1.
Yahya bin Mu’ad said:
Know that Dirham is a scorpion. The
person who does not know its Ruqya (reading on an affected object), its
poison will kill him.
He was asked: What is this Ruqya?
He replied: That it should be earned from a
Halal source and be spent in a Halal way.
2.
Abu Hazim said:
Spend and do not be fearful about the
future of your children. Because if they are ‘believers’, then Allah will give
them without any count and if they are sinful, then you should not help them
committing sins with your money.
3.
Yahya bin Muad Said:
One of us is always fearful of disgrace and
poverty in this world but he is never fearful of the disgrace and poverty of
the Hereafter. Does he not know that an impoverished person because of the lack
of good deeds, would be more disgraceful and would in the Hereafter be ashamed
to face the people that day.
So where do we stand?
4.
A man said to ‘Umar bin Abdul Aziz:
Give me a piece of admonition!
He said: Be careful when you sit with pious
people and do not benefit from them OR you blame the sinful but do not escape
sinning yourself OR you are among those people who curse the Satan openly while
you obey him secretly.
5.
A man said to Abdullah bin Al-Mubarak:
Give me a piece of admonition!
He said: Leave unnecessary staring, you
will be granted Khushu (humbleness & concentration). Leave
unnecessary talk, you will be granted wisdom. Leave unnecessary eating, you
will be granted opportunities to worship. Leave spying on the sins of the
people, you will be granted a chance to glance at your own defects. Leave
discussion about the nature of Allah, you will not be subjected to doubt and
hypocrisy.
6.
The heart has six places in which it keeps on
running. There is no seventh to it.
Three of a low nature and three of a high
nature.
The low nature ones are:
-
A glamorous world around him.
-
His own Nafs (self) which speaks to him.
-
His enemy who keeps on whispering to him.
So these are the places in which low types
of souls keep on operating.
The three high places are:
-
Knowledge which gives light
-
Mind (intellect) which guides him
-
Allah whom he worships
So
the hearts are occupied with these six places.
7.
To follow your desire and to be lured by long
wishes are the main sources for all corruption. Because by following the
desire, you become blind to see the truth. And by long wishes, you forget your
Hereafter and stop preparing for it.
8.
The one who was invited but did not respond
loses a day or night only.
-
The one who cultivated but did not reap, loses
the whole year.
-
The one who did not read or write, loses half of
his life.
-
But who did not work for his Hereafter loses
both this world and the Hereafter.
9.
Ibn Al-Qayyim says:
The year is like a tree.
The months are its branches.
The days are like shoots.
The hours are its leaves.
The breaths are its fruits.
So the one whose breaths are occupied in
obedience, it makes a blessed tree and the one whose breaths are occupied in sins,
it grows only a colocynth (a very sour tree)
10.
Mustafa Al-Siba’i said:
Keep your honour in four places:
-
When you are studying with someone who is more
knowledgeable than you.
-
When you are teaching someone who is older than
you.
-
When you are disputing with someone who is
stronger than you.
-
When you are arguing with someone who is more
stupid than you.
No comments:
Post a Comment