In this world, nothing more desirable has remained than prayer in congregation, and [subsequently] meeting the brothers.
Category: Words of Wisdom
I have not seen any better prayer
I have not seen any better prayer than that of Muhammad ibn Nasr. A house fly settled upon his ear, and he did not [even] try to brush it away.
What bit me?
al-Imaam al-Bukhaaree رحمه الله was praying one night and a wasp bit him seventeen times. So when he finished praying, he said: 'Have a look and see what hurt (bit) me.'
Little birds would descend and settle upon his back
When Ibraaheem at-Teemee would prostrate, little birds would [descend and] settle upon his back, as if he was a wooden fence.
I supplicate to Allaah for ash-Shaafi'ee
I supplicate to Allaah for ash-Shaafi'ee, even in my prayers (salaah).
That I die and am resurrected is more beloved to me
'That I die and am resurrected, then die and am [again] resurrected, then die and am [yet again] resurrected is more beloved to me than to see the 'awrah of a Muslim, and for him to see mine.'
There are six for whom I pray in secret
There are six [people] for whom I pray in secret, one of them being ash-Shaafi'ee رحمه الله.
Speaking too much and eating too much
[There are] two things that harden the heart: speaking too much and eating too much.
Total control over hunger
He who has total control over his stomach (hunger), attains total control over [the ability to perform] all righteous actions.
Dignifying and venerating the prayer
A man [once] said, from [the actions which] dignify and venerate the prayer is to arrive [for it] before the iqaamah.