What Did the Scholars Say?

"Knowledge is not what is memorised. Knowledge is what benefits."

"Teach your tongue to say "I do not know" so that you are not asked about what you do not know."

"I never debated anyone wishing for him to make an error. I always wished that Allah would show him the truth."

"Patience is of three kinds: patience in performing acts of obedience to Allah, patience in refraining from what Allah has forbidden, and patience in accepting the decrees of Allah."

"The heart becomes sick just as the body becomes sick, and its cure is repentance and protecting it, just as the body's cure is in medicine and protecting it from harm."

"The heart rusts like iron, and its polish is the remembrance of Allah."

"The dunya is the abode of one who has no abode, and the wealth of one who has no wealth. Whoever gathers for it, works for it, and loves it has sold the good in exchange for the bad."

"How can the heart travel to Allah while it is chained by its desires?"

"The more knowledge increases, the more one's humility and fear of Allah increases."