Luminous quotes

It does no harm to praise someone who knows himself

If a man goes to praise himself, his splendor is gone

Since I have known people, I have not been happy to praise them, nor have I hated to criticize them, because those who praise them are excessive and those who criticize them are excessive

One of the morals of a hypocrite is that he loves praise and hates blame

He writes this in Makarim Al-Akhlaq

I am in charge of your affairs, but I am not the best of you. If I do good, help me, and if I do evil, repay me

Indeed, by God, it is for their good, but the believer digests himself

If you knew what I know about myself, you would have buried me on top of the dirt

Some of this, may God have mercy on you

I don't think you are farther away

No one ever praised me without making me feel downcast

Oh God, do not reject everyone for my sake

Likewise, the servant should respect and digest himself

If sins had an odor, you would not be able to come near me because of the stench of my odor

If all of creation gathered together to humble me as I humble myself, they would not be able to do so

Sit down for anything that is who I am

Today I did a great deed for the people of the earth, and Omar sank in his heart and said, If someone else were to say this, you were the least of people, the most humiliated, and the weakest of people, so God honored you with Islam, so no matter how much you seek honor through anything else, He will humiliate you.

If the servant humbles himself before God, God will raise his wisdom, then he is small in himself or poor, and in the people’s eyes he is great, and if the servant is arrogant and out of step with God, then he is great in himself and in the eyes of the people is small, to the point that he is even more contemptible and smaller in the eyes of the people than a pig.

I seek refuge in God that I should be great in myself and small in God’s eyes

The widest path for the prince

Do you need anything? They said, “No, but we wanted to walk with you.” He said, “Go back, for it is humiliation for the follower and temptation for the followed.”

Whoever is arrogant, you will be exalted. Whoever God has cast down, and whoever humbles himself in humility, God Almighty will exalt him

You are neglecting the best form of worship, humility

O the best of people and the son of the best of people. He said, “I am not the best of people nor the son of the best of people, but I am a servant of God. I hope in God and fear Him. By God, you will not deviate from the man until you destroy him.”

Come to Saeed bin Jubair, for he is more knowledgeable about the account than me

It is a warning to take knowledge from its people, even if they are young or their destinies are small

You read about this Khazraji boy, and he said, “We have only destroyed arrogance.”

You are enough. He said that I would like to take my share of the profession

O community of Muslims, be ashamed before God Almighty, for by the One in whose hand is my soul, when I go to the toilet, I remain in space, masked by my garment, out of shame before my Lord Almighty.

I take a bath in a dark house, but I do not straighten my head, taking my dress out of shame before my Lord Almighty

If the servant is ashamed before my Lord Almighty, then goodness has been completed

It was said to him: Are you ashamed before people? He said: He who is not ashamed of people is not ashamed of God

Mention the owner of the loaf. Then he mentioned that a man from the children of Israel worshiped God for seventy years. Then Satan pleased a woman in his eyes, so he stayed with her for seven days. Then he went out on the run and lived with poor people. He gave him a loaf of food that some of those poor people wanted, so he preferred it to him. Then he died, and his worship was weighed by the seven days that were with the woman, so the seven days outweighed his worship. Then the loaf was weighed by the seven days, so he outweighed it.

One day, Talha gave one hundred thousand dirhams in charity, then he prevented him from going to the mosque when she gathered the two ends of his garment for him.

I heard God Almighty say in His book: You will not attain righteousness until you spend from what you love. And by God, if I love you in this world, go, for you are free for the sake of God.

There are three things I will not repay: a man who was generous to me in gatherings, I cannot repay him even if I gave him all of what I own, the second is one whose feet are forced to disagree with me, I cannot repay him even if I drip my blood for him, and the third is I cannot repay him until the Lord of the Worlds recompenses him on my behalf. Whoever inflicts need on me will find no place for it other than me.

If one of you assigns something to God Almighty, do not assign anything for him that he would be ashamed to assign to his generous person, for God, Blessed and Most High, is the most generous of the generous and the most deserving of those chosen for him.

A good deed is only accomplished by three things: it is hastened, made small, and concealed

He who does not associate with people in a reasonable manner is not a forbearing person, one who does not find any means to associate with him until God grants him relief

It is written in wisdom: Let your word be kind, and let your face be simple. You will be more beloved to people than those who give them gifts

The politics of people is more severe than the politics of animals

As long as you live, all people will be at home, for you are in the abode of orbits. Whoever knows is home, and whoever does not know will soon see regret for regrets.

Where are you from the orbit? I will manage until I manage this, that is, an Abyssinian slave girl who is sifting the farsala barley

People have lost their greatest and most pious religion

Because I would rather return a dirham from a doubt than give in charity one hundred thousand, not six hundred thousand

I caught people learning piety

You do not like how much a person prays or fasts, but look at his piety. If he is pious with what God has given him of worship, then he is a true servant of God.

I did not tell you that there is anything wrong with it, but I told you that I do not know of anything wrong with it

He only benefits from this by its scent, so I hate to smell its scent but not the Muslims

He does not surrender to a man who is permissible until he places a barrier of what is permissible between him and what is forbidden

The first compensation for the wise person from his dream is that people support him over the ignorant

As for you, you did not keep anything, and God knows no more

I am patient with the word, for it is more difficult for me than clutching hot coals. The only thing that motivates me to be patient with it is the fear of another, worse one.

A man from the people of Paradise will now appear before you

However, I heard him say nothing but good things

It is nothing but what I saw, except that I do not find in myself any embarrassment for any Muslim, nor do I envy anyone for the goodness that God has given them

This is what reached you and it is what we cannot stand

I'm not a dreamer, but I dream

Oh, if what I said was right, then God forgive me, and if what I said was wrong, then God forgive you

O Lord, the generosity of humiliation that I endured has given me long-lasting honor