Heart-Softeners and Sermons

I was with Sa‘īd ibn Jubayr when he said: Who among you saw a shooting star last night? I said: It was I. Then I said: In fact, I was not (busy) in prayer, but I was stung by a scorpion

There is no contagion, nor is there any evil omen in birds, nor is there any evil omen in the owl, nor is there any evil omen in Safar, and run away from the leper as you would run away from the lion

No soul gets killed wrongfully without the first son of Adam taking guilt for its blood because he was the first to institute the practice of murder

I said: O Messenger of Allah, what is salvation? He said: "Control your tongue, abide in your house, and weep over your sin

In Paradise, there are one hundred degrees that Allah prepared for those who make Jihad in the cause of Allah. The distance between each two degrees is like the distance between the heaven and earth

Were this world worth a wing of a mosquito in the sight of Allah, He would not have given the disbeliever a drink of water thereof

Two eyes will not be touched by the Fire: an eye which has wept out of fear of Allah, and an eye which has spent the night guarding in the cause of Allah

Every Ummah has a trial, and the trial of my Ummah is wealth

All of my Ummah may be forgiven except those who commit sin openly

Let none of you die except while having good expectations of Allah

If I had gold equal to the mountain of Uhud, it would please me that I should have nothing left of it with me after the passage of three nights, except what I might retain to repay a debt

This world in comparison with the Hereafter is like the amount of water one of you gets when he dips his finger in the sea. Let him see what his finger returns with

Verily, among the things I fear the most for you after me is the splendor and adornment of this worldly life when they become plentifully available to you

Anyone spends a pair in the way of Allah will be called from the gates of Paradise: O slave of Allah, this is good! So, whoever was from the people of prayer will be called from the gate of prayer; whoever was from the people of Jihad will be called from the gate of Jihad

The least tortured among the dwellers of Hellfire is a person who has two shoes and two shoelaces made of fire that will cause his brain to boil as a boiling cauldron. He thinks that none is more severely tortured than him, although he is the least tortured among them

The dead person is followed by three: His family, his wealth and his deeds. Then two of them come back: His family and his wealth, and there remain only his deeds

Righteousness is good morals, and sinfulness is what your heart is not at ease with, and you hate that people know about it

Allah is happier with the repentance of His slave than one of you is with finding his riding camel after having lost it in a desert

Allah, Blessed and Exalted, accepts the slave's repentance as long as the death rattle has not yet reached his throat

Verily, Allah Almighty extends His Hand during the night so the sinner of the day may repent, and He extends His Hand during the day so the sinner of the night may repent until the sun rises from its west