Sa’īd bin Jubayr (may Allāh have mercy upon him) said: “Indeed, fear (of Allāh) is that you fear Allāh to such an extent that your fear becomes a barrier between you and your sin. That is true fear. And remembrance (of Allāh) is obedience to Him. So, whoever obeys Allāh has remembered Him, and whoever does not obey Him is not remembering Him, even if they frequently engage in glorifying (Him) and reciting the Qurān.”
Muḥammad ibn Ka'b al-Quraẓī (may Allāh have mercy upon him) said: “When Allāh the exalted intends good for a servant, he makes three qualities in him: Understanding of the religion, asceticism in this world, and insight into his (own) shortcomings”
Ḥasan [al-Baṣrī] (may Allāh have mercy upon him) said: “Know that you will not love Allāh till you love being obedient to Him.”
Imām ibn al-Jawzī (may Allāh have mercy upon him) said: “A woman is an accountable individual just as a man is. She is obliged to seek knowledge of her duties so that she may perform them properly.”
Imām al-Awzā'ī (may Allāh have mercy upon him) said: “Adhere to the āthār of the salaf, even if people reject you, and beware of the opinions of men, even if they beautify it in speech. Then indeed, when the matter becomes clear, you will find yourself upon the straight path.”
Shaykhul Islām ibn Taymiyyah (may Allāh have mercy upon him) said: So these three are necessary: knowledge, kindness and patience: “Knowledge before commanding [good or forbidding evil], kindness while doing it, and patience after it.”
Aḥmad bin Ḥafṣ (may Allāh have mercy upon him) relates about Ismā'īl's death: I visited Abī al-Ḥasan (Ismā’īl), the father of Abī ‘Abdullāh (al-Bukhārī), when he was dying, and he said: ‘I know of no dirham from my wealth that was earned through unlawful means, nor of any dirham (from my wealth) that was earned through dubious means.’ Aḥmad said: “When he said that, I thought very disparagingly about myself.”
He said: And I heard Abā 'Abdullāh [i.e., Imām Aḥmad] say: “Whoever rejects a ḥadīth of Allāh's Messenger (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) is on the brink of destruction.”
Ibrāhīm bin Adham (may Allāh have mercy upon him) said: “If we used to see the young speaking in the presence of the elders, then we had no hope in his manners or in any goodness for him.”
Shaykhul Islām ibn Taymiyyah (may Allāh have mercy upon him) said: “When a single person possess both good and evil, wickedness and obedience, sunnah and innovation, he deserves allegiance and reward in accordance with the level of good that he has, and he deserves enmity and punishment in accordance with the level of evil that he has, so he receives from both of these. This is the basic rule concerning which Ahlus-Sunnah Wal-Jamā'ah are agreed, while the khwāraij, the muta'zilah, and those who agree with them oppose them in it.”
