58. Advices
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11828No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «قُمْتُ عَلَى بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ فَإِذَا عَامَّةُ مَنْ يَدْخُلُهَا الْفُقَرَاءُ إِلَّا أَنَّ أَصْحَابَ الْجَدِّ مَحْبُوسُونَ إِلَّا أَهْلَ النَّارِ فَقَدْ أُمِرَ بِهِمْ إِلَى النَّارِ وَوَقَفْتُ عَلَى بَابِ النَّارِ فَإِذَا عَامَّةُ مَنْ دَخَلَهَا النِّسَاءُ»
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: “I stood at the gate of Paradise, and most of those who entered it were the poor, while the wealthy were held back, except the people of the Fire, who had already been ordered to the Fire. And I stood at the gate of the Fire, and most of those who entered it were women.”
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11829No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اقْرَءُوا الْقُرْآنَ مَا ائْتَلَفَتْ عَلَيْهِ قُلُوبُكُمْ فَإِذَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ فَقُومُوا»
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said: “Recite the Quran as long as your hearts remain united upon it, but when you differ, then leave.”
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11830No grade recorded
هَجَّرْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَسَمِعَ رَجُلَيْنِ يَخْتَلِفَانِ فِي آيَةٍ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللهِ فَخَرَجَ وَالْغَضَبُ يُعْرَفُ فِي وَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ «إِنَّمَا هَلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ بِاخْتِلَافِهِمْ فِي الْكِتَابِ»
✧ I went early to the Messenger of God ﷺ one day, and he heard two men disagreeing about a verse from the Book of God. He came out with anger recognizable on his face and said: “Those before you were destroyed only by their disagreement about the Book.”
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11831No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ الْجَرَّاحِ فَقَدِمَ بِمَالٍ مِنَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ وَسَمِعْتُ الْأَنْصَارََََُ بِقُدُومِ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ فَوَافَوْا صَلَاةَ الْفَجْرِ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ انْصَرَفَ فَتَعَرَّضُوا لَهُ فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ رَآهُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَظُنُّكُمْ سَمِعْتُمْ أَنَّ أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ قَدِمَ بِشَيْءٍ؟» قَالَوا أَجَلْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «فَأَبْشِرُوا وَأَمِّلُوا مَا يَسُرُّكُمْ فَوَاللهِ مَا الْفَقْرَ أَخْشَى عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَكِنِّي أَخْشَى أَنْ تُبْسَطَ الدُّنْيَا عَلَيْكُمْ كَمَا بُسِطَتْ عَلَى مَنْ قَبْلَكُم فَتَنَافَسُوهَا كَمَا تَنَافَسُوهَا فَتُهْلِكَكُمْ كَمَا أَهْلَكَتْهُمْ»
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent Abu Ubaydah b. al-Jarrah, and he came with wealth from Bahrain. The Ansar heard of Abu Ubaydah's arrival and attended the dawn prayer with the Messenger of God ﷺ. After the prayer, the Messenger of God ﷺ left, and they approached him. He smiled when he saw them and said: “I think you heard that Abu Ubaydah has come with something?” They said: Yes, O Messenger of God. He said: “Rejoice and hope for what pleases you. By God, it is not poverty that I fear for you, but I fear that the world will be spread out before you as it was spread out before those before you, and you will compete for it as they competed, and it will destroy you as it destroyed them.”
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11832No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِرَجُلٍ وَهُوَ يَعِظُهُ اغْتَنِمْ خَمْسًا قَبْلَ خَمْسٍ شَبَابَكَ قَبْلَ هَرَمِكَ وَصِحَّتَكَ قَبْلَ سَقَمِكَ وَغِنَاكَ قَبْلَ فَقْرِكَ وَفَرَاغَكَ قَبْلَ شُغْلِكَ وَحَيَاتِكَ قَبْلَ مَوْتِكَ
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said to a man while advising him: “Seize five things before five: your youth before old age, your health before sickness, your wealth before poverty, your free time before occupation, and your life before death.”
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11833No grade recorded
قَالَ لِي رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ هَذَا مَقَامُ أَخِيكِ تَمِيمٍ الدَّارِيِّ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ أَوْ كَرَبَ أَنْ يُصْبِحَ يَقْرَأُ آيَةً مِنْ كِتَابِ اللهِ يَرْكَعُ وَيَسْجُدُ وَيَبْكِي {أَمْ حَسِبَ الَّذِينَ اجْتَرَحُوا السَّيِّئَاتِ } [الجاثية 21] الْآيَةَ
✧ A man from the people of Makkah said to me: This is the station of your brother Tamim al-Dari. I saw him one night until morning, or nearly until morning, reciting a verse from the Book of God, bowing, prostrating, and weeping: {Or do those who commit evils think that We will make them like those who believe and do righteous deeds?} [Al-Jathiyah 21], the verse.
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11834No grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ الزُّبَيْرَ بْنَ الْعَوَّامِ يَقُولُ: مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ خَبِيٌّ مِنْ عَمِلٍ صَالِحٍ فَلْيَفْعَلْ
✧ I heard al-Zubayr b. al-'Awwam saying: Whoever can have for himself a hidden store of righteous deeds, let him do so.
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11835No grade recorded
«إِذَا كَانَ الرَّجُلُ فِي أَرْضِ قِيٍّ فَتَوَضَّأَ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِدِ الْمَاءَ تَيَمَّمَ ثُمَّ يُنَادِي بِالصَّلَاةِ ثُمَّ يُقِيمُهَا ثُمَّ يُصَلِّيهَا إِلَّا أُمَّ مِنْ جُنُودِ اللهِ صَفًّا» قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ وَزَادَنِي سُفْيَانُ عَنْ دَاوُدَ عَنِ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ سَلْمَانَ يَرْكَعُونَ بِرُكُوعِهِ وَيَسْجُدُونَ بِسُجُودِهِ وَيُؤْمِنُونَ عَلَى دُعَائِهِ
✧ "When a man is in a barren land and performs wudu, and if he does not find water, he performs tayammum, then calls the adhan for prayer, then says the iqama, then prays it, except that a row of Allah's soldiers will be formed." 'Abdullah said: And Sufyan added to me, from Dawud, from Abu 'Uthman, from Salman: "They bow with his bowing and prostrate with his prostration and say amin to his supplication."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11836No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «إِنِّي قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنِّي وَارِدٌ النَّارَ فَلَا أَدْرِي أَنَاجٍ مِنْهَا أُمْ لَا؟»
✧ 'Abdullah: "I have known that I will enter the Fire, and I do not know whether I will be saved from it or not."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11837No grade recorded
فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ يَا أَبَا مَيْسَرَةَ إِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ أَحْسَنَ إِلَيْكَ هَدَاكَ لِلْإِسْلَامِ قَالَ «أَجَلْ وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ بَيْنَ لَنَا أَنَّا وَارِدُونَ النَّارَ وَلَمْ يُبَيِّنْ لَنَا أَنَّا صَادِرُونَ مِنْهَا»
✧ His wife said: O Abu Maysara, Allah has been good to you—He guided you to Islam. He said: "Yes, but Allah has made clear to us that we will enter the Fire, and He has not made clear to us that we will come out of it."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11838No grade recorded
«حُفِظَا بِصَلَاحِ أَبِيهِمَا وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ مِنْهُمَا صَلَاحًا»
✧ "They were protected by the righteousness of their father, and no righteousness of their own was mentioned."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11839No grade recorded
قَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ رَجُلٌ قَلِيلُ الْعَمَلِ قَلِيلُ الذُّنُوبِ أَعْجَبُ إِلَيْكِ أَوْ رَجُلٌ كَثِيرُ الْعَمَلِ كَثِيرُ الذُّنُوبِ؟ قَالَ «لَا أَعْدِلُ بِالسَّلَامَةِ شَيْئًا»
✧ A man said to him: A man of few deeds and few sins is more pleasing to you, or a man of many deeds and many sins? He said: "I would not equate anything with safety."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11840No grade recorded
«تَبْكِي الْأَرْضُ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِ أَرْبَعِينَ صَبَاحًا»
✧ "The earth weeps over the believer for forty mornings."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11841No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِلِسَانِهِ «هَذَا أَوْرَدَنِي الْمَوَارِدَ»
✧ He said to his tongue: "This has brought me to the watering places."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11842No grade recorded
«إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ وَمَعَهُ دِينُهُ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ وَمَا مَعَهُ شَيْءٌ» الْحَدِيثَ
✧ "A man goes out from his house with his religion, then he returns with nothing." — the hadith.
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11843No grade recorded
وَاللهِ مَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا سَيَخْلُو بِرَبِّهِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ مَا غَرَّكَ بِي؟ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ مَاذَا عَمِلْتَ فِيمَا عَلِمْتَ؟ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ مَاذَا أَجَبْتَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ؟
✧ By Allah, there is none of you but will be alone with his Lord, and He will say: O son of Adam, what deceived you concerning Me? O son of Adam, what did you do with what you knew? O son of Adam, what did you answer the messengers?
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11844No grade recorded
أُتِيَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بِشَرَابٍ فَقَالَ «نَاوِلْ عَلْقَمَةَ» قَالَ إِنِّي صَائِمٌ قَالَ «نَاوِلِ الْأَسْوَدَ» قَالَ إِنِّي صَائِمٌ قَالَ «نَاوِلْ فُلَانًا» قَالَ إِنِّي صَائِمٌ فَكُلُّهُمْ يَقُولُ إِنِّي صَائِمٌ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ إِنِّي لَسْتُ بِصَائِمٍ فَأَخَذَ فَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ قَالَ {يَخَافُونَ يَوْمًا تَتَقَلَّبُ فِيهِ الْقُلُوبُ وَالْأَبْصَارُ} [النور 37]
✧ Abdullah was brought a drink, so he said, "Give it to someone else." He said, "I am fasting." He said, "Give it to Aswad." He said, "I am fasting." He said, "Give it to so-and-so." He said, "I am fasting." All of them said, "I am fasting." Abdullah said, "I am not fasting." So, he took it and drank it, then he said, "They fear a Day when hearts and eyes will be overturned." [Surah An-Noor, 37]
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11845No grade recorded
أَنْ يُحَدِّثَ بِكُلِّ مَا سَمِعَ»
✧ "To report everything he heard."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11846No grade recorded
كَأَنَّهُ ذُبَابٌ مَرَّ عَلَى أَنْفِهِ»
✧ "It was as if a fly passed over his nose."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11847No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ {اتَّقُوا اللهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ} [آل عمران 102] قَالَ {حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ} [آل عمران 102] «أَنْ يُطَاعَ فَلَا يُعْصَى وَأَنْ يَشْكُرَ فَلَا يُكَفِّرُ وَأَنْ يَذْكُرَ فَلَا يَنْسَى» قَالَ مُرَّةُ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ {وَآتَى الْمَالَ عَلَى حُبِّهِ} [البقرة 177] قَالَ «وَأَنْتَ حَرِيصٌ شَحِيحٌ تَأْمُلُ الْغِنَى وَتَخْشَى الْفَقْرَ»
✧ 'Abdullah said about this verse: {Fear Allah as He should be feared} [Al 'Imran 102]: {As He should be feared} [Al 'Imran 102] "is that He is obeyed and not disobeyed, thanked and not denied, remembered and not forgotten." Murra said: 'Abdullah said: {And gives wealth in spite of love for it} [al-Baqarah 177]: "while you are eager, stingy, hoping for wealth and fearing poverty."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11848No grade recorded
«أَتَدْرِي أَيْنَ أَنْتَ؟»
✧ “Do you know where you are?”
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11849No grade recorded
أُغْمِيَ عَلَى أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ فَأَفَاقَ فَإِذَا بِلَالٌ ابْنُهُ عِنْدَهُ فَقَالَ قُمْ فَاخْرُجْ عَنِّي ثُمَّ قَالَ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ لِمِثْلِ مَضْجَعِي هَذَا؟ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ مِثْلَ سَاعَتِي هَذِهِ؟ {وَنُقَلِّبُ أَفْئِدَتَهُمْ وَأَبْصَارَهُمْ كَمَا لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَنَذَرُهُمْ فِي طُغْيَانِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ} [الأنعام 110] أَبَيْتُمْ ثُمَّ يُغْمَى عَلَيْهِ فَيَلْبَثُ لَبْثًا ثُمَّ يُفِيقُ فَيَقُولُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يُرَدِّدُهَا حَتَّى قُبِضَ
✧ Abu al-Darda' fell unconscious, then regained consciousness, and there was Bilal, his son, with him. He said: “Get up and leave me.” Then he said: “Who will act for the likes of this resting place of mine? Who will act for the likes of this hour of mine?” {We will turn their hearts and their eyes away [from the truth], just as they did not believe in it the first time, and We will leave them in their transgression, wandering blindly} [al-An'am 110]. “You refused.” Then he would fall unconscious, remain for some time, then regain consciousness and say the like of that, and he kept repeating it until he passed away.
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11850No grade recorded
قُلْتُ لِأُمِّ الدَّرْدَاءِ أَيُّ عِبَادَةِ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ كَانَتْ أَكْثَرَ؟ قَالَتْ «التَّفَكُّرُ وَالِاعْتِبَارُ»
✧ I said to Umm al-Darda': “Which act of worship of Abu al-Darda' was most frequent?” She said: “Reflection and taking heed.”
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11851No grade recorded
«لَقَدْ وَارَتِ الْقُبُورُ أَقْوَامًا لَوْ رَأَوْنِي جَالِسًا مَعَكُمْ لَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ»
✧ “The graves have hidden people who, if they saw me sitting with you, I would feel ashamed.”
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11852No grade recorded
إِنَّكُمْ لَتُغْفُلُونَ أَفْضَلَ الْعِبَادَةِ التَّوَاضُعَ
✧ “You are neglecting the best of worship: humility.”
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11853No grade recorded
كَتَبْتْ عَائِشَةُ إِلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ أَمَا بَعْدُ فَاتَّقِ اللهَ فَإِنَّكَ إِنِ اتَّقَيْتَ اللهَ كَفَاكَ النَّاسَ وَإِنِ اتَّقَيْتَ النَّاسَ لَمْ يَغْنَوْا عَنْكَ مِنَ اللهِ شَيْئًا
✧ Aisha wrote to Muawiyah: After this, fear Allah, for if you fear Allah, it will be sufficient for you in dealing with people. But if you fear people, they will not benefit you at all against Allah.
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11854No grade recorded
«لَا تَنْظُرْ إِلَى صِغَرِ الْخَطِيئَةِ وَلَكِنِ انْظُرْ مَنْ عَصَيْتَ»
✧ “Do not look at the smallness of the sin, but look at the One you have disobeyed.”
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11855No grade recorded
«أَدْرَكْتُهُمْ يَشْتَدُّونَ بَيْنَ الْأَغْرَاضِ وَيَضْحَكُ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ فَإِذَا كَانَ اللَّيْلُ كَانُوا رُهْبَانًا»
✧ “I found them striving between the targets, and some of them laughing at others, but when night came they were like monks.”
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11856No grade recorded
إِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَمْرًا مِنَ الْخَيْرِ فَلَا تُؤَخِّرْهُ لِغَدٍ وَإِذَا كُنْتَ فِي أَمَرِ آخِرَةٍ فَامْكُثْ مَا اسْتَطَعْتَ وَإِذَا كُنْتَ فِي أَمَرِ الدُّنْيَا فَتَوَجَّهْ وَإِذَا كُنْتَ تُصَلِّي فَقَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ إِنَّكَ تُرَائِي فَزِدْهَا طَوْلًا
✧ If you intend to do something good, do not delay it until tomorrow. If you are engaged in a matter of the Hereafter, remain in it as long as you can. If you are engaged in a matter of this world, then turn to it. If you are praying and Satan says, “You are showing off,” then increase its length.
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11857No grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَيُذْنِبُ الذَّنْبَ فَمَا يَزَالُ بِهِ كَئِيبًا حَتَّى يَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ»
✧ I heard Al-Hasan saying, "Indeed, a person may commit a sin and continue to feel remorseful until they enter Paradise."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11858No grade recorded
«الْمُؤْمِنُ قَوَّامٌ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ يُحَاسِبُ نَفْسَهُ لِلَّهِ» الْحَدِيثَ
✧ “The believer is a guardian over his own self; he calls himself to account for Allah.”... the hadith.
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11859No grade recorded
أَنْ تَلْعَبَ»
✧ “... that you play.”
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11860No grade recorded
يَطْلُعُ قَوْمٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ إِلَى قَوْمٍ أَهْلِ النَّارِ فَيَقُولُونَ مَا أَدْخَلَكُمُ النَّارَ فَإِنَّا أُدْخِلْنَا الْجَنَّةَ بِفَضْلِ تَأْدِيبِكُمْ وَتَعْلِيمِكُمْ؟ فَقَالَوا إِنَّا كُنَّا نَأْمُرُكُمْ بِالْخَيْرِ وَلَا نَفْعَلُهُ
✧ Some people of Paradise will look at some people of the Fire and say: “What made you enter the Fire, when we entered Paradise by the virtue of your discipline and teaching?” They will say: “We used to command you to do good but we did not do it ourselves.”
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11861No grade recorded
«مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَسْجُدُ لِلَّهِ سَجْدَةً فِي بُقْعَةٍ مِنْ بِقَاعِ الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا شَهِدَتْ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَبَكَتْ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ يَمُوتُ»
✧ “There is no servant who prostrates to Allah a single prostration in any spot of the earth but that it will testify for him on the Day of Resurrection and weep over him on the day he dies.”
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11862No grade recorded
قُلْ لَهُ «عَلَيْكًَ بِالَّذِي يَبْقَى لَكَ عِنْدَ اللهِ فَإِنَّ مَا بَقِيَ عِنْدَ اللهِ بَقِيَ عِنْدَ النَّاسِ وَمَا لَمْ يَبْقَ عِنْدَ اللهِ لَمْ يَبْقَ عِنْدَ النَّاسِ»
✧ Say to him: “You must hold onto that which remains for you with Allah, for indeed whatever remains with Allah remains with people, and whatever does not remain with Allah does not remain with people.”
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11863No grade recorded
«إِنَّهُ لَيَمْنَعُنِي مِنْ كَثِيرِ الْكَلَامِ مَخَافَةُ الْمُبَاهَاةِ»
✧ “Indeed, what prevents me from much speech is fear of ostentation.”
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11864No grade recorded
تُقَالُ لَكَ الْعَثْرَةُ وَلَا تُمَكَّنَ مِنَ الرَّجْعَةِ وَلَا يَحْمَدُكَ مَنْ خَلَّفْتَ بِمَا تَرَكْتَ وَلَا يَعْذُرُكَ مَنْ تُقْدِمَ عَلَيْهِ بِمَا اشْتَغَلْتَ بِهِ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ»
✧ “The slip will be forgiven you, but you will not be enabled to return; the one you left behind will not praise you for what you left, and the one you go to will not excuse you for what you were preoccupied with. Peace be upon you.”
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11865No grade recorded
كَانَ عَمْرو بْنُ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ يَخْرُجُ عَلَى فَرَسِهِ لَيْلًا فَيَقِفُ عَلَى الْقُبُورِ فَيَقُولُ يَا أَهْلَ الْقُبُورِ أَقَدْ طُوِيَتِ الصُّحُفُ؟ أَقَدْ رُفِعَتِ الْأَعْمَالُ؟ ثُمَّ يَبْكِي ثُمَّ يُصْفِنُ بَيْن قَدَمَيْهِ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ فَيَرْجِعَ فَيَشْهَدَ صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ
✧ Amr b. Utbah b. Farqad used to go out on his horse at night and stand by the graves and say: “O people of the graves! Have the scrolls been folded? Have the deeds been raised?” Then he would weep, then he would stand still between his feet until morning, then return and attend the morning prayer.
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11866No grade recorded
«إِنَّ اللهَ لِيُصْلِحُ بِصَلَاحِ الْعَبْدِ وَلَدَهُ وَوَلَدَ وَلَدِهِ وَيَحْفَظُهُ فِي دُوَيْرَتِهِ وَالدُّوَيْرَاتِ الَّتِي حَوْلَهَا مَا دَامَ فِيهِمْ»
✧ “Indeed Allah, through the righteousness of a servant, sets right his children and his children’s children, and protects him in his small house and the small houses around it as long as he is among them.”
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11867No grade recorded
أَنْ أَجِدَ فِي صَحِيفَتِي شِعْرًا»
✧ “That I should find poetry in my scroll.”
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11868No grade recorded
مَا كَانَ مَسْرُوقٌ يُوجَدُ إِلَّا وَسَاقَاهُ قَدِ انْتَفَخَتَا مِنْ طُولِ الْقِيَامِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ قَالَتْ وَاللهِ إِنْ كُنْتُ لِأَجْلِسُ خَلْفَهُ فَأَبْكِي رَحْمَةً لَهُ
✧ "What was stolen cannot be found except for his legs, swollen from the prolonged standing in prayer," she said, "By Allah, if I were to sit behind him, I would weep out of mercy for him."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11869No grade recorded
«مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَدْعُو بِغَيْرِ عَمِلٍ كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي يَرْمِي بِغَيْرِ وِتْرٍ»
✧ "The example of those who call upon [i.e., worship] other than Allah is like that of the spider who takes [i.e., builds] a home. And indeed, the weakest of homes is the spider's home."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11870No grade recorded
أَنْ يُزِيلَ الْجَبَلَ لَأَزَالَهُ»
✧ “If he tried to remove the mountain, he would remove it.”