Statements of salaf ra

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Yazid bin Abdullah rh was asked,

"Should we make a roof for our mosque?" He said, "Purify your hearts and your mosque will be sufficient for you."

[Hilyat al Awliya 2/312]
 
Haytham Ibn Jameel rh was asked:

“A man is well learned with regards to the affairs of the Sunnah, should he debate and argue about them?”

He replied:
“No, however he should inform the people about the Sunnah, so if it is accepted from him then good and if not then he should keep silent.” [Jaami’u Bayaan Al-‘Ilmi Wa Fadhlihi, 4/94]
 
Ibn Katib said:

“If the fear of Allah rests in the heart, then one will not speak except about that which concerns him.”

(Risalah al-Qushayriyah vol. 1 pg. 26)
 
Imam al-Qushayri states,

“The Fear of Allah :swt: is an obligation.”

(Risalah al-Qushayriyah vol.1 pg. 58.)
 
Sa’id ibn Abdul Aziz reported:
Umar ibn Abdul Aziz, may Allah have mercy on him, wrote to the people of Medina,

“Whoever worships without knowledge will cause more harm than good. Whoever considers his words part of his deeds will speak little unless it concerns him. Whoever makes the purpose of his religion to indulge arguments, he will frequently change his position.”

Source: Sunan al-Darimi 308
 
Companions of The Prophet

Alhamdulillāh… All praise and thanks are due to the Almighty Allāh. I send peace and blessings blessings upon Ḥabībī Muḥammad, his household, his companions and all those who follow his guided path, till the Day of Judgement.

Hārithah ibn al-Nu‘mān was one of the companions of the Prophet, sallā Allāhu ‘alaihi wa sallam. He was an Ansārī (from Madinah) who participated in all battles, which the Prophet sallā Allāhu ‘alaihi wa sallam participated. However, Hārithah ibn al-Nu‘mān is known for a few good tidings which the Prophet, ṣallā Allāhu ‘alaihi wa sallam, conveyed to him. He’s going to be one of the Qur’ān reciters in the Paradise. This is not only a good news, but an outstanding prestige, for the Qur’ān is the only book of Allāh that will be recited in the Paradise.
 
Abu Musa al-Ash’ari :ra: used to fast in hot weather so it as said to him, “You are an old man.”
He said, “I’m preparing it for a long day [i.e. Day of Judgement].

(Ibn al-Jawzi, Awakening From The Sleep of Heedlessness, page #44)
 
Ibn `Aun (rah) said:

“When Muhammad Ibn Sireen rh was in debt, he was overwhelmed with grief because of it, and said: ‘I know that this grief is because of a sin which I did 40 years ago.'”


Hilyatul Awliyaa (2/271), al-Jaami` li Ahkaam al-Qur’aan (16/31)
 
Whenever a quality of one of the righteous people was mentioned in the presence of Makhlad b. al-Husan, he would say:

“Do not make any mention of us while you speak about them; for a healthy person who walks is not like a crippled.”

Abu Nu’aym, Al-Hilyah 8/266
 
A worshiper was once told: “You should be easy on yourself.

He replied: “Indeed, I exhaust myself in worship because easiness is what I am looking for.”

(pg 45, Ibn al-Jawzi, Awakening From The Sleep of Heedlessness)
 
Imam Sufyan thawri rh said:

One day, I sat in a gathering and with us was Sa’eed b. as-Saaib at-Taaifee. During the course of our gathering, Sa’eed was crying so much that I began to feel compassion and pity towards him.
I said to him, “O Sa’eed, you are listening to me speak about the people of Paradise [and not the people of the Hellfire], so why are you crying?”
He replied, “O Sufyan, and what should prevent me from crying?! You are mentioning the people of Paradise and the good qualities that makes people deserving of Paradise, and I do not see those qualities in me!”

(pg 152-153, Salaahud-Deen ibn ‘Alee ibn ‘Abdul-Maujood, The Biography of Sufyaan Ath-Thauree)
 
Musa b. Isma’il :rh: said:

''If I said that I never saw Hammad b. Salamah :rh: laughing, I would be telling the truth. Indeed he was busy either narrating hadith, reading, glorifying Allah :swt: or praying.''

(Qiymah Al-zaman ‘Ind Al-‘Ulama’, Pg. 28)
 
Ibrahim at-Taimi :rh: said:

''Not much time has passed between you and the companions. Life came to them with it splendor, but they ran away from it. You, however, followed it even though it did not come to you.''

(Sifatus-Safwah, vol. 3, p. 90, & As-Siyar, vol. 5, p. 61)
 
Imam Ibrāhim an-Nakha’i :rh: said:

''They [the salaf] used to attend janaza, and its effect would show on them for days thereafter. They used to often think about death and the condition of the deceased.''

(al-‘Aqibah, p. 153)
 
Sufyaan Ibn Uyaynah (d. 197) said:

“The Sunnah is ten things, whosoever accepts them has completed the Sunnah, and whosoever abandons anything from them has abandoned the Sunnah and not testifying that any Muslim will definitely be in Paradise or Hell.”

[Al-Laalakaa’ee, no. 312]
 
Imam Yahya b. Ma’een :rh: said:

I have not seen the like of Ahmad b. Hanbal :rh: and we have been his companion for fifty years. He was never proud or arrogant towards us because of his righteousness and goodness.


[Manaqib al-Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal, p. 366 / Ahilyah al-Awyliya’, 1819]
 
When al-Kināni was dying, he was asked: “What type of actions were you doing?”
He replied, “If I was not dying, I would not have told you. I stood at the door of my heart for forty years, and whenever anything other than Allah :swt: passed by its door, I kept it away.”

(al-‘Ihya, vol. 4, p. 513)
 
Abdullah ibn ‘Umar :ra:

Truly, we were the beginning of this nation. There would be men, amongst the best of the companions of the Messenger of Allah :saws:, who only had with them one surah or so from the Qur’an, but the Qur’an was heavy upon them and they were given the sustenance of acting according to it. Truly, the end of this nation will have the Qur’an upon them until even the child and the non-Arab recites it, but they will not act according to it.

(The Character of the Bearers and People of the Qur’an, page#40)
 
Imam Hasan Basri :rh: said:

I met some people who would not feel elation at anything that they earn in this life, nor grieve for anything in it that they do not acquire.

Az-Zuhd, by Imam Ahmad, p. 230
 
Ibn Abi Mulaykah :rh: said:

I met thirty of the Companions of Muhammad :saws:, all of them fearing hypocrisy for themselves.


(Disease of the Hearts and Their Cures. Page #77)
 

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