How to Look at Yourself and Others
It is reported that Bakr b. ʿAbdillāh Al-Muzanī – Allāh have mercy on him – said: When you see someone older than you, say: he has preceded me in īmān…
It is reported that Bakr b. ʿAbdillāh Al-Muzanī – Allāh have mercy on him – said: When you see someone older than you, say: he has preceded me in īmān…
Muʿāwiyah b. Khadīj (or Ḥudayj) reports that he once passed by Abū Ḏarr Al-Ġifārī – Allāh be pleased with him – while the latter was standing with a horse of…
It is reported that Al-ʿAwwām b. Ḥawshab – Allāh have mercy on him – said: Boasting that you did a sin (when you did not) is worse than committing the…
It is reported that Al-Zuhrī – Allāh have mercy on him – said to Yūnus b. Yazīd: O Yūnus! Do not try to overcome knowledge, for verily knowledge is [like…
It is reported that Ibrāhīm b. Adham – Allāh have mercy on him – said: Whoever seeks knowledge sincerely, for the servants of Allāh to benefit by and to benefit…
Ayyūb Al-Sakhtiyānī reports that Abū Qilābah – Allāh have mercy on him – said: O Ayyūb, when Allāh brings about knowledge for you, bring about worship of him, and do…
It is reported from Ḥabīb Al-Jallāb that he asked ʿAbdullāh b. Al-Mubārak – Allāh have mercy on him: “What is the best thing a person is ever given?” He replied,…
It is reported that Sufyān Al-Thawrī – Allāh have mercy on him – said: Whoever takes leadership quickly (too early) will harm a lot of [his] knowledge (will not learn…
Al-Khaṭīb Al-Baghdādī has mentioned this heading and quotes the following general aḥādīth. He then reports narrations from some of the Salaf about letting elders enter first. From Ibn ʿAbbās, that…
It is reported that Saʿīd b. Jubayr – Allāh have mercy on him – said: Verily, fear (al-khashyah) is that you fear Allāh such that your fear comes between you…