Evils of Those who Love Authority
It is reported that Al-Fuḍayl b. ʿAyyād – Allāh have mercy on him – said: There is no one who loves authority (leadership) except that he envies, transgresses, chases the…
It is reported that Al-Fuḍayl b. ʿAyyād – Allāh have mercy on him – said: There is no one who loves authority (leadership) except that he envies, transgresses, chases the…
It is reported that Al-Shaʿbī – Allāh have mercy on him – said: Stay away from the sinful amongst the scholars and the ignorant amongst the worshippers, for these two…
It is reported that Abu Al-ʿĀlyah – Allāh have mercy on him – said: There are two blessings I have been blessed with, I know not which of them is…
It is reported that Abū Ḥāzim Salamah b. Dīnār – Allāh have mercy on him – was once asked: “O Abū Ḥāzim, do you not see how prices have risen?”…
It is reported that Yaḥyā b. Abī Kathīr – Allāh have mercy on him – said: It used to be said, “People have never honoured themselves with anything [better] than…
It is reported that Imām Al-Zuhrī – Allāh have mercy on him – was traveling and fasted ʿĀshūrāʾ, so he was asked: “How comes you fast the Day of ʿĀshūrāʾ…
It is reported that Maymūn b. Mihrān – Allāh have mercy on him – said: I have met men in front of whom I would be ashamed to speak, and…
Muḥammad b. Zayd b. ʿUmar reports from his father: Some people said to Ibn ʿUmar, “We enter upon our rulers, and we say to them something different to what we…
It is reported that ʿAlī b. ʾAbī Ṭālib – Allāh be pleased with him – said: Do not be with the sinner (fājir), for he will beautify to you the…
It is reported that Abū Bakr Al-Ṣiddīq – Allāh be pleased with him – said: Beware of lying, for lying is far removed from īmān. Abū Bakr Al-Ḵallāl, Al-Sunnah no….