Everything [we do] by which sincerity to Allaah [alone] is not intended will disappear (be worthless).
Category: Words of Wisdom
Watch what you eat
I advise you not to visit the rulers, and watch what you eat, [so you are certain] it is not haraam.
I do not know
By Allaah, I do not know; ask the cupping practitioners.
He prescribed me with seven
My close friend [Muhammad] ﷺ prescribed me with [the following] seven…
The epitome of humility
For fourteen years, ‘Abdoos prayed the morning (Fajr) prayer with the [same] wudhoo [as he had prayed] the ‘Ishaa [prayer]. And he was the epitome of humility.
Discipline and perseverance
Asad ibn ‘Amr said that for forty years, Abu Haneefah prayed the ‘Ishaa [prayer] and the morning (Fajr) prayer with [the same] wudhoo.
Only two hours of sleep
During [every] day and night, Ibn ‘Ataa would [only] sleep for two hours.
In prayer and supplication until the morning
Every day, my father would read a seventh [of the Qur.aan], and he would take a very light sleep after ‘Ishaa. He would then [awake and] stand [the night] in prayer and supplicate until the morning.
Divide the night into thirds
Abu Bakr al-Anbaaree said that al-Imaam, al-Haafith Abu ‘Ubayd would divide the night into thirds; so he would pray a third of it, and sleep a third of it, and author books [during] a third of it.
Making the most of your time
I never thought anyone could [still] be asleep at daybreak.