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ʿAbdullah Ibn ‘Abbās – Allah be pleased with them – was once asked, “Who do you think is better: a man who has few (good) deeds and few sins or…
ʿAbdullah Ibn ‘Abbās – Allah be pleased with them – was once asked, “Who do you think is better: a man who has few (good) deeds and few sins or…
ʿAbdullah b. Mas’ūd – Allah be pleased with him – said: The believer sees his sins as if he is sitting at the foot of a mountain fearing that it…
It is reported from Abū Al-‘Āliyah – Allah have mercy on him – that he said: A fasting person is in a state of worship as long as he does…
Explanation of the verse: Nay, but their hearts were covered over by what (sins) they earned. [Al-Mutaffifīn: 14] Al-Hasan (Al-Basrī) said, “It is because of doing one sin after another,…
Imām Ibrāhīm Al-Nakha’ī said about the Salaf: When in a gathering, they used to dislike a person showing the best of what he has. Ibn Abī Al-Dunyā, Al-Ikhlās wa Al-Nīyah…
Muhammad b. Wāsi’ said: I have lived amongst men who were such that one of them would lie with his wife on the same pillow and his side of the…
A man once asked Muhammad b. Wāsi’ for advice. He replied, “I advise you to be a king in this world and the hereafter.” The man enquired, “How?” He replied,…
ʿAbdullah b. Mas’ūd – Allah be pleased with him – said: Singing sprouts hypocrisy (nifāq) in the heart as water sprouts greens and herbs. Ibn Battah, Al-Ibānah Al-Kubrā Vol.2 p469,…
It is reported that before his death, Abū Mūsā Al-Ash’arī – Allah be please with him – used to exert himself intensely in worship. It was said to him, “If…
Bilāl b. Sa’d – Allah have mercy on him – said: Do not think about how small the sin is, but think about who you have just disobeyed. Ibn Al-Mubārak,…