The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ kissed 'Uthmaan ibn Magh.dthoon whilst he [lay there before him] - dead, and [as he did so] his tears fell upon the cheek of 'Uthmaan ibn Magh.dthoon.
Category: Words of Wisdom
Attaining the genuine love of Allaah
[Only the one] who [truly] knows [about] Allaah will [be able to] love Him, and when he does love Him, he shall obey Him.
There was no day that anyone wept more than him
We arrived in ash-Shaam along with 'Umar [ibn al-Khattaab] رضي الله عنه, and [when] Bilaal [ibn Rabaah] رضي الله عنه called the adhaan, the people remembered the Prophet ﷺ, and [during our stay]...
Sincere and genuine reliance upon Allaah alone
at-Tawakkul (having a good expectation and trust) upon Allaah [alone] is the culmination of [one's] eemaan.
And he would supplicate [to Allaah, saying]
Patience in supplicating to Allaah
I haven't ever been consumed by anger, and for the past twenty years I have sought [a cure for] a need from Allaah, and [in His infinite wisdom] He hasn't cured me, yet I have not tired in...
Engaged in supplicating to Allaah
I saw Taawoos and his companions; having prayed the 'Asr [prayer], they faced the [direction of] the qiblah and did not speak to anyone, [each one instead individually engaged in] supplicating [to...
The Prophet's prayer for Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqaas
Qays said that Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqaas told him that the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said
The power of supplication
I entered upon al-Jarraah, and he raised his hands, and [likewise] the leaders [around him too] raised their hands - and they remained [like this] for a long while. He (al-Jarraah) then said to me
He would fast every other day
Muhammad ibn Seereen would fast every other day.
None more knowledgeable of the Sunnah
There was none more knowledgeable of the Sunnah in Iraq than Ibn 'Own.