I visited Ibraaheem ibn Haani whilst he was on his deathbed. [Whilst there] he called his son Ismaa’eel and said to him: ‘Has the sun set [yet]?’ He (Ismaa’eel) replied: ‘No.’ He then said
Category: Words of Wisdom
Bordering on showing off
Whoever asks a question whilst he knows [the answer], then that is [considered to be] bordering on showing off.
Give your brother an excuse
If displeasing news reaches you about your [Muslim] brother, then do your best to find an excuse for him, and if you are unable to find an excuse for him, then tell yourself
Zubayd used to divide the night into three parts
Zubayd used to divide the night into three parts: i) a part for himself;
ii) a part for his son;
iii) and a part for his other son ‘Abdur-Rahmaan.
Knowledge
Knowledge is that which benefits, not that which is memorised.
In order to compete with the scholars
Do not acquire knowledge in order to compete with the scholars, nor to argue with the ignorant, nor to gain mastery over the gatherings. Since whoever does that, then: The Fire! The Fire!
Nothing more harmful to the branches of knowledge
There is nothing more harmful to the branches of knowledge and its people than those who enter themselves into it and they are not from its people.
A dedicated fanatic
I do not say this as a dedicated fanatic since he (al-Haafidth Abi ‘Ali an-Neesaabooree رحمه الله) was my teacher, but I simply never saw anything comparable to him.
Expiation of sins is by good actions
So the expiation [of sins] is by good actions.
The more a person increases in knowledge
There is no doubt, the more a person increases in knowledge, naturally he increases in learning and differentiating the truth from the falsehood, and the harmful from the beneficial, and like this he…