“There is nothing more beneficial to a Muslim’s heart than to mix with the righteous and to watch their actions, while nothing is more harmful to the heart than mixing with the sinners and watching their actions“
~ Attributed to Ahmad ibn Harb rahimahul-Lah
“The world is the believer’s prison. The best action in the prison is patience and control of one’s anger. The believer has no country in the world, His land will be there tomorrow in the Afterlife.”
~ Attributed to ‘Abdullah ibn Mubarak rahimahul-Lah
“Renew your hearts with the remembrance of Allah because it rushes into forgetfulness.”
~Attributed to Yahya ibn Mu‘adh rahimahul-Lah
Cited as coming from: “From the Characteristics of the Salaf,” Compiled by Shaykh Ahmad Farîdwith. Transliteration-related modifications © 1996 Jami’at Ihyaa’ Minhaaj Al-Sunnah.
