He who has total control over his stomach (hunger), attains total control over [the ability to perform] all righteous actions.
Tag: wisdom
Dignifying and venerating the prayer
A man [once] said, from [the actions which] dignify and venerate the prayer is to arrive [for it] before the iqaamah.
Do not disturb
Such was Ibraheem an-Nakha'ee رحمه الله, that when someone sought him at home, and he did not want (disliked) to go out to meet him, he would tell his slave girl to say to him
Awake in prayer at night
I used to know Ahmad ibn Hanbal when he was [just] a little boy, and he would remain awake at night standing in prayer.
The Shaykh absolutely disapproved of it
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen firmly disapproved of being introduced by his most senior title, preferring humility over recognition.
Reciting Quraan before he died
I was with al-Junayd when death was approaching him, and he completed [reciting] the Qur.aan, then began [reciting again from] Soorah al-Baqarah - reciting seventy aayahs before he died.
Give the benefit of the doubt
Rather than assume the worst of a man who smelled of smoke, Shaykh Ibn Baaz gave him the benefit of the doubt.
Strength of memory
My heart has never stored (memorised) anything and then left me.
'whilst he was still young...'
From a young age, Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen would arrive early each morning, books in hand, to spend the day immersed in a scholar's library.
Go and ask them what they want
Approached often by women while walking to the masjid, Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen would stop each time to hear their questions or give charity.