He is not truthful, the one who claims [his] love of Allaah عز و جل, but does not preserve [and uphold] the limits set by Allaah.
Category: Sincerity
Attaining the objective in the love of Allaah
If that which Allaah gives you and that which He denies you [appear] equal to you, then you have attained the objective in the love of Allaah.
Attaining the love of Allaah
Indeed the heart which loves Allaah ﷻ loves to become tired and exhausted for [the Sake of] Allaah; one will certainly never attain the love of Allaah whilst at rest and ease.
Conceal your good deeds
Conceal your good deeds, just as you conceal your bad deeds.
Beware of being deluded and self-amazed by the people's praise
Beware of being deluded and self-amazed by the people's praise of you for that which you are not, [instead] let this be a cause for you to seek taqwa of Allaah سبحانه و تعالى and to rectify yourself...
Do not rejoice at people's praise for you
Do not rejoice at people's praise for you, rather ask Allaah if indeed this is true that He increases you from His Bounty, and makes you better than what the people suspect of you, and to forgive you...
Signs of happiness and success
From the signs of happiness and success is the more a worshipper is increased in [beneficial] knowledge, the more he is increased in humility and compassion [towards others].
'So I turn my gaze away from her'
I see a woman in a dream, and know she is not permissible for me, so I turn my gaze away from her.
'The walls have ears'
If we changed the [famous] saying 'the walls have ears' to 'the angels write [everything]', we would certainly produce a generation which only fears Allaah, and is conscious of Allaah in their speech...
Privately, he would weep profusely
When Abu Waa.il would pray [a voluntary prayer] in his home, he would weep profusely; [and such was the level of his humility that] if the entire world was offered to him to do [the same] so someone...