If it was said to Hammaad ibn Salamah 'Indeed, you shall die tomorrow', he would not be able to do any more [righteous] deeds [than he already fills each day with].
Category: Qur.aan
Memorising when young
I heard (sought knowledge) from Qataadah when I was 14 years old, and there is nothing which I heard during those years except that it [remains with me] as if written in my heart.
Know that he is misguided
If you spoke to a man about the Sunnah, and he said [to you] 'Spare us from this [speech], and [just] tell us about the Book of Allaah', then know that he is misguided.
And Allaah will be sufficient for you against them
They struck him ('Uthmaan ibn 'Affaan) and [his] blood spilt onto the mus.haf, [specifically] on the aayah:
And Allaah will be sufficient for you against them.
Yearning to prolong the prayer
If Talq ibn Habeeb رحمه الله began [his prayer] with soorah al-Baqarah, he would not bow down in rukoo' until he reached [soorah] al-'Ankaboot*; and he would say
Waking up his family for the night prayer
Abu Barzah al-Aslamee would wake up for the night prayer, perform wudhoo, then wake up his family [so they could also pray]; he would [then] recite between sixty and a hundred aayahs [in his prayer].
I really wanted to complete reciting it
Muhammad ibn Ismaa'eel [al-Bukhaaree] was invited to a garden belonging to some of his friends.
The most authentic book after the Book of Allaah
In Islaam, after the Book of Allaah, we do not know of any book more authentic than the Muwatta of Imaam Maalik.
Sleeping a little at night
al-Haafith 'Abdul-Ghanee visited me in Asbahaan, and [whilst here] he would only sleep a little at night; instead [spending most of his time] praying and reciting [the Qur.aan] or weeping.
Tomorrow is the Day of Judgement
I saw Safwaan ibn Sulaym, and [such was the level of his worship, that] if it was said to him 'tomorrow is the [Day of] Resurrection ', he would be unable to do any more than what he was already...