Shocking Sayings
187 sayings found from the Medieval era
I used to forbid you from visiting graves, but now visit them, for they remind you of the Hereafter.
When one of you wakes up from sleep, he must not put his hand into a utensil till he has washed it three times, for he does not know where his hand spent the night.
When you hear the barking of dogs and the braying of donkeys at night, seek refuge with Allah, for they see what you do not see.
The earth has been made for me a place for prostration and a means of purification.
No one who has an atom's weight of pride in his heart will enter Paradise.
Indeed, I have been sent with concise words and comprehensive meanings.
If a fly falls into the drink of anyone of you, he should dip it (in the drink), for one of its wings has a disease and the other has the cure for the disease.
The greatest Jihad is to speak a word of truth to a tyrannical ruler.
There is no disease that Allah has sent down, except that He has also sent down its cure.
Do not curse the wind, for it is from the mercy of Allah.
The most beloved of deeds to Allah is that you die and your tongue is moist with the remembrance of Allah.
If a Muslim plants a tree or sows seeds, and then a bird, or a person or an animal eats from it, it is regarded as a charitable gift for him.
The world is a prison for the believer and a paradise for the disbeliever.
When you are commanded to do a good deed, do it as much as you can, and when you are forbidden from doing a bad deed, avoid it completely.
The strongest among you is the one who controls his anger.
A man will be with those whom he loves.
Indeed, Allah is Beautiful and loves beauty.
The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.
Whoever kills a mu'ahid (a non-Muslim living under Muslim rule) will not smell the fragrance of Paradise.
Do not wish for death; for if he is a good doer, he may increase his good deeds, and if he is an evil doer, he may repent.