The Importance of Tolerating the Anger of the Scholar
In order to benefit from the knowledge of a scholar, one must be prepared to tolerate his anger.
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The Importance of Knowing Different Opinions Before Giving Fatwa
A person is not knowledgeable enough to give verdicts and not considered a scholar unless he knows differences of opinions.
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Not Speaking in Front of Elders
The Salaf used to be careful not to speak in front of elders unless absolutely needed.
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The Highest Standard
The Messenger of Allah: the man by which all others are measured.
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The Blessings of Marriage according to the Sunnah
Yaḥyā b. Yaḥyā Al-NaysābūrĪ reports: I was once with Sufyān b. ‘Uyainah – Allah have mercy on him, when a man came to him and said, “O Abū Muḥammad, I complain to you of so-and-so”, meaning his wife, “I am the lowest and most despicable thing to her.” [Sufyān] lowered his head for a few […]
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Losing Ahl Al-Sunnah
It is reported that Imām Ayyūb [Al-Sakhtiyānī] – Allāh have mercy on him – said, “When I hear of the death of a man from Ahl Al-Sunnah, it is as if I have lost a part of my body.” Al-Lālakā`ī, Sharh Usūl I’tiqād Ahl Al-Sunnah wa Al-Jamā’ah, Vol.1 p46. It is reported that Hammād b. […]
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Intelligence in Action
It is reported that Sufyān b. ‘Uyainah – Allāh have mercy on him – said, “The intelligent person is not one who merely knows what is good and what is bad. The intelligent person is one who, when he sees what is good, follows it, and when he sees evil, shuns it.” Abū Nu’aym, Hilyah […]
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Differences between sins
It is reported from Imâm Sufyân b. ‘Uyainah – Allâh have mercy on him – that he said: Whoever’s sin was because of [carnal] desires, hope for him (as he may repent and be forgiven); but whoever’s sin was out of pride, fear for him. For indeed, Âdam sinned out of simple desire, and was […]
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Steps to Knowledge
Sufyān b. ‘Uyainah – Allah have mercy on him – said: The first step in knowledge is to listen, then to be quiet and attentive, then to preserve it, then to put it into practice and then to spread it. Abū Nu’aym, Hilyah Al-Awliyā` Vol.3 p283.