Chapters On Zuhd
كتاب الزهد عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
Chapter 58: What Has Been Related About Losing One's Sight
"Indeed Allah [Most High] said: 'When I take My slave's sight in the world, then there shall be no reward for him with Me except Paradise.'"
Chapter 63: The Hadith: "All Of The Son Of Adam's Speech Is Against Him Not For Him"
"The son of Adam's speech is against him not for him, except for commanding good, or forbidding evil, or remembrance of Allah."
Chapter 64: Regarding Giving The Rights To Oneself, The Lord, The Guest, And The Family
"The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) made a bond of brotherhood between Salman and Abu Ad-Darda. Salman went to visit Abu Ad-Darda, and saw Umm Ad-Darda wearing shabby clothes, So he said: 'Why are you wearing such shabby clothes?' She said: 'Your brother Abu Ad-Darda has no interest in the world.' So when Abu Ad-Darda arrived, he prepared some food for him (Salman) and said: 'Eat, for I am fasting.' He said: 'I shall not eat until you eat.'" He said: "So he ate. When night came Abu Ad-Darda started to leave and stand (in prayer), but Salman said to him: 'Sleep.' So he slept. Then he went to stand (in prayer) but he said to him: 'Sleep'. So he slept. When the morning (Fajr) came,Salman said: 'Get up now.'So he got up to perform Salat. Then he (Salman) said: 'Indeed your self has a right upon you, your Lord has a right upon you, your guest has a right upon you, and your family has a right upon you. So give each the right they are due. The Prophet (s.a.w), and that was mentioned to him, so he said: 'Salman has told the truth.'"
Chapter 50: What Has Been Related About A Man Shall Be With Whom He Loves
" A man shall be with whoever he loves, and for him shall be what he has earned."
Chapter 52: What Has Been Related About Righteous and Sin
"Righteouness is good behaviour, and sin is what fluctuates in your chest, and you would hate that the people discovered it about you."
Chapter 53: What Has Been Related About Loving For The Sake Of Allah
"Seven shall be shaded by Allah under his shade on a day in which there is no shade except His Shade: A just Imam, a young person raised upon worshiping Allah, a man whose heart is attached to the Masjid when he leaves from it until he returns from it, two men who love each other for Allah's sake, coming together upon that, and parting upon that, a man who remembers Allah in privacy and his eyes swell with tears, a man invited by a woman of status and beauty, but he says: 'I fear Allah, Mighty and Sublime is He,' and a man who conceals the charity he gives such that his left hand does not know what his right hand has spent."
Chapter 54: What Has Been Related About Making One's Love Known
"When one of you loves his brother,then let him inform him of it."
Chapter 57: (What Has Been Related) About Having Patience With Afflictions
And with this (same) chain, (it was reported) from the Prophet (ﷺ) who said: "Indeed greater reward comes with greater trial. And indeed, when Allah loves a people He subjects them to trials, so whoever is content, then for him is pleasure, and whoever is discontent, then for him is wrath."
"I have not seen ailment effecting anyone worse than upon the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w)."
Chapter 60: Those Who Try To Swindle The World By Using The Religion, And Their Punishment.
"In the end of time there shall come men who will swindle the world with religion, decieving the people in soft skins of sheep, their tongues are sweeter than sugar and their hearts are the hearts of wolves. Allah [Mighty and Sublime is He] says: 'Is it me you try to delude or is it against me whom you conspire? By Me, I swear to send upon these people,among them, a Fitnah that leaves them utterly devoid of reason."
Chapter 61: What Has Been Related About Protecting The Tongue
"Whoever guarantees for me what is between his jaws and what is between his legs, I shall guarantee Paradise for him."
I said: "O Messenger of Allah! Inform me about a matter that I may hold fast to." He said:'Say: My Lord is Allah, then be steadfast.' I said: "O Messenger of Allah! What do you fear most for me?" So he took hold of his tongue and said: 'This.'"
Chapter 65: The Punishment Of The One Who Seeks The People's Pleasure By Allah's Wrath And The Opposite
"Mu'awiyah wrote a letter to 'Aishah, that: 'Write a letter to advise me , and do not overburden me.'" He said: "So 'Aishah [may Allah be pleased with her]wrote to Mu'awiyah: 'Peace be upon you. As for what follows: Indeed I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) saying: Whoever seeks Allah's pleasure by the people's wrath, Allah will suffice him from the people. And who ever seeks the people's pleasure by Allah's wrath, Allah will entrust him to the people. And Peace be upon you.'"