And among the beneficial matters is to know that people’s harm to you, especially through bad words, does not harm you, but rather harms them.
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Reading the Qur.aan aplenty
From the greatest of causes for the uprightness of the heart and its protection [from harm] is the plentiful reading of the qur.aan.
Honouring your father
Whoever walks in front of his father, then he has disobeyed him, unless he walked [ahead] to remove [any] harm from his path.
Beware of the scholars of evil
Be cautious of the scholars of evil, just as you are cautious of Iblees.
Calling upon the dead
Whoever believes in the dead – that they benefit or harm, and undertakes an oath to them and draws near to them – then he is a mushrik, having committed major shirk.
Supplication is the weapon of the strong and the weak
Supplication is the weapon of the strong and the weak, and it is from the delights of the Prophets and the sincere, and with it they seek [aid from Allaah] to ward off all harm.
Crying because of the fear of Allaah
When Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir رحمه الله wept, he would wipe his tears over his face and beard, saying
Whoever fears Allaah
Whoever fears Allaah, then no-one will be able to harm him, and whoever fears other than Allaah, then no-one will be able to benefit him.
Repent and turn back to Allaah
So whoever commits [a deed] which Allaah and His Messenger have forbidden, has harmed his religion; and he must remedy this harm by repentance and turning back [to Allaah].
If knowledge does not benefit you
[Regarding] knowledge, if it does not benefit you, it will harm you.