May Allah show mercy upon the man who shows me my faults.
Lower your gaze from the world and turn your heart away from it...
Don't forget your own self while preaching to others.
The person I like most is the one who points out my defects
When you do not know of a thing say so plainly.
Luxury is an obstacle, and so is the fatness of the body.
Earning of livelihood by following some profession is better than living on charity.
Learn the Arabic language; it will sharpen your wisdom.
For those who practise tyranny and deprive others of their rights, I will be harsh and stern, but for those who follow the law, I will be most soft and tender.
If Allah wants for a people ill, he gives them debates and takes away from them actions.
Do not be misled by a person's prayers and fasting. [Instead] look [at their] sincerity and wisdom.
Sit with those who love Allah, for that enlightens the mind.
Fear him, whom you hate.
Be dignified, honest and truthful.
He who keeps his own counsel keeps his affairs in his own hands.
Seek knowledge and teach it to people. Learn dignity and tranquillity, and be humble towards those from whom you learn knowledge and be humble towards those to whom you teach it, and do not be tyrannical scholar otherwise your knowledge cannot be established because of your tyranny.
Renouncing the worldly pleasures is a comfort for both the human heart and body.
When a man puts me a question, I judge of his intelligence.
Hold yourselves accountable before you are held accountable.
There are four types of oceans. Passions are the ocean of sins, the self (nafs) is the ocean of lust, death is the ocean of life, and the grave is the ocean of distress
Acquire knowledge and teach it to people.
He who does now know evil will fall into it.
Do not be an arrogant scholar, for scholarship cannot subsist with arrogance.
Forgive people so that Allah may forgive you.
If patience and gratitude had been she camels, it would have mattered little on which I rode.
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