Allah, The Most High, said: يَـٰٓأَيُّہَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ كُونُواْ قَوَّٲمِينَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِ شُہَدَآءَ لِلَّهِ وَلَوۡ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡ أَوِ ٱلۡوَٲلِدَيۡنِ وَٱلۡأَقۡرَبِينَ‌ۚ إِن يَكُنۡ غَنِيًّا أَوۡ فَقِيرً۬ا فَٱللَّهُ أَوۡلَىٰ بِہِمَا‌ۖ فَلَا تَتَّبِعُواْ ٱلۡهَوَىٰٓ أَن تَعۡدِلُواْ‌ۚ وَإِن تَلۡوُ ۥۤاْ أَوۡ تُعۡرِضُواْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَان…

Imam Ibn Hibbaan, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: It is incumbent upon a sensible person that he adheres to humility and avoids pride.  Humility is of two types- the first one is praiseworthy and the other is blameworthy. Praiseworthy humility (necessitates) abandoning insolence and mockery. Blameworthy humility (occurs) when a person hu…

Amir Al-Mumineen Mu’aawiyah Bin Abee Sufyan, may Allah be pleased with him and his father, said: I am able to please all the people [i.e. within what is lawful] except the one who is envious of a blessing (bestowed on others) because never will he be pleased until that blessing ceases. Tarikh Baghdad 59/200

Al-Allamah Ubaid Bin Abdillah Al-Jabiri, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: The Shaikh, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: Justice is to place something in its (rightful) place and it is synonymous with wisdom. Its meaning is that a person is just in his rulings (judgments) towards both those who are close (in relationship) and tho…

Al-Allamah Rabee Bin Hadi Al-Madkhali, may Allah preserve him, said: Indeed, Allah severely censured the one who does not act. Allah said: وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ الَّذِي آتَيْنَاهُ آيَاتِنَا فَانسَلَخَ مِنْهَا فَأَتْبَعَهُ الشَّيْطَانُ فَكَانَ مِنَ الْغَاوِينَ وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَرَفَعْنَاهُ بِهَا وَلَٰكِنَّهُ أَخْلَدَ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ وَا…

Imam Abu Bakr Ibn Al-Arabi Al-Maliki, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: Muhammad Bin Qasim Al-Uthmani, may Allah have mercy upon him, told me more than once: “I arrived in Fustat one day, then I went to the gathering of Shaikh Abi Al-Fadl Al-Jawhari, may Allah have mercy upon him, and there I witnessed a statement that he uttered to the pe…

Imam Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: A single statement may be uttered by two people; one of them intends by it the greatest falsehood, while the other intends pure truth by it. What matters is the speaker’s path, conduct, and Mad’hab, what he calls to and what he argues in support of.” Madarij As-Salikin 3/481

Shaikh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: Truth is what agrees with the evidence, without giving consideration to the large number of those who accept it or the small number of those who turn away from it. Truth is not weighed by men; rather, men are weighed by the truth. The mere aversion of those who turn away, or…

Shaikh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: One must know that neither is it conceivable to the intellect (i.e. sound intellect) nor (plausible) in the religion to seek the pleasure of the creation [i.e. mankind and Jinn] due to two affairs: First, Imam Ash-Shafi’ee, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: The people are…

Abee Sukaynah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said, “Leave the Abyssinians alone as long as they leave you alone, and leave the Turks alone as long as they leave you alone”. [1] Al-Allamah As-Sindee, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: “Leave the Abyssinians and the Tu…