Saree as-Saqaṭī رحمه الله: The best things are three;
• Crying upon the sins
• Rectifying the mistakes
• Obeying Allāh the All-Knower of the unseen.
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Ibnul Qayyim [رحمه الله] said:
❝From dignity is overlooking the lapses of the people and making them feel that you are unaware of any of their errors.❞
[Madārij As-Sālikīn, (2/335)]
Don't Neglect The Fixed Sunnah Prayers
Al-Hāfidh Ibn Rajab [رحمه الله] said:
❝The fixed Sunnah prayers are more virtuous than the night prayer according to the majority of the scholars.❞
[Latā'if Al-Ma'ārif, (Page: 130)]
Ibn Taymeeyah [رحمه الله] said:
❝Having sincerity for the Deen of Allaah is the foundation of justice, likewise committing Shirk with Allaah is a great injustice.❞
[al-Fatawa, (1/87)]
Ibn al-Qayyim [رحمه الله] said:
❝Sincerity is not combined in the heart along with the love of being praised by the people, and being commended by them, and also having greed for what the people have, except like water being combined with fire.❞
[al-Fawaid, (No. 267)]
Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah [رحمه الله] said:
❝Whoever is sincere in regards to the actions of the Deen, which he does for Allaah, then he is from the pious Awliyah of Allaah.❞
[al-Fatawa, (1/8)]
Al Hasan al Basri [رحمه الله] said:
❝He who is plenty in wealth is plenty in sin [i.e. usually], and he whos speech is plentiful, lies plentifully and he whose character is bad [only] punishes himself!❞
[Collected By Ibn Abi Dunya In ‘As Samt’, (No. 9)]
Bishr Ibn Haarith [رحمه الله] said:
❝Self-amazement is that you consider your deeds to be many and make little the deeds of the people or the deeds of others besides yourself.❞
[Hilyatul Awliyaa, (8/348)]
Ibn Qayyim Aj-Jawzeeyah [D.751 A.H.] [رحمه الله] said:
❝Whoever firmly establishes Tawheed in his heart, then its delight appears upon the rest of the person’s limbs and the tree of Tawheed produces the best of fruits.❞
[Al-Fawaid, (Page: 115)]
The Messenger of Allaah [ﷺ] said:
«أ��رني جبريل أن أقدم الأكابر»
❝Jibreel ordered me that I give precedence to the elders.❞
[Silsilah al-Ahaadeeth as-Saheehah of al-Albaanee, (4/74, No. 1555)]
Yazeed bin Haaroon said:
❝Verily the scholar is your proof between you and Allaah, the Most High, thus look to whom you make as your proof in front of Allaah.❞
[Reported By al-Khateeb In al-Faqeeh wal-Mutafaqqah, (2/378)]
Ja’far Bin Muhammad as-Saadiq said:
❝Whoever tries to uncover the affairs of others and expose them to the people will have the hidden affairs of his own household uncovered and exposed to the people.❞
[Reported By Aboo Nu’aym In Hilyat al-Awliyaa, (3/196)]
Upon the authority of Al Hasan [رضي الله عنه] who said that the Messenger of Allah [ﷺ] said:
❝The most beloved of the worshippers to Allah, is he who is most beneficial to his family.❞
Ibn Taymiyyah [رحمه الله] said:
❝From the way of Ahl us-Sunnah wal-Jamā’ah is to follow the narrations of the Messenger of Allāh.❞
[Al-Wāsitiyyah, (Page: 36)]