The Real Faqīh
‘Alī b. Abī Ṭālib – Allah be pleased with him – said: Shall I not tell you who the real faqīh is? He is one who does not make people…
‘Alī b. Abī Ṭālib – Allah be pleased with him – said: Shall I not tell you who the real faqīh is? He is one who does not make people…
Commenting on 2:201 of the Quran which states: Our Lord! Give us the good of this world and the good of the hereafter… Al-Hasan Al-Baṣrī – Allah have mercy on…
Anas b. Mālik – Allah be pleased with him – said: You people do things today that you regard as less significant than a strand of hair, whereas we, during…
Nu’aym b. ‘Abdillah, the scribe of the righteous Caliph ‘Umar b. ‘Abd Al-‘Azīz – Allah have mercy on him, narrates that ‘Umar b. ‘Abd Al-‘Azīz said: The fear of showing…
‘Abdullah b. ‘Umar – Allah be pleased with them both – said: Every bid’ah (religious innovation) is misguidance, even if people think it is good. Al-Lālakā’ī in Sharh Usūl I’tiqād…
A man once asked Abū Al-Dardāʾ – Allāh be pleased with him – for advice. He said: Remember Allāh in good times and He will mention you in hard times….
‘Urwah b. Al-Zubayr – Allah have mercy on him – said: ‘Ā’ishah – Allah be pleased with her – gave seventy thousand (dirham) in charity, while her own skirt used…
Abū ‘Uthmān Sa’īd b. Ismā’īl Al-Naysābūrī (d290H) said: Whoever governs himself by the Sunnah – in word and deed – will speak with wisdom. But whoever governs himself according to…
Ma’n b. ‘Īsa Al-Qazzāz reports: Whenever Mālik b. Anas – Allah have mercy on him – would sit to narrate ḥadīth he would bath and perfume himself. If anyone raised…
Al-Ḥasan Al-Baṣrī – Allah have mercy on him – said: Faith (īmān) is not by embellishment or wishful thinking, but it is what settles in the heart and is verified…