Pearls of Islamic Scholars : Quotes [2]

   
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Ibn Al-Qayyim “A man is the one who fears the death of his heart, not his body.”
[Madarij Al-Salikeen/Portrait of a Traveler(3/248)]

Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jawiyyah:

"Patience is that the heart does not feel anger towards that which is destined and that the mouth does not complain."
(al-’Uddah, p. 156)
 
Sufyaan ath-Thawree:
"The scholars are similar to rain, wherever they fall, they benefit."
(Jam'ee Bayaan al 'Ilm wa Fadlihee 1/56)


Imaan is of two halves; half is patience (Sabr) and half is being thankful (Shukr).
[Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, Tools for the Patient & Provisions for the Thankful ]

Ibn Battaal (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: Politeness is part of the attitude of the believers, and it is lowering the wing of humility to people, speaking gently, and not speaking harshly to them, which are among the best means of creating harmony.
Fath al-Baari (10/528)

 
“Taqwaa has three levels:

The first: Protecting the heart and limbs from sins and all forbidden matters.
The second: Protecting the heart and limbs form disliked matters [Makrooh].
The third: Protecting oneself from the fudool [curiosity] and what does not concern him.

The first gives the servant his life, the second gives him health and strength and the third enables him to gain happiness, contentment and light.”

[Ibn al Qayyim; Al Fawaa-id :P 45]

Administering the people is more difficult than administering livestock. [Al-Dhahabi related many of the wise sayings of Imam Ash-Shafi’ee in his book on the biography of scholars.]

"Having sincerity for the Deen of Allaah is the foundation of justice, likewise committing Shirk with Allaah is a great injustice."  [Ibn Taymeeyah, raheemahullaah – 'al-Fatawa' 1/87]

Luqman said, "Let your speech be good and your face be smiling; you will be more loved by the people than those who give them provisions.” – (Mentioned in the stories of ibn Kathir.)

One's only purpose and long-run goal in this life is to worship Allaah. Everything else must be sacrificed for this goal. [Purification of the Soul, Jamaal al-Din M.Zaraboz]

"I have been asking my Lord for a thing for 20 years. And I have still not received it, and nor have I given up hope."  -- Muwwarraq Al ’Ajli (Adab Shar’iyyah, 2/286)

“When you see Makkah with tunnels dug through it and you see the buildings rise higher than the mountains, then understand that the affair [Day of Judgment] is near at hand.”  – ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Amr (raḍiyallāhu ‘anhumā) [Muṣannaf Ibn Abī Shaybah (37232)]

"Patience is the healthiest ingredient of our life." --Umar ibn Al-Khattab (radiallahu anhu) [Hilyat-ul Awliya]

Abu Haazim Salamah Ibn Deenar:  "Look at every act that you would hate to die while committing, and then abandon it."  (Al-Musannaf AbdiRazzaaq, 7/194)

Muslims need to keep in mind that the ultimate good is what Allah has defined as good and not necessarily what they feel is good. Dr. Bilal Philips

Many people may read the Qur’aan but only those who fear God and believe in the unseen, establish regular prayer and spend in charity from their wealth gain the knowledge of guidance from it. [A Commentary on Ibn Taymiyyah’s Essay On The Heart]

Imam Ibn al-Qayyim:  "Whoever mocks his brother for a sin they repented from will not die till he himself falls into the same sin."  (Madaarij v1 p177)

Al-Hasan al-Basree:  "The best attribute a believer can have is forgiveness."  (adab Shar'iyyah 11/121)

Shaykh Al-Albaanee:  "The parents should not hinder the girls from learning to read and write, on the condition that they are brought up Islamically. There is no difference between girls and boys in this question. To hinder girls from this means that their rights are abused and they are humiliated."  (as-Sahihah 1/347)

 "Having sincerity for the Deen of Allaah is the foundation of justice, likewise committing Shirk with Allaah is a great injustice." [Ibn Taymeeyah, raheemahullaah – 'al-Fatawa' 1/87]

The heart must be pure and healthy so that knowledge can grow and bear good fruit in it.
--Dr. Bilal Philips

Complaining to Allah is the habit of the righteous. Complaining about Allah is satanic.
-- Imam Omar Suleiman - USA

Imaam Maalik (rahimahullaah) said:
The believer is like a pearl; wherever he is, his beautiful (qualities) are with him. [Hilyatul Al-Awliyaa:2/377]


"Useful knowledge is that which makes you grow in the fear of Allah, increases you in awareness of your defects, deepens your knowledge of the worship of your Lord Most High, decreases your desire for this world and increases your desire for the life to come, and opens your eyes to the defects of your actions so that you guard against them."
~ Imam Ghazali ~



"The good of this world is knowledge and worship, and the good of the hereafter is Paradise." --Al-Hasan Al-Basrî

"We were a people who lived in humiliation before, and Allah gave us honor through Islam. So if we seek honor through anything else other than what Allah has honored us with, then Allah will humiliate us".
--Umar bin Khattab (radiyAllaahu 'anhu) 
 [Mustadrak Al Hakim 207, Sahih by Ad Dhahabi in Talkhees and Sahih by Albani in Silsilah Sahiha 51] 


“I spent thirty years learning manners,, and I spent
twenty years learning knowledge..”
-- ‘‘Abdullllah biin all--Mubarrak''


'' What earth will hold me, and what heaven will protect me if I speak about a verse of Allah's Book when I have no knowledge of it, simply on the basis of my opinion !?''
--Abu Bakr _(radiallah anhu)
[Tafsir ibn Katheer 43:437;Tafsir at Tabari 78,79] 


"The World is three days: As for yesterday, it has vanished, along with all that was in it. As for tomorrow, you may never see it. As for today, it is yours so work on it." 
-- Al Hasan Al-Basri 


The one who is (truly) imprisoned is the one whose heart is imprisoned from Allaah and the captivated one is the one whose desires have enslaved him.
-- Ibn al-Qayyim (al-Qaabil, p,69)

"Remembrance of Allaah for the heart is like water for the fish, and what will be the state of affairs of the fish when it is separated from water"
--Shaikhul Islam Ibnu Taymiyyah

 Belief in Allaah means accepting that nothing takes place in the universe without His permission, then only Allaah deserves humankind's complete trust.

-- Dr. Bilal Philips

" What I fear for you is following your desires and hoping for a long life, for following one's desires makes a man ignore the truth, and hoping for a long life makes him forget the Hereafter." [Fath al-Baari]

--Ali (RA)

"If our hearts were truly pure, we would never get enough of the Words of our Lord, and I hate that one day passes with me not looking in the Mus'haf."

--'Uthman bin 'Affan (RA) ['al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah'; 7/215]

"A tear that runs down a believer's cheek is more beneficial than a thousand raindrops on the earth" -- Ibn al-Jawzi

The believers need to be reminded about death from time to time, because this life easily causes humans to forget about the life to come.

-- Dr.Bilal Philips

The believers are continually tested [by trials] to purify their imaan and to expiate their sins. This is because the believer performs his actions for the sake of Allah, so it is [incumbent] upon Allah to reward him for that harm which he endured.

-- Sheikh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah

The main purpose of prayer is the remembrance of Allah

--Dr. Bilal Philips

Bearing witness to Tawheed opens the door of good and repentance from sins closes the door to evil. (Majmoo-ul-Fataawaa, 10/256)

-- Ibn Taymiyyah

"If you want to know the true value of this world, look at the value (and character) of those people who have it (i.e., of those people who are rich and prosperous).

-- Sufyaan Ath-Thauree

"Whoever gossips for you will also gossip against you."

--Imam Ash-Shafi'ee

“If the hearts are pure they would never satisfy their thirst from the Book of Allah” -- Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him)

“Islam will be destroyed by the mistakes of scholars, the arguments of the hypocrites who misinterpret the Qur’an to support their views and misleading rulers.”
--- Umar Ibn Al-Khattab (Radiallahu anhu) 
 [Mahd as-Sawab, 2/717]

Six Ettiquettes of Learning 
Ibn al-Qayyim[1] - rahimahullaah- said: 

"There are six stages to knowledge: Firstly: Asking questions in a good manner. Secondly: Remaining quiet and listening attentively. Thirdly: Understanding well. Fourthly: Memorising. Fifthly: Teaching. Sixthly- and it is its fruit: Acting upon the knowledge and keeping to its limits." 
[Miftaah Daarus-Sa 'aadah ( p.283).]

"Sins are like chains and locks preventing their perpetrator from roaming the vast garden of Tawheed and reaping the fruits of righteous actions." 

--- Imam Ibn Taimiyyah (Majmoo-ul-Fataawaa, 14/49)

Umar (radi Allahu ‘anhu) said to a man who was thinking of divorcing his wife:
“Why do you want to divorce her?”
He said, “I do not love her.” ‘
Umar said, “Must every house be built on love? What about loyalty and appreciation?”
(Al-Bayan wa at-Tabayeen, 2/101)

"Sins generate more sins, and one leads to another, until they overpower a man and he finds it difficult to repent from that." -- Ibn al-Qayyim

 
As one of the earlier generation said: One of the punishments of bad deeds is more bad deeds, and one of the rewards of good deeds is more good deeds.
[Al-Jawaab al-Kaafi (p. 36)]

"If an announcer from the heavens were to announce, saying: “O people! All of you will enter paradise except one man”; I fear that he (i.e. that man) would be me." 

-- Umar Ibnul Khattaab

(At-Takhweef Minan Naar of Ibn Rajab: page:17)

"If you do not taste the sweetness of an action in your heart, suspect it, for the Lord, Exalted is He, is the Appreciative" -- Ibn Taymiyyah

(quoted by Ibn Al-Qayyim, Madarij 2/68)

N. B : all the quotes above are collected from IOU fb page