Indeed, a person will be victorious and will defeat and overcome [his enemy] by following [the guidance and example of] the messengers.
Category: Knowledge
Take the best from every thing
Knowledge is more than what can be enumerated, so take the best from every thing.
Defended the Sahaabah, then died and was buried alongside the Sahaabah
Shaykh Ihsaan Ilaahee Zaheer spent his life defending the Sahaabah; when he was injured by the bomb explosion, he was brought to Saudi Arabia for treatment and died here.
Two dark lines
There were two dark lines on the face of 'Umar ibn al-Khattaab رضي الله عنه - due to weeping.
Protecting his photographic memory
Shaykh Ihsaan Ilaahee Zaheer رحمه الله informed me about our Shaykh, Muhammad al-Gondalwi رحمه الله that he would not read the newspapers or magazines - so as not to [inadvertantly] memorise them!
I do not know
Shaykh Saalih al-Fowzaan was asked whether there was a specific day legislated for cupping, to which he humbly responded: 'By Allaah, I do not know; ask the cupping practitioners.'
Divide the night into thirds
Abu Bakr al-Anbaaree said that al-Imaam, al-Haafith Abu 'Ubayd would divide the night into thirds; so he would pray a third of it, and sleep a third of it, and author books [during] a third of it.
Eating your fill weakens your ability to worship
I have not eaten my fill for 16 years, except on one occasion; and [on that occasion] I placed my hand in my mouth and induced myself to vomit.
The benefits of hunger
Hunger cleanses the mind and kills the desires, and it is a cause for attaining deeper knowledge.
Reading the Qur.aan with understanding
O son of Aadam, by Allaah, if you were to read the Qur.aan [with understanding] and then believed in [what] it [contains], your sadness [at what comes to pass] in this world will be lengthened, and...