We are a people whom Allah gave might and glory to through Islam, so we will never seek glory through anything else.
Forgive people so that Allah may forgive you.
The criterion of action is that todays work should not be deferred till the following day.
Preserve the sayings of those people who are indifferent to the world. They say only that what Allah wishes them to say.
Take account of your deeds before they are taken account of.
Fear Allah, for that is fortune; indifference to Allah is misfortune.
When you see that any scholar loves the world, then his scholarship is in doubt.
May Allah have mercy on him who sends me my faults as a present.
The efficacy of a prayer depends not on the words but on the sincerity of intention.
Do not be an arrogant scholar, for scholarship cannot subsist with arrogance.
He who does now know evil will fall into it.
The most important of your affairs in my view is prayer; whoever prays regularly has protected his faith, but whoever neglects it, is bound to be more negligent in other issues of faith.
By Allah, whenever I endure any adversity I gain four blessings of Allah in exchange. The first of them is, when the adversity is not caused by my sin (virtue is earned). The second, when the adversity is not greater than my sin (virtue is earned). The third, when I am not deprived of contentment (virtue is earned). And the fourth, I hope for virtues thereby.
Learn Arabic, for it strengthens the intelligence and increases one’s noble conduct (al-murû`ah).
The wisest among you is he whose sustenance is the fear of Allah.
O Allah do not give me in excess lest I may be disobedient.
Who do you think's better looking people in the north or people in the south?
I know that you are a stone, you do not cause benefit or harm; and if it were not that I had seen Allâh’s Messenger (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) kiss you, I would never have kissed you.
Do not put off today's work for tomorrow.
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.
Money cannot help lifting its head.
Do not overeat; that invites disease.
Praise Allah, for by praise His blessings multiply.
Stay well away from the enemies of Allâh during their festivals.
Fear Allah, for He alone lives; all other things are liable to perish.
