Assalaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatulaah,

Masha Allaah some excellent iman boasting stuff posted. Keep it coming Insha Allaah.

Ibn Hazam al-Andalusee (rahima-hullaah) mentions:

((When you compare yourself with others in matters of wealth, position, and health, you should look at people less favoured than yourself. When you compare yourself with others in matters of religion, knowledge and virtue, look at people who are better than yourself)).

al-Akhlaaq was-Siyar - Ibn Hazam al-Andalusee


Ref: Fatwa-Online

Muhammad ibn Waasi' (rahima-hullaah) used to say:

((If sins had an odour then nobody would be able to sit with me)).

The Evil of Craving for Wealth and Status - Imaam ibn Rajab al-Hanbalee


Ref: Fatwa-Online


Subhan Allaah!

aaa heavy thread!!!!


Shaqeeq Ibn Ibraheem said:

“The doors of success have been closed upon the creation because of six things:

Their busying themselves with the blessings of Allaah instead of thanking Allaah for them, their desire for knowledge while they abandon actions, the hastiness to sin and delaying repentance, the deception of having righteous companions and not taking them as examples, the turning away of the dunya from them while they chase it, and the approach of the afterlife towards them while they turn away from it.”

taken from Al Fawaai’d by Imam Ibn Al Qayyim (rahimullah)

this one is like wohhhh

Imaam al-Barbahaaree (rahimullah) mentions:

The innovators are like scorpions.

They bury their heads and bodies in the sand and leave their tails out.

When they get the chance they sting; the same with the innovators who conceal themselves amongst the people, when they are able, they do what they desire.

Reported in Tabaqaatul-Hanaabilah

‘Alee ibn al-Hasan ibn Shaqeeq said: I heard ‘Abdullaah ibn al-Mubaarak say:

The first step towards (seeking) knowledge is the (sincerity of) intention, then it is listening, then it is understanding (this knowledge), then it is memorising (this knowledge), then it is acting (upon this knowledge), then it is spreading (this knowledge).

from Jaami’ Bayaan al-’Ilm wa Fadhlihi - Volume 1, Page 118

It is reported that before his death, Abû Mûsâ Al-Ash’arî – Allah be please with him – used to exert himself intensely in worship. It was said to him, “If only you would slow down and go easy on yourself.” He replied, “When steeds are let loose and come close to the end of their course they finish by giving it all they have, and what remains of my life is less than that.”

Al-Dhahabî , Siyar A’lâm Al-Nubalâ` in his biography of Abû Mûsâ Al-Ash’arî.

Sufyaan ath-Thawree said that:

"Indeed the deen is in the athaar not in the opinions"

- Reported by al-Khateeb in his Sharah as-haabul Hadeeth.

On the authority of Sufyaan ath-Thowree, who said:
We do not know of anything better than seeking knowledge with (a sincere) intention (for the sake of Allaah).
Siyar A'laam an-Nubalaa. - Volume 7, Page 244

"And we are of the opinion that it is obligatory to demolish it (the house) and in its place expand the road - closing all the doors to the evils of Shirk and excessiveness"

Ref: The Obligation of Demolishing the House of Shaykh Muhammad ibn Abdil-Wahhaab

Life is nothing but an accumulation of many breaths. So every breath is just a precious diamond which cannot be purchased with anything in the world. It is a priceless jewel which has got no substitute in value. So in movements and talks, and in sorrows and happiness, such a priceless breath should not be spent in vain. To destroy it is to court destruction. An intelligent man cannot lose it. When a man gets up at dawn, he should enter into an agreement with himself just as a tradesman contracts with his partner. At that time, he should address his mind thus: O mind, you have been given no other property as precious as life. When it will end, the principal will end and despondency will come in seeking profit in business. Today is a new day. Allah has given you time, that is, He has delayed your death. He has bestowed upon you innumerable gifts. Think that you are already dead. So don't waste time. Every breath is a precious jewel. Man has got for each day and night twenty-four treasure houses in twenty-four hours. Fill up these then find them filled up with divine sights in the world next. If they are not filled up with good works, they will be filled up with intense darkness wherefrom a bad stench will come out and envelop them all around. Another treasure house will neither give him happiness nor sorrow. That is an hour in which he slept, or was careless, or was engaged in any lawful work of this world. He will feel grieved for its remaining vacant.

[Taken from al-Ghazali: Meditation and Introspection, The Book of Constructive Virtues, Ihya Ulum-id-din.]

Al-Qâsim b. Muhammad, the grandson of Abû Bakr - Allah have mercy on him - said:
In my time the people were not impressed by speech, they were impressed by actions. Anyone can say whatever he wants. Abû Dâwûd, Kitâb Al-Zuhd p354

The Dislike of answering Hypothetical Questions.


Whenever asked about a matter, Zayd b. Thâbit – Allah be pleased with him - would himself ask, “Has this happened?” If they told him that the matter had not yet occurred he would not inform them of an answer, but if they told him it had happened he would answer them.
Al-Âjurrî, Akhlâq Al-‘Ulamâ` no.81; Al-Khatîb, Al-Faqîh wa Al-Mutafaqqih Vol2. P13.

Steps to Knowledge




Sufyân b. ‘Uyainah – Allah have mercy on him – said:
The first step in knowledge is to listen, then to be quiet and attentive, then to preserve it, then to put it into practice and then to spread it.
Abû Nu’aym, Hilyah Al-Awliyâ` Vol.3 p283.