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Al Fudayl ibn ‘Iyaad rh said:

“O Miskeen! You are an evil-doer and you think yourself to be one who does good. You are an ignoramus and you think yourself to be a scholar. You are a miser and you think yourself to be generous. O foolish one! You see that you are intelligent. Your time is short, but your hope is long.”

[Adh-Dhahabi]:I say: Yes, by Allaah, he has spoken the truth. And you are an oppressor and you think yourself to be the one who is oppressed. And you eat what is unlawful and you think that you are cautious and fearful (in this regard). And you are a sinner and you think yourself to be just and upright. And you seek the knowledge (of the religion) for the world, and yet you think that you seek it for Allaah.

Siyaar A’laam an-Nubalaa 8/440
 
Ibn Qayyim rh:

“If you knew the true value of yourself, you would never allow yourself to be humiliated by committing sins. Satan refused to bow to you when it refused to bow to your father Adam, so how come you reconciled with it and left us? If there is any love in your heart, it’s effect would appear on your body.”

(al-Fawaa’id, p.118)
 
Ibn Hibaan rh wrote:

“It is obliged for the bright person to use his ears twice as much in stead of his tongue and to realize that he has received two ears and just one mouth, so that he will be listening more than that he speaks.”

[“Rawdah Al-…Uqala”, 1/45]
 
قال سفيان الثوري رحمه الله: إذا رأيت القارئ/الرجل محببا في جيرانه، محمودا عند إخوانه، فاعلم أنه مداهن




This has been cited in several books without a complete chain. Among them, Tambihul Ghafilin, pg. 93 and Siyaru A’alamin Nubala, vol. 7 pg. 278.



Translation

Sufyan Thawri (rahimahullah) said,

When you see a person who is loved by all of his neighbours, and praised by all of his associates, then know that he flatters people. i.e. He does not enjoin good nor forbid evil, and therefore people like him.

‘Mudahin’ refers to a flatterer.
 
Abu Darda radhiallahu `anhu had a camel, whose name wasدمون. Whenever anyone would want to borrow his camel for some need of his, Abu Darda would say to him :
“ Do not burden him with more than what he can bear”. When the time for Abu Darda came close (i.e death) he said to his camel : “ Ohدمون; on the day of Qiyamah, do not fight with me (i.e hold me responsible) for I only burdened you with that which you could bear (and treated you fairly)

[Kitaab al-War`a li Ibn Abi Dunya |كتاب الورع لابن ابي الدنيا وإسناده صحيح إلى معاوية بن قرة]
 
Ad-Dhahabi writes in the biography of Sufyan At-Thawri: “A man said to him: “Advice me”. He said: “Work for this life for as long as you need to reside here. Work for the Hereafter for as long as you need to dwell there

[“Manaqib Sufyan Al-Thawri”, 50]
 
كفى بالمرء شرا أن لا يكون صالحا وهو يقع في الصالحين

Imam Bayhaqi (rahimahullah) has recorded this as the statement of the famous Saint, Malik ibn Dinar (rahimahullah).
(Shu’abul Iman, Hadith: 6358)

Translation

Malik ibn Dinar (rahimahullah) said: “It is sufficient to regard a person evil, that he attacks and defames the pious, whereas he himself is not pious.”
 
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Abû Bakr Al-Siddîq – Allâh be pleased with him – said,

“One of the worst sins is a person taking his sin lightly.”


Abû Bakr Al-Daynûrî, Al-Mujâlasah wa Jawâhir Al-‘Ilm article 2318
 
‘Abdullâh b. Mas’ûd said:The house in which the Qur’ân is not recited is like a derelict house that has no one to maintain it. It is also reported that he said; Verily the emptiest of houses are those that are empty of the Book of Allâh.


Ibn Abî Shaybah, Al-Musannaf articles 30650, 30645, 30647
 
Mu’aadh ibn Jabal (may Allaah be pleased with him) said, “There is nothing that is a greater salvation from the punishment of Allaah than the remembrance of Allaah (Thikrullah).”

(As-Saheeh ul-Musnad, Vol.2, pg.144.)
 
وعن عبد الله بن مسعود رضي الله عنه قال إني لأحسب الرجل ينسى العلم كما تعلمه للخطيئة يعملها رواه الطبراني موقوفا من رواية القاسم بن عبد الرحمن بن عبد الله عن جده عبد الله ولم يسمع منه ورواته ثقات )الترغيب والترهيب 1/176(

Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas’ood (Radhiyallahu Anhu) says: “I certainly feel that a person’s forgetting some knowledge of Deen after learning it is due to a sin that he had committed.”
 
Ibn Hazm once stated a very precise golden. he said,“There are two things that if you do them you will attain the good of this world and the hereafter…[They are] that you bear what you dislike if it is beloved to Allah and you leave what you like if it is disliked by Allah.”

[Quoted in al-Bilaali, p128-129]
 
Ibn Taymiyyah said:

“Verily, I constantly renew my Islam until this very day, as up to now, I do not consider myself to have ever been a good Muslim.”

[Narrated by Ibn al-Qayyim in ‘Madaarij as-Saalikin’ ; 1/218]
 
‘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).

Jaami’ Bayaan al-’Ilm wa Fadhlihi – Volume 1, Page 118
 
Wahb b. Munabbih said:

“they (predecessors) would split their time into four hours; the first would be to beseech the Lord with actions (do lots of Ibaadah), the second would be holding oneself accountable (evaluate oneself), the third would be spending time with the community teaching, learning, and reminding them of Allah (benefit others), and a fourth hour that one spends fulfilling ones desires from that which is permissible and good to fulfill two purposes: to help fulfill the other three hours and to give the heart relaxation and rest.”

[al-Musannaf ‘Abd al-Razzaq 22/11]
 
Ibn Shubrumah:

“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
 
Al-Hasan Al-Basrî 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-Bayhaqî, Al-Zuhd Al-Kabîr p197.
 
Imaam ash-Shaafi`ee said:

“O my soul! It is not, except a few days of patience; As if the extent were but a few dreams. O my soul! Pass quickly on through this world; And leave it, for indeed life lies ahead of it.”

Ibn Rajab, Fadl `Ilmus-Salaf, p.63
 
Sa’d b. Abî Waqqâs said:

A believer might fall into any [bad] character, except deception and lying.

Ibn Abî Shaybah, Kitâb Al-Îmân (Al-Albânî’s edition) no.81
 
It is reported that ‘Alî b. Abî Tâlib RA said:

“The servant [of Allâh] should not fear except his sins, and should not hope except in his Lord. The ignorant should not be ashamed to ask, and the knowledgeable shou…ld not be ashamed to say – if he does not know something – ‘Allâh knows best.’ Patience (al-sabr) to faith (Al-Îmân) is like the head to the rest of the body: if the head is cut off, the body will rot. And one who has no patience, has no faith.”

Al-Baihaqî, Shu’ab Al-Îmân, Vol.12 p195
 

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