There is nothing I have [ever] memorised and then [later] forgotten.
Category: Manners & Etiquette
I yearn to remain standing until my body aches
Talq ibn Habeeb would not go into rukoo' once he started Soorah al-Baqarah (p2) until he reached [Soorah] al-'Ankaboot (p396), and he would say
Extending the greeting to the opposite sex
I am a university student, and sometimes I extend salaam to the female students. So is it halaal or haraam for a male student to extend salaam to his female colleagues at university?
Take from your life for your death
If you live until the evening, then do not expect to live until the following morning. And if you live until the morning, then do not expect to see the evening.
The sign of repentance is
The sign of repentance [is]: weeping at what has preceded, fear of falling into sin, leaving evil company, and maintaining the company of the good.
He would only sleep a little at night
al-Haafiz 'Abdul-Ghanee was coming to visit me in Asfahaan, and he would only sleep a little at night, instead [choosing to] pray, read [Qur.aan] and weep.
He is a liar
Eesaa ibn Maryam used to say: 'Indeed whoever prays and fasts, but does not leave off sinning, then it is written that he is a liar.'
I have never lied except on one occasion
I have never lied except on one occasion. My father said to me: 'Have you read to the teacher?' And I said: 'Yes.' - whereas I had not read to him.
I have never revised a hadeeth
I have never revised a hadeeth, and nor have I ever had any doubt in [the memorisation of] a hadeeth, except one hadeeth; and when I questioned my colleague about it, [I found] it was [exactly] as I...
As if your were a stranger or passer by
The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ took hold of my shoulder, and said:
Be in this world as if you were a stranger or a passer by.