‘Call upon Allah during your days of ease so that perhaps He will answer you on your days of hardship.’
‘Do righteous good deeds before going into battle, for you are only fighting your enemies by the virtue of your deeds.’
‘Piety cannot be worn out, a sin is not truly forgotten and the Lord does not fall into slumber. So be the person you wish to be, for the way you treat others is how you shall be treated.’
‘Were it not for 3 things, the people would have been rectified: greed which is obeyed, desires which are followed and every person being pleased and amazed at his own opinion/view.’
‘In the days of Jahiliyyah, I was a merchant. When Islam came, I took up both trade and worship but I could not hold them both. So I went on with worship and abandoned trade.’
A man once came to Abu al-Darda’ and said, ‘Advise me, for I am going into war.’ He said to him, ‘Fear Allah as though you see Him until you meet Him. Consider your soul to be from the dead and don’t count it amongst the living. And beware of the supplication of the oppressed one.’
‘Let a person be cautious of the possibility that the hearts of the people are cursing him from whence he does not know.’
‘Do not complain about your calamity, do not speak about your fears and do not ascribe piety to yourself by your own tongue.’
Source: Excerpts from Kitab al-Zuhd / Fajr.wordpress.com
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