Nuggets & Benefits

Learn knowledge, for it is an adornment for the wealthy and assistance for the poor. I do not say that it is sought to gain wealth, but rather it calls to contentment (Qanāʿah).

The one who refutes the people of innovation is a mujāhid, to the extent that Yahyā ibn Yahyā used to say: “Defending the Sunnah is better than jihād.”

I said to [Al-Ḥasan Al-Baṣrī], “What is the punishment of a scholar?” He replied, “The death of the heart.” I asked, “And what is the death of the heart?” He said, “Seeking the worldly life (Ad-Dunyā) with deeds of the Hereafter.”

Glad tidings for the one who remembers the hour of death. No servant frequently remembers death except that it is reflected in their actions.

You will first be defeated at jihad with your hands, then jihad with your tongues, then jihad with your hearts. Any heart that does not recognize good nor denounce evil will be turned upside down.

Stick firmly to the narrations of the Salaf even if people reject you. And beware of the opinions of men even if they adorn it for you with beautiful speech.

Whoever sows goodness will reap joy, and whoever sows evil will reap regret. You commit evil deeds and hope to be rewarded with good deeds? Certainly not, just as grapes are not harvested from thorns.

The most ignorant a man can be is when he sees that he no longer needs knowledge.

We seek refuge with Allāh from adopting a Maḏhab (position or doctrine), then seeking to validate its basis or search for its evidence.

I said to Abū ʿAbdillāh [Al-Imām Aḥmad]: ‘Whoever dies upon Islām and the Sunnah, has he died upon good?’ He said to me: ‘Be quiet! Whoever dies upon Islām and the Sunnah has died upon all good.’