Everything [we do] by which sincerity to Allaah [alone] is not intended will disappear (be worthless).
Tag: worship
Only two hours of sleep
During [every] day and night, Ibn ‘Ataa would [only] sleep for two hours.
Eating your fill weakens your ability to worship
I have not eaten my fill for 16 years, except on one occasion; and [on that occasion] I placed my hand in my mouth and induced myself to vomit.
How are you this morning?
[With] death approaching me, [I am] far from [what] I [had] hoped [for myself], [and] my [good] deeds are insufficient.
The best of actions
The best of actions [are those that] oppose personal desire.
How are you this morning?
How can one be in the morning when his Lord demands he fulfill [his] religious obligations, and…
The mere sight of him would evoke others to remember Allaah
And it was said that he was called a monk due to his worship and excellence.
The love of this world
There is none who loves [the pursuit of] this world, except that he has not loved death; [yet] whoever exerts himself [in righteousness] towards it (death), [will find that he] loves to meet his Lord.
The importance of Kitaab at-Tawheed
It is not sufficient to read ‘Kitaab at-Tawheed’ [just] once, rather it is befitting that you always read it; [so] every time you finish it, start [reading] it again, just as I do so myself.
Have you seen a jurist with your own eyes?
I asked al-Hasan al-Basree about something, and said [to him]: The jurists are saying such-and-such.