on people."
481 - Ibn Rushd said: “Knowledge used to be in the hearts of men, now it’s just in their
clothes (people want to appear knowledgeable).”
482 - Yahyaa ibn Abee Katheer said: “Learn the intention, for it is more serious than the
action.”
483 - Ibn Wahb: “That which I learned from Maalik’s behavior is better than the knowledge I
learned from him.”
484 - Hishaam Bin Urwa used to say: “Do not question the people about what they have
innovated today because they have prepared answers for it, rather ask them about the sunnah
because they do not know it.”
485 - Imaam Ahmad said: “And let him not be of those who invent new matters [into the
Deen], for whenever such a thing emerges from such a man, he seeks to find a proof for what
he is doing. So he induces himself to do the impossible, searching for a proof for what he has
brought out – whether valid or baseless – in order to beautify his innovation and his
invention. And worse than that, is that he fabricates it – attributing it to some written text that
has been conveyed about it. So he desires to beautify that with truth and falsehood.”
486 - Umar Ibn Al-Khattaab (RA) said to Ziyaad: “Do you know what [things] destroy
Islaam? They are the death of a scholar, the Munafiq (hypocrite) who argues using the
Quraan, and the Imams who lead the people astray.”
487 - Yahya ibn Mu'adh al-Razi said, "Knowledge is the proof of action, comprehension is
the vessel of knowledge, the intellect is the leader of goodness, desire is the mountain of sins,
wealth is the garment of the arrogant, and this world is the market for the next world."
488 - Ibn Mubaarak said: “Beware of sitting with a person of innovation.”
489 - Imaam Abu Haneefah said: “It is detested that he (the supplicator) says, ‘By the Right
of Your creation’.”
490 - Abdur-Rahmaan Ibn Abee Az-Zinaad said: “A man was not considered a real man until
he knew the sunnah.”
491 - Ayoob As-Sakhtiyaanee said: “Indeed the death of a man from the people of the sunnah
reaches me and I feel as if I have lost one of my limbs.”
492 - Aa’ishah (RA) said: “I used to enter my house in which the Messenger of Allaah
(PBUH) and Abu Bakr (her father) were buried, but when ‘Umar was buried with them, by
Allaah I did not enter it without covering myself properly, out of shyness towards ‘Umar.”
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493 - Yahya ibn Mu'adh al-Razi said in his entreaties and supplication, "O my Lord! The
night is only pleasant to me when I supplicate to You; the day is only pleasant to me when I
obey You; this world is only pleasant to me when I remember You; the Hereafter will only be
pleasant to me if I receive Your pardon; and Paradise will only be pleasant to me if I see
You."
494 - Imam Ahmad (rahimahullah) says: "There is not a shadow of doubt in my mind
concerning the lagality of wiping over the leather socks. There are forty narrations of the
Prophet [pbuh] and his Companions indicating its permissibility."
495 - Imaam Maalik (d. 179H) said: “The sunnah is like the ark of Noah. Whoever embarks
upon it reaches salvation and whoever refuses is drowned.”
496 - Imaam Maalik said: “Plastering graves is detested and so is building over them…"
497 - Ibn Abbas (RA) said: “When you feel the need to mention your companion’s faults,
remember your own”
498 - Imaam Al-Awzaa’ee (d. 157) said: “So make yourself patient upon the Sunnah, stop
where the people stopped, speak with what they spoke with, and refrain from what they
refrained from. And follow the path of your Righteous Predecessors (Salafus Saaliheen) for
verily, sufficient for you is that which was sufficient for them.”
499 - Abu Bakr (RA) said: “Every step that a mujaahid takes in the way of Allaah earns him
the merit of 700 good deeds and the forgiveness of 700 sins.”
500 - Ali (RA) said, "Four things, a little of which is still a lot - pain, poverty, fire, and
enmity."
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50 - Siyar A’laam an-Nubalaa – Volume 6, Page 348
51 - ad-Da’, p.83
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52 - Jaami’ al-Uloom, p. 70
53 - Al-Istiqaamah 1/42
54 - Kitab At Tawheed, Pg. 95
55 - Ibn Abdil-Barr in Jaami’u Bayaanil-’Ilmi wa Fadhlihi, 143
56 - Sifaat us-Safwah, 1/364
57 - Sifatus-Safwah 1/149
58 - Khalq Af’aalul-‘lbaad, p14
59 - Adab Shar'iyyah 4/124
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61 - Nahjul Balagha, sermon 126 about the Kharijites
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65 - ad-Da', p.18
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75 - Fatawa Al-Kubra of Al-Haythami 4/313
76 - Majmu Fatawa, 14/49
77 - I'laam, 2/361
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78 - Yahyaa ibn Sharafuddeen an-Nawawee, al-Majmoo’ vol.1, p.63. also noted by al-
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81 - Bazzar, p.74
82 - Fulaani, p. 113 & Ibn al-Qayyim in I'laam 2/302
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84 - Majmoo’ al-Fataawa, 23/382
85 - Shaykh Ibn Taymiyyah, Majmoo'ah al-Fataawaa, vol 3, page 216
86 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.20
87 - Ibn Qayyim, al-Madarij 3/289
88 - Sharh-ul-Usul, p.599
89 - al-Hilyah 2/143
90 - Al-Ghafileen 251
91 - Siyar 'Alaam an-Nubalaa
92 - Siyaar A'laam Al-Nubala, 10/16
93 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.20
94 - as-Sahihah, 1/347
95 - Majmu Fatawa, 10/88
96 - al-Huda wan-Nur 788
97 - Al-Bayan wa at-Tabayeen, 2/101
98 - Sharh al-Bukhari, Nikah, 2
99 - Adab Shar'iyyah 4/208
100 - ath-Tham, p. 139
101 - al-Adab al-Mufrad 971
102 - Minhaj as-Sunnah, 3/389
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103 - al-Adab al-Mufrad
104 - al-Minhaj 3/442
105 - al-’Uqud, p. 265
106 - Tafseer al-Qurtubi, 15/256
107 - Ibn Qayyim, al-Madarij 2/68
108 - Fath Rabb-il-Bariyyah, p.98
109 - Fataawa Noor ‘ala al-Darb by Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, 12/171
110 - Fath al-Baari 10/528
111 - Ibn Abī Al-Dunya, Dhamm Al-Dunya article 53
112 - Manaqib Al-Imam Ahmad by ibn al-Jawzi, pp. 276
113 - Mujalasah wa Jawahir al-'Ilm, 2/253
114 - Sunan At-Tirmidhi, Book of Virtuous Qualities, 3884
115 - al-'Uqud, p. 257, 258
116 - al-Huda wan-Nur 430
117 - Iqtidâ‘us-Sirâtil-Mustaqîm 2/207
118 - Ibn Al-Jawzi, Sifah Al-Safwah Vol. 2/P. 433
119 - Zaad v. 2 p. 426
120 - Abu Bakr Al-Daynuri, Al-Mujalasah wa Jawahir Al-’Ilm article 843
121 - Al-Adab al-Mufrad 1012
122 - Ghaarah p. 73
123 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.22
124 - Sifat Al-Safwa, 3/341
125 - Siyar A'alam An-Nubala 20/565
126 - Ibn Abi Al-Dunya, Dham Al-Dunya article 42
127 - Luma Tul Itiqadh pg. 21
128 - Taysir Al-Allam, Vol. 1 pg. 24
129 - Al-Khatîb Al-Baghdâdî, Târîkh Baghdâd 16/626
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130 - Al-Khatib Al-BaghdAdi, Al-Faqih wa Al-Mutafaqqih article 53
131 - Fataawa Islamiyyah, 3/446
132 - Bayhaqi, Shu’ab Al-Iman article 4536
133 - Siyar ‘Alam al Nubala’ of Imaam ad-Dhahabee
134 - Ta’reekh Baghdad 8/242
135 - Iqtidaa-u al'ilmi al'amal pg 71
136 - Ibn ‘Abd Al-Barr, Jâmi’ Bayan Al-’Ilm wa Fadlihi article 905
137 - Al-Dhahabi, Siyar A’lam Al-Nubala` 4:586
138 - Al-Irshad Ila Sahih al-I`tiqaad, 78
139 - Ibn Qayyim, al-Wabil, p.69
140 - Majmu Fatawa 10/38
141 - Fatâwâ Arkân-il-Islâm, p. 468
142 - Abu Nu’aym, Hilyatu Al-Awliya` 6:270
143 - Majmu Fatawa, 1/80
144 - Abu Nu’aym, Hilyah Al-Awliya` Vol.2 p458
145 - Ibn Qayyim, Madarij 1/531
146 - Az-Zuhd of Imaam Ahmad, p. 272
147 - Abû Bakr Al-Daynûrî, Al-Mujâlasah wa Jawâhir Al-’Ilm article 2049
148 - Malik's Muwatta Book 48, Hadith 2
149 - Majmu Fatawa 10/40
150 - Ibn Abi Al-Dunya, Kitab Al-Zuhd article 36
151 - Al-Bayhaqi, Al-Zuhd Al-Kabeer, p.100
152 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.17
153 - Taareekh At-Tabaree, 4/410
154 - Al-Hilya, 5/223
155 - Az-Zuhd of Ahmad, p.194
156 - Ash-Shu'ab, 2/1147
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157 - Bahjat Al-Majaalis, 1/109
158 - Ibn Abî Hâtim, Al-Tafsîr no. 8897
159 - al Madaarij 3/485
160 - Sifat as Safwah 2/131 and As Siyar 5/220
161 - Al-Ihya 4/436
162 - Abû Na’yam, Hilyah Al-Awliyâ` 2:154
163 - al-Mufhim, 2/644
164 - Al-Qawlul Sadeed Fi Maqasidul Tawheed Sharh Kitab Tawheed Page 41
165 - Abû Bakr Al-Daynûrî, Al-Mujâlasah wa Jawâhir Al-‘Ilm 3:535
166 - Lataaif p. 386
167 - Az-Zuhd by Ibn al-Mubaarak, p. 12
168 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.18
169 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.18
170 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.18
171 - Ibn Battah, Al-Ibânah Al-Kubrâ articles 936-938
172 - Ibn Waddâh, Al-Bida’ Vol. 1 p190
173 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.11
174 - Al-Bayhaqi narrated in Shu‘ab al-Eemaan 209
175 - Zad-ul Ma'ad, Translated by Jalal Abualrub Book 1, page 285
176 - Adab Shar’iyyah 2/127
177 - Tuhfat al-Mawdood, p. 229
178 - Majmoo’ al-Fataawa, 11/565
179 - Liqaa ash-Shahri 16
180 - Ibn Abî Al-Dunyâ, Al-Tawbah article 70
181 - Madarij al-Salikeen, 4/215
182 - al-Majmoo’, 11/576
183 - Kitaab As-Sunnah, p. 77-78 & Manaaqibul Imaam Ahmad, of Ibnul Jawzee, p. 170
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184 - Al-Bayhaqî, Al-Zuhd Al-Kabîr, article 12
185 - Zad-ul Ma'ad, Translated by Jalal Abualrub Book 3, pg. 31-32
186 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.21
187 - Al-Bayhaqî, Al-Zuhd Al-Kabîr, article 26
188 - Al-Hilyah 6/324
189 - Zad-ul Ma'ad, Translated by Jalal Abualrub Book 1, page 314
190 - Taareekh At-Tabaree, 4/409
191 - ash-Sharee´ah, p. 311
192 - Ibn ‘Asakir, Al-Tawbah article 13
193 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.24
194 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.21
195 - Al-Bayhaqî, Al-Zuhd Al-Kabîr p197
196 - Al-Ihyaa Uloem Ad-Deen", 2/175
197 - Raudatul ‘Uqaalaa, p. 197
198 - Abû Bakr Al-Kharâ`itî, Masâwî Al-Akhlâq wa Madhmûmihâ p62
199 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.21
200 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.17
201 - al-Ittihaf, p. 524
202 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.21
203 - Trails and Tribulations by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, p68
204 - Taqwa: Provision of the Believers, pg. 13
205 - Sifatus-Safwah, vol. 3, p. 347
206 - Trails and Tribulations by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, p63
207 - Aadaab ush-Sharee'ah 2/132
208 - Jami' Bayan-il-'ilm", 157
209 - Sharh Usool Ath-Thalathah, Page, 37
210 - Juz' Fihi Kalam 'ala hadith: Yattabi'u al-Mayyita Thalathan, pg 24
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211 - al-Bidaaya Wan-Nihaaya (7/297) Hilyatul Awliaa (3/149)
212 - Musnad ad-Daarimi: Vol 1 Pg 67 H. 206, Chain Saheeh
213 - Taqwa: Provision of the Believers, pg. 22
214 - Lata'if-ul-Ma'arif, p. 435
215 - As-Siyar 10/476
216 - Tarikh Dimashq, 5/66
217 - ad-Da', p.64
218 - Siyar v. 11 p. 83
219 - Ma'rifah 'Ulum-il-Hadeeth, p. 4, by Aboo 'Abdillaah al-Haakim
220 - At-Taareeqah Al-Hakamiyah, p. 240
221 - Trails and Tribulations by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, p63
222 - Majmoo' al-Fatawaa Vol. 24, page 173
223 - The book of knowledge by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-Uthaymeen, Vol.1
224 - Iqtidaa Siraatil-Mustaqeem- Vol.1, p.521
225 - Fatawa Ash-Shaykh al-Albaanee fil-Madeenah wal-Imaaraat- p.35
226 - Ash-Shawkani, as-Sail al-Jarar, vol.2, p.243
227 - Ibn Waddâh, Al-Bida’ p124
228 - Ibn Al-Mubârak, Al-Zuhd wa Al-Raqâ`iq Vol.1 p.156
229 - Al-Tabarî in his Tafsîr, Sûrah Al-Mutaffifîn
230 - Al-Bukhârî, Al-Târîkh Al-Kabîr Vol.5 p99
231 - Ibn Battah in Al-Ibânah Al-Kubrâ Vol. 3 p120, and Al-Khatîb Al-Baghdâdî in Iqtidâ’
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232 - Al-Âjurrî in Akhlâq Al-’Ulamâ’ no. 30 and Ibn Jarîr in his Tafsîr of this verse
233 - Fath al-Bari’ Chapter: the Best Method of Seeking forgiveness
234 - Al-Laalikaa’ee in Sharh Usoolul-l’tiqaad 1/140
235 - Aajurree; ash-Sharee’ah, p.57
236 - adab Shar’iyyah 11/12
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237 - Kitaabul-Ilm- page 145, Q.42
238 - Majmoo al-Fatawa, v.32, p.252
239 - Trails and Tribulations by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, p63
240 - Imam al Qushayri’s al-Risalah
241 - The Book of Knowledge, Vol.1
242 - The Book of Knowledge, Vol.1
243 - Sunan ad-Darimi, Volume 1 pgs. 71-72
244 - Al-Hasan al-Basri, p.47
245 - The Book of Knowledge, Vol.1
246 - The Book of Knowledge, Vol.1
247 - Az-Zuhd, by Abdullah bin Al-Mubarak, p.189
248 - Az-Zuhd by Al-Hasan Al-Basri
249 - The Book of Knowledge, Vol.1
250 - Tarikh Baghdad, vol.14, p.444
251 - The Book of Knowledge, Vol.1
252 - The Book of Knowledge, Vol.1
253 - Jami’ul-Ulum wal-Hikam, p.360
254 - Jami’ul-Ulum wal-Hikam, p.269
255 - Trails and Tribulations by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, p91
256 - The Book of Knowledge, Vol.1
257 - Al-Ihya, vol.3, p.221
258 - Kitab-us-Samt, p.85
259 - Hilyatul-Awliya, vol.6, p.272
260 - The Book of Knowledge, Vol.1
261 - Tanbihul-Ghafilin, vol.1, p.212
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262 - The Book of Knowledge, Vol.1
263 - Life is a Fading Shadow, by Abdul-Malik Muhammad ibn Abdul Rahman al-Qasim,
p.50, English translated version
264 - The Book of Knowledge, Vol.1
265 - Iddatus-Sabirin, p.331
266 - The Book of Knowledge, Vol.1
267 - The Book of Knowledge, Vol.1
268 - Al-Ihya, vol.4, p.239
269 - The Book of Knowledge, Vol.1
270 - Mukhtasar Minhajil-Qasidin, by Imam Ahmad bin Muhammad Al-Maqdisi, p.21
271 - Trails and Tribulations by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, p92
272 - Az-Zuhd Al-Fa’ih, p.95
273 - The Book of Knowledge, Vol.1
274 - Al-Jaami Al-Ulum”, 1/165
275 - Siyar A’laam al-Nubalaa
276 - Ibn Ghannams Tarikh Najd.
277 - Reported by Gems And Jewels, P. 182
278 - Islamic Jurisprudence by Salih Al-Fawzan, Vol.1, page.12
279 - Glimpses From The Lives Of Righteous People, Pp. 53-55
280 - Trails and Tribulations by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, p93
281 - Al-Hilyah by Aboo Nu'aym, 2/139
282 - Related by Ibnul Jawzee
283 - The four Imams are Imam Abu Hanifah, Imam Malik, Imam Ash-Shafi'i, and Imam
Ahmad, Ibn Taymiyah's Majmu'ul-Fatawa [21/266]
284 - Translated from Mahmood Al-Masri's 'Qisas Al-Tabi'een', P. 258
285 - Islamic Jurisprudence by Salih Al-Fawzan, Vol.1, page.12
286 - Trails and Tribulations by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, p19
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287 - Hilat Al-Awliya, 1/60
288 - Abu Bakr Al-Daynun Al-Mujalash wa Jawahir Al-Ilm 2:73, 74
289 - Related from, pg 172, Al-Hafiz Jamaludeen Abi Al-Faraj and Abd Ar-Rahman bin Al-
Jawzi and Al-Qurashi and Al-Baghdadi, The Biography and virtues of Omar bin Abd Al-
Aziz: The Ascetic Caliph. Dar Al-Kotob Al-ilmiyah. Beirut:2001
290 - Al-Khalal in Al-Sunnah, 5/68]
291 - Al-Durar Al-Sunniah
292 - Narrated from `Alqama ibn Marthad by Abu Nu`aym in Hilya al-Awliya’ (1985 ed.
2:134)
293 - The manner of knowledge seeker by Abu abdillah Muhammed saeed Raslan, [pg-24]
294 - Preparing For The Day Of Judgement By Imaam Ibn Hajar Al‘Asqalani, Translated By
S.M Hasan Al-Banna, pg-31
295 - Read on pg 197, Salaahud-Deen ibn ‘Alee ibn ‘Abdul-Mawjood, Imam Sa’eed bin Al-
Musayyab (Biography). Darussalam Publishers. Riyadh:2006
296 - Hilyatu’l-Auliyaa by Abu-Nu’aym (9/276), who attributed this narration to Abu
Sulayman ad-Darani (Read on pg 44, Ibn al-Jawzi, Awakening From The Sleep of
Heedlessness. Daar as-Sunnah Publishers. Birmingham: 2012
297 - Trails and Tribulations by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, p90
298 - Preparing For The Day Of Judgement By: Imaam Ibn Hajar Al‘Asqalani, Translated
By: S.M Hasan Al-Banna, pg-42
299 - The Difference between Advising & Condemning by ibn Rajab al Hanbali, pg-23
300 - Read on pg 197, Salaahud-Deen ibn ‘Alee ibn ‘Abdul-Mawjood, Imam Sa’eed bin Al-
Musayyab (Biography). Darussalam Publishers. Riyadh:2006
301 - Read on pg 41, Imam Abu Baker Muhammad b. al-Husayn al-Ajurri, The Character of
the Bearers and People of the Qur’an. Al-Quran Society. London:2002
302 - Mawsoo'at al-Tareekh al-Islami, by Ahmad Shalaby, 1/618
303 - Hilyat al-Awliya, 1/60, 61.
304 - al-Hasan al-Basri, p.101) (Read on pg 123, Abdul-Malik bin Muhammad ibn Abdul
Rahman Al-Qasim, Silent Moments: The Description of Before & After Death Aspects.
Darussalam Publishers. Riyadh:2004
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305 - Ibn Abi al-Dunya, al-Hamm wa'l-Huzn #152 / Bayhaqi, Shu'ab #2621] (Read on pg 86,
Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali and Abu Bakr al-Ajurri, The Journey of the Strangers. Daar as-Sunnah
Publishers. Birmingham: 2009
306 - Read on pg 30, Imam Ghazali, Imam Ibn Qayyim, Ibn Rajab Hanbali, Taqwa: The
Provision of Believers. Al-Firdous Ltd. London:1995
307 - Report by at-Tabarī in his Tafsīr (5/514)] -(Read on pg 88, Yasir Qadhi, Du’a: The
Weapon of the Believer. Al-Hidaayah Publishing & Distribution Ltd. Birmingham: 2003
308 - Tafseer Ibn Katheer, Read on pg 64. Dr. Gower Yusuf, Al-Jumu’ah: The Day of
Congregation. IIPH. Riyadh: 2010
309 - Read on pg 21, Imam Abu Baker Muhammad b. al-Husayn al-Ajurri, The Character of
the Bearers and People of the Qur’an. Al-Quran Society. London:2002
310 - Tanbihu Al-Ghafilin, vol. 2, p. 617 (Read on pg 107, Abdul-Malik bin Muhammad ibn
Abdul Rahman Al-Qasim, Silent Moments: The Description of Before & After Death
Aspects. Darussalam Publishers. Riyadh:2004
311 - The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom by Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali, P.54
312 - The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom by Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali, P.54
313 - The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom by Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali, P.54
314 - Al-Mudhish, p. 190, Read on pg 105, Abdul-Malik bin Muhammad ibn Abdul Rahman
Al-Qasim, Silent Moments: The Description of Before & After Death Aspects. Darussalam
Publishers. Riyadh:2004
315 - Read on pg 33, Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali and Abu Bakr al-Ajurri, The Journey of the
Strangers. Daar as-Sunnah Publishers. Birmingham: 2009
316 - al-'Uzla, p. 235] (Read on pg 71, Ibn al-Jawzi, Sincere Counsel to the Students of
Sacred Knowledge. Daar as-Sunnah Publishers. Birmingham: 2011
317 - Major Sins by Imam Shamsu ed-Deen Dhahabi, pg-148
318 - Trails and Tribulations by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, p19
319 - Trails and Tribulations by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, p62
320 - Read on pg 70, Ibn al-Jawzi, Sincere Counsel to the Students of Sacred Knowledge.
Daar as-Sunnah Publishers. Birmingham: 2011
321 - Read on pg 70, Ibn al-Jawzi, Sincere Counsel to the Students of Sacred Knowledge.
Daar as-Sunnah Publishers. Birmingham: 2011
322 - Read on pg 37, Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali and Abu Bakr al-Ajurri, The Journey of the
Strangers. Daar as-Sunnah Publishers. Birmingham: 2009
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323 - Trails and Tribulations by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, p63
324 - The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom by Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali, P.62
325 - The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom by Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali, P.62
326 - Chapter on al-Muraqaba wa’l-muhasabah in Ihya ‘ulum ad-din, Imam al-Ghazali)
(Read on pg 21-22, Mohsen Shaker al-Bayoumi, Slaves of the All-Merciful. Ta-Ha
Publishers. London: 2005
327 - Read on pg 49, Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali, The Key to Paradise. Daar us-Sunnah Publishers.
Birmingham: 2007
328 - Az-Zahru Al-Fa-i’h fi Thikri man Tanazzaha ‘an ath-Thunubi wal-Qaba-ih, by
Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Yusuf al-Jazri, p.91 (Read on pg 67, Abdul-Malik bin
Muhammad ibn Abdul Rahman Al-Qasim, Silent Moments: The Description of Before &
After Death Aspects. Darussalam Publishers. Riyadh:2004
329 - The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom by Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali, P.62
330 - The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom by Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali, P.62
331 - Al-Hasan Al-Basri, p. 41 (Read on pg 42, Abdul-Malik bin Muhammad ibn Abdul
Rahman Al-Qasim, Silent Moments: The Description of Before & After Death Aspects.
Darussalam Publishers. Riyadh:2004
332 - Read on pg 56, Abdul-Malik bin Muhammad ibn Abdul Rahman Al-Qasim, Silent
Moments: The Description of Before & After Death Aspects. Darussalam Publishers.
Riyadh:2004
333 - At-Tabsirah, vol. 1, p. 368 (Read on pg 41, Abdul-Malik bin Muhammad ibn Abdul
Rahman Al-Qasim, Silent Moments: The Description of Before & After Death Aspects.
Darussalam Publishers. Riyadh:2004
334 - The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom by Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali, P.54
335 - The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom by Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali, P.54
336 - Sifatu as-Safwah, vol. 3, p. 234 (Read on pg 33-34, Abdul-Malik bin Muhammad ibn
Abdul Rahman Al-Qasim, Silent Moments: The Description of Before & After Death
Aspects. Darussalam Publishers. Riyadh:2004
337 - Read on pg 32, Abdul-Malik bin Muhammad ibn Abdul Rahman Al-Qasim, Silent
Moments: The Description of Before & After Death Aspects. Darussalam Publishers.
Riyadh:2004
338 - Az-Zuhd, by Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak, page 9 (Read on pg 17-18, Abdul-Malik bin
Muhammad ibn Abdul Rahman Al-Qasim, Silent Moments: The Description of Before &
After Death Aspects. Darussalam Publishers. Riyadh:2004.)]
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339 - The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom by Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali, P.54
340 - The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom by Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali, P.54
341 - Al-I’hyaa 4:170 (Read on pg 17, Abdul-Malik bin Muhammad ibn Abdul Rahman Al-
Qasim, Silent Moments: The Description of Before & After Death Aspects. Darussalam
Publishers. Riyadh:2004
342 - Read on pg 23, Abdul-Malik bin Muhammad ibn Abdul Rahman Al-Qasim, Life is a
Fading Shadow. Darussalam Publishers. Riyadh:1999
343 - Read on pg 22, Abdul-Malik bin Muhammad ibn Abdul Rahman Al-Qasim, Life is a
Fading Shadow. Darussalam Publishers. Riyadh:1999
344 - Read on pg 22, Imam Muhammad Salih al-Uthaymin, The Benefits of Fearing Allah.
Dar as-Sunnah Publishers. Birmingham:2010
345 - The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom by Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali, P.54
346 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.2
347 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.2
348 - Read on pg 103-104, Shaikh Muhammad Salih al-Munajjid, Weakness of Iman. Daar
us-Sunnah Publisher. Birmingham:2003
349 - Al-Waabil al-Sayib wa Raafi al-Kalim al-Tayyib, 142, Read on pg 93, Shaikh
Muhammad Salih al-Munajjid, Weakness of Iman. Daar us-Sunnah Publisher.
Birmingham:2003
350 - Al-Tadhkirah, 17, Read on pg 86, Shaikh Muhammad Salih al-Munajjid, Weakness of
Iman. Daar us-Sunnah Publisher. Birmingham:2003
351 - The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom by Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali, P.562
352 - The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom by Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali, P.64
353 - Fawa'id al-Kalam li'l-Khulafa al-Karam by Qasim Ashoor, P.112
354 - Ash-Shaykhan Abu Bakr wa Umar, ed. Dr. Ihsan Sadaqi, P.227
355 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, his life and times, by Dr. Ali Muhammad as-Sallabi, Vol.1, P45
356 - Al-Fatawa, 15/36; Fara'id al-Kalam li'l-Khulafa al-Karam, P.144
357 - Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr, commentary on al-Ankabut:6)
358 - Read on pgs 52-53, Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali, The Key to Paradise. Daar us-Sunnah
Publishers. Birmingham: 2007.)
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359 - Read on pg 39, Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali, The Journey to Allah. Daar us- Sunnah
Publishers. Birmingham: 2007
360 - The evil of craving for wealth and status by al-Haafidh ibn Rajab al-Hanbalee, pg-26
361 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.2
362 - Read on pg 173, Al-Hafiz Jamaludeen Abi Al-Faraj and Abd Ar-Rahman bin Al-Jawzi
and Al-Qurashi and Al-Baghdadi, The Biography and virtues of Omar bin Abd Al-Aziz: The
Ascetic Caliph. Dar Al-Kotob Al-ilmiyah. Beirut:2001
363 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.3
364 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.3
365 - Read on pg 47, Sameh Strauch, The Silver Lining. International Islamic, Publishing
House. Riyadh:2004
366 - Hilyatul Awliyaa'a by Abu Nu'aim Al Asbahaani (Rahimahullah)| Translated by
Shaheed Muhammad Abu Azzubayr
367 - Al-Bidaya wal-Nihaya (9/318 )
368 - Characteristics of the hypocrites by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, p.21
369 - Ibn al-Jawzi in Talbees Iblees
370 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.7
371 - From the Ways of Our Pious Predecessors | Adapted from Ahmed Fareed’s Min
Akhlaaq-us-Salaf
372 - Shaikh Abdullaah Al-Bukhaari, who referenced it: Fathul Baari of Ibn Rajab 1/153]
373 - Seeratus Salaf As-Saaleh by: Imaam Ismaaeel Bin Muhammad Bin Fadl Al-
Asbahaanee (535AH: Chapter: A mention of those who followed the companions in
righteousness
374 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.2
375 - Siyar A'laam Nubulaa: 4/577
376 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.2
377 - Jaami-ul Uloom Wal-Hikam: page: 400
378 - Jaami-ul Uloom Wal-Hikam: 224
379 - Jaami-ul Uloom wal-Hikam: 207
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380 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.3
381 - Imam al-Ghazzali relates al-Hasan's words on the personal struggle against one's
lusts(jihad al-nafs) in the section of his Ihya' entitled Kitab Riyada al-Nafs wa Tahdhib al-
Akhlaqwa Mu'alaja Amrad al-Qalb "Book of the Training of the Ego, Disciplining of
Manners, and Healing of the Heart's Diseases"
382 - Ibn Hazm, al-Akhlaq wa ‘l-Siyar, p.157
383 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.8
384 - Narrated by al-Tabari with a saheeh isnaad (part 3/89)
385 - As-Shari`ah by Al-Ajurri, chapter: The virtue of all of the Companions –may Allah be
pleased with them.
386 - Tafsir al-Qurtubi, Vol.11/112
387 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.8
388 - Ali bin abi Taalib, vol 1 by Dr Ali M Sallabi, page-326
389 - Ali bin abi Taalib, vo2 1 by Dr Ali M Sallabi, page-229
390 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.8
391 - Tafseer Ibn Kathir, Vol.2, p.25
392 - The evil of craving wealth and status by ibn Rajab, pg-34
393 - ad-Daarimee (1/102)
394 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.8
395 - Major Sins by Imam Shamsu ed-Deen Dhahabi, pg-124
396 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.9
397 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.10
398 - Ad-Daarimee, 96 Sufyaan
399 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.10
400 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.10
401 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.11
402 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.11
403 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.11
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404 - Futooh Misr Wa Al-Maghrib, p.105
405 - The dispute of the highest Angels by Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali, p.48
406 - Futooh Ash-Shaam, p.100
407 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.12
408 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.12
409 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.13
410 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.13
411 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.13
412 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.13
413 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.13
414 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.14
415 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.14
416 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.14
417 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.14
418 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.14
419 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.14
420 - Characteristics of the hypocrites by Imam ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, p.24
421 - Characteristics of the hypocrites by Imam ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, p.47
422 - Characteristics of the hypocrites by Imam ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, p.53-54
423 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.24
424 - Characteristics of the hypocrites by Imam ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, p.55
425 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.25
426 - al-Araba'in by Mulla 'Ali al-Qari, p.41
427 - Duroos fee Sharh Nawaaqidh al-Islaam by Saalih al-Fowzaan, p50
428 - Characteristics of the hypocrites by Imam ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, p.56
429 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.25
430 - al-Darimi, Inner dimensions of the prayer by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, p.18
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431 - al-Qawl al-Mufid 'ala Kitab-it-Tawhid [1/59-60] by Ibn 'Uthaymin
432 - Related by al-Harawi in Dham-ul-Kalam (p.18) and Sharh Usul ul-I'tiqad (3/430) with a
hasan isnad
433 - Related by al-Ajuri (d.360H) in ash-Shari'ah (p.314), al-Bayhaqi in al-Asma was-Sifat
(p.453) and also al-I'tiqad (p.118) and the isnad is hasan
434 - Related by al-Bayhaqi in al-Asma was-Sifat (p.408). The isnad is Jayyid al-Hafiz Ibn
Hajr said in Fath-ul-Bari (13/406). Ibn Taymiyah said that its isnad was Sahih in al-
Hamawiyah
435 - Related by al-Lalika'i in Sharh Usul Ahl-is-Sunnah (p.736) and ad-Daraqutni in as-Sifat
(p.61). Its chain is Sahih as Ibn Hajr stated in Fath-ul-Bari (13/501)
436 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.48
437 - Reported by Imam Abdullah bin Ahmad in his book as-Sunnah (no.22), ad-Darimi in
Ar-Radd 'alal-Jahmiyah (no.23), and al-Bukhari in Khalq Af al-ul-Ibad
438 - Related by Imam al-Dhahabi with his isnad in Mukhtasar al-Uluw (p.184) and al-
Albani said that its isnad was Sahih.
439 - Related by al-Lalika'i in Sharh Usul Ahl-is-Sunnah (p.740). Ibn Taymiyah said in
Majmu'ah al-Fatawa (4/4), "It is confirmed from Muhammad Ibn al-Hasan - the Companion
of Abu Hanifa - that he said: [as above]."
440 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.32
441 - Mukhtasar al-Uluw (p.231). Al-Albani declared the chain Sahih. Abu Ja'far was from
the greatest scholars of his day
442 - Al-Asma was-Sifat (pg.516). Ibn Taymiyah said in al-Hamawiyah (pg.80), "Al-Khallal
narrated it with an isnad consisting of trustworthy and precise narrators." Al-Albani said that
the isnad was Sahih in Mukhtasar al-Uluw (pg.132)
443 - Related by al-Bayhaqi in al-Asam was-sifat (p.516) with the wording: "Al-Istiwa is not
unknown. To have Iman in it is obligatory and to question it is an innovation." Al-Albani said
that the narration was established in Mukhtasar al-Uluw (p.141). Al-Bayhaqi also relates
(p.516), as does ad-Darimi in ar-Radd alal-Jahmiyah (p.55) - with a Jayyid isnad, as Ibn Hajr
says in Fath-ul-Baaree (13/406) - that Imam Malik said, "Ar-Rahman [Allah] ascended as He
Himself descried, and it is not to be asked 'How'? as how is unknown."
444 - Siyar A'lam an-Nubala (10/80). Adh-Dhahabi says, "Reported by al-Hakkari and others
with a chain of narrators containing trustworthy narrators as in Mukhtasar al-Uluw (p.177).
He also said, "I say: the censure of Kalam (theological rhetoric) and its people is common
from ash-Shafi'i, and he was very stringent in following the narrations in the usul
(foundations) and the furu' (branches)."
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445 - Awn al-Ma'bud (13/41), and Ibn Abu Ya'la reports it in Tabaqat al-Hanabila (1/283)
with a chain of narration linked back to ash-Shafi'i
446 - Related by al-Lalika'i in Sharh Usul Ahl-is-Sunnah (no.936). Its chain of narration is
Sahih chain, as Shaykh al-Albani stated in Mukhtasar al-Uluw (p.184)
447 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.33
448 - Majmu'ah al-Fatawa (5/50)
449 - Related by Ibn al-Jawzi in Manaqib-ul-Imam Ahmad (p.156). Ibn Qudamah in
Lum'atul-I'tiqad (no.3) and Ibn al-Qayyim in as-Sawa'iqul-Munazzilah (1/265)
450 - Al-Arba'in fi Sifatillah (no.144) by adh-Dhahabi
451 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.39
452 - Reported in his explanation of the hadeeth of Abu Dardaa, P.150-151
453 - As-Sai'd, p.232
454 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.32
455 - Ahmad in Az-Zuhd and Aboo Nu’aym in Al-Hilyah
456 - Siyar A’laam an-Nubalaa, 7/119
457 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.34
458 - Al-Jaami Li Akhlaaq Ar-Raawee Wa Aadaab As-Saami’, 1/199
459 - Sharh Usool I’tiqaad Ahlis-Sunnah wal-Jamaa’ah, #267
460 - Al-Khateeb in Al-Faqeeh wal-Mutafaqqih
461 - Sunan Ad-Daarimee, 1/121
462 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.39
463 - Sharh Usool I’tiqaad Ahlis-Sunnah wal-Jamaa’ah, 1/139
464 - Sa’eed Ibn Mansoor, Al-Sunan, no.493
465 - Sharhus Sunah 1/216
466 - Aadaabush Shaafi’ee, by Ibn Abee Haatim, p. 182
467 - Thammul Kalaam, q/213
468 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.62
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469 - Al-I’tisaam of Ash-Shaatibee, 1/172
470 - Al-Inqitaa’ p. 36
471 - Tabaqaatul hanaabilah, 1/59
472 - Sharh Usoolul I’tiqaad, of al-Laalikaa’ee, p.118
473 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.38
474 - Al-Bayhaqi in Sunan al-Kubra
475 - Miftaah daar As-Sa’aadah
476 - Abu Shaamah, #39
477 - As-Sunnah, p. 71
478 - Jaami’u Bayaan Al-‘Ilmi Wa Fadhlihi, 4/94
479 - The dispute of the highest Angels by Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali, p.58
480 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.39
481 - Ta’alum, p. 28
482 - Jaamiul-Uloom wal-Hikam, p.34
483 - Jaami’ Bayaan Al-‘ilm, 1/250
484 - Imaam Aloosee in Ghayatul Amaanee Fee Radd Alan-Nabahaanee, 1/367
485 - Al-Ibaanah, by Ibn Battah, 2/472
486 - Ad-Daarimee, 1/71
487 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.39
488 - As-Siyar, 8/411
489 - Sharh Al-Fiqh Al-Akbar, p. 198
490 - Al-Hilyah, 2/184
491 - Al-Hilyah, 3/9
492 - Mahd As-Sawaab, 3/852
493 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.35
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494 - Reported by Shaykh Uthaymeen in the book 'Repentance, The Prohibition of
Backbiting & Talebearing' P.42
495 - Majmoo’ Al-Fataawee 4/57
496 - Al-Mudawwana, 1/189
497 - Al-Adab Al Mufrad
498 - Al-Hijjah by Ismaa’eel Ibnul-Fadhl, 6/a-b
499 - Tabari, 2/462
500 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.25