The loftiest in status are those who do not know their own status, and the most virtuous of them are those who do not know their own virtue.

How strange! You seek guidance, yet you do not tread its path, surely a boat does not sail on land.

To be able to thank Allah for a blessing is a blessing within itself.

All humans are dead except those who have knowledge; and all those who have knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds; and those who do good deeds are deceived, except those who are sincere; and those who are sincere are always in a state of worry.

To admonish your brother in private is to advise him and improve him. But to admonish him publicly is to disgrace and shame him.

Wealth remains behind on earth while ibadaah accompanies you into the grave.

Never do I argue with a man with a desire to hear him say what is wrong, or to expose him and win victory over him. Whenever I face an opponent in debate I silently pray - O Lord, help him so that truth may flow from his heart and on his tongue, and so that if truth is on my side, he may follow me; and if truth be on his side, I may follow him.