The likes of the one who remembers Allaah in the marketplace, is comparable to a green [and healthy] tree amongst dead trees.
Category: Words of Wisdom
Seeking forgiveness abundantly
Never has a slave [of Allaah] had a better neighbour in his grave than [the reward of having] sought forgiveness abundantly.
Leave me to my remembrance of Allaah
When Ahmad ibn Harb رحمه الله would sit before the barber to have his moustache trimmed, he would engage in the glorification of Allaah. So the barber would say to him
Acting in accordance
No hadeeth of the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ has ever reached me, except that I have acted according to it – even if only once.
Ready and waiting for the prayer inside the masjid
Apart from when I have been ill or travelling, for the last forty years, never has the muadh.dhin ever made the call for the zhuhr prayer except that I have been [ready and waiting for the prayer]…
Giving that which you love in charity
A man came asking [for charity] at the door of ar-Rabee’ ibn Khuthaym رحمه الله. So he (ar-Rabee’) said [to his family]:
‘Feed this man with sugar.’ So his family said
In remembrance of Allaah
al-Buwaytee was always moving his lips in remembrance of Allaah.
Giving with one’s own hands
I saw ‘Ali ibn al-Hussayn رحمه الله give [charity] to the poor and needy with his own hands.
The night prayer
I am not aware that my father ever missed the night prayer.
I would think he was ill
Never did I see him (my father) pray, except that I would think he was ill*. Translator’s note:
*Meaning, he would pray slowly and carefully.