That I should sit with pigs is more beloved to me than to sit with anyone from the people of innovation.
Category: Words of Wisdom
Speaking about the religion without sound knowledge
al-Mahdee – the ‘Abbaasid ruler – ordered the[m] people to refrain from talking, and not to engage in speaking [in matters of the religion without sound knowledge].
Know that he is misguided
If you spoke to a man about the Sunnah, and he said [to you] ‘Spare us from this [speech], and [just] tell us about the Book of Allaah’, then know that he is misguided.
There is no resemblance with His creation
Whoever resembles Allaah with His creation, then he has disbelieved.
The importance of studying medicine
If it were not that I was engaged in protecting my skill and proficiency [in medicine], the Muslims would have perished.
Medicine, a third of knowledge
ash-Shaafi’ee grieved at how the Muslims had neglected [the knowledge of] medicine
The knowledge of medicine
After [the knowledge of] halaal and haraam, I do not know of any knowledge more noble than [the knowledge of] medicine, particularly since the people of the Book are better versed than us in it.
The easier of the two
«Never was Ibn Sumayyah given a choice between two [permissible] matters, except that he would choose the easier of the two»
And Allaah will be sufficient for you against them
Reference: Siyar A’laam an-Nubalaa Abu Nadhrah reports that Abu Sa’eed said: They struck him (‘Uthmaan ibn ‘Affaan) and [his] blood spilt onto the mus.haf, [specifically] on the aayah: {And Allaah will be sufficient for you against them. And He is the Hearing, the Knowing}, soorah al-baqarah, aayah 137
Break your fast with us tomorrow
I saw the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ in a dream last night, and he ﷺ said [to me]…