Haqq and Sabr

    Al-Muzanī reports:I heard Al-Shāfiʿī say: A man once asked Ubay b. Kaʿb – Allāh be pleased with him, “Exhort me with something I can benefit by and by which I will be rewarded.” He replied, “Be brotherly with brothers according to how righteous they are , do not expend your speech on those who are not interested in it, do not seek anyone to meet your need who does not care if he does not fulfil it, and do not envy the living except for something you would envy the dead.”   It is reported that Yūnus b. ʿUbayd – Allāh have mercy on him – said:   There is no one who is mindful of what he says except that you will see the good of it in the rest of his actions.   It is reported that Ḥudhayfah b. Al-Yamān – Allāh be pleased with him – said:   True misguidance is that you approve now what you used to repudiate before (because it was wrong) and repudiate now what you used to approve before; and be aware of changing colours in the religion, ...

    It is reported that Abū Juḥayfah – Allāh be pleased with him – said:     Sit with the seniors, mix with the wise, and enquire with the scholars.   It is reported that Imām Al-Awzāʿī – Allāh have mercy on him – said:     Learn what not to take like you learn what to take.   It is reported that Bilāl b. Saʿd – Allāh have mercy on him – said:     If you see a man being obstinate, argumentative and impressed with his own opinion, then his loss is complete.   It is reported that Qatādah – Allāh have mercy on him – said:     Whoever has been given wealth, beauty, garments or knowledge and then is not humble will have severe repercussions on the Day of Resurrection.    

    Sa’d bin Ibraheem said: Zinneerah was a roman slave and became a muslimah. The mushrikeen tortured her until she lost her sight because of the severe torture. The mushrikeen said “The laat and ‘uzzah took her sight”. She said, “I disbelieve in al-laat wal ‘uzzah” and Allaah returned back her sight.   Umar Ibn Al-Khattaab said: “Do not think evil of anything that comes from your brother, Muslim’s tongue, whenever there is a way to interpret it in a good way.”   Abdullah ibn Mubarak said: “Many a big deed becomes small due to its intention, and many a small deed becomes big due to its intention.”  

    It is reported from Anas b. Sīrīn that he said: It once reached us in Kūfā that Masrūq used to flee from the plague. Muḥammad denied this and said, “Let us go to his wife and ask her.” So we entered upon her and asked her about this, and she replied, “No, by Allāh, he never used to flee, but he would say, ‘These are days of preoccupation, so I like to be alone during them to worship.’ So, he used to go aside and be alone to do worship. Sometimes, I would sit behind him and cry because of what I saw him doing to himself; he would pray so much that his feet would swell. I heard him say, ‘the plague, abdominal disease, postpartum bleeding and drowning: whoever dies during any of them will have it in his credit as martyrdom.'”