[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…
Category: Manners
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!
He would read 800 pages a day
He (Shibbeer ‘Ataa رحمه الله) 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 رحمه الله read [in the seeking] of knowledge was by way of the moonlight, because oil was scarce at the time.
Keeping good company
Some of them said: [From the harmful effects of] companionship with those who are bad, [is that it] will nurture evil suspicion [within you] towards those who are righteous.
Comforting your anxious companion
‘Umar [ibn al-Khattaab] رضي الله عنه said:
‘I will say something that will make the Prophet ﷺ laugh.’ Transmitted by Muslim no.1478 Ibn Hajar رحمه الله said
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.