Sincerity Archives

Everything [we do] by which sincerity to Allaah [alone] is not intended will disappear (be worthless).

No-one honours the dirham (money), except that Allaah humiliates him.

I accompanied [‘Abdullaah] Ibn ‘Own for 24 years, and [during that time] I am not aware the angels recorded any sin against him.

[How] sad is [the state of] the son of Aadam; lifting rocks is easier for him than to abandon sins.

“It is as if you dislike socialising with the people.”

Indeed [true] fear is to fear Allaah until your fear [of Him] lies between you and your sins; that [there] is what fear is.

He was self-deprecating, and would not deem himself [to be much].

Indeed it is my falling short [of sufficient good deeds] that I weep over.

[With] death approaching me, [I am] far from [what] I [had] hoped [for myself], [and] my [good] deeds are insufficient.

If it were not that I was amongst them (this group of righteous men), I would have said [in shaa.-Allaah] they have been forgiven [by Allaah].