Brief words and short phrases, from the collections of speech and the precious things of wisdom; From the “few and significant” sayings of the predecessors and successors, easy to access, great impact and good outcome, I chose them with care and accuracy to be useful food in our practical lives.
Brief words and short phrases, from the collections of speech and the precious things of wisdom; Among the “few and significant” sayings of the predecessors and successors, easy to access, great impact, and good outcome, I chose it carefully and meticulously to be a useful addition to our practical lifeEspecially in a time when materialistic matters prevailed, and pleasures and desires overcame the soul.
I put it in your hands as a reminder, as God Almighty says: {For the remembrance benefits the believers}, and how could it not?! Imam Ibn Al-Mubarak said in Tahdheeb Al-Kamal:: “I do not know of a better degree after prophecy than the dissemination of knowledge“.
We ask God – Glory be to Him – acceptance, payment, and sincerity in word and deed.
901- Al-Hasan said: Son of Adam, you are only days. Whenever a day goes away, part of you goes away.[1]
902- Some wise men said: The best mind is a man’s knowledge of himself, and the best knowledge is a man’s standing on his knowledge.[2]
903- Ibn al-Jawzi said: It is astonishing that you lose a grain and cry while your life has been wasted while you laugh.[3]
904- Al-Shafi’i said: The wise man is the intelligent one who is heedless.[4]
905- Abdullah bin Masoud said: No one is born a scientist, but knowledge comes from learning.[5]
906- He said Abu Darda:People are knowledgeable and educated, and there is no good in between.[6]
907- Ibn al-Jawzi said: No one has his hopes fulfilled except that he strives to neglect his term.[7]
908- It was said to Omar bin Abdul Aziz: Which jihad is better? He said: Jihad of passion.[8]
909- Abu Darda said: Health is the wealth of the body.[9]
910- Luqman said to his son: My son! Pride is God’s robe; So do not dispute with God His robe.[10]
911- Ibn Rajab said: Complete faith requires loving what God loves and hating what He hates, and acting in accordance with that.[11]
912- Ibn Omar said: We saw that no one has more right to his dinars and dirhams than his Muslim brother.[12]
913- Ibn Abbas said: I am commanded to read a verse from the Qur’an and understand it, so I would like all people to understand from it what I understand.[13]
914- Ibn al-Qayyim said: Be among the children of the Hereafter and do not be among the children of this world, for the child follows the mother.[14]
915- Muhammad bin Ka’b was asked: What is the sign of betrayal? He said: That a man finds ugly what he used to find good, and he finds good what was bad.[15]
916- Al-Shafi’i said: The politics of people is more severe than the politics of animals.[16]
917- Some wise men were asked: What are the things that help us to obey God Almighty? He said: Removing the worries of this world from the heart.[17]
918- Al-Fudayl ibn Iyad used to say during his illness in which he died: Have mercy on me because of my love for you, for there is nothing more beloved to me than you.[18]
919- Ibn Taymiyyah said: The best jihad and good deeds are those that are most obedient to the Lord and most beneficial to the servant.[19]
920- Ibn Rajab said: It is rare for someone who is keen on ruling the world to seek mandates and succeed, rather he is entrusted to himself.[20]
921- Ibn al-Jawzi said: The reward for deeds increases with the increase in the honor of the time, the sincerity of the intention, or the presence of the heart of the worker.[21]
922- Omar bin Al-Khattab used to pass by the verse on his rose, and it would choke him, and he would remain in the house for days on end, thinking that he was sick.[22]
923- There is no good in someone who does not want to collect money from his share, hide his face from the people with it, maintain ties with his relatives, and give it his due.[23]
924- Amr bin Sharhabeel: The people will continue to be well as long as they do not have princes over them who do not see any right to them except what they want.[24]
925- Ibn Taymiyyah said: He who is arrogant about the truth is afflicted by submitting to falsehood.[25]
926- Ibn Hazm said: The wise man should not be deceived by a friendship that happened to him during the days of his state, for everyone will be his friend at that time.[26]
927- Al-Hajjaj said: I am more hopeful to the wise and wise man than to the ignorant one who comes forward.[27]
928- The revolutionary said: We seek refuge in God from the temptation of the immoral world and the temptation of the ignorant leader.[28]
929- Abu Al-Darda’, may God be pleased with him, said: Pray to God on the day of your hardships, perhaps He will respond to you on the day of your hardships.[29]
930- Ibn al-Jawzi said: The world is a house of adversity and a circle of temptations. Its inhabitant is without a homeland, and the intelligent person has been weaned.[30]
931- Abu Bakr Al-Khwarizmi said: The brave is beloved even by those who fight him, just as the cowardly is hated by those who suit him.[31]
932- Abdullah bin Masoud said: Being economical in the Sunnah is better than striving in innovation.[32]
933- Ibn Sirin said: If it is not what you want, then want what it is.[33]
934- Good character covers many bad deeds, just as bad character covers many good deeds.[34]
935- Ibn al-Qayyim said: The worshiper has no resting place except under the tree of Tuba, and the lover has no resting place except on the Day of Resurrection.[35]
936- The predecessors used to console themselves for three days if they missed the first takbir, and seven days if they missed the congregational prayer.[36]
937- Ata’ said: The man tells me a hadith, so I listen to him as if I had not heard him, and I heard him before he was born.[37]
938- Al-Fadil saidIt is forbidden for your hearts to attain the sweetness of faith until you renounce this world.[38]
939- Sufyan Al-Thawri said: If you are able not to scratch your head except with a trace, then do so.[39]
940- It was said to Luqman: What is your wisdom? He said: I do not ask for what is sufficient for me, nor do I burden myself with what does not concern me.[40]
941- Al-Ahnaf said: He who has no knowledge or etiquette has no lineage or lineage.[41]
942- Al-Hasan used to swear to God and say: No one treasures a dirham but God humiliates him.[42]
943- Malik said: Everything benefits from his bounty except speech, for his bounty is harmful.[43]
944- Al-Shafi’i said: Chivalry is the chastity of the limbs from what does not concern them.[44]
945- Khalid bin Safwan said: There are two qualities that if you memorize them, you will not care what you do after them: your debt for your future, and your dirham for your livelihood.[45]
946- The wise men said: The best knowledge is when the scholar stands by his knowledge.[46]
947- Ibn al-Qayyim said: If your resolve is true, the lands of sloth will throw you into the depths of demand.[47]
948- Muhammad bin Wasi’ said: I have never refused anyone a need that I am able to fulfill, even if my money would be lost.[48]
949- It used to be said: It is not permissible for a believing eye to see God being disobeyed and to blink until it changes Him.[49]
950- It was said: When Zakariya bin Adi died, he said: Oh God, I long for you.[50]
11/16/1446 AH
05/14/2025 AD
[2]Sitting (4/493).
[4]Tahdheeb Al-Asmaa (1/56).
[6]Rawdat al-Aqlaa, p. 42.
[8]Sitting (5/148).
[9]Supervision in the homes of nobles, p. 330.
[10]Babysitting (5/47).
[11]Total messages (4/84).
[12]The Brotherhood, p. 202.
[15]Al-Hilyah (3/214).
[17]Sitting (5/166).
[18]Al-Hilyah (8/109).
[20]Total messages (1/71).
[21]Revealing the problem (2/352).
[22]Asceticism by Ahmed, p. 99.
[23]Saeed bin Al-Musayyab, Reform of Money, p. 35.
[24]Reforming money, p. 38.
[25]Total Fatwas (7/629).
[27]Lectures by Writers (1/28).
[28]Enjoyment and sociability, p. 244.
[29]Asceticism by Ahmed, p. 111.
[31]Orphan of Eternity (4/225).
[32]Asceticism by Ahmed, p. 131.
[33]Rawdat al-Aqlaa, p. 136.
[34]This is how life taught me, p. 21, Mustafa Al-Sibai.
[36]The extreme in every art is extreme, p. 14.
[39]Al-Jami’ Li’l Al-Khalāb al-Ṣaḥālī al-Narātī wa al-Tāqīl al-‘Ālāt al-Liṭir (1/142).
[40]Asceticism by Ahmed, p. 87.
[41]Lectures by Writers (1/48).
[42]Al-Hilyah (2/152).
[43]Rawdat al-Aqlaa, p. 43.
[44]Tahdheeb Al-Asmaa (1/55).
[45]Reforming money, p. 41.
[46]Al-Mustarif, p. 30.
[47]Interest deposits (3/232).
[48]Artificial favor, p. 101.
[49]Enjoining good by Ibn Abi Al-Dunya, p. 78.
[50]Biographies of Noble Figures (10/443).