Quotes From ‘Alee Ibn Abee Taalib [Part 1]

‘Alee Ibn Abee Taalib said:

“O World, try to deceive someone else.  Are you trying to tempt me or attract me? No way! I divorce you irrevocably. Your time is short and you are insignificant. Alas! The provision is little, the journey is long and the way is lonely.” [Al-Isti’aab, 3/1108]

‘Alee Ibn Abee Taalib said:

“Whoever reads the Quraan and dies and enters hell, is among those who used to take the verses (or sign) of Allaah in jest.” [Al-Mustatraf, 1/29. See soorah Al-Baqarah 2:231]

‘Alee Ibn Abee Taalib said:

“I have knowledge, and would that I could find people to learn it from me and convey it to others.” [A’laam Al-Muwaqqi’een]

‘Alee Ibn Abee Taalib said:

“Ask me about the Book of Allaah, for there is no verse in it but I know whether it was revealed by night or by day, on the plains or in the mountains.” [At-Tabaqaat of Ibn Sa’d, 2/338]

‘Alee Ibn Abee Taalib said:

“By Allaah no verse of it (the Quraan) was revealed but I know why it was revealed, when it was revealed and to whom it was revealed. My Lord has blessed me with a deep understanding and an eloquent truthful tongue.” [At-Tabaqaat of Ibn Sa’d, 2/338]

‘Alee Ibn Abee Taalib used to say at the end of his life:

“Ask me before you loose me.” [Minhaaj As-Sunnah, 8/57]

Some Sayings Of The Salaf

Some Sayings Of The Salaf

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِِ

– Mâlik ibn Dînâr (rahimahullâh) said, “Whoever proposed to the world, then the world would not be satisfied until he gave up his Deen as dowry.”

– Bakr ibn ‘Abdullâh al-Muzanî (rahimahullâh) said, “If you see someone older than you then respect him saying, ‘He has beaten me to Islâm and righteous action.’ If you see someone younger than you then respect him saying to yourself, ‘I have beaten him in sins.’ If the people honour you then say, ‘That is from the grace of Allâh, but I do not deserve it.’ If they degrade you then say , ‘This happened as a consequence of a previous sin.”

– Sufyân ath-Thawrî (rahimahullâh) said, “Whoever’s knowledge makes him weep, then he is a scholar (‘âlim). Allâh the Most High said, ‘Verily those who were given knowledge before it, when it is recited to them they fall down on their faces in humble prostration.’ [Sûrah Banî Isrâ’îl (17):107] He also said, ‘When the verses (âyât) of Ar-Rahmân (The Most Merciful) is recited to them they fall in prostration weeping.’ ”

– Fudayl ibn ‘Iyâd (rahimahullâh) said, “A believer plants a palm tree and fears that thorns will grow. The hypocrites plant thorns expecting ripe dates to grow!”

– Once ‘Umar ibn ‘Abdul ‘Azîz (rahimahullâh) was advised, “O ‘Umar, beware of being the ally of Allâh in open, while being His enemy in secret. If one’s nature in open and secret do not equate then he is a hypocrite, and the hypocrites occupy the lowest level in Hellfire.”

– Ahmad ibn Harb (rahimahullâh) said, “There is nothing more beneficial to a Muslim’s heart than to mix with the righteous and to watch their actions, while nothing is more harmful to the heart than mixing with the sinners and watching their actions.”

– One of the Salaf said, “I disobey Allâh to find its effect in the way my animal behaves and my wife.”

– Ahmad ibn Harb (rahimahullâh) would say, “If six mannerisms are gathered in a woman, her goodness is perfected: Guarding the five prayers, yielding to her husband, pleasing her Lord, guarding her tongue from backbiting and gossip, forsaking worldly possessions, and being patient following a tragedy.”

– Yahyâ ibn Mu‘âdh (rahimahullâh) said, “Renew your hearts with the remembrance of Allâh because it rushes into forgetfulness.”

– ‘Abdullâh ibn Mubârak (rahimahullâh) would say, “The world is the believer’s prison. The best action in the prison is patience and control of one’s anger. The believer has no country in the world, His land will be there tomorrow in the Afterlife.”