Sayings of the Scholars of Islam, Vol-1

Sayings of the Scholars of Islam

Vol-1 | 1-500

Compiled By

Muhammad Gaffer Ibn Abdul Goffur

In The Name of Allah,

the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

“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!” Al-Qur’an 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!” Al-Qur’an 27:62

The Amir al-Mu'minin '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

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

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

Sayings of the Scholars of Islam

1 - Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “Every punishment from Allah is pure justice and every blessing from Him is pure grace.” Majmu Fatawa 10/85

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." Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 44

3 - Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “The Lord loves to be loved.” Majmu Fatawa 1/54

4 - Imam Sufyan ath-Thawri (may Allah be pleased with him) 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 an honor in this life and next life." Jami' Bayan-il-'ilm 1/118

5 - Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “In this world there is a paradise, whoever does not enter it will not enter the Paradise of the Hereafter.” Ibn Qayyim, al-Wabil, p.69

6 - Imam Ibn Hibban (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Rawdat-ul-‘Uqalaa wa Nuzhat-ul-Fudalaa pg. 133

7 - Shaykh Abdur-Rahmaan as-Sa`di (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "In marriage one feels unparalleled joy. In marriage there is a special type of mercy that you won't find elsewhere." Taysir, p. 639

8 - Ibn Umar (RA) said: "Making parents weep is part of disobedience and one of the major wrong actions.” Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 31

9 - Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jawiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Patience is that the heart does not feel anger towards that which is destined and that the mouth does not complain.” al-’Uddah, p. 156

10 - Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.” Majmu Fatawa, 1/94

11 - Imam Ibn Rajab (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." al-Lata´if, p. 371

12 - Imam ash-Shaafi’ee (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “If I say something then compare it with the Book of Allah 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!” An-Nawawee, al-Majmoo’ (1/63) and Ibn ul-Qayyim, A’laam ul-Muwaqqi’een (2/361)

13 - Yahyaa Ibn Ma’een (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “Knowledge is understanding and comprehension, and knowledge is not in relaying abundance of narrations.” Al-Jaami’ Li Akhlaaq Ar-Raawee Wa Aadaab As-Saami’, 2/174

14 - Abdullah Ibn al-Mubarak (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.20

15 - Shaykh Sulaymaan Ibn ‘Abd-Allah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Rather what the believer must do, if the Book of Allah 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 (PBUH) 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." Tayseer al-‘Azeez al-Hameed, p. 546

16 - Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “The perfection of tawhid is found when there remains nothing in the heart except Allah, the servant is left loving those He loves and what He loves, hating those He hates and what He hates, showing allegiance to those He has allegiance to, showing enmity to those He shows enmity towards, ordering what He orders and prohibiting what He prohibits.” Ibn Qayyim, al-Madarij 3/285

17 - Ibn Qayyim-al-Jawziyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Sins have many side-effects. One of them is that they steal knowledge from you." ad-Da', p.65

18 - Imam Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Jamia’ Bayyan al-Ilm’ 1/775

19 - Imam ash-Shaafi’ee (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “The Muslims (of my time) were of an unanimous opinion that one who comes across an authentic sunnah of Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) is not allowed to disregard it in favour of someone’s else’s opinion.” Ibnul-Qayyim, A’laam ul-Muwaqqi’een vol.2, p.361

20 - Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.” Ibn al-Qayyim, Wabil, p.69

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.” Ibn Muflih’s Adaab ush Sharee’ah

22 - Imam as-Sa'di (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.” Taysir al-Kareem p. 219

23 - Fu'aad Ibn 'Abdul-'azeez ash-Shulhoob (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.” The book of manners, p. 426

24 - Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah be pleased with him) 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’an.” The Prophetic medicine, p.3

25 - Imam Muhammad bin Sirin (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.” Shu´b-ul-Iman (6/323) by Imam al-Bayhaqi

26 - Ubaydullah bin Ja'far (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.” at-Tadhkirah 1/155

27 - Al-Albaanee (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Silsila al-Huda wan Noor, p.51

28 - al-Hassan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “Few deeds done according to the Sunnah is better than many deeds done according to Bid’ah.” Jami bayanil ´ilm 2/372

29 - Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “The bigger desire you have for a sin, the bigger your Imaan is if you leave it.” Fath-ur-Rabb, p.105

30 - Imam as-Sa'di (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “Laziness against the Salaah is a sign that the heart does not long after Allah.” Taysir ul Karim, p. 211

31 - adh-Dhahabee (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “The phrase “Allah descends to the lowest heaven” has been reported by 20 Companions (may Allah be pleased with them).” al-’Arsh 2/82

32 - Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.” al-Minhaaj v. 2

33 - U'aad Ibn 'Abdul-'azeez ash-Shulhoob (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.” The book of manners, p.429

34 - Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.” Ighaath al-Lahafaan p. 60

35 - Ibn Umar (RA) said: “The blood of the Muslim is holier in the sight of Allah than the Ka’bah itself.” Saheeh at-Targheeb 2/630

36 - Bilal bin Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.” Hilyatul Awliyaa, 5/225

37 - Dun al-Nun al-Misri (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "The one who knows Allah, the Exalted, is a captive, his heart is seeing, and his actions for Allah are many." Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.18

38 - Sufyaan ath-Thawree (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “If you want to marry a girl, make her mother happy first.” al-Mujaalsah p. 186

39 - Umar Ibn Al-Khattab (RA) said: “No man can have anything better after faith (Iman) 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." Al-Hafidh Abul-Qasim Al-Asbahani, Al-Targhib wa Al-Tarhib article 1528

40 - Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “Nobody loved the Prophet (PBUH) as Abu Bakr (RA). Therefore, those who hate Abu Bakr belong to the greatest hypocrites.” al-Minhaj 4/300

41 - Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “If it crosses a person’s mind that he is going to fast tomorrow, then he has made the intention.” al-Ikhtiyaaraat, p. 191

42 - Ibn Hajar Al-Ashqalani (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.” Fath al-Baari, 4/140

43 - Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “If the fasting person backbites, his fast is broken.” Hunad b. Al-Saree, Al-Zuhd, article 1204

44 - Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “It belongs to the greatest sins to break the fast in Ramadan without a legit excuse.” Fiqh-ul-´Ibaadaat, p. 246

45 - Sulayman bin Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.” Tarikh Dimishq Vol. 22 p389

46 - Ibn Hajar Al-Ashqalani (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.” Fath al-Baari, 4/266

47 - The scholars of the Standing Committee (may Allah be pleased with them) 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.” Fatawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah li’l-Buhooth al-‘Ilmiyyah wa’l-Ifta’, 10/4

48 - Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.” Zaad al-Maad, 1/449

49 - Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “Never do the love of song and the love of Qur’an come together in a person’s heart except that one expels the other.” Madarij Al-Salikin, Vol.1 p487

50 - Ibn Shubrumah (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.” Siyar A’laam an-Nubalaa, Volume 6, Page 348

51 - Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.” ad-Da’, p.83

52 - Abdullah Ibn Masood (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.” Jaami’ al-Uloom, p. 70

53 - Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “And bid’ah (innovation) 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).” Al-Istiqaamah 1/42

54 - Ibn Jarir (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.” Kitab at-Tawheed, Pg. 95

55 - Umar Ibn Abdil’Aziz (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.” Ibn Abdil-Barr in Jaami’u Bayaanil’Ilmi wa Fadhlihi, 143

56 - Abu Ad-Dardaa (may Allah be pleased with him) 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?” Sifaat us-Safwah, 1/364

57 - Umar Ibn al-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.” Sifatus-Safwah 1/149

58 - Imam Bukhari (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Khalq Af’aalul-‘lbaad, p14

59 - Umar Ibn al-Khattab (RA) said: "To be alone means that you avoid bad company. But to have a true friend is better than being alone." Adab Shar'iyyah 4/124

60 - Aun bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Jami’ al-Uloom wal-Hikam, page 465, Safwatu as-Safwah 3:103 & Shar’hu As-Sudur, page 21

61 - Ali Ibn Abi Ṭalib (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." Nahjul Balagha, sermon 126 about the Kharijites

62 - Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Some of them (philosophers) think that he (Alexander the great) is mentioned in the Qur’an 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’an (Dhuul Qarnayn), he reached East and West." Madjmoo'-ul-Fataawaa, 4/157-158

63 - Ibn Qayyim (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." ad-Da', p 66

64 - Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allah be pleased with him) 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 Allah 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.” Majmoo’ Fataawa Ibn Baaz (26/365)

65 - Ibn Qayyim-al-Jawziyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." ad-Da', p.18

66 - Shaykhul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Majmoo' al-Fataawa v.13, p.361

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." Abd Ar-Razzak in "Al Musannaf" (V11, Hadith no 20269

68 - Ibnul Qayyim (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "That the paradise exists today is something Allah's Messenger (PBUH) and his Sahaba (Companions) confirmed." Haadeel-Arwaah ilaa Bilaad-il-Afraah, p.13

69 - Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.” Majmu Fatawa, 14/458

70 - Ash-hab (may Allah be pleased with him), 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 Allah, 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.” Jaami’ Bayaan al-‘Ilm pg. 82, 88, 89

71 - Imam Abu Hanifa (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Abbaas and ad-Dooree in at-Taareekh by Ibn Mu’een vol.6, p.88

72 - Imam Abu Hanifa (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “If a hadeeth is found to be authentic, that is my madhhab.” Ibn ‘Aabideen, al-Haashiyah vol. 1, p.63

73 - Imam Abu Hanifa (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “Adhere to the athaar and the way of the Salaf and beware of newly invented matters, for all of it is an innovation.” As-Suyuti, Sawn al-Mantaq, p.32

74 - Imam ash-Shaafi’ee (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “There is no one among us who has not had a Sunnah of Allah’s Messenger (sallAllahu 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 Allah’s Messenger (sallAllahu alayhi wassallam). Therefore, the correct ruling is according to what Allah’s Messenger (sallAllahu alayhi wassallam) said, and that is my ruling.” Ibn ‘Asaakir, Tareekh Dimashq al-Kabeer vol.15, part 1, p.3

75 - Imam ash-Shaafi’ee (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.” Fatawa Al-Kubra of Al-Haythami 4/313

76 - Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “Sins are like chains and locks preventing their perpetrator from roaming the vast garden of tawhid and reaping the fruits of righteous actions.” Majmu Fatawa, 14/49

77 - Imam ash-Shaafi’ee (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.” I'laam, 2/361

78 - al-Haakim (may Allah be pleased with him) also collected from Imam ash-Shaafi’ee (may Allah be pleased with him) a similar statement to that of Imam Abu Hanifa (may Allah be pleased with him), that being said: “If a hadeeth is found to be saheeh, it is my madhhab.” 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 - Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “Bearing witness to tawhid opens the door of good and repentance from sins close the door of evil.” Majmu Fatawa, 10/256

80 - Imam ash-Shaafi’ee (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal (may Allah be pleased with him): “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.” Ibn ‘Abdul Barr, al-Intiqaa, p.75

81 - Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “A man will never fear something besides Allah unless it is due to a disease in his heart.” Bazzar, p.74

82 - Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Fulaani, p. 113 & Ibn al-Qayyim in I'laam 2/302

83 - Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal (may Allah be pleased with him) 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)}." Ibn Abdul Barr in Jaami' Bayaan al-'Ilm 2/149

84 - Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "No one has to blindly follow any particular man in all that he enjoins or forbids or recommends, apart from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah 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." Majmoo’ al-Fataawa, 23/382

85 - Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Indeed the people of Truth and the Sunnah do not follow anyone (unconditionally) except the Messenger of Allah (PBUH), the one who does not speak from his desires - it is only revelation revealed to him." Shaykh Ibn Taymiyyah, Majmoo'ah al-Fataawaa, vol 3, page 216

86 - Umar Ibn al-Khattab (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." Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.20

87 - Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.” Ibn Qayyim, al-Madarij 3/289

88 - Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "A person who only sticks to one Imam no matter what and ignores everything else has taken this Imam as a Messenger." Sharh-ul-Usul, p.599

89 - Al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." al-Hilyah 2/143

90 - A man came to Aishah (RA) 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.” Al-Ghafileen 251

91 - Imam Maalik (may Allah be pleased with him) 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 Imam ar-Rabee'ah, study his manners before you take from his knowledge." Siyar 'Alaam an-Nubalaa

92 - Yunus As-Sadafie (may Allah be pleased with him) 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?” Siyaar A'laam Al-Nubala, 10/16

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." Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.20

94 - Shaykh Al-Albaanee (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." as-Sahihah, 1/347

95 - Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “Sins cause harm and repentance removes the causes.” Majmu Fatawa, 10/88

96 – Shaykh al-Albaanee (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Many students of today busy themselves with the errors of others instead of their own." al-Huda wan-Nur 788

97 – Umar Ibn al-Khattab (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?” Al-Bayan wa at-Tabayeen, 2/101

98 - Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Sharh al-Bukhari, Nikah, 2

99 - Abdullah Ibn al-Mubarak (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "One doesn't become noble with any type of knowledge if he doesn't beautify his knowledge with good conduct." Adab Shar'iyyah 4/208

100 - Umar bin Abdil Aziz (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Never be alone with a non mahram woman even if you're just teaching her Qur'an." ath-Tham p. 139

101 - A'isha (RA), the Umm al-Mu'minin, said: "I did not see anyone who more resembled the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) in manner of speaking than Fatima (RA). When she came to him, he (PBUH) 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." al-Adab al-Mufrad 971

102 - Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “In this world, man finds in the remembrance of Allah, praising Him and worshiping Him, a delight that is incomparable to anything else.” Minhaj as-Sunnah, 3/389

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." al-Adab al-Mufrad

104 - Shaykhul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Music is forbidden according to all the four Imams." al-Minhaj 3/442

105 - Shaykhul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I have forgiven those who have lied about me and treated me unjustly.” al-’Uqud, p. 265

106 - Umar Ibn al-Khattab (RA) said: "If you see the one of you has slipped, correct him, pray for him and do not help Shaytan against him (by insulting him, etc)." Tafseer al-Qurtubi, 15/256

107 - Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.” Ibn Qayyim, al-Madarij 2/68

108 - Shaykh Muhammad Ibn al-Uthaymeen (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Fath Rabb-il-Bariyyah, p.98

109 - Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah be pleased with him) 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 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." Fataawa Noor ‘ala al-Darb by Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, 12/171

110 - Ibn Battaal (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Fath al-Baari 10/528

111 - al-Hasan Al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Ibn Abi Al-Dunya, Dhamm Al-Dunya article 53

112 - Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "For everything there is a blessing; the blessing of the hearts is being pleased with Allah, the Almighty, the All-Powerful." Manaqib Al-Imam Ahmad by Ibn al-Jawzi, pp. 276

113 - When 'Abdullah bin Mubarak (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.'" Mujalasah wa Jawahir al-'Ilm, 2/253

114 - Musa Ibn Talha (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I have not seen anyone more eloquent than Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her." Sunan At-Tirmidhi, Book of Virtuous Qualities, 3884

115 - Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." al-'Uqud, p. 257, 258

116 - Shaykh Al-Albaanee (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Ahl-ul-Bid’ah is 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 does not." al-Huda wan-Nur 430

117 - Shaykh-ul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) 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‘an and Sunnah, and they cannot be understood without knowing Arabic, then the means that is needed to fulfill the duty is also obligatory." Iqtida‘us-Siratil-Mustaqim 2/207

118 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Ibn Al-Jawzi, Sifah Al-Safwah Vol. 2/P. 433

119 - Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "It is from the Sunnah to wear the best of one's clothes on the day of Jumu'ah." Zaad v. 2 p. 426

120 - al-Hasan Al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with 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!" Abu Bakr Al-Daynuri, Al-Mujalasah wa Jawahir Al-’Ilm article 843

121 - Thabit al-Bannani (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Anas used to oil his hand with scented oil in the morning for the sake of shaking hands with his brothers." Al-Adab al-Mufrad 1012

122 - Muqbil Al-Wadi'i (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I advice students of knowledge to focus on seeking knowledge and not the disputes that take place between scholars." Ghaarah p. 73

123 - Hatim al-Asamm (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.22

124 - Ibn ‘Ijlan (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Sifat Al-Safwa, 3/341

125 - Ibn 'Asakir (may Allah be pleased with him) 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? " Siyar A'alam An-Nubala 20/565, Lesson: Do not start teaching until you have gained enough knowledge and your teachers recognize your ability!!!

126 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Ibn Abi Al-Dunya, Dham Al-Dunya article 42

127 - Ibn Qudhama al-Hanbali (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Luma Tul Itiqadh pg. 21

128 - Abdullah Aal-Bassam (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The intention is what distinguishes an act of worship from a habit." Taysir Al-Allam, Vol. 1 pg. 24

129 - After the death of his wife Umm Salih, Imam Ahmad (may Allah be pleased with him) used to praise her. He once said: "In the thirty years she was with me, we never had a single word of disagreement." Al-Khatib Al-Baghdadi, Tarikh Baghdad 16/626

130 - Imam al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with 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." Al-Khatib Al-BaghdAdi, Al-Faqih wa Al-Mutafaqqih article 53

131 - Shaykh ‘Abd-Allah Ibn Jibreen (may Allah be pleased with him) 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-Tayyibat (i.e. all good and lawful as regards things, deeds, beliefs, persons, foods), and prohibits them as unlawful Al-Khaba’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." Fataawa Islamiyyah, 3/446

132 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "It has reached to 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." Al-Bayhaqi, Shu’ab Al-Iman article 4536

133 - Ahmad Ibn Harb (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.’" Siyar ‘Alam al Nubala’ of Imaam ad-Dhahabee

134 - Hatim al-Asam (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.’" Ta’reekh Baghdad 8/242

135 - Umar bin Al-Khattaab (RA) said: "Don’t be fooled by the recitation of Qur’an for its only words that we utter. Rather, look at the one who acts upon it." Iqtidaa-u al'ilmi al'amal pg 71

136 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Ibn ‘Abd Al-Barr, Jami’ Bayan Al-’Ilm wa Fadlihi article 905

137 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Al-Dhahabi, Siyar A’lam Al-Nubala` 4:586

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)." Al-Irshad Ila Sahih al-I`tiqaad, 78

139 - Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.” Ibn Qayyim, al-Wabil, p.69

140 - Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “The whole religion revolves around knowing the truth and acting by it, and action must be accompanied by patience.” Majmu Fatawa 10/38

141 - Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen (may Allah be pleased with him) 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)." Fatawa Arkan-il-Islam, p. 468

142 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.” Abu Nu’aym, Hilyatu Al-Awliya` 6:270

143 - Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “Worship is founded upon the Legal Law and following it, not upon ones base desires and innovations.” Majmu Fatawa, 1/80

144 - Ka’b Al-Ahbar (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Abu Nu’aym, Hilyah Al-Awliya` Vol.2 p458

145 - Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “Whoever desires everlasting bliss let him adhere firmly to the threshold of servitude.” Ibn Qayyim, Madarij 1/531

146 - When Imam al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Az-Zuhd of Imaam Ahmad, p. 272

147 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Abu Bakr Al-Daynuri, Al-Mujalasah wa Jawahir Al-’Ilm article 2049

148 - Umar Ibn al-Khattab (RA) said: "I love to look at a Qur'an reader in white garments." Muwatta of Imam Malik, Book 48, Hadith 2

149 - Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “Guidance is not attained except with knowledge and correct direction is not attained except with patience.” Majmu Fatawa 10/40

150 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Four signs of wretchedness are:

(Having) a hard heart, Dry eyes (that never cry), Extended hopes (about this life), And greed and keenness to amass worldly things (the dunya)." Ibn Abi Al-Dunya, Kitab Al-Zuhd article 36

151 - Once ‘Umar Ibn ‘Abdul ‘Azeez (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Al-Bayhaqi, Al-Zuhd Al-Kabeer, p.100

152 - Dun al-Nun al-Misri (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.17

153 - Umar Ibn Al-Khattaab (RA) said: "Whoever acts on whims, 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." Taareekh At-Tabaree, 4/410

154 - Imam Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'i (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Al-Hilya, 5/223

155 - Abdullaah Ibn Mas’ood (RA) said: "There isn’t any true relaxation for the believers besides the meeting of Allah." Az-Zuhd of Ahmad, p.194

156 - Imam Sufyan Ibn `Uyaynah (may Allah be pleased with him) 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)" Ash-Shu'ab, 2/1147

157 - Imam al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The effect of learning in early age is like engraving on a stone." Bahjat Al-Majaalis, 1/109

158 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with 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.” Ibn Abi Hatim, Al-Tafsir no. 8897

159 - Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jauziyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The perfection of Tawheed is found when there remains nothing in the heart except Allah." al Madaarij 3/485

160 - Umar Ibn 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." Sifat as Safwah 2/131 and As Siyar 5/220

161 - al-Qasim bin Muhammad (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.'" Al-Ihya 4/436

162 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.

A. Be the farthest of people from those things you have been forbidden,

B. And be the most involved of people in the good you have been commanded to do;

C. 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." Abu Na’yam, Hilyah Al-Awliya` 2:154

163 - Imam al-Qurtubi (may Allah be pleased with him) 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 heart loves You." al-Mufhim, 2/644

164 - Shaykh 'Abdur-Rahmaan As-Sa'di (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Al Qawlul Sadeed Fi Maqasidul Tawheed Sharh Kitab Tawheed Page 41

165 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with 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." Abu Bakr Al-Daynûri, Al-Mujalasah wa Jawahir Al-‘Ilm 3:535

166 - Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The fact that not all Muslims around the world participate in Hajj every year is actually a mercy from Allah." Lataaif p. 386

167 - al-Haarith Ibn Qays (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Az-Zuhd by Ibn al-Mubaarak, p. 12

168 - Dun al-Nun al-Misri (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "The one who knows Allah, the Exalted, is loyal, his heart is alert, and his actions for Allah is pure." Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.18

169 - Malik Ibn Dinar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Remedy three things with three - Pride with Humility, Greed with Contentment, and Envy with Sincere Advise." Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.18

170 - Ibn Sulayman al-Darani (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.18

171 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say, "If it were not for the munafiqoon, you would feel all alone in the streets (the streets would be empty)." Ibn Battah, Al-Ibanah Al-Kubra articles 936-938

172 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Ibn Waddah, Al-Bida’ Vol. 1 p190

173 - Hatim al-Asamn (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.11

174 - Abdullah Ibn Mas‘ood (RA) said: "You cannot attain the pleasure of Allah if you try to please people by displeasing Allah." Al-Bayhaqi narrated in Shu‘ab al-Eemaan 209

175 - Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jauziyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The Prophet (PBUH) participated in foot races, wrestled and sewed 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." Zad-ul Ma'ad, Translated by Jalal Abualrub Book 1, page 285

176 - Ibn al-Mubarak (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Nothing is better than seeking knowledge for Allah’s sake. And Allah hates nothing such as seeking knowledge for someone else's sake." Adab Shar’iyyah 2/127

177 - Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jauziyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) 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 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." Tuhfat al-Mawdood, p. 229

178 - Shaykhul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "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." Majmoo’ al-Fataawa, 11/565

179 - Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen (may Allah be pleased with him) 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 will end up standing with widespread feet)." Liqaa ash-Shahri 16

180 - It was said to al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him): "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." Ibn Abi Al-Dunya, Al-Tawbah article 70

181 - Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Madarij al-Salikeen, 4/215

182 - Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) 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 Imams mentioned any dispute concerning the matter of music." al-Majmoo’, 11/576

183 - Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The Companions of the Messenger of Allah (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." Kitaab As-Sunnah, p. 77-78 & Manaaqibul Imaam Ahmad, of Ibnul Jawzee, p. 170

184 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Al-Bayhaqi, Al-Zuhd Al-Kabir, article 12

185 - Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jauziyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Zad-ul Ma'ad, Translated by Jalal Abualrub Book 3, pg. 31-32

186 - Abdullah Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) 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 because of caution; accompanying the righteous; remembering past sins; and not expecting to live for long." Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.21

187 - Umar bin ‘Abd Al-‘Aziz (may Allah be pleased with him) 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!" Al-Bayhaqi, Al-Zuhd Al-Kabir, article 26

188 - Imam ash-Shaafi'ee (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "When some of the people of desires came to Maalik Ibn Anas, he said, as for me, and 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." Al-Hilyah 6/324

189 - Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jauziyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) 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!" Zad-ul Ma'ad, Translated by Jalal Abualrub Book 1, page 314

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." Taareekh At-Tabaree, 4/409

191 - Imam az-Zuhree (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "We found out that the knowledgeable used to say: "The rescue is in following the Sunnah." ash-Sharee´ah, p. 311

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." Ibn ‘Asakir, Al-Tawbah article 13

193 - Umar Ibn al-Khattab (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." Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.24

194 - Ali Ibn Abi Talib (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." Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.21

195 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with 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." Al-Bayhaqi, Al-Zuhd Al-Kabir p197

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:

"Now we have no intercessors, nor a close friend (to help us).” (Surat Ash-Shu`ara' 26:100-101) Al-Ihyaa Uloem Ad-Deen", 2/175

197 - Ibn Al-Mubaarak (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Raudatul ‘Uqaalaa, p. 197

198 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Abu Bakr Al-Khara`iti, Masawi Al-Akhlaq wa Madhmûmiha p62

199 - Uthmaan bin Affaan (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." Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.21

200 - Wahb Ibn Munabbih al-Yamini (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.17

201 - Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "It is worse to be hopeless about the forgiveness of Allah than to sin." al-Ittihaf, p. 524

202 - Uthmaan bin Affaan (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." Preparing for the day of Judgement by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani, p.21

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), Trails and Tribulations by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, p68

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." Taqwa: Provision of the Believers, pg. 13

205 - Shamit Ibn ‘Ajlan (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Sifatus-Safwah, vol. 3, p. 347

206 - ar-Raghib (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Hilm' (the abandonment of haste) means it is the ability to control the soul and temperament at the onrush of anger." Trails and Tribulations by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, p63

207 - Imam ash-Shaafi’ee (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "To seek knowledge is better than to pray voluntary prayer." Aadaab ush-Sharee'ah 2/132

208 - Imam Al-Shafi’ee (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I was fatherless and my mother couldn’t afford paper for me. When I found a bone, I wrote on it." Jami' Bayan-il-'ilm", 157

209 - Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Knowledge is to comprehend the reality of something as it truly is, with certainty." Sharh Usool Ath-Thalathah, Page, 37

210 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The worst of people are the family of a dead person who cry over him, but don't pay off his debts." Juz' Fihi Kalam 'ala hadith: Yattabi'u al-Mayyita Thalathan, pg 24

211 - It was said to Muhammad Ibn al-Munkadir (may Allah be pleased with him): "What is left of your pleasure?" He said: "Meeting up with the brothers and making them feel happy." al-Bidaaya Wan-Nihaaya (7/297) Hilyatul Awliaa (3/149)

212 - Imaam Sha’bee (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Musnad ad-Daarimi: Vol 1 Pg 67 H. 206, Chain Saheeh

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." Taqwa: Provision of the Believers, pg. 22

214 - Imam Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The winter is the believer’s 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." Lata'if-ul-Ma'arif, p. 435

215 - Bishr Ibn Al-Haarith (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." As-Siyar 10/476

216 - Imam Sufyan Ath-Thawri (may Allah be pleased with him) 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)." Tarikh Dimashq, 5/66

217 - Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." ad-Da', p.64

218 - Yahya Ibn Ma'een (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I never saw a mistake in a person except that I would try my best to cover it up for him." Siyar, V.11 p.83

219 - Uthmaan bin Affaan (RA) said: "Keep yourself away from Alcohol, it’s the mother of all evil (or filth)." Ma'rifah 'Ulum-il-Hadeeth, p. 4, by Aboo 'Abdillaah al-Haakim

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." At-Taareeqah Al-Hakamiyah, p. 240

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." Trails and Tribulations by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, p63

222 - Shaykhul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "If every time two Muslims have a dispute they part ways as a consequence, then no affection or brotherhood will remain among Muslims!" Majmoo' al-Fatawaa Vol. 24, page 173

223 - Dr. V. Abdur-Raheem (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." The book of knowledge by Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Saalih al-Uthaymeen, Vol.1

224 - Imaam ash-Shaafi'ee (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Iqtidaa Siraatil-Mustaqeem- Vol.1, p.521

225 - Shaykh al-Albaanee (may Allah be pleased with him) 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’an 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." Fatawa Ash-Shaykh al-Albaanee fil-Madeenah wal-Imaaraat- p.35

226 - Ash-Shawkani (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Ash-Shawkani, as-Sail al-Jarar, vol.2, p.243

227 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Do not sit with an adherent of bid’ah for he will cause a disease in your heart." Ibn Waddah, Al-Bida’ p124

228 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with 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.” Ibn Al-Mubarak, Al-Zuhd wa Al-Raqa`iq Vol.1 p.156

229 - Continuous sin makes heart blind; Explanation of the verse:

"Nay, but their hearts were covered over by what (sins) they earned." Al-Mutaffifin: 14

al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) said, “It is because of doing one sin after another, until the heart becomes blind and dies.” Al-Tabari in his Tafsir, Sûrah Al-Mutaffifin

230 - Learn Arabic before destruction; ‘Abdullah b. Zayd Al-Numayri reports that al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “They (the heretics) were destroyed by their inability in Arabic (al-‘ujmah).” Al-Bukhari, Al-Tarikh Al-Kabir Vol.5 p99

231 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." (Surah Fatir: 10), Ibn Battah in Al-Ibanah Al-Kubra Vol. 3 p120, and Al-Khatib Al-Baghdadi in Iqtida’ Al-’Ilm Al-’Amal no.56

232 - Good is Knowledge and Paradise; commenting on 2:201 of the Qur’an which states:

“Our Lord! Give us the good of this world and the good of the hereafter…”

al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “The good of this world is knowledge and worship, and the good of the hereafter is Paradise.” Al-Ajurri in Akhlaq Al-’Ulama’ no. 30 and Ibn Jarir in his Tafsir of this verse

233 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) mentioned: “That a man complained to him concerning drought so it was said seek forgiveness from Allah, another complained about another matter so it was said seek forgiveness from Allah, another complained about lack of rain for his land so it was said seek forgiveness from Allah another complained of no offspring so it was said seek forgiveness from Allah, 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), Fath al-Bari, Chapter: the Best Method of Seeking forgiveness

234 - al-Hasan Al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “There is no backbiting in the case of a person of innovation or a person who openly commits sins.” Al-Laalikaa’ee in Sharh Usoolul-l’tiqaad 1/140

235 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.” Al-Aajurree; ash-Sharee’ah, p.57

236 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “The best attribute a believer can have is forgiveness.” adab Shar’iyyah 11/121

237 - Shaykh bin Uthaymeen (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.” Kitaabul-Ilm- page 145, Q.42

238 - Shaykhul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.” Majmoo al-Fatawa, v.32, p.252

239 - al-Jurjani (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Hilm' (the abandonment of haste) means it is to be calm in the state of anger." Trails and Tribulations by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, p63

240 - It was told to Imam al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him): “So-and-so has slandered you.” He sent a tray of halwa (sweets) to the man, saying, “I hear that you have bestowed upon me your good deeds. I would like to repay you.” Imam al Qushayri’s al-Risalah

241 - Imam Abu Haneefah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "When a hadith is found to be Saheeh, then that is my madhhab." The Book of Knowledge, Vol.1

242 - Imam Abu Haneefah (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." The Book of Knowledge, Vol.1

243 - Imam al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Sunan ad-Darimi, Volume 1 pgs. 71-72

244 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Al-Hasan al-Basri, p.47

245 - Imam Abu Haneefah (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." The Book of Knowledge, Vol.1

246 - Imam Malik Ibn Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." The Book of Knowledge, Vol.1

247 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Az-Zuhd, by Abdullah bin Al-Mubarak, p.189

248 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "You wish you could live as long as Noah (AS) lived, even though Allah’s order (death) strikes at someone’s door every night!" Az-Zuhd by Al-Hasan Al-Basri

249 - Imam Malik Ibn Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) 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)." The Book of Knowledge, Vol.1

250 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Death has exposed the reality of this life and did not leave chance for the wise person to delight in it." Tarikh Baghdad, vol.14, p.444

251 - Ibn Wahb (may Allah be pleased with him) 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.” The Book of Knowledge, Vol.1

252 - Imam Ash-Shaafi'ee (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." The Book of Knowledge, Vol.1

253 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Jami’ul-Ulum wal-Hikam, p.360

254 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Jami’ul-Ulum wal-Hikam, p.269

255 - Musa (alayhis-salam) said, "Allah, to You belong 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." Trails and Tribulations by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, p91

256 - Imam Ash-Shaafi'ee (may Allah be pleased with him) 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 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." The Book of Knowledge, Vol.1

257 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) 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)." Al-Ihya, vol.3, p.221

258 - Al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) 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." Kitab-us-Samt, p.85

259 - al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with him) 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 spl