Hunger cleanses the mind and kills the desires, and it is a cause for attaining deeper knowledge.
Category: Humility
Control over his tongue
[From] amongst them, ['Abdullaah] Ibn 'Own was the one who had the most control over his tongue.
How much do you glorify Allaah every day?
How much do you glorify Allaah every day?
In pursuit of humility
He (Ahmad ibn Yahya ash-Shaybaanee) was self-deprecating, and would not deem himself [to be much].
in shaa.-Allaah they have been forgiven by Allaah
'Abdullaah ibn Bakr ibn 'Abdillaah رحمه الله said, I heard a person speaking about my father, [saying that] when he (my father) was standing in 'Arafah, he said
Humbling and belittling oneself
Yoosuf ibn al-Husayn was an imaam of his time. There was no-one from the scholars like him in terms of humbling and belittling himself.
My soul has become proud
'Umar ibn al-Khattaab رضي الله عنه carried a water skin around his neck; he was asked about it, and he replied: 'My soul has become proud, and I wanted to humble it.'
O Allaah, if you forgive me
O Allaah, if you forgive me, then you are worthy of that, and if you punish me, then I am worthy of that.
Washing the bodies of the dead in preparation for burial
[In preparation for their burial], al-Muzanee رحمه الله would wash the dead as an act of worship, and he would say
He was the most humblest of all the people
He would remain in the main masjid of the city from [the time of] Fajr until [the time of] 'Ishaa, not leaving other than for a need. He would teach the people and have them read the Qur.aan to him.