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 […]
It is reported that ‘Alī b. Ḥusayn – Allāh have mercy on him – said, “Tawbah is only through action, and turning back from what has been done. Tawbah is not by mere speech.” Ibn Abī Al-Dunyā, Al-Tawbah article 57.
It was said to Al-Ḥasan Al-Baṣrī, “People say that the one who has been on Ḥajj is the one who is forgiven.” He said, “And the sign of this is that he leaves the evils he used to do.” Ibn Abī Al-Dunyā, Al-Tawbah article 70.
The great ascetic Shaqīq Al-Balakhī – Allāh have mercy on him – was once asked, “What is the mark of [true] repentance?” He replied, “Continued crying over past sins, deep fear of falling into them again, staying away from bad company, and keeping the company of good people.” Abū Bakr Al-Daynūrī, Al-Mujālasah wa Jawāhir Al-‘Ilm […]
It is reported that Abū Bakr Al-Ṣiddīq – Allāh be pleased with him – said, “One of the worst sins is a person taking his sin lightly.” Abū Bakr Al-Daynūrī, Al-Mujālasah wa Jawāhir Al-‘Ilm article 2318.
It is reported that ʿAbdullāh b. Mas’ūd – Allāh be pleased with him – said, “One of the worst sins is when a man says to his brother, “Fear Allāh,’ and he replies, “Worry about yourself.” Abū Bakr Al-Daynūrī, Al-Mujālasah wa Jawāhir Al-‘Ilm article 2619.
It is reported that Makḥūl – Allāh have mercy on him – said, “The people with the softest hearts are those who sin the least.” Abū Nu’aym, Ḥilyah Al-Awliyā` Vol. 2 p344. It is reported that ‘Awn b. ʿAbdillāh, the ascetic and jurist, said, “Sit with the repentant, for they have the softest hearts.” Abū […]
It is reported that Abū Ayyūb Al-Anṣārī – Allāh be pleased with him – said, “A person might do a single good deed, rely on it and forget sins that he regards insignificant, but then meet Allāh (on the Day of Judgment) with those sins surrounding him. And a man might commit a sin, but […]
Ka’b Al-Ahbār – Allāh have mercy on him – said: I would rather fornicate thrity-three times than consume a dirham of usury while Allāh knows that I knowingly consumed it as usury, Al-Mundhirī states in Al-Targhīb wa Al-Tarhīb, “Reported by Ahmad through a good chain of transmitters.” Graded sahīh by Al-Albāni in Sahīh Al-Targhīb wa […]
O Believers! Repent to Allāh truly and sincerely [Al-Taḥrīm (66): 8] In explanation of this verse, Al-Ṭabarī reports the following narrations in his Tafsīr: He reports that ʿUmar b. Al-Khattāb – Allāh be pleased with him – was asked about true repentance. He replied, “It is that a man repents from an evil deed, and […]