Haqq and Sabr

    “Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.”_     James E. Faust     “Act in earnest and you will become earnest in all you do.”_ William James     “Honesty is a question of right and wrong, not a matter of policy.”_ Michel de Montaigne     “Dare to be honest and fear no labor.”_   Robert Burns     “Honesty is the cruelest game of all, because not only can you hurt someone - and hurt them to the bone - you can feel self-righteous about it at the same time.”_     Dave Van Ronk     “Integrity gains strength by use.”_     John Tillotson       “An honest man nearly always thinks justly.”_     Jean-Jacques Rousseau               “Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest ...

    “Do not follow my opinion; neither follow the opinion of Maalik, nor Shaafi’i, nor Awzaa’i, nor Thawri, but take from where they took.” _Imaam Ahmad     “I never saw my uncle Bishr Bin Masnur miss the first takbir, and whenever any person stood up in our mosque to ask people for help, my uncle gave him something.” ‘Ubayd Bin Ja’far said   “For forty years, I only missed Takbir Tahrimah (initial takbeer) when my mother died.” [As Siyar 10/646] Ibn Sama`ah     “The basic principles of Sunnah in our view are: adherence to the way of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, following their example and forsaking bid’ah, for every bid’ah is a going astray.”_Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal   “Truly I am only a mortal: I make mistakes (sometimes) and I am correct (sometimes). Therefore, look into my opinions: all that agrees with the Book and the Sunnah, accept it; and all that does not agree with the Book and the Sunnah, ignore it.” ...

    “Every bid’ah is misguidance, even if people think it is good.” ‘Abdullaah Ibn ‘Umr (RA)   “The sign of repentance (is): weeping at what has preceded, fear of falling into sin, leaving evil company and maintaining the company of the good.” Shaqeeq al-Balkhee   “The jamaa’ah is whatever agrees with the truth – even if you are alone.” _Abdullah Ibn Mas’ood (RA)   “If you were to ask the ignorant people about the ‘Main Body’ they would say, ‘The majority of people.‘ They do not know that the jamaa’ah is the scholar who clings to the narrations from the Prophet (saw) and his way. So whoever is with the him (the scholar) and follows him, then he is the Jama’ah.” Ishaaq Ibn Raahawaih, (The teacher of Imaam Bukhari)   “If a scholar is on top of a mountain, then he is the Jamaa’ah.”_ Sufyaan Ath-Thawree   “The lectures of Ahmad were sittings of the hereafter. He would not mention in them anything of the worldly affairs; and ...

  “My heart is at ease knowing that what was meant for me will never miss me, and that what misses me was never meant for me.”   “All humans are dead except those who have knowledge; and all those who have knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds. And those who do good deeds are deceived, except those who are sincere; and those who are sincere are always in a state of worry.”   “Knowledge is not what is memorized. Knowledge is what benefits.”   “Never do I argue with a man with a desire to hear him say what is wrong, or to expose him and win victory over him. Whenever I face an opponent in debate I silently pray: O Lord, help him so that truth may flow from his heart and on his tongue, and so that if truth is on my side, he may follow me; and if truth be on his side, I may follow him.”   “Be hard on yourself, easy on others.”   “How strange! You seek guidance, yet you do not tread its path, surely a boat does not sail...

    “My heart is at ease knowing that what was meant for me will never miss me, and that what misses me was never meant for me.”   “All humans are dead except those who have knowledge; and all those who have knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds; and those who do good deeds are deceived, except those who are sincere; and those who are sincere are always in a state of worry.”   “Knowledge is not what is memorised. Knowledge is what benefits.”   “Never do I argue with a man with a desire to hear him say what is wrong, or to expose him and win victory over him. Whenever I face an opponent in debate I silently pray - O Lord, help him so that truth may flow from his heart and on his tongue, and so that if truth is on my side, he may follow me; and if truth be on his side, I may follow him.”   “Be hard on yourself, easy on others.”   “How strange! You seek guidance, yet you do not tread its path, surely a boat does not sa...

  “Bury yourself and the desire to be known.”         “Food was Adam’s trial and it is your trial until the Day of Qiyama.”         “If we were able to see the Muslims who fought at Badr, we would think that they were madmen because of their disregard of the world. “ But if these Companions saw the best of you they would say, ‘These people have no character.’   And if they saw the worst of you, they would say, ‘These people do not believe in the Day of Judgment.’”         “If a man swore by Allah that Hasan’s actions are not those of someone who believes in Day of Judgement, I would say, ‘sadaqta, do not expiate your oath because it is true.'”     A man asked Hasan al-Basri to whom he should marry his daughter to? Al-Hasan replied, “To someone who fears Allah. If he loves her, he will honour her. And if he detests her, he will not mistr...