Heart-Softeners and Sermons

Abu Bakr As-Siddīq (may Allah be pleased with him) had a slave who used to give him a portion of his daily income as the master's share. Abu Bakr used to eat the food bought with that share

Al-‘Adbā', the Prophet's she-camel, was never outrun

When Allah wants to punish a people, the punishment befalls whoever is among them, then they will be resurrected according to their deeds

Do not keep the farmland lest you should desire the world

This (line) represents man, and this (line) represents the end of his life, and while he is as such, the closest line overtakes him

Oxus, Jaxartes, Euphrates, and the Nile are all from the rivers of Paradise

Paradise and Hell argued with one another. Hell said: I have been assigned the arrogant and the tyrants. Paradise said: Why is it that only the weak, the insignificant, and the simple enter me?

Two gardens, the utensils and the contents of which are of silver; two other gardens, the utensils and the contents of which are of gold. Nothing will prevent people from looking at their Lord except the veil of pride over His Face in the Garden of Eden

Verily, in Paradise, there is a tree that the rider of a lean, swift horse would travel for a hundred years without reaching its end

Verily, in Paradise there is a market to which they will come every Friday

The Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) went out and supplicated for the martyrs of the battle of Uhud eight years after (their death), as if he was bidding farewell to the living and the dead

Any Muslim who loses (to death) three children before reaching puberty will be admitted by Allah into Paradise because of his being merciful to them

The first to be judged on the Day of Judgment is a man who was martyred. He will be brought and Allah will remind him of His favor [upon him], which he will recognize. Allah will say: What did you do as a token of gratitude for that favor? He will say: I fought for Your sake until I was martyred

I asked the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) about the sudden glance, and he commanded me to avert my gaze

Verily, what I fear for you is a man who recites the Qur’an until its brightness appears on him and he becomes a support of Islam. (This continues) until this man changes his state to what Allah wills. He detaches himself from it and throws it behind his back. Then he starts attacking his neighbor with the sword, accusing him of polytheism

A woman was tormented because of a cat which she had kept locked up until it died, and she was thrown into Hell for that. She neither gave it food or drink when she locked it up nor freed it so that it would eat from the vermin of the earth

The most rebellious of people against Allah, Exalted and Glorified, is someone who kills another in the sacred precincts of Allah

Avoid this filth, which Allah has prohibited. The one who commits it, let him conceal himself with Allah's concealment and repent to Allah, for, indeed, anyone who exposes his sin to us, we shall enforce the Book of Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, on him

May Allah curse the thief who steals an egg and his hand is cut off for that, and he steals a rope and his hand is cut off for that

Allah Almighty does not sleep, and it is not befitting of Him to sleep