Sit with those who love Allah, for that enlightens the mind.
Luxury is an obstacle, and so is the fatness of the body.
A man may be as straight as an arrow, but even then he will have some critics.
Patience is the healthiest ingredient of our life.
That which you do not wish for yourself, do not impose on others.
Allah loves moderation and hates extravagance and excess.
Do not be an arrogant scholar, for scholarship cannot subsist with arrogance.
Do not overeat; that invites disease.
If Allah wants for a people ill, he gives them debates and takes away from them actions.
There is no goodness in people who don’t give advice, and there is no goodness in people who don’t like to be advised.
Hold yourselves accountable before you are held accountable.
Renouncing the worldly pleasures is a comfort for both the human heart and body.
Seek knowledge and teach it to people. Learn dignity and tranquillity, and be humble towards those from whom you learn knowledge and be humble towards those to whom you teach it, and do not be tyrannical scholar otherwise your knowledge cannot be established because of your tyranny.
Who do you think’s better looking people in the north or people in the south?
If a sheep dies on the shore of the Euphrates I fear lest Allah ask me to account for it on the Day of Resurrection.
Taqwaa is not by praying all night and fasting all day but rather it is abiding by the commands of Allah and staying away from His prohibitions.
He who does not know evil will fall into it.
If your ruler is just, then praise God; but if he is unjust, pray to God to rid you of him.
He who went to the kings to seek favors went away from Allah.
If patience and gratitude had been she camels, it would have mattered little on which I rode.
He who sleeps without offering the night prayer, may he never enjoy a sound sleep.