(Says the sheikh) that my master, father, may Allah increase his
life-span Al Fadl bin al Hasan said,"These pages are of the advice of the
Messenger of Allah (s) that he gave to Abu Dharr al Giffari ." (Then he gives
the whole chain of narrators tracing it from Sheikh Mufeed and Sheikh Abu Ja'far
Muhammad bin Hasan Babweih up to Abu al Aswad.)
Abu al Aswad said, "I had arrived at al Rabdha and I met Abu Dharr Jundib son of
Janada (a) and he narrated to me." "I entered one day in the midday in the
presence of the Messenger of Allah (s) in his masjid. I didn't see anyone at all
in the masjid except the Messenger of Allah (s) and Ali (s) who was sitting by
his side, so I took the opportunity of the emptiness of the masjid (to approach
the Prophet (s) )." I said, " Oh RasulAllah (s) , by my father and mother,
please advise me with such advice that Allah will benefit me by it."
So he said,"Yes, and how noble you are Oh Abu Dharr! Most surely You are from
us, the Ahl Al Bait (a), and I am giving You advise so remember it, for surely
it is the collection of (all) the paths of goodness. Surely if You memorize them
and put them into practice (hafiztaha), You will have by it `Kiflan'." (Two
folds of mercy, in this world and the hereafter)
Oh Abu Dharr! "Worship Allah as if You see Him and if You weren't seeing Him
(You must understand that) surely He sees You. Know You that the first of
worship of Allah is (Ma'rifa) gnosis, for He is surely the first before every
other thing, so there is nothing before Him, The singlemost without any second,
the continuing but not to an end. He is the Creator of the heavens and earth and
whatever is in them and between them and He is the Subtle, the Aware, and He has
power over all things; then (the second most important factor in the worship of
God is) belief in me and acknowledgment that Allah sent me to all of humanity as
a bearer of glad tidings, a warner, a caller (of people) to Allah by His
permission and a illuminating torch of light; Then (the third most important
factor in God's worship is) the love of the people of my house, Those from whom
Allah has removed (from them) every impurity and purified them a perfect
purification.(33:33)
"You must know Abu Dharr that Allah, the Great and Majestic, has made the `Ahl
al Bait' in my nation the likliness of the ship of Nuh (Noah) whoever rides it
is saved and whoever desires other than it is drowned. He has made them the
likeliness of the Gate of Jericho among the Banu Israel, whoever enters the gate
is safe.
Oh Abu Dharr! "Safeguard what I am advising You, You will be happy in this world
and next."
Oh Abu Dharr! There are two blessings seriously taken for granted (misused) by
mankind, health and spare time.
Oh Abu Dharr! Take advantage of five things before five things seize you; Your
youth before Your old age, your health before your sickness, Your wealth before
your poverty, your spare time before your being busy and your life before you
death.
Oh Abu Dharr! Beware of Procrastination for you are (in) today and not (in)
tomorrow. If there is a tomorrow for you, be tomorrow as you are today. If there
isn't a tomorrow for you, you will grievously regret the opportunity you missed
today.
Oh Abu Dharr! How many a person there is who has met a day he didn't complete!
How many a waiter there is of tomorrow who doesn't find it!
Oh Abu Dharr! Had you known the exact period of time you will live you would
hate hopes and their deception.
Oh Abu Dharr! Be in the world as if you are a stranger or like one simply
passing by as in a journey and count yourself as among the people of the graves.
Oh Abu Dharr! When you wake up in the morning don't talk to yourself about
tonight and when night has come don't worry of the mourning for surely you don't
know what your state will be tomorrow.
Oh Abu Dharr! Beware that may not over take you a fatal accident during
stumbling. The stumbling will not be averted. It will not be possible to return
(to correct your mistake). Will not praise you the one you left behind of what
you left behind. Will not excuse you, the one you will meet (Allah), of what you
were so busy conducting (in the world, carelessly).
Oh Abu Dharr! Be greedier, in terms of your time (life span) more than of your
gold and silver coins (wealth).
Oh Abu Dharr! Does any of you wait for but wealth that will make him oppressive
or poverty that will make him a forgotten thing or sickness that will destroy or
old age that will not permit him to do anything but sit, or death that will
finish him off, or the great deceiver, Dajjal - surely he is the most evil of
those things awaited; or the hour (Day of Judgment) which is more calamitous and
bitter. Most surely the worst of men in position with Allah on the Day of
Judgement is he who didn't benefit from his knowledge. He who seeks knowledge in
order to divert peoples attention towards himself will surely not smell the
fragrance of Paradise.
Oh Abu Dharr! He who seeks knowledge to deceive by it others will not even smell
the fragrance of Paradise.
Oh Abu Dharr! When you are asked of some knowledge you know not of say, "I do
not know!" You will be saved of it's consequences. Don't make judgment of that
which you haven't knowledge, you will be saved from the wrath of Allah on the
Day of Judgement.
Oh Abu Dharr! There will be a day when a group of people of Paradise will be
over a group of people of Hell and they will say, "What has made you enter
hell-fire? For surely we entered paradise by you teaching us and your
disciplining (educating) us!" They will say, :We used to bid others to do good
while we ourselves didn't do it."
Oh Abu Dharr! Surely the rights Allah (s) has over us are greater than his
servant can possibly fulfill! Surely the favors of Allah are more than His
servants can ever encompass. This is why they pass night and day repenting.
Oh Abu Dharr! You are surely in the passing of night and day where terms are
short, deeds are recorded and death comes suddenly. Whoever sows good is on the
verge of reaping good and whoever sows evil is on the verge of reaping regret.
And for every sower in the like of that which he sowed. Will not pass a slow
person even a moment and a greedy person will not reach that which is not
destined for him. Whoever is given good, Allah gave it to him and whoever is
protected from evil, then Allah protected him.
Oh Abu Dharr! The pious are the masters. And the learned are the leaders.
Keeping their company is increase (in good). Surely the believer sees his sin as
if it is a boulder, he fears that it will fall on him and surely the unbeliever
sees his sin as if it is a fly passing on his nose.
Oh Abu Dharr! Surely Allah (s), when He wills good for a servant he puts his
sins before his two eyes. When he wills bad for a servant he makes him forget
his sins.
Oh Abu Dharr! Don't look at the smallness of the sin but look at the one you
disobeyed.
Oh Abu Dharr! Surely the believer is stronger in his fleeing from sin than a
sparrow when thrown from his nest.
Oh Abu Dharr! He whose words conform with his deed so he is the one who has
attained his share. He whose words don't conform with his deed then he is only
destroying himself.
Oh Abu Dharr! Surely a mans sustenance is prohibited (from reaching him) because
of a sin he did.
Oh Abu Dharr! Leave that which you have nothing to do with. Do not speak of that
which does not concern you, and guard your tongue like you guard your money.
Oh Abu Dharr! Surely Allah, glorious is His praise, will enter a people into
paradise and will give them until they are weary and above them there will be a
people in the highest grades. So when they will look to them they will recognize
them so they will say. "Oh our Lord, they are our brothers, we use to be
together in the world so why have you favored them over us." So it will be said,
"Far from it, far from it! Surely they used to be hungry while you were
satiated, they used to be thirsty while you were quenched, they used to stand
(in prayer) while you used to sleep, they used to rise (take a stand) while you
used to go low (be passive, relax).
Oh Abu Dharr! Allah, glorious is His praise, has made the pleasure of my eye in
Salat, and has made me to love the Salat like food is made loveable to the
hungry and water to the thirsty. And surely the hungry one, when he eats, he is
satiated and the thirsty one, when he drinks he is quenched but I am not
satiated from Salat.
Oh Abu Dharr! Anyone who voluntarily does 12 raka't other than the obligatory,
he has a sure right to a house in paradise.
Oh Abu Dharr! Surely, so long as you are in Salat, you are knocking on the door
of the Great King, and whoever knocks much on the door of the King it will be
opened for him.
Oh Abu Dharr! There is no believer that stands in prayer but falls on him
goodness (birr) what is between him and the Throne. And an angel is appointed
for him that calls out, "Oh son of Adam, if you knew what there is for you in
Salat and who you are calling, you would not turn away.
Oh Abu Dharr! The Salat is the pillar of the religion (deen) and the tongue is
greater; and charity wipes out sin and the tongue is greater; and Fasting is a
shield against the fire and the tongue is greater; and jihad is nobility and the
tongue is greater.
Oh Abu Dharr! A degree in heaven is above a degree (like steps) like what is
between the sky and earth. And surely the servant raises his eye and light
dazzles it, almost snatching his sight, so he is shocked by it and says, "What
is this?" So it is said, "This is the light of your brother." So he will say,
"My brother so and so? We use to work together in the world and he has been so
much favored over me?" So it will by said, "He surely was better than you in
deeds." Then will be put in his heart satisfaction until he is satisfied.
On Abu Dharr! This world is the prison of the believer and the paradise of the
unbeliever. And no believer wakes up but is grieved in it. And how can he not be
grieved in it when Allah has sworn that it will take him to Hell and He didn't
promise him that it will deliver him from it, and that he shall meet (in it)
sicknesses and hardships and matters which will anger him and he will be wronged
in it and won't be helped. He seeks reward from Allah and continues to be in
grief (in it)until he departs from it. And when he departs from it, he attains
to comfort and honor.
Oh Abu Dharr! Allah (s), has not been worshipped with a thing like that of
length of grief.
Oh Abu Dharr! Whoever is given knowledge which doesn't cause him to cry simply
because he has been given knowledge, it will not benefit him. Allah has
described the learned and said, "Surely those who were given knowledge before
it, when it is recited onto them they fall upon their faces in prostration and
they say, "Glory be to our Lord. Surely the promise of Allah shall be done."
They fall on their faces crying and they increase in humility.
Oh Abu Dharr! Whoever is able to cry, let him cry. Whoever isn't able to cry
then let him have his heart feel sadness and let him try to cry. Surely the hard
heart is far from Allah (s), but they don't realize.
Oh Abu Dharr! Allah (s) says, "I will not combine for my servant two fears nor
two safeties. So when he feels safe from me in the world, I make him fear on the
Day of Judgement. And when he fears me in the world, I give him safety on the
Day of Judgement."
Oh Abu Dharr! If a man had the deeds of 70 prophets he would be looked down upon
and it is feared that he will not be saved from the evils of the Day of
Judgement.
Oh Abu Dharr! Surely the servant will be shown his sins on the Day of Judgement
with him who did his sins (also) so he will say, "As for me, I was afraid,
feeling anxiety (about my sins) so he will be forgiven.
Oh Abu Dharr! Surely the man does a good deed and he trusts (depends) on it and
he (also) does despised deeds until Allah comes to him while angry. Surely the
man who does an evil deed and he is afraid of it (its consequence) he will come
safely on the Day of Judgement.
Oh Abu Dharr! Surely the servant commits a sin, so he is made to enter into
heaven by it! So I said, "And how is that? By my mother and father Oh Messenger
of Allah (s)." He said, "That sin in front of his eyes makes him repentant of
it, fleeing to Allah (s) (from it), until he enters heaven!"
Oh Abu Dharr! Smart is the one who subjugates himself and acts for that which is
after death, and weak is the one who follows his self and its caprice and then
hopes in Allah so many a hope.
Oh Abu Dharr! Surely the first thing which will be removed from this community
(Ummat) is safekeeping (amaanat) and humbleness until it will hardly be seen
fearful (of God)
Oh Abu Dharr! By Him in whose hand the soul of Muhammad is in (s), if the world
was equal, with Allah, to that of a wing of a fly, the unbeliever wouldn't even
get from it a glass of water.
Oh Abu Dharr! The world is cursed! Is cursed what is in it except that by which
Allah's face is sought. And there is nothing more hateful to Allah than the
world. He created it then left it so He didn't look at it and will not look at
it until stands the hour (Day of Judgement). And there is nothing more loveable
to Allah than faith (eeman) in Him and abandoning of that which He ordered to be
abandoned.
Oh Abu Dharr! Surely Allah (s), revealed to my brother Isa (a), "Oh Isa! Don't
love the world for surely I don't love it and love the Hereafter for surely it
is the house of return."
Oh Abu Dharr! Surely Jibreel (a) came to me with the treasures of the world and
said, "Oh Muhammad (s)! This is the treasures of the world (for you) and it will
not decrease of your share (in the Hereafter) with your Lord." So I said, "My
beloved Jibreel! I have no need of it. When I'm satiated I thank my Lord and
when I'm hungry I ask Him."
Oh Abu Dharr! When Allah wants good for a servant He gives him understanding in
religion and makes him abstemious in the world and makes him to see his own
faults.
Oh Abu Dharr! No servant abstains in the world but Allah causes wisdom to grow
in his heart, and causes his tongue to utter it, and gives him insight of the
faults of the world and its sickness and its cure and causes him to leave from
it safely into the abode of peace.
Oh Abu Dharr! When you see your brother abstaining from worldliness, listen to
him for surely he is dictating wisdom. So I said, "Oh Messenger of Allah (s),
who is the most abstemious (zahid) of mankind?" So he said, "One who doesn't
forget the graves and the deterioration (of the world) and leaves the excess of
the adornment of the world and prefers what lasts over that which perishes and
he doesn't count tomorrow among his days and counts himself among the dead.
Oh Abu Dharr! Allah didn't reveal to me to amass wealth upon wealth. But He
revealed to me, "Glorify with the praise of your Lord and be among the
prostrating ones and worship your Lord until comes to you the certainty."
Oh Abu Dharr! I wear coarse clothing, sit on the floor lick my fingers, ride a
donkey without a saddle and have someone sit behind me. So whoever does not like
my manner, so he is not of me.
Oh Abu Dharr! Love of wealth and honor are stronger in stripping a man of his
religion than two ferocious wolves in a cattle pen of sheep; so they attack in
it until mourning. So what will remain of it?
So I said, "Oh Messenger of Allah (s), the fearful humble lowly people who
remember Allah much, will they be the first among mankind to go to heaven?" So
he said, "No. But it will be the poor among the muslims. They will come
outstripping the necks of mankind. Will say to them the Keepers of Heaven, "Like
that you are until you are given account of!" So they will say, "About what
shall we give account, for by Allah we didn't own anything by which we could
oppress or do justice and we weren't given (wealth) so we could withhold or give
(to others) but we worshipped our Lord until He called us so we answered.
Oh Abu Dharr! The world keeps our hearts and bodies busy and Allah will ask us
about what we were favored with of His lawful (halal) so what about that which
we enjoyed in His unlawful (haram).
Oh Abu Dharr! I surely asked Allah, magnificent is His praise, to make the
sustenance of he who loves me sufficient and to give the one who hates me much
wealth and children.
Oh Abu Dharr! Blessedness is for those who are abstemious in the world, the
longers of the hereafter; they take the earth of Allah as a carpet and its soil
as a pillow and its water as perfume. They read the book of Allah lowly and call
Him loudly and they cut themselves off from worldliness completely.
Oh Abu Dharr! Surely my Lord has informed me so He said, "By My glory and
majesty, no servants attain to crying but I build for them a palace in paradise
that no one will be a partner with in it.
So I said, "Oh Messenger of Allah (s), who among the believers is most
intelligent?" He said, "those that remember death most and prepare for it in the
best way.
On Abu Dharr! When light enters the heart it expands and becomes spacious. I
said, "So what is the sign of that by my mother and father, Oh Messenger of
Allah (s)."He said, "Turning (one's attention) to the eternal abode and keeping
aloof from the abode of deception and preparation for death before it takes
place."
Oh Abu Dharr! Fear Allah and don't show mankind that you fear Allah so they
honor you while your heart is evil.
Oh Abu Dharr! Let there be for you in everything a pious intention, even when it
comes to sleeping and eating.
Oh Abu Dharr! You must magnify the majesty of Allah in your heart. So don't
remember him like the ignorant remembers Him in the presence of a dog saying,
"Oh Allah disgrace him" and in the presence of a pig "Oh Allah disgrace him."
Oh Abu Dharr! Surely Allah has angels who are standing out of fear of Him. They
won't raise their heads until the trumpet shall be blown, the sounding of the
Hereafter. So they will all say, "Glory be to You our Lord, and Your praise. We
haven't worshipped you as it is fit for You to be worshipped!"
Oh Abu Dharr! If a man had the deeds of 70 prophets he would deem his deeds
small because of the hardship he will see on that day. If a bucket of two baths
were poured in the rising place of the sun it would cause to boil, the skulls of
those who are witnessing its setting. And if Hell only exhaled one sigh, no near
angel nor messenger sent would remain but would fall prostrate on his knees
saying, "Lord have mercy on my soul," until he will forget Ibrahim and Ishaq and
say, "My Lord, I am your Khaleel Ibrahim, so don't forget me!"
Oh Abu Dharr! If a woman of the people of paradise rose from the sky of the
world in the darkest night she would illuminate the earth more than the moon
does when it is full and would notice the fragrance she emits, all the people of
the earth. And if a cloth of the garments of the people of paradise was spread
today in the world, would faint who ever looks at it because of what their eyes
are beholding.
Oh Abu Dharr! Lower your voice during a funeral, during fighting and during the
recitation of the Qur'an.
Oh Abu Dharr! When you are in a funeral procession, so let your mind be busy in
pondering and humbleness and know that you will meet the same fate.
Oh Abu Dharr! Know that when something gets spoiled then salt is its remedy and
when the salt is spoiled there is no remedy for it. And know you that in you are
two (dangerous) qualities; laughing at something not amusing and laziness when
not tired.
Oh Abu Dharr! Two moderate cycles of prayer (rak'at) with pondering is better
than standing all night in prayer with a neglectful heart.
Oh Abu Dharr! The truth is heavy and bitter and the falsehood in light and sweet
and it may be that the (fulfillment of the) desire of an hour will yield a long
period of grief.
Oh Abu Dharr! A man has not fully understood until he sees mankind next to Allah
as camels, then he looks to himself and holds himself more contemptible.
Oh Abu Dharr! You will not reach the reality of faith until you see all of
mankind as fools in regards to their religion (deen) and intelligent in regards
to their worldly matters (dunya).
Oh Abu Dharr! Take account of yourself before you're taken account of so your
accounting will be easier tomorrow. And weigh yourself before you are weighed
and prepare for the great staging; the day you will be presented, not the least
of a hidden thing of you will be hidden from Allah.
Oh Abu Dharr! Be shy of Allah for surely by the One who my soul is in His hand,
I always feel embarrassed when I go to the bathroom; I cover myself with my
cloths because of the two angels with me.
Oh Abu Dharr! Would you like to enter heaven? I said, "Yes, may my father by
sacrificed for thee." He said (s) , "So cut your hopes short and put death
before your eyes and feel shy of Allah, the shyness due to Him." He said, I
said, "Oh Messenger of Allah, all of us feel shy of Allah." He said, "That is
not shyness; rather shyness is to not forget the graves and deterioration and
protecting your stomach and what concerns it and the head and what it contains
and whoever wants the honor of the Hereafter, so let him leave the
embellishments of the worldly life. So if you are like that, you have attained
the Kingdom (walayat) of Allah."
Oh Abu Dharr! Some supplication with good deeds is sufficient just as some salt
is sufficient with food.
Oh Abu Dharr! The one who supplicates without deed is like one who tries to
shoot his arrow without a string on his bow.
Oh Abu Dharr! Surely Allah, because of the goodness of his servant, He betters
the condition of his whole family and even his neighbors and the houses around
him so long as he is with them.
Oh Abu Dharr! Surely your Lord (s) boasts to the angels about three people: A
man who is in a deserted place (though alone), he calls azan and iqamat and he
prays. So your Lord says to the angels, "Look at my servant! He's praying and no
one sees him but me." So descends 70,000 angels and pray behind him and they
seek forgiveness for him until the next day; and a man who stands in the mid of
night and prays alone and does sajdah (prostrates) and falls asleep while
prostrating. So Allah (s) says, "Look to my servant! His soul is with me and his
body is prostrate" and a man who is in a war and all his companions flee, but he
stays firm fighting until he is killed.
Oh Abu Dharr! No man puts his forehead (in prostration) in a place of the places
of the earth but that place bears witness of that for him on the Day of
Judgement. There is no place that a people visit but that place starts either
sending salutation on them or cursing them.
Oh Abu Dharr! There is no place of lodging or departure of the places of the
earth but they call one another, "Oh neighbor, did anyone pass by you who
remembered Allah or worshipped by placing his forehead on you in prostration to
Allah?" So one says yes and one says no. When one says yes, it shakes and opens
up (in happiness) and sees that it has (been favored) a greater rank over its
neighbor.
Oh Abu Dharr! Surely Allah, when He created the earth and created what's in it
of trees. there was no tree that the children of Adam came to but they got from
it a benefit. The earth and the trees remained like that until the evil of the
children of Adam started saying the grievous utterance. Their saying, "Allah has
taken a son." So when they said it the earth trembled and the benefits of the
trees went away.
Oh Abu Dharr! The earth cries over the believer when he dies for forty mornings.
Oh Abu Dharr! When a servant is in a deserted place and does wudu or tayammum
then he does Azan and Iqamat and he prays. Allah (s) orders the angels, so they
form a row behind him where the two ends of the row are not seen. They bow with
his bowing and prostrate with his prostrating and say Ameen for his
supplications.
Oh Abu Dharr! Whoever does Iqamah without Azan, no one prays with him but the
two angels with him.
On Abu Dharr! No youth leaves the world and he spent his youth in obedience to
Allah but Allah gives him the reward of 72 Siddiq (truthful near servants).
Oh Abu Dharr! A remember (of Allah) among the careless is like a warrior among
the fleeing.
Oh Abu Dharr! A pious gathering is better than being alone and being alone and
being alone is better than an evil gathering and speaking good is better than
silence and silence is better then speaking evil.
Oh Abu Dharr! Don't accompany but a believer and let no one eat your food but a
pious person and don't eat the food of the evil doers.
Oh Abu Dharr! Give your food to eat to one who you love for Allah and eat the
food of one who loves you for Allah (s).
Oh Abu Dharr! Surely Allah (s) is with the tongue of every speaker. So let every
man fear Allah and know what he is saying.
Oh Abu Dharr! Leave excessive speech and is enough for you what you reach by it
your need.
Oh Abu Dharr! It is enough for a man as a lie to say everything he hears.
Oh Abu Dharr! There is nothing more deserving of being imprisoned for (in Hell)
than the tongue.
Oh Abu Dharr! It is of respect to Allah to honor an old muslim man, and to honor
a carrier of the Qur'an who acts by it, and to honor a just ruler.
Oh Abu Dharr! Has not acted, the one who has not guarded his tongue.
Oh Abu Dharr! Do not be a seeker of faults (in others) nor a person who over
praises (others in there face) , nor a defamer nor a wrangler.
Oh Abu Dharr! A servant continues to increase in distance from Allah so long as
his behavior is bad.
Oh Abu Dharr! A good word (of advise) is sadaqah (charity) and every step you
take towards Salat is (also) sadaqah.
Oh Abu Dharr! Whoever answers the caller of Allah and does well in inhabiting
the masjids of Allah, his reward from Allah is paradise. So I said, "May my
father and mother be sacrificed for you Oh Messenger of Allah (s). How should
the masjids of Allah be inhabited?" He said, "Voices should not be raised in
them and useless matters should not be discussed in them and things should not
be bought and sold in them. Leave foolish talk so long as you are in them and if
you don't, so don't blame on the Day of Judgement but yourself."
Oh Abu Dharr! Surely Allah (s) gives, so long as you're sitting in the masjid,
for every breath taken in it, a degree in paradise. And the angels send
blessings on you, and will be written for you for every breath you take in it
ten good deeds and will be wiped out from you ten evil deeds.
Oh Abu Dharr! Do you know the reason concerning which this verse was revealed?
"Be patient and exhort others to be patient and connect and fear Allah that you
may be successful." I said, "I don't know. May my father and mother be
sacrificed for you." He said, "In waiting for the next Salat after every Salat."
Oh Abu Dharr! Doing wudu well during difficulties is among the things that wipe
out sins, and frequenting the masjids, that is connecting.
Oh Abu Dharr! Allah (s) says, "Surely the most beloved of the servants to me are
they that love each other for my sake; they whose hearts are attached to the
masjids and the seekers of forgiveness at dawn. They are the ones that when I
want to punish the people of the earth, I remember them, so I avert the
punishment from them."
Oh Abu Dharr! Every sitting in the masjid is a waste except three; the
recitation of one offering prayers, the remembrance of Allah, and the asking of
knowledge.
Oh Abu Dharr! Be more concerned about doing deeds with piety than just doing
deeds. Because it is not deemed little, that which is done with piety. And how
can a deed be deemed little which is accepted? Allah (s) says, "Allah only
accepts from the pious."
Oh Abu Dharr! A man can not be among the pious until his accounting of himself
is stronger than the accounting a (business) partner takes of his partner. So he
knows from where his food comes from and from where his drink comes from and
from where his cloths come from; from a lawful means or from a prohibited one.
Oh Abu Dharr! Whoever doesn't care from where he earns his money, Allah (s)
doesn't care from where He will enter him into Hell.
Oh Abu Dharr! Whoever it pleases that he may be the most honorable of mankind,
let him fear Allah.
Oh Abu Dharr! The most beloved of you to Allah, magnificent is His praise, is
the one who remembers Him most. And the most honorable of you to Allah is the
most pious among you, and the most saved of you from the punishment of Allah is
the strongest of you in awe of Him.
Oh Abu Dharr! Surely the God-fearing are they who are careful concerning those
things which people are not generally concerned with, out of fear of falling
into that which is doubtful.
Oh Abu Dharr! Whoever obeys Allah has remembered Him even if his prayers,
fasting and recitation of Qur'an is little.
Oh Abu Dharr! The king of religion is piety and its crown is obedience.
Oh Abu Dharr! Be pious! You will be the best in worship among mankind and the
best of your religion is piety.
Oh Abu Dharr! The Virtue of knowledge is greater than that of worship. And know
you that if you prayed until your back becomes bent and you fasted until you
became thin as strings, that would not benefit you unless it is done with piety.
Oh Abu Dharr! Surely the people of piety and abstinence in this world, they are
the real friends of Allah.
Oh Abu Dharr! Whoever does not come on the day of Judgement with three qualities
he has surely lost. So I said, "What are the three, may my mother and father be
sacrificed for you?" He said, "Piety that prevents him from that which Allah the
Great and Majestic has made haraam for him, and clemency (hilm) by which he
refutes the ignorance of the fools and good manners (Khuluq) with which he deals
with the people.
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