Acquire knowledge, and learn tranquility and dignity.
Fear him, whom you hate.
Do not be misled by a person's prayers and fasting. [Instead] look [at their] sincerity and wisdom.
Earning of livelihood by following some profession is better than living on charity.
May Allah show mercy upon the man who shows me my faults.
Lower your gaze from the world and turn your heart away from it...
If Allah wants for a people ill, he gives them debates and takes away from them actions.
Hold yourselves accountable before you are held accountable.
Do not be misled by hearing of anyone's reputation.
Sit with those who love Allah, for that enlightens the mind.
Be dignified, honest and truthful.
When you do not know of a thing say so plainly.
Learn the Arabic language; it will sharpen your wisdom.
He who keeps his own counsel keeps his affairs in his own hands.
Luxury is an obstacle, and so is the fatness of the 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.
Renouncing the worldly pleasures is a comfort for both the human heart and body.
For those who practise tyranny and deprive others of their rights, I will be harsh and stern, but for those who follow the law, I will be most soft and tender.
There are four types of oceans. Passions are the ocean of sins, the self (nafs) is the ocean of lust, death is the ocean of life, and the grave is the ocean of distress
If patience and gratitude had been she camels, it would have mattered little on which I rode.
Acquire knowledge and teach it to people.
Be patient; patience is a pillar of faith.
When a man puts me a question, I judge of his intelligence.
He who sleeps without offering the night prayer, may he never enjoy a sound sleep.
The death of a thousand worshipers is easier to bear than the death of a scholar who has knowledge of what Allah has permitted and forbidden.
