The pearls of wisdom

The pearls of wisdom

[1]. Abdullah ibn Masud, said, 'These hearts are vessels. Fill them up with Qur'an and occupy them with nothing else'.

[2]. The knowledge of the hypocrite is in his speech, and the knowledge of the believer is in his actions.

[3]. I seek forgiveness in Allah from the lack of truthfulness in my saying, 'I seek forgiveness'.

[4]. Imam Sha'fi said, 'All humans are dead except those who have knowledge, and all those who have knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds, and those who do good deeds are deceived, except those who are sincere, and those who are sincere are always in a state of worry.

[5]. We once asked, 'Why is it that we cannot uphold Prayers at night?' Hasan al Basri answered, 'You are shackled in your own sins'.

[6]. Ibn Taymyah said, 'Remembrance of Allah is to the heart what water is to fish. What happens to a fish when it is taken out of water?'

[7]. Intelligence is like a river, the deeper it is the less noise it makes.

[8]. Hasan al Basri said, 'O son of Adam, you're just days. Every time a day goes, a portion of you goes'.

[9]. Omar ibn Khattab said, 'I looked at all friends, and did not find a better friend than safeguarding the tongue. I thought about all dresses, but did not find a better dress than piety. I thought about all types of wealth, but did not find a better wealth than contentment in little. I thought of all types of good deeds, but did not find a better deed than offering good advice. I looked at all types of sustenance, but did not find a better sustenance than patience'.

[10]. All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.

[11]. Ali ibn abi Talib said, 'He who seeks knowledge of deen, Paradise seeks him. And he who seeks deeds of vice, Hell seeks him'.

[12]. Life is nothing other than a road that leads to a garden, or to the fire. Its nights are a man's workshop, and its days are his market place.

[13]. According to Mujahid, the grave says, when a person is placed in it, 'Woe unto you. What deceived you about me? Did you not know that I am a house of worms, a house of seperation, and a house of darkness? This is what I have prepared for you. What have you prepared for me?'

[14]. Abu Haneefah, rahimahullah said, 'I love the pious although I am not among them'.

[15]. Ibn Taymyah said, 'What can my enemies do to me? My paradise is in my heart, it is with me wherever I go. To imprison me is to provide me with seclusion. To send me into exile is to send me away in the Path of Allah. And to kill me is to make me a martyr'.

[16]. Either you're a servant to what made man, or a servant to what man made.

[17]. Abu Bakre Sidiq, said, 'He who enters the grave without the provision of good deeds is as he who started swimming across the ocean without a vessel'.

[18]. Omar ibn Khattab, said, 'Worldly Honor is derived from riches, and the honor of the Hereafter is derived from the performance of good deeds'.

[19]. A sheep is nobler than a man who sacrifices the commands of Allah for the sake of his desire, for the call of the shepherd is heard by the sheep.

[20]. Abu Musa al Ashari, said, 'This Quran can either be your blessed reward, or it can become your unwielding burden on the Day of Reckoning. Follow the Quran, and do not let the Quran follow you! For whosoever follows the Quran, it will lead him to the heavenly gardens of paradise; and whosoever is followed by the Quran, it will chase him and impel him into the abyss of the hellfire'.

[21]. When Abu Hurairah was asked about the tears on his bed, he replied, 'Surely I am not crying being attached to this world, but rather for the long journey awaiting me, and the little provisions I have prepared for it. This morning, I am descending upon either paradise or hell, and I have no idea towards which of the two I will be taken'.

[22]. Hassan al Basri, 'If you see a man competing with you with regard to this world, then compete with him in regards to the hereafter'.

[23]. Ali ibn abi Talib, said, 'Four things are exceedingly difficult - to forgive while angry, to give alms during want, to abstain from sins in solitude, and to speak the truth before the person from whom may come fear or favor'.

[24]. Abu Musa al Asharee, said, 'What destroyed earlier nations and lead to their annihilation was nothing but their love for the dinar and dirham, and it will unfailingly do the same to you'.

[25]. Imam Ali said, 'The tongue of the wise man is behind his heart and the heart of a fool is behind his tongue'.

[26]. Abu Bakr, may Allah bepleased with him, said, 'Where are the bright ones, the handsome-looking ones, and where are those who took pride in their youthfulness, where have they gone? Where are the great kings who built cities and castles and fortified them with towering walls? What happened to the lionhearted valorous ones who made their enemy suffer humiliation in the battlefields? Time waned under their feet and they ended inside dark graves. Think of it and take heed'.

[27]. Ibn Masud said, 'Be content with what you have, be satisfied with your dwelling place to accommodate your enterprise, restrain your tongue, and shed tears of regret regarding past sins you committed knowingly, and those you do not recognize'.

[28]. Qatadah, may Allah be pleased with him, said, 'This Qur'an guides you to the recognition of your illnesses and to their remedies. Your illnesses are your sins, and your medicine is seeking Allah's forgiveness'.

[29]. Fudayl ibn Iyadh, said to the Mujahideen, before the battle, 'Hold firm to tawbaa for it will protect you from that which your swords will not'.

[30]. I know about a hundred of the attributes of goodness, and yet I cannot even find one of them in my self.

[31]. Amr ibn Al Aas, said, 'Live for this life as though you live in it forever and live for the life to come as though you die tomorrow'.

[31]. Omar ibn Khattab said, 'Weep, and if you cannot weep, then pretend to weep. I swear by Him in Whose hand my life is, that if any of you really knew, you would plead until your voice went, and pray until your back was broken'.