ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAwn said: لَنْ يُصِيبَ الْعَبْدُ حَقِيقَةَ الرِّضَا حَتَّى يَكُونَ رِضَاهُ عِنْدَ الْفَقْرِ كَرِضَاهُ عِنْدَ الْغِنَى “The worshiper has not attained the reality of contentment until his contentment …
Fuḍayl b. ʿIyāḍ said: مَنْ رَأَى مِنْ أَخٍ لَهُ مُنْكَرًا فَضَحِكَ فِي وَجْهِهِ فَقَدْ خَانَهُ “Whoever sees his brother doing a reprehensible action and smiles in his face, he has …
Iyās b. Muʿāwiyah al-Qāḍī said: كُلُّ رَجُلٍ لَا يَعْرِفُ عَيْبَهُ فَهُوَ أَحْمَقُ قَالُوْا فَمَا عَيْبُكَ قَالَ كَثْرَةُ الْكَلَامِ “Any man who does not know his deficiency is a fool.” The …
Ibn al-Jawzī said: الصَّبْرُ عَلَى الطَّاعَةِ في الدُّنْيَا أَيْسَرُ مِنَ الصَّبْرِ عَلَى النَّارِ “Having fortitude that keeps one obedient to God in this world is easier than having fortitude in …
Muwarriq b. al-Mushmarij said: مَا تَكلَّمْتُ بِشَيْءٍ فِي الْغَضَبِ إِلَّا نَدِمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فِي الرِّضَا “I never said anything while angry except for that I regretted it when I was no …
Muṭarrif b. ʿAbd Allāh said: مَا أُوْتِيَ عَبْدٌ بَعْدَ الْإِيْمَانِ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الْعَقْلِ “After faith, the worshiper has not been given anything better than intelligence.” (al-Mukhtār min Kalām al-Akhyār, 257)