Lower your gaze from the world and turn your heart away from it...
Luxury is an obstacle, and so is the fatness of the body.
For those who practise tyranny and deprive others of their rights, I will be harsh and stern, but for those who follow the law, I will be most soft and tender.
Earning of livelihood by following some profession is better than living on charity.
Don't forget your own self while preaching to others.
Do not be deceived by a man's eloquence; rather whoever fulfils trusts and refrains from impugning people's honour is a real man.
Learn the Arabic language; it will sharpen your wisdom.
The person I like most is the one who points out my defects
Do not be misled by a person's prayers and fasting. [Instead] look [at their] sincerity and wisdom.
Be dignified, honest and truthful.
Sit with those who love Allah, for that enlightens the mind.
When you do not know of a thing say so plainly.
Fear him, whom you hate.
He who keeps his own counsel keeps his affairs in his own hands.
Seek knowledge and teach it to people. Learn dignity and tranquillity, and be humble towards those from whom you learn knowledge and be humble towards those to whom you teach it, and do not be tyrannical scholar otherwise your knowledge cannot be established because of your tyranny.
Renouncing the worldly pleasures is a comfort for both the human heart and body.
If Allah wants for a people ill, he gives them debates and takes away from them actions.
When a man puts me a question, I judge of his intelligence.
Hold yourselves accountable before you are held accountable.
The death of a thousand worshipers is easier to bear than the death of a scholar who has knowledge of what Allah has permitted and forbidden.
There are four types of oceans. Passions are the ocean of sins, the self (nafs) is the ocean of lust, death is the ocean of life, and the grave is the ocean of distress
Forgive people so that Allah may forgive you.
We are a people whom Allah gave might and glory to through Islam, so we will never seek glory through anything else.
Take account of your deeds before they are taken account of.
May Allah have mercy on him who sends me my faults as a present.
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