“Allah has revealed to me that you should be humbletowards one another so that none of you boasts to another.”

“Every religion has its distinct characteristic, and thedistinctcharacteristic of Islam is modesty.’”

“Among the words that people learned from theearlier Prophets are: ‘If you feel no shame, then do as you wish.’”

“There is no gulp that brings greater reward with Allah than agulpof anger that a man swallows (suppresses), seeking thereby theFaceof Allah.”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) said to me:‘Recite Qur’an to me,’ so I recited Surat An-Nisa’ to him,and when Ireached (the Verse): “How (will it be) then, when Webring forth fromeach nation a witness and We bring you as a witnessagainst thesepeople?” [4:41] I looked at him, and his eyes werefilled with tears.”

“There is no believing slave who sheds tears, even iftheyare like the head of a fly, out of fear of Allah, and they rolldownhis cheeks, but Allah will forbid him to the Fire.”

“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah,‘And those who give that (their charity) which they give (and alsodoother good deeds) with their hearts full of fear.” [23:60] Isthis theone who commits adultery, steals and drinks alcohol?’ Hesaid: ‘No, Odaughter of Abu Bakr’ – O daughter of Siddiq –rather it is a man whofasts and gives charity and prays, but hefears that those will not beaccepted from him.’”

“The most quickly rewarded of gooddeeds are kindness and upholding the ties of kinship, and the mostquickly punished evil deeds are injustice and severing the ties ofkinship.”

“Being honorable is wealth and noble character is piety.’

“Iknow a word – (one of the narrators) ‘Uthman said: “a Verse”– which if all the people followed it, it would suffice them.”Theysaid: “O Messenger of Allah, which Verse?” He said: “Andwhosoeverfears Allah, He will make a way out for him.” [65:2]

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) addressed us in Nabawah” orBanawah – he (one of the narrators) said: “Nabawah is near Ta’if”–“And said: ‘Soon you will be able to tell the people ofParadise fromthe people of Hell.’ They said: ‘How O Messenger ofAllah?’ He said:‘By praise and condemnation. You are Allah’switnesses over oneanother.’”

“A man came to theProphet(ﷺ) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, how can I know, when Ihavedone something good, that I have done well, and if I have donesomething bad, that I have done a bad deed?’ The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said: ‘If your neighbors say that you have done somethinggood,then you have done well, and if they say that you have donesomethingbad, then you have done something bad.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) usedto enjoin charity, then one of us would go out and carry goods forothers until he earned a Mudd, but one of them nowadays has onehundred thousand (Dinar or Dirham).”Shaqiq said: "It was as if he was hinting that this was he himself."

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passedby adome-shaped structure at the door of a man among the Ansar andsaid:‘What is this? ‘They said: ‘A dome that was built byso-and-so.’The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘All wealth thatis like this(extravagant) will bring evil consequences to its owneron the Day ofResurrection.’ News of that reached the Ansari, so hedemolished it.Then the Prophet (ﷺ) passed by (that place) later onand did not seeit. He asked about it and was told that its owner haddemolished itbecause of what he had heard from him. He said: ‘MayAllah have mercyon him, may Allah have mercy on him.’”

“We entered upon the Prophet (ﷺ) when he was doing something,sowe helped him with it. Then he said: ‘Do not despair of provisionso long as your heads are still moving, for a person’s mother bearshim red with raw skin, then Allah provides for him.’”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)say: ‘No one of you should die except thinking positively ofAllah.’”

“The stronger believer is better and more beloved to Allah thantheweak believer, although both are good. Strive to seek that whichwillbenefit you and do not feel helpless. If something overwhelmsyou,then say: Qaddarallah, wa ma sha'a fa’al (It is the decree ofAllah and what He wills He does). And beware of (saying) ‘If only,’for ‘If only’ opens the door to Satan.”

“Awise word is the lost property of the believer, so whereverhe findsit, he has more right to it.”

“I heard Ibn ‘Abbas saying that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said: ‘Two blessings which many people squander: Good healthandfree time.’”

“Modesty is part of faith, and faith will be in Paradise.Obscenityin speech is part of harshness and harshness will be inHell.’”