• Knowledge is not gauged by the abundance of transmitted reports; true knowledge is awe of Allah (1).

• You see the unbeliever among the healthiest of people in body yet the sickest of them in heart (2). You meet the believer among the soundest of people in heart yet the frailest of them in body. By Allah, were your hearts diseased while your bodies remained sound, you would be of less worth to Allah than dung-beetles (3).

• A servant does not reach the reality of faith until he ascends to its summit, and he will not scale that summit until poverty is dearer to him than wealth, humility dearer to him than status, and until the one who praises him and the one who censures him are equal in his eyes (4).

• A man may leave his house with his religion intact, only to return with none of it remaining: he meets someone who can neither harm nor benefit him, swears to him by Allah, “By Allah, you are such-and-such,” and then comes back having gained none of what he sought and with Allah’s wrath upon him (5).

• If I were to mock a dog, I would fear being turned into a dog (6).

• Sin is what unsettles the hearts (7).

• In every unguarded glance, Satan finds an opportunity (8).