My close friend [Muhammad] ﷺ prescribed me with [the following] seven
Tag: humble
The epitome of humility
For fourteen years, ‘Abdoos prayed the morning (Fajr) prayer with the [same] wudhoo [as he had prayed] the ‘Ishaa [prayer]. And he [truly] was the epitome of humility.
A daily diet of bread
The diet of al-’Alaa ibn Ziyaad every day was [just] a loaf of bread.
Control over his tongue
[From] amongst them, [‘Abdullaah] Ibn ‘Own was the one who had the most control over his tongue.
In pursuit of humility
He (Ahmad ibn Yahya ash-Shaybaanee) was self-deprecating, and would not deem himself [to be much].
in shaa.-Allaah they have been forgiven by Allaah
‘Abdullaah ibn Bakr ibn ‘Abdillaah رحمه الله said, I heard a person speaking about my father, [saying that] when he (my father) was standing in ‘Arafah, he said
Humbling and belittling oneself
Yoosuf ibn al-Husayn was an imaam of his time. There was no-one from the scholars like him in terms of humbling and belittling himself.
My soul has become proud
‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab رضي الله عنه carried a water skin around his neck; he was asked about it, and he replied: ‘My soul has become proud, and I wanted to humble it.’
O Allaah, if you forgive me
O Allaah, if you forgive me, then you are worthy of that, and if you punish me, then I am worthy of that.
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