Abū Dardā' (may Allāh be pleased with him) said: “A person does not attain taqwā until he becomes knowledgeable, and he will never be adorned by knowledge until he acts upon it.”
Abū Dardā' (may Allāh be pleased with him) said: “Goodness is not that your wealth and children increase, rather true goodness is that your forbearance (patience and wisdom) becomes great, your knowledge increases, and that you compete with people in the worship of Allāh – the Mighty and Majestic. If you do good, you praise Allāh - the Exalted; and if you fall short, you seek forgiveness from Allāh – the Mighty and Majestic.”
It is narrated on the authority of ‘Ā'ishah (may Allāh be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “There is no day on which Allāh sets free more slaves from Hell than the day of 'arafah. He draws closer and closer, then He boasts about them before the angels and says: ‘What do these people want?’”
Commentary by Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Azīz ‘Alvī, Dārussalām, Mawlānā Sayyid Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Awwal al-Ghaznawī, and Ḥāfiẓ Ṣalāḥuddīn Yūsuf added.
It is narrated on the authority of ibn 'Abbās (may Allāh be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “No good deeds done on other days are superior to those done on these (first ten days of Dhul Ḥijjah).” Then some companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: ‘Not even jihād?’ He replied: “Not even jihād, except that of a man who does it by putting himself and his property in danger (for Allāh's sake) and does not return with any of those things (i.e., is martyred).”
Commentary by Dārussalām, Shaykh al-‘Uthaymīn, Ḥāfiẓ Ṣalāḥuddīn Yūsuf, and Shaykh Muḥammad Fārūq Rafī’ / Ḥāfiẓ Muḥammad Fahad added.
It is narrated on the authority of Abū Hurayrah (may Allāh be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “The strong is not the one who overcomes the people by his strength, but the strong is the one who controls himself while in anger.”
Commentary by Shaykh ‘Uthmān Munīb, Dārussalām, and Ḥāfiẓ Ṣalāḥuddīn Yūsuf added.
'Uthmān bin Ḥakīm al-Awdī (may Allāh have mercy upon him) said: “Befriend the one who is above you in religion and below you in worldly life.”
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allāh have mercy upon him) said: “... It is recommended to walk a number of steps after eating at night even if it is merely a hundred steps, and he should not sleep right after eating as it causes great harm (to one's body) ...”
Ma'rūf al-Karkhī (may Allāh have mercy upon him) said: “If Allāh intends evil for His servant he locks the door of action upon him and opens for him the door of argumentation.”
Al-Fuḍayl bin 'Iyāḍ (may Allāh have mercy upon him) said: “The best of deeds is that which is most hidden, safest from shayṭān, and furthest from showing-off.”
Ḥabīb Abū Muḥammad (may Allāh have mercy upon him) said: “Do not sit in idleness, for indeed, death is seeking you.”
