It is befitting for the student of knowledge to protect and preserve his time, because [sometime] in the future he will [reflect over this and] regret the time he has wasted.
Category: Time
Preoccupied with regret
Being preoccupied with regret over time which has [since] passed is a waste of the present time.
A time of great trials and tribulations
[As an ummah], we are in a time of great trials and tribulations, and nothing can save us from these trials and tribulations except Allaah سبحانه و تعالى, and Thereafter beneficial knowledge.
An elevated level of manners
Indeed this, my brother, has ninety-nine ewes, and I have one ewe; so he said, 'Entrust her to me,' and he overpowered me in speech. Saad 38:23 Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen رحمه الله commented
So you know that Fajr has a smell, right?
A man narrated [a story] to me, that in their town there was a blind man who knew the time of Fajr had arrived [just] by the smell [in the air]; yes, [just] by its smell - without actually [being...
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.
The religion will disappear a Sunnah at a time
It reached me that the first [sign of the] disappearance of the religion will be abandoning [practice of] the Sunnah; [so] the religion will disappear a Sunnah at a time, just as a rope loses its...
Remembering Allaah when committing a sin
The remembrance of Allaah with the tongue is good, and [what is] better than that is the worshipper remembering Allaah at the time of committing a sin, and then refraining from it.
There are many who speak without sound knowledge
Indeed, we are in a time when there are many who speak without sound knowledge, and because of this, it is imperative for a person not to rely on any fatwa except from someone who is known [for their...
His regret before dying
And during the final days before his death in al-Qal'ah prison, Ibn Taymiyyah - may he be showered with forgiveness - said