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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8 - Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 31

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22 - Taysir ul Kareem p. 219

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24 - The Prophetic medicine, p.3

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25 - Shu´b-ul-Îmân (6/323) by Imâm al-Bayhaqî

26 - at-Tadhkirah 1/155

27 - Silsila al-Huda wan Noor, p.51

28 - Jami´ bayanil ´ilm 2/372

29 - Fath-ur-Rabb, p.105

30 - Taysir ul Karim, p. 211

31 - al-’Arsh 2/82

32 - al-Minhaaj v. 2

33 - The book of manners, p.429

34 - Ighaath al-Lahafaan p. 60

35 - Saheeh at-Targheeb 2/630

36 - Hilyatul Awliyaa, 5/225

37 - Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.18

38 - al-Mujaalsah p. 186

39 - Al-Hâfidh Abul-Qâsim Al-Asbahânî, Al-Targhîb wa Al-Tarhîb article 1528

40 - al-Minhaj 4/300

41 - al-Ikhtiyaaraat, p. 191

42 - Fath al-Baari, 4/140

43 - Hunad b. Al-Saree, Al-Zuhd, article 1204

44 - Fiqh-ul-´Ibaadaat, p. 246

45 - Tarikh Dimishq Vol. 22 p389

46 - Fath al-Baari, 4/266

47 - Fatawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah li’l-Buhooth al-‘Ilmiyyah wa’l-Ifta’, 10/4

48 - Zaad al-Maad, 1/449

49 - Madârij Al-Sâlikîn, Vol.1 p487

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

60 - Jami’ al-‘Uloom wal-’Hikam, page 465, Safwatu as-Safwah 3:103 & Shar’hu As-Sudur,

page 21

61 - Nahjul Balagha, sermon 126 about the Kharijites

62 - Madjmoo'-ul-Fataawaa, 4/157-158

63 - ad-Da', p 66

64 - Majmoo’ Fataawa Ibn Baaz (26/365)

65 - ad-Da', p.18

66 - Refer to Majmoo' al-Fataawa v.13, p.361

67 - Abd Ar-Razzak in "Al Musannaf" (V 11 Hadith N 20269)

68 - Haadeel-Arwaah ilaa Bilaad-il-Afraah, p. 13

69 - Majmu Fatawa, 14/458

70 - Jaami’ Bayaan al-‘Ilm pg. 82, 88, 89

71 - Abbaas and ad-Dooree in at-Taareekh by Ibn Mu’een vol.6, p.88

72 - Ibn ‘Aabideen, al-Haashiyah vol. 1, p.63

73 - As-Suyootee, Sawn al-Mantaq, p.32

74 - Ibn ‘Asaakir, Tareekh Dimashq al-Kabeer vol.15, part 1, p.3

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-

Fulaanee in Eeqaadh ul-Hamam (p.62 and 107) and by Ibn ‘Aabideen in Rasm ul-Muftee

from his Rasaa’il (1/4)

79 - Majmu Fatawa, 10/256

80 - Ibn ‘AbdulBarr, al-Intiqaa, p.75

81 - Bazzar, p.74

82 - Fulaani, p. 113 & Ibn al-Qayyim in I'laam 2/302

83 - Ibn `Abdul Barr in Jaami' Bayaan al-'Ilm 2/149

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’

Al-’Ilm Al-’Amal no.56

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