In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
The life of the predecessors between words and deeds
Patient clinic
On the authority of Abu Al-Aaliyah, may God have mercy on him
Ghalib Al-Qattan entered and visited him
It was only a short time before he got up
Abu Al-Aaliyah said
What kind of Arabs
Do not sit with the patient for a long time
The patient may seem to have a need and feel embarrassed to meet him
Tawoos, may God have mercy on him, said
The best clinic is the most concealed
On the authority of Abdullah bin Abi Saleh, he said:
A peacock, may God have mercy on him, came in when I was sick
So I said
O Abu Abdul Rahman
Invite me
He said
Pray for yourself
He responds to the needy woman when she calls upon him
Some of the predecessors, may God have mercy on him, said
From the entire clinic
To put your hand on the patient
The position of the predecessors regarding necessary and luxury needs
The position of the predecessors regarding work and striving to seek sustenance
Aisha, may God be pleased with her, said
Abu Bakr, may God be pleased with him, was one of the merchants of Quraysh
Until he entered the emirate
Muhammad bin Sirin, may God have mercy on him
If an Arab man comes to him
He told him
Why don't you trade?
Abu Bakr, may God be pleased with him, was a Quraysh merchant
On the authority of Omar bin Al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him, he said:
Gaining some meanness
Better than asking people
On the authority of Al-Zuhri, he said:
Abdul Rahman bin Awf, may God be pleased with him, believed in charity
During the era of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace
He divided his money into four thousand
Then give forty thousand in charity
Then give forty thousand dinars in charity
Then he mounted five hundred horses for the sake of God
Then he mounted one thousand five hundred camels for the sake of God
Most of his money was from trade
Salman Al-Farsi, may God be pleased with him, passed by a man in the market
He bought and was given food
And he said to him
O Abu Abdullah
You do this while you are the companion of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace
And he said
If the soul achieves its livelihood
I was reassured and devoted myself to worship
And the worst of them is obsessiveness
On the authority of Saeed bin Al-Musayyab, may God have mercy on him, he said:
The companions of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, were trading in the Roman Sea
Among them is Talha bin Ubaidullah
And Saeed bin Zaid bin Omar bin Nufail, may God be pleased with them both
On the authority of Hanzala he said:
I saw Salem bin Abdullah bin Omar, may God have mercy on him
He goes out to the market and buys what he needs
They were entering Alqamah, may God have mercy on him
He beats his sheep, milks them, and feeds them
Muslim said
I was told by Muawiyah bin Qurrah, may God have mercy on him
And I came from pasture
He told me what I had done
So I said
I bought such and such for my family
He said
And I got what was halal
I said yes
He said
Because doing what I did in the morning is more beloved to me than staying up all night and fasting during the day
Ayoubni Istakhtiani, may God have mercy on him, said
Commit your market
You are still generous to your brothers as long as you do not need them
The position of the predecessors regarding clothing and belongings
Omar, may God be pleased with him, said
If God expands, expand
On the authority of Anser, may God be pleased with him, he said
I saw between Omar's shoulders, may God be pleased with him, four patches
On the authority of Sufyan Al-Thawri, may God have mercy on him, he said:
They hated the two months
The fancy clothes he is famous for
People raise their eyes there
And the bad clothes in which he is despised
Omar bin Abdul Aziz, may God have mercy on him, said to those sitting with him:
You saw me delay the prayer
My clothes were washed and I waited for them to dry
On the authority of Al-Sha’bi, may God have mercy on him, he said:
Wear clothes that foolish people will not despise you in
And scholars do not blame you
Abu Al-Aaliyah, may God have mercy on him, said
A man wearing wool clothes visited me
I said, “This is the uniform of monks.”
When Muslims visit one another, they beautify themselves
On the authority of Muslim bin Yasar, may God have mercy on him, he said:
If you wear a dress, you think that you are better in that dress than in others
So miserable is your garment
Ibn al-Sammak, may God have mercy on him, said to the companions of Sufism
By God, if this clothing of yours is compatible with your bed
You liked people to see it
If it contradicts it, you will be destroyed
On the authority of Abd al-Malik bin Abd al-Hamid al-Maymouni, he said:
I don't know that I've ever seen someone clean a dress
He is not more committed to himself regarding his mustache, the hair of his head, and the hair of his body
There is no dress more pure and whiter than that of Ahmed bin Hanbal, may God have mercy on him
The position of the Salaf regarding some non-Islamic sciences
Al-Shafi’i, may God have mercy on him, said
I do not know any knowledge beyond what is permissible and what is forbidden, or rather about medicine
However, the People of the Book have defeated us
May God have mercy on him, he was eager for what the Muslims had lost in medicine
He says, waste a third of knowledge and entrust it to the Jews and Christians
The predecessor’s position on marriage
On the authority of Tawus, may God have mercy on him, he said:
A young man is not asceticized until he gets married
The position of the predecessors on building houses and palaces
On the authority of Abdullah Al-Rumi, he said:
I entered upon Umm Talaq
I saw that the roof of her house was short
So I said to her, “Um, divorced.”
Why do I see that the roof of your house is short?
She said that Omar bin Al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him, wrote to us
Do not prolong your construction
It is among the worst of your days
On the authority of Qais bin Abi Hazim, he said:
We went to Khabbab bin Al-Art, may God be pleased with him, to visit him
They paid seven kyats
He said that our companions of the predecessors passed away and did not lack the world
We have struck what we cannot find a place for except dirt
Had it not been for the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace
He forbade us from calling for death
I would have called him
Then we came to him again while he was building a wall for himself
He said that a Muslim will be rewarded for everything he spends
Except for something that puts him in this dirt
It means structure
Saad bin Abi Waqqas, may God be pleased with him, said
Three happiness and three misery
As for happiness, a good woman is favorable
An animal that places you among your companions wherever you like
A spacious residence with many amenities
As for misery, she is a woman of bad character
A bad animal
If you want to catch up with your friends, I will tire you out
If you leave it, it will leave you behind your companions
A narrow dwelling with few amenities
On the authority of Ibrahim al-Taymi, may God have mercy on him, he said:
If a man has money, he is denied his right
He was empowered to spend it in water and mud
The slave will be rewarded for all his expenses
Except for what he makes in construction and clay
Balancing the works of this world and the works of the hereafter
On the authority of Omar bin Qais, he said:
If you look at Abdullah bin Al-Zubayr, may God be pleased with him
I said about this worldly matter
This is a man whom God did not want even the blink of an eye
And if you look at him regarding his afterlife, you will say
This is a man who did not want the world for the blink of an eye
Abdullah bin Omar, may God be pleased with him, said
I plow for your world as if you live forever
And work for your afterlife as if you would die tomorrow
Umm Abbad said
We used to hear Ibn Sirin crying, may God have mercy on him, at night
And his laughter during the day
On the authority of Bilal bin Saad, may God have mercy on him, he said:
I noticed them huddled between the objects
And they laugh at each other
If it was night, they would be monks
On the authority of Saeed bin Iyasan Al-Jariri, may God have mercy on him, he said:
They used to make the first day of their day fulfilling their needs and improving their livelihood
And the end of the day to worship their Lord and pray
Economy and lack of spending
Muawiyah, may God be pleased with him, said
I have never seen waste without a right being wasted alongside it
It was said that good management is the key to maturity
And the door to economic safety
It was said that the economy is good in everything
Even when walking and sitting
Other benefits
Omar, may God be pleased with him, said
Whoever trades in something three times and does not succeed in it
Let it change into something else
On the authority of Ibn Omar, may God be pleased with him, what he said
If one of you does not have a livelihood in the country
Let him trade to another country
A life of peace between words and deeds