I do not know of a seed grain comparing in weight to the mountains of this world, except a seed grain[s] worth [given] in charity.
Category: Worldly Life & Its Deception
Nothing more desirable has remained
In this world, nothing more desirable has remained than prayer in congregation, and [subsequently] meeting the brothers.
Total control over hunger
He who has total control over his stomach (hunger), attains total control over [the ability to perform] all righteous actions.
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.
Potbellied and disgraced
[There was a time] it used to be the case a Muslim would [feel] disgraced if he was told he was potbellied!
The good of hadeeth
On the authority of Yahyaa ibn Abi Bukayr رحمه الله, who said it was said to Sufyaan ath-Thowree رحمه الله: 'Until when will you [continue to] seek [knowledge of] hadeeth?' He said
As if your were a stranger or passer by
The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ took hold of my shoulder, and said:
Be in this world as if you were a stranger or a passer by.