Indeed [true] fear is to fear Allaah until your fear [of Him] lies between you and your sins; that [there] is what fear is. And [true] remembrance is obedience to Allaah.
Category: Sincerity
In pursuit of humility
He (Ahmad ibn Yahya ash-Shaybaanee) was self-deprecating, and would not deem himself [to be much].
Falling short
Indeed it is my falling short [of sufficient good deeds] that I weep over.
How are you this morning?
How are you this morning?
in shaa.-Allaah they have been forgiven by Allaah
'Abdullaah ibn Bakr ibn 'Abdillaah رحمه الله said, I heard a person speaking about my father, [saying that] when he (my father) was standing in 'Arafah, he said
Humbling and belittling oneself
Yoosuf ibn al-Husayn was an imaam of his time. There was no-one from the scholars like him in terms of humbling and belittling himself.
My soul has become proud
'Umar ibn al-Khattaab رضي الله عنه carried a water skin around his neck; he was asked about it, and he replied: 'My soul has become proud, and I wanted to humble it.'
The best of actions
The best of actions [are those that] oppose personal desire.
The mere sight of him would awaken sadness in my heart
Whenever I looked at al-Fudhayl [ibn 'Iyaadh], [the mere sight of him] would awaken sadness [in my heart], [causing me to] despise myself, and then weep.
A man whose heart fills with emotion at the remembrance of the dead
Safwaan ibn Sulaym would visit [the graveyard of] al-Baqee' over a number of days - and [in doing so] he would pass by me.