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Sayyiduna Abud Darda (radiyallahu ‘anhu) told his wife Ummud Darda, “If I become angry then try to please me. If you become angry I will [say things that will] please you. Were we not to act this way, how quickly would we be separated!”

(Rawdatul ‘Uqala, pg. 72, Tarikh Dimashq, vol. 70 pg. 152)
 
Sufyan Thawri (rahimahullah) said:

It is easier to meet Allah with seventy sins which are between you and Him [i.e. where you have violated the command of Allah] than meeting him with one sin between you and another person [i.e. where you have violated the right of a person/oppressed him in any way].

(Tambihul Ghafilin, pg. 359 and At Tadhkirah Fi Ahwalil Mawta Wa Umuril Akhirah, vol. 2 pg. 143)
 
Mohammed ibn Sireen (rahimahu Allah) stated: "This knowledge (the hadiths) is your religion, so look into who you take it from." (Al Majrooheen, 1/27)
 
Humayd ibn Hilal Al ‘Adawi (rahimahullah) said:

“The one who remembers Allah Ta’ala in the marketplace is like a green tree in the middle of several dead trees.”

(Hilyatul Awliya, vol. 2 pg. 252)
 
Mutarrif ibn ‘Abdillah ibn Shikkhir (rahimahullah) said:

It is more beloved to me that I spend the night asleep and awake regretful [for not offering Tahajjud Salah], rather than spending the night engaged in Tahajjud Salah but being proud/conceited in the morning.

(Hilyatul Awliya, vol. 2 pg. 200)
 
Imam ‘Abdullah ibn Al Mubarak (rahimahullah) said:

“Whoever is miserly/conceals his knowledge will suffer in one of three ways; He will either die [early], or he will forget or he will follow the rulers (i.e. sell his knowledge for their wealth.)

(Tadribur Rawi, vol. 4 pg. 553)
 
Ahmad ibn Harb (rahimahullah) said:

I worshipped Allah for fifty years, but I only found the sweetness and true enjoyment of worship after abandoning three things:

1.I stopped worrying about people’s happiness/hurting their feelings, which enabled me to speak the truth

2.I desisted from spending time with open sinners, which allowed me to enjoy the company of the righteous

3.I stopped pursuing the pleasures of this world, which allowed me to experience the sweetness of the Hereafter

(Tarikhul Islam, vol. 10 pg. 756, Siyaru A’alamin Nubala, vol. 11 pg. 34)
 
the statements of Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn Mas’ud and Sayyiduna Abud Darda (radiyallahu ’anhuma)

“Be an ‘Alim, or one who strives to become one, or at least one who listens (to the ‘Ulama) or one who loves (them). Do not become the fifth (one who hates them) for you will be destroyed.”

(Majma’uz Zawaid, vol.1 pg.121 and Shu’abul Iman of Bayhaqi, Hadith: 1581)
 
Salamah ibn Dinar (rahimahullah) said:

“A person does not set things right between himself and Allah but that Allah will set things right between him and the people. A person does not spoil the relationship between himself and Allah but that Allah will spoil things between him and the people”

(Hilyatul Awliya, vol. 3 pg. 239, Siyaru A’alamin Nubala, vol. 6 pg. 100)
 
Sayyiduna Anas (radiyallahu ‘anhu) said:

“Al Azd is Allah’s lion [i.e. Allah’s army] upon the earth. The people wish to lower them but Allah refuses except to raise them. A time will come upon the people where a man will say: “I wish my father was Azdi, I wish my mother was Azdi.”

(Sunan Tirmidhi, Hadith: 3937)
 
Imam Sufyan Thawri (rahimahullah) or Imam Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah (rahimahullah) said:

“When the pious are mentioned, [Allah’s] mercy descends”

(Refer: Al Mughni ‘An Hamlil Asfar, Hadith: 2109, Al Masnu’, Hadith: 201. Also see Tadribur Rawi, with footnotes of Shaykh Muhammad ‘Awwamah, vol. 4 pg. 539)
 
Bishr ibn Al Harith Al Hafi (rahimahullah) said:

The one who loves fame has not feared Allah Ta’ala.

Do not carry out [good] deeds in order to be mentioned, conceal your good deeds just as you conceal your evil ones.

(Siyaru A’alamin Nubala, vol. 10 pg. 476)
 
Amirul Mu’minin Sayyiduna ‘Umar ibn Al-Khattab (radiyallahu ‘anhu) said:

“Remind yourselves of Allah, for it is a cure. Do not remind yourselves of people, for it is a disease.”


(Kitabuz Zuhd of Imam Ahmad, Hadith: 644, Kitabuz Zuhd of Imam Hannad, Hadith: 1111, Kitabus Samt, Hadith: 204 and 658, Al Ghibah Wan Namimah, Hadith: 67)
 
Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn Al Harith (radiyallahu ‘anhu) said:

“Whoever does not honour his guest is not from Muhammad (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) nor Ibrahim (‘alayhis salam).''

(Kitabuz Zuhd, Hadith: 614 and Sunan Sa’id ibn Mansur, Hadith: 2437)
 
Bilāl b. Saad – Allāh have mercy on him – said:

A brother who, whenever you meet him, points out to you one of your faults (for you to correct yourself) is better for you than a brother who, whenever you meet him, puts a dīnār (money) in your hand.

(Abū Bakr Al-Daynūrī, Al-Mujālasah wa Jawāhir Al-ʿIlm no. 1428)
 
Bakr Al-Ṣiddīq – Allāh be pleased with him – said:

''Beware of lying, for lying is far removed from īmān.''

Abū Bakr Al-Ḵallāl, Al-Sunnah no. 1
467, 1470; Al-Bayhaqī, Shuʿab Al-Īmān no. 4463.
 
Alī b. ʾAbī Ṭālib – Allāh be pleased with him – said:

''Do not be with the sinner (fājir), for he will beautify to you the things he does, and he will want you to be like him; and he will beautify to you the worst of his practices; and his entrance upon you and leaving from your company will cause ignominy and discredit [of you].
And do not accompany the fool (aḥmaq), for he will exhaust himself [to help you] but will not benefit you, and he may want to benefit you but end up harming you; his silence is better than his speaking, his distance is better than his closeness, and him dying is better than him living.
And do not accompany the liar, for life will not benefit you with him, he will tell others what you say, and tell you what others say; and if you speak the truth, it will not be believed.''

Abū Bakr Al-Daynūrī, Al-Mujālasah wa Jawāhir AlʿIlm no. 1379
 
Some people said to Ibn Umar ra,

“We enter upon our rulers, and we say to them something different to what we say when we leave their company.” He said, “We used to regard this as [a type of] nifāq (hypocrisy).”

Al-Bukhārī, no. 7178
 
Maymūn b. Mihrān – Allāh have mercy on him – said:

I have met men in front of whom I would be ashamed to speak, and I have met men who used to say nothing but the truth, or be silent. And I have met men who had never seen the sky properly, out of fear of their Lord.

Abū Bakr Al-Daynūrī, Al-Mujālasah wa Jawāhir Al-ʿIlm article 2039.
 
Sayyiduna ‘Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhu) said:

‘Stick with your true brothers. You can live in comfort with them, as they are a delight in times of ease, and you can lean on them in times of hardship. Assume the best about your brother until he comes with something that should alarm you from him. Avoid your enemy, and beware of befriending anyone but the trustworthy, and there is no trust for the one who doesn’t fear Allah.’


(Rawdatul ‘Uqala of Imam Ibn Hibban (rahimahullah), pg.83. Also see Shu’abul Iman, Hadith: 7993)
 

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