May Allaah have mercy upon my mother, and all of our parents. She would often mention this saying: 'Tire your feet, and do not tire your tongue.'* *The meaning of which is
Category: Manners
A sound heart
...and the shortest of paths to Paradise is soundness* of the heart.
The minds of men
The minds of men are at the tips of their pens.
The example of the believer is like the pearl
The example of the believer is like the pearl; wherever it is [found], its beauty is with it (i.e. wherever they may be, their beautiful character accompanys them).
Spreading the faults and shortcomings of the leaders
It is not from [the etiquettes of] giving advice to spread the faults and shortcomings of the leaders, since that fills the hearts with anger and hate towards the [established and recognised] leaders.
Harsh in character with his family
[Just] a question: Why do many people have an element of harshness [in their character] towards their wife and their children, whereas this harshness does not accompany them when with others [outside...
The most tender hearted of people
Shu'bah was the most tender [hearted] of people; he would give the seeker [of aid] whatever was possible for him [to give].
Wearing a single khuff or a sock
Regarding that which has been [authentically] reported about the prohibition of walking in a single shoe (footwear), then [wearing] a khuff (leather sock) or a [regular] sock [on a single foot] is...
Not from the muttaqoon until…
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, [sufficiently such] until he knows...
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!