The Noble Scholar Shaykh Rabī’ bin Hādi Al-Madkhalī حفظه الله stated:

“We must treat (the sicknesses of) ourselves with this Qurān and cultivate ourselves upon its creed. We must cultivate ourselves upon the (true) manhood, love for truthfulness and love for the truth. We must cultivate ourselves to have an alliance for the truth and disassociation from falsehood and its people, even if they are our parents, our children, our siblings or our tribesmen. This is the (one who has a) pure, penitent heart.”

[Asnāf Al-Qulūb Pg.12]

قال العلامة ربيع بن هادي المدخلي حفظه ﷲ:

فلنعالج أنفسنا بهذا القرآن، ونربي أنفسنا على عقائده، وعلى الرجولة، وعلى حب الصدق والحق والولاء فيه، والبراء من الباطل وأهله، ولو كانوا آباءنا أو أبنائنا أو إخواننا أو عشيرتنا، هذا القلب السليم؛ القلب المنيب

[أصناف القلوب ص:١٢]

Salamah bin Dīnār رحمه الله stated:

“Conceal your good (deeds) just like you conceal your evil (deeds). Don’t be amazed with your actions for you do not know whether you are (destined to be) wretched or happy.”

[Shu’ab Al-Īmān of Al-Bayhaqī #6412]

قال سلمة بن دينار – رحمه الله

أخفِ حسنتِك كما تَخفي سيّئَتِك ولا تكوننَّ مُعجبًا بِعملك فلا تدري أشقيٌ أنت أم سعيد

[ شعب الإيمان للبيهقي برقم: ٦٤١٢ ]

The Noble Scholar Shaykh Muhammad Alī Ferkūs حفظه الله stated:

“It’s befitting for the righteous wife to always be cautious that she’s not a reason for angering her Lord or disturbing the marital connection or spoiling its purity.”

[Al-Kalimah Ash-Shahriyyah #65]

قال الشيخ محمد علي فركوس حفظه الله

ينبغي للزوجة الصالحة أن تلتزم الحذرَ بأنْ لا تكونَ سببا في إغضاب ربِّها أو في زلزلة العلاقة الزوجية، أو تعكير صفائها

[الكلمة الشهرية:٦٥]

‎Al-Barā رضي الله عنه narrated:

We were with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ at a funeral and he sat by the edge of the grave. He cried until the ground become wet then he said:

‎”O my brothers, prepare (yourselves) for the likes of this.”

“[As-Silsilah As-Sahīhah #1751]

The Noble Scholar Shaykh ‘Abdur-Razzāq Al-Badr حفظه الله stated:

Abū Az-Zinād ‘Abdullāh bin Dhakwān رحمه الله stated:

“The man is not counted as being a (real) man until he knows the (Prophetic) Sunnah.”

[At-Tārīkh Al-Kabīr of Imām Al-Bukhārī 7/157]

قال أبو الزناد عبد الله بن ذكوان – رحمه الله – :

ما كانَ الرجل يُعَدُّ رجلاً حتى يَعرفَ السن

[ انظر التاريخ الكبير للبخاري : ( ٧ / ١٥٧ )]

True manhood is in knowing and practicing the Dīn of Allāh which is based upon the Qurān and Sunnah with the understanding of the Salaf.

Ibn Qudāmah Al-Maqdasī رحمه الله stated:

“Know, that most of the people are only destroyed due to their fear of the blame of the people and loving to be praised by them. As a result, all of their movements become in agreement with that which pleases the people hoping for their praise and fearing their blame. That is from the things which destroy (a person), therefore, it is obligatory to remedy it.”

[Mukhtasir Minhāj Al-Qāsidīn Pg.212]

قال ابن قدامة المقدسي رحمه الله

واعلم: أن أكثر الناس إنما هلكوا لخوف مذمة الناس، وحب مدحهم فصارت حركاتهم كلها على ما يوافق رضى الناس، رجاء المدح وخوفاً من الذم، وذلك من المهلكات فوجبت معالجه

[ مختصر منهاج القاصدين ص. ٢١٢ ]

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On the authority of Al-Mamūn رحمه الله he said:

“The people are of three categories:

1. A person from amongst them who is similar to nourishment which is a must to have ( in one’s life).
2. From them is the one who is like medication that one is need of in time of sickness.
3. From amongst them is the one who is like the disease, detested in all situations.”

[Siyar A’lām An-Nubalā 10/281-282 of Imām Adh-Dhahabī رحمه الله]