A man [once] said, from [the actions which] dignify and venerate the prayer is to arrive [for it] before the iqaamah.
Category: Words of Wisdom
Do not disturb
Such was Ibraheem an-Nakha’ee رحمه الله, that when someone sought him at home, and he did not want (disliked) to go out to meet him, he would tell his slave girl to say to him
Eating too much
It used to be said that eating too much diminishes [the ability] to express [one’s] understanding, and leads to hardness [of the heart] and [too much] sleep.
Awake in prayer at night
I used to know Ahmad ibn Hanbal when he was [just] a little boy, and he would remain awake at night standing in prayer.
Sincere in his worship
If any member of the household entered upon ‘Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Abi Laylaa while he was [standing the night] praying, he would immediately jump into bed [out of humility, and remaining sincere in his…
He would quietly stand the entire night in prayer
Ayyoob as-Sikhtiyaanee used to quietly stand the entire night in prayer, and in the morning [at the time of Fajr] he would raise his voice as if [giving the impression] he had just awoken at that…
Reciting Quraan before he died
I was with al-Junayd when death was approaching him, and he completed [reciting] the Qur.aan, then began [reciting again from] Soorah al-Baqarah – reciting seventy aayahs before he died.
Strength of memory
My heart has never stored (memorised) anything and then left me.
Don’t follow behind me
[It was reported] regarding ‘Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Mahdee رحمه الله that he rose from a gathering and the people [too arose and] followed [behind] him. So [out of humility] he said to them
More beloved to me than a voluntary hajj
For me to give [even] a dirham in charity to an orphan or a destitute is more beloved to me than [a voluntary] hajj after [having performed] the obligatory first hajj.