The intelligent and wise person is the perceptive one who chooses to overlook [minor faults and flaws].
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Draw near to him
If you see a man prolong his silence and avoid the people, [then] draw near to him, for [by doing so] he teaches wisdom.
The Wise Imaam
Take for example the Imaam رحمه الله would [take to account and] punish those who smoked [tobacco] – [this was at the time] when [smoking] first appeared [in the Arabian Peninsula] – about 250 years...
The most blessed of days
The wise person knows that the most blessed of days is a day on which he increases in virtue and knowledge.
People are of three types
People are of three types: Either he accepts the truth and adheres to it - then he is a wise person.
Ask from those who are compassionate
Some of the wise [people] have said: Ask for livelihood from the compassionate ones, [and] live under their protection, and do not seek [anything] from those of harsh and cruel hearts, for indeed the...
The wise man does not argue
The wise man neither argues nor seeks to prevail through stratagem; rather, he conveys his wisdom. If it is accepted, he praises Allaah, and if it is rejected, he praises Allaah.
Usage of time
Even while sitting in the car, Shaykh Ibn Baaz would have books read to him, never letting a moment of his time go to waste.