Indeed one will not find pleasure of food when ill, so how will he find pleasure in worship whilst sinning?
Category: Salaf & Early Generations
The status of 'Abdullaah ibn al-Mubaarak
Allaah did not raise the status of ['Abdullaah] Ibn al-Mubaarak except for the secret hoard [of his righteous deeds] he had.
He would pinch his nose
Ayyoob as-Sikhtiyaanee was [humble and] tender hearted, and when he would become tearful in front of his companions, he would pinch his nose to give [them] the impression he had a cold, and if he...
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
So that you may attain a reward similar to that of mine
Go and get me [some] water or dried dates to break my fast with, so that you may attain a reward similar to that of mine.*
Signs of the people of innovation are clear and obvious
The signs of the people of innovation are clear and obvious. The most apparent of their signs is their severe enmity for those who carry the [authentic] reports of the Prophet.
Taking delight in the lapse of the scholar his mistake
As for taking delight in the lapse of the scholar and his mistake so as to circulate this amongst the people to cause division, then this is certainly not from the way of the Pious Predecessors.
He would memorise 500 hadeeth in a single sitting
None of our companions were better at memorising hadeeth than him (Yahyaa ibn Yamaan); He would memorise 500 hadeeth in a single sitting.
Prepare for a day like this
For what reason have they gathered here?
We are mortals
It is haraam for someone who does not know my evidence to give fataawa on the basis of my words.