Muhammad al-Kattani reported: Abu Sa’id al-Khazzaz, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “Ruminating on a past moment is to lose a second moment.” Source: al-Zuhd al-Kabīr lil-Bayhaqī 480 عن حَمَّد بْن عَلِيٍّ الْكَتَّانِي قال قال أبو سَعِيدٍ الْخَزَّاز رحمه الله الِاشْتِغَالُ بِوَقْتٍ مَاضٍ تَضْيِيعُ وَقْتٍ ثَانٍ 480 الزهد الكبير للبيهقي فصل آخر في قصر …
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Samurah ibn Jundub reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Be present at the sermon and comes close to the Imam. Verily, a man continues to distance himself until he is delayed from Paradise, even though he will eventually enter it.” Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1108 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according …
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Al-Sulami reported: It was asked of Sahl ibn Abdullah, may Allah have mercy on him, “When will the soul of the impoverished find rest?” Sahl said, “When the soul does not see a moment other than the present moment in which it is.” Al-Sulami said, “It is part of virtue that the servant not be …
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‘Uqbah ibn ‘Amir reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “No Muslim performs ablution well and then prays two cycles with his heart and direction focused, except that Paradise will be necessary for him.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 234 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنْ رَسُولِ …
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Rabia’ ibn Subayh reported: Al-Hasan al-Basri, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “Every prayer in which your heart is not present may more quickly be punished than rewarded.” Source: al-Arba’ūn lil-Ṭūsī 11 عَنِ رَبِيع بْن صُبَيْحٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ البصري قَالَ رحمه الله كُلُّ صَلَاةٍ لَا يَحْضُرُهَا قَلْبُكَ فَهِيَ إِلَى الْعُقُوبَةِ أَسْرَعُ مِنْهَا إِلَى الثَّوَابِ …
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Ibn al-Mubarak reported: Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Two moderate cycles of prayer in contemplation are better than praying the whole night with a neglectful heart.” Source: al-Zuhd wal-Raqā’iq 288 عن ابن مبارك عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رضي الله عنه قَالَ رَكْعَتَانِ مُقْتَصِدَتَانِ فِي تَفَكُّرٍ خَيْرٌ مِنْ قِيَامِ لَيْلَةٍ وَالْقَلْبُ سَاهٍ 288 …
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Al-Qushayri reported: Al-Nasrabadhi, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “Hope motivates you to acts of obedience, and fear leads you away from acts of disobedience. Mindfulness leads to pathways of truth.” Source: al-Risālah al-Qushayrīyah 1/331 عَن القشيرية قَالَ النصرأباذي الرجاء يحركك إِلَى الطاعات والخوف يبعدك عَنِ المعاصي والمراقبة تؤديك إِلَى طرق الحقائق 1/331 الرسالة …
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Al-Qushayri reported: Abu Bakr al-Farisi, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked about the practice of inward silence and he said, “It is to abandon preoccupation with the past and the future.” Source: al-Risālah al-Qushayrīyah 1/247 عَن القشيرية وسئل أَبُو بَكْر الفارسي رحمه الله عَن صمت السر فَقَالَ ترك الاشتغال بالماضي والمستقبل 1/247 الرسالة القشيرية
Uthman reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “No Muslim attends a prescribed prayer and performs its ablution, reverence, and bowing in the best manner, but that it will be an expiation for his previous sins as long as he did not commit a major sin, and this applies at all …
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