A man is not [considered to be] from amongst the muttaqoon [الْمُتّقُوْن] until he takes himself to account [to a degree] more than taking his partner to account…
Category: Manners
My father, as I knew him
Before [the advent of] electricity, he would go out every moonlit night to read. And in winter, he would go out and sit between two steel barrels for protection against the cold!
He would read 800 pages a day
He was extremely fond of knowledge, and would read extensively, such that when he was in his youth, he would read 800 pages a day, and read 2,000 volumes in the moonlight.
Because oil was scarce at the time
Most of what Shaykh Ja’far al-‘Atamee read [in the seeking] of knowledge was by way of the moonlight, because oil was scarce at the time.
Keeping good company
[From the harmful effects of] companionship with those who are bad…
Comforting your anxious companion
If a person sees his companion anxious, then it is recommended that he talk to him with what would ease his anxiety and make him feel better.
The smart and intelligent one
The smart and intelligent one is he who does not scrutinise every small and big issue with his family, loved ones, companions and neighbours.
If a Prophet comes to you…
“If a Prophet comes to you seeking the hand of your daughter [in marriage], then marry her to him!”
How about of those other than them?!
Neither Allaah nor His Messenger commanded [us] to observe the days of misfortune for the Prophets and their deaths as a period of mourning – so how about of those other than them?!
Working for a living
Some of the companions saw a strong young man racing to his job, and they remarked: ‘If [him going to work] was in the Path of Allaah…’