From that [response] which pleased me [was]: A young girl asked her father: “Which part of my body should I conceal, and which part should I reveal?” So he said to her
Tag: body
Medicine for the heart and mind
Recitation of the Qur.aan works on the diseases of the heart and mind [like] how honey works on the deficiencies of the body.
Washing the bodies of the dead in preparation for burial
[In preparation for their burial], al-Muzanee رحمه الله would wash the dead as an act of worship, and he would say
Until he knew where he was destined
Riba’ee ibn Hiraash took an oath that his teeth would not be seen when laughing, until he knew where he was destined.
None of them had seen what I had seen
I attended the funeral of al-Ahnaf [ibn Qays] in Koofahah, and was amongst those who descended down into his grave.
I yearn to remain standing until my body aches
Talq ibn Habeeb would not go into rukoo’ once he started Soorah al-Baqarah (p2) until he reached [Soorah] al-‘Ankaboot (p396), and he would say