Protecting our faith
Walking on fire or holding fire in one’s hands!
How bound must the pious be in order to refrain from acting upon that which is uncertain! Protecting one’s faith is like walking on fire or holding fire in one’s hands.
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Creating warmth and serenity at home
We have to be patient
If we want the environment in the house to be warm, pure, and friendly, we have to be patient, steadfast, forbearing, forgiving, and benevolent, so that warmth and blessings prevail in the house.
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Busying ourselves with our own faults
Fortunate is he who sees his own faults
Fortunate is he who sees his own faults, and pays attention to his own vices, ignores other’s faults, and does not see himself as perfect and without defects.
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Do not justify
We must close the door of justifying our wrongdoings!
We must close the door of justifying our wrongdoings and repent for every sin, and compensate for it wherever possible.
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A dangerous illness
May it not happen that Haram becomes attractive to man!
May it not happen that Haram becomes attractive to man! This is a disease of the soul that man is afflicted with such that he is caught up in haraam despite there being numerous halaal ways for fulfilling his needs.
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Crying and Grief
Acts of the heart
Grief, sorrow, and crying are acts of the heart, so much so that crying and tears are signs of the acceptance of the Witr prayers.[The last Rak'ah of Night prayers]
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The best state and deeds
We must busy ourselves with the remembrance of God
We must resort to every such act that improves our state and increases our attention towards God, and we must busy ourselves with those acts, the remembrance of God, self-watchfulness and paying attention to God.
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Sincere preachers
God knows best what ranks they hold!
Those whom, like the prophets, have been appointed to preaching, and carry out their work without any favors and obligations, God knows best what ranks they hold! Of course, this is only if the scholar is aware of the do's and don’ts and himself practices that which he encourages and forbids.
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Value the opportunity
The chance to teach, study, or write
When one is given the chance to teach, study, or write, he must value the opportunity.
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Light of the intellect
No religion for he who has no intellect
The principles and acts of religion can be proven through the light of the intellect. Those who oppose intellectual principles and proofs in fact promote irreligionism, because ‘there is no religion for he who has no intellect.’
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