“Wisdom is the lost property of the believer. If he finds it then he is most deserving of it.”

[1] The Prophet (salAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said, “Eight things are never satiated
of eight – the eye from looking, the earth from rain, the female from the male, the
scholar from knowledge, the questioner from questioning, the greedy from
gathering, the sea from water, the fire from wood.”

[2] Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (radyAllahu`anhu) said, “There are eight things which are
adornments for eight others – chastity is the adornment for poverty; gratitude is
the adornment for blessings; patience is the adornment for calamity; gentleness is
the adornment for knowledge; humility is the adornment for the student; much
crying is the adornment for fear [of Allah]; not boasting of one’s generosity to its
recipient is the adornment for charity; and complete calmness and inner
concentration is the adornment for prayer.”

[3] `Umar (radyAllahu`anhu) said, “The one who abandons superfluous speech
will be given wisdom, the one who abandons superfluous looking will be given
the tranquillity of the heart; the one who abandons superfluous food will be
given delight in worship; the one who abandons superfluous laughter will be
given veneration; the one who abandons superfluous joking will be given a
beautiful appearance; the one who abandons the love of the dunya will be
granted the love of the Hereafter; the one who abandons busying himself with
the faults of others will be given the ability to rectify his own faults; and the one
who abandons questioning the Essence of Allah the Exalted will given security
from hypocrisy.”

[4] `Uthman (radyAllahu`anhu) said, “Signs of a person who really know Allah are
eight his heart is in a state of fear and hope, his tongue is in a state of praise and
gratitude, his eyes are in a state of shame and tears, and his will is in leaving the
dunya and seeking the pleasure of his Lord."

[5] `Ali (radyAllahu`anhu) said, “There is no good in prayer without concentration
and calmness; there is no good in fasting without refraining from idle talk; there
is no good in reading without any contemplation; there is no good in knowledge
without piety; there is no good in wealth without generosity; there is no good in
brotherhood without caring for another; there is no good in a blessing that is
short-lived; and there is no good in supplication without sincerity.”

[Preparing for the Day of Judgement - Imam Ibn Hajar Al-‘Asqalani]

» Posted by Seifeddine-M on 15th November 2010

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