Some Great Sayings/Teachings!!

[Abu Fauzi]

As-Salaam alaikum,
May I have the pleasure of sharing with you the following great words of Wisdom and/or sayings that have the potential of inspiring us towards good and Noble acts in life. They are as follows:--

1) "SEEK SWEETNESS IN 3 THINGS: PRAYER, MAKING REMEMBRANCE OF ALLAH [Zikr] AND RECITING THE HOLY QUR'AN"- Hasan Basri (d. 728)

2) "I WANT TO TEACH YOU 5 SSUCH THINGS WHICH DESERVE YOUR GREATEST ANXIETY TO ACQUIRE:--

(a) HAVE HOPE IN ALLAH AND NONE ELSE

(b) BE AFRAID OF NOTHING BUT SINS

(c) IF YOU DO NOT KNOW A THING, NEVER FEEL ASHAMED TO ADMIT IGNORANCE

(d) IF YOU DO NOT KNOW A THING NEVER HESITATE OR FEEL ASHAMED TO LEARN IT

(e) ACQUIRE PATIENCE AND ENDURANCE, BECAUSE THEIR RELATION WITH TRUE FAITH IS THAT OF
A HEAD TO BODY; A BODY IS OF NO USE WITHOUT A HEAD, SIMILARLY TRUE FAITH CAN BE OF NO USE WITHOUT
WITHOUT ATTRIBUTES OF RESIGNATION, ENDURANCE AND PATIENCE."- Sayyadi Ali Ibn Abu Talib (d. 661), May Allah be pleased with him.

3) "IF YOU SEEK A FRIEND, ALLAH MOST HIGH IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU. IF YOU SEEK COMRADE, Kiraman Katibeen (recording Angels) ARE
ENOUGH. IF YOU SEEK CONSOLER, THE HOLY QUR'AN IS ENOUGH. IF YOU NEED WORK, HIS WORSHIP IS ENOUGH. IF YOU DESIRE
SERMON, DEATH IS ENOUGH. AND WHATEVER IS SAID TO YOU IS LOOKED UNDESIRABLE, THEN HELL IS ENOUGH FOR YOU."-- Shaqiq Balkhi (d. 857)

(4) "DEVOTION IS NOT SOUND FOR ANYONE UNTIL HE FEELS NO CONCERN FOR 4 THINGS: HUNGER, NAKEDNESS, POVERTY AND DISGRACE."- Sahl Abdullah al-Tustari (d. 896)

Source: "The Sayings and Teachings of the Great
Mystics of Islam", by Muhammad Riaz Qadiri