Truthfulness Expels Sin & Lying Expels Goodness
Ibn Masud on what truthfulness and lying lead to.
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Four Things the Wise do Not Trust
A person of insight has deeper knowledge about some matters that others seem to feel safe from.
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The Rarity of Zuhd in Leadership
People are often more interested in leadership in this world than other material gain.
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Three Exhorters
If these three things do not move a person to better himself, nothing will.
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Seeking Reputation
Whoever seeks reputation through his deeds instead of being sincere to Allah, Allah will expose him and belittle him.
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Dua from the Bottom of the Heart [Ikhlas]
How many prayers are answered? How many people supplicate with an absent heart? Dua has to be from the bottom of the heart and only to Allah.
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Delving into Falsehood (I’ll take what’s good)
The danger of taking the attitude of delving into falsehood in order to take what is right.
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The Sly Heretic [Bidah]
It is reported that Mufaddal b. Muhalhal – Allāh have mercy on him – said: If the heretic started mentioning his bid’ah right at the beginning of the sitting, you would be on your guard and flee from him, but what he does is begin by mentioning ḥadīth from the Sunnah. Then, he slips his […]
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The Four Eyes
It is reported that Khālid b. Ma’dān – Allāh have mercy on him – said: There is not a person except he has four eyes: two in his head with which he sees the matters of this worldly life, and two in his heart with which he looks to the matters of the hereafter. So […]
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Four Signs of the Wretched
It is reported that Al-Hasan Al-Basrī – Allāh have mercy on him – said: Four signs of wretchedness are: [having] a hard heart, dry eyes [that never cry], extended hopes [about this life], and greed and keenness to amass worldly things (the dunyā). Ibn Abī Al-Dunyā, Kitāb Al-Zuhd article 36.