Harim b. Ḥayyān said: لا آثر الدنيا على الآخرة حكيم ولا عصى الله كريم “One who is wise does not prefer this world over the next. And one who is …
Abū ʿUthmān al-Māzinī said: من ترك شيئا لله عوضه الله خيرا منه “Whoever leaves something for Allāh’s sake, Allāh will replace what he left with something better.” (al-Fawāʾid al-Bulqinīyah, 281)
Imām Mālik said: التواضع ترك الرياء والسمعة “Humility is to leave showing off and seeking fame.” (al-Mukhtār, 111)
Someone asked Imām Mālik regarding the best thing one can do. He replied: طلب العلم “Seeking knowledge.” (al-Mukhtār, 109)
In the Qurʾān, Allāh says: وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَى “But as one who fears his Lord’s presence, and guards himself against whim.”[1] From Ibn Masʿūd …
Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah would say: اسلكوا سبل الحق ولا تستوحشوا من قلة أهلها “Tread the path of truth, and never feel disinclined to it because of how few are on …