The most noble branches of knowledge are those which bring you close to the Creator and help you to be pleasing to Him.
Category: Words of Wisdom
A miser with his knowledge
A man who is a miser with his knowledge is worse than a man who is a miser with his money.
I do not know
What shall I tell the people of my land when I return to them?
I have not experienced anything like it for memorising
I have never seen Wakee’ with a book in his hands, rather, he has everything memorised. So I asked him about the remedy for memorising.
Seeking knowledge with a sincere intention
We do not know of anything better than seeking knowledge with [a sincere] intention [for the sake of Allaah].
Reciting the Qur.aan in prayer
Indeed, Tameem ad-Daaree used to recite the [entire] Qur.aan in a [single] rak’ah.
Indeed knowledge departs
Indeed knowledge departs due to forgetfulness and leaving off revising.
Not taking sins lightly
Likewise sins which are treated as being minor and for which the person is taken to account will destroy him.
I used to attend the lessons of Qataadah when I was 14 years old
I used to attend the lessons of Qataadah when I was 14 years old, and there is nothing which I heard in those years except that it is as if it has been written (etched) in (on) my heart.
Divide the night into three parts
And a third [in which] he would do salaah [pray].