Having worshiped Allaah for 50 years, I had not found (experienced) the sweetness of worship until I left three things
Category: Words of Wisdom
Always ready for the prayer
Never has the time for salaah arrived, except that I had been longing for it.
The sweetness of worship
You will not find (experience) the sweetness of worship until you place a barrier between you and your desires.
Deeds done in secret
If [one’s] deeds done in secret are equal to [one’s] deeds done in public, then that is fair. And if [one’s] deeds done in secret are better than [one’s] deeds done in public, then that is better.
From the etiquettes of differing with one another
I met our Shaykhs – Zirr and Abu Waa.il – and from them was he whom ‘Uthmaan [ibn ‘Affaan] was dearer to him than ‘Ali [ibn Abi Taalib], and from them was he whom ‘Ali was dearer to him than ‘Uthmaan…
Avoid gatherings of backbiting and slander
When you have prayed, why do you not sit with us?
There is a share for Shaytaan
If a gathering extends [beyond what is necessary], then there is a share in it for Shaytaan.
Encouraging others
When a man narrates to me a hadeeth, I remain silent [to encourage] him – [giving the impression] as if I haven’t heard it [before], even though I [first] heard it before he was even born!
Ask from those who are compassionate
Some of the wise [people] have said: Ask for livelihood from the compassionate ones, [and] live under their protection, and do not seek [anything] from those of harsh and cruel hearts, for indeed the…
Obedience to Allaah
I heard ‘Aamir ibn Dhibaarah delivering a sermon, and he said in his sermon: ‘O people! Being patient upon obedience to Allaah is easier than being patient with the punishment of Allaah.’