Whoever does you [a favour or] a good turn, particularly in terms of your religion, and [offering you sincere] advice, and encouraging you upon good and discouraging you against that which is bad...
Tag: heart
Eating your fill weakens your ability to worship
I have not eaten my fill for 16 years, except on one occasion; and [on that occasion] I placed my hand in my mouth and induced myself to vomit.
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.
Too much talking and too much eating
Two characteristics harden the heart: too much talking and too much eating.
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
If the remembrance of death departed my heart
If the remembrance of death departed my heart, I would certainly fear my heart['s pursuit of desires] will corrupt me.
Memorising when young
I heard (sought knowledge) from Qataadah when I was 14 years old, and there is nothing which I heard during those years except that it [remains with me] as if written in my heart.
Whoever hears of an innovation
Whoever hears of an innovation, then he must not relate it to his companions; he must not relay it [out of fear it may settle] in their hearts.
Causes of the hardening of the heart
What are the causes of the hardening of the heart, and the cure for that?