Islamic Quotes

Speech

Admin — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:38:34 +0000

Abul Qaasim al-Qushayri said in his famous Risaalah,

“Remaining silent is salvation, and that is a fundamental principle. And staying quiet at the proper time is a characteristic of manhood, just as speaking when it is proper to speak is from the most honorable of matters .”

hardship as a blessing

Admin — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:37:30 +0000

“In our view, a person does not have an understanding of the religion until he thinks of a hardship as being a blessing, and a comfort and luxury as being a hardship.”

O you who are turned away

Admin — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:18:42 +0000

“O you who are turned away, O you who are deprived of meeting your loved ones, if you want to know how you stand before the king, then look at how you are spending your time and what work you are assigned to do. How many people stand at the door of the king, but no one enters except the one whom he cares for. Not every heart is fit to draw close, not every heart can be filled with love, not every wind is like the morning breeze.”

Naseehah

Admin — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:17:44 +0000

“Support me with your advice in private, and avoid advising me in public. Surely giving advice among the people is a kind of reproach, which I would rather not listen to. If you disobey and ignore my wish, don’t be saddened if you are not obeyed.”

increase it in length…

Admin — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:14:14 +0000

It is reported from Ibrahim an-Nakha’ee that he said:

“When Shaytaan comes to you whilst you are engaged in prayer and says “You are showing off”, increase it in length”.

Since I understood four things…

Admin — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:12:56 +0000

Since I understood four things, I have discarded all other knowledge.

First, that my daily sustenance has already been apportioned to me and will neither increase nor decrease by my futile efforts, so I strive to increase it no more.
Second, I alone and no one else can atone for my sins, so I devote myself to the Lord.
Third, I know that I will never be able to escape death, which is in our pursuit, so I have prepared myself to meet him.
Fourth, I know that God is observing me; therefore I restrain from doing what I must not do.”

Imam Haatim al-Asamm

true believer should rely on patience

Admin — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:09:23 +0000

He who acts without knowledge causes more corruption than good, and he who does not consider his speech to be part of his actions sins repeatedly. Satisfaction is scarce, and the true believer should rely on patience. Allah never bestowed a blessing upon one of His servants and then took it away from him, giving him patience in return for that which was taken away, except that the replacement was better than what was taken away from him.”

Then he recited the following verse:

“Surely the patient will be paid their wages in full without reckoning.” [39:10]

Contempating death…

Admin — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:07:43 +0000

`Umar bin `Abd al-`Aziz said:

” whoever contemplates death frequently speaks little, while he who knows that death is certain is satisfied with a little.”

Virtues of Knowledge

Admin — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:03:35 +0000

Abu Nu’aym narrates in Al-Hilyah that Mu’adh bin Jabal Said:

“Knowledge is a comforting friend in times of loneliness, it is the best companion during travels, and it is the inner friend who speaks to you in your privacy. Knowledge is the discerning proof of what is right and what is wrong, and it is the positive force that will help you surmount the trials of comfort, as well as those of hardships. Knowledge is your most powerful sword against your enemy, and finally, it is your most dignifying raiment in the company of your close companions. Through knowledge, Allah, blessed be His Name, raises some people in rank, and He makes them leaders in righteousness and models in morality. The vestige of their faith is avidly sought, their deeds are emulated perceptively, and people will seek and sanction their opinions solicitously and unequivocally. The heavenly angels seek their company and anoint them with their wings, every fresh or withered life they pass by implore Almighty Allah to forgive them their sins, even the fish in the oceans, the beasts of the lands and every bird of prey and migratory bird pray and solicit the mercy of Almighty Allah on their behalf. This is because knowledge revives the dead hearts and drives them out of darkness into light, and because knowledge is the light of the inner eyes that cures one’s blindness and restores his inner sight”

The need for knowledge

Admin — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:59:22 +0000

Imaam ahmed , “People need knowledge more than they need food and drink, because they need food and drink two or three times a day, but they need knowledge all the time.”

thus the loss of scholars is a great calamity because the death of the entire tribe is less serious than the death of one scholar [majma al zawaaid 1/201]