You will not find (experience) the sweetness of worship until you place a barrier between you and your desires.
Category: Knowledge
From the etiquettes of differing with one another
I met our Shaykhs - Zirr and Abu Waa.il - and from them was he whom 'Uthmaan [ibn 'Affaan] was dearer to him than 'Ali [ibn Abi Taalib], and from them was he whom 'Ali was dearer to him than 'Uthmaan...
Avoid gatherings of backbiting and slander
When you have prayed, why do you not sit with us?
Encouraging others
When a man narrates to me a hadeeth, I remain silent [to encourage] him - [giving the impression] as if I haven't heard it [before], even though I [first] heard it before he was even born!
Would not allow time to pass without benefit
About him (Sulaym ibn Ayyoob رحمه الله), I was told he would take account of himself [to the level of every] breath; he would not let time pass without [utilising it for] benefit.
Let us remain brothers in Islaam
I have not seen [anyone] more sensible than ash-Shaafi'ee. One day, I debated him on a [particular religious] issue, and [afterwards] we parted.
Doing more good than harm
We pursued this affair [of seeking knowledge] and [when] we looked [around us], we did not find anyone doing an action without knowledge, except that [as a result] he would do more good than harm.
Defence of the Sunnah
Defence of the Sunnah is better than jihaad in the Path of Allaah.
Scholars are of three types
Scholars are [of] three [types]: 1) A man who lived [his life] with his knowledge, and the people [around him] lived with him [and benefited from his knowledge]; and 2) A man who lived [his life]...
The errors of others
Many students of today busy themselves with the errors of others instead of their own.