“If someone remarks "What an excellent man you are!" and this pleases you more than his saying, "What a bad man you are!" know that you are still a bad man.” IfsKnowsMenStillsWisdomSpiritualPleaseExcellentIslamicSufismSufiRemarksSufi WisdomBad ManIslamic WisdomSufi Love Author:Sufyan al-Thawri
“Knowledge for us means knowledge of the allowance/dispensation (rukhsa). As for strictness, anyone can show strictness.” MeanShowsWisdomIslamicAllowance Author:Sufyan al-Thawri
“None in this age will amass wealth except those having five traits ofcharacter. High hopes; abnormal greediness; excessive miserliness, lack of fearing Allaah; and forgetfulness of the coming world.” WorldWisdomAgeWealthFiveIslamicTraitsForgetfulnessAbnormalGreediness Author:Sufyan al-Thawri
“Every act of disobedience committed due to passion, its forgiveness is hoped for. Every act of disobedience committed due to arrogance, its forgiveness is not hoped for because the root of Satan’s disobedience was arrogance, whereas the root of Adam’s lapse was passion.” PassionReligiousSinForgivenessRootsCommittedDuesSatanArroganceIslamicAdamDisobedienceLapses Author:Sufyan al-Thawri
“If you know yourself, then you'll not be harmed by what is said about you.” IfsKnowsSaidKnowingSelf EsteemHarmIslamicKnow YourselfCognitionOffenceInsultedSelf-examination Author:Sufyan al-Thawri
