Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said that in every town there are such people because of whom the punishment is lifted from the inhabitants of that town, and I hope that Abu Wa'il is among them.

Hazrat Yahya bin Jazar (may Allah have mercy on him) says in the commentary of the Holy Qur’an verse {إِذَا القوا مِنْہَا مَکَانًا ضَیِّقًا } that just as the lower part of a spear is narrow for the upper part.

Hazrat Muslim bin Yasar says that if you ask a king for something you need, you will also like to bow before him for it.

Hazrat Alaa bin Ziyad Adawi (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I saw in a dream that I was looking at a middle-aged, one-eyed old woman, and her other eye was just about to come out. And she was adorned with emeralds and many other strange and wonderful ornaments. I asked, "Who are you?" She replied, "I am the world (dunya)." I said, "I seek refuge with Allah from your evil." She said, "If you like the idea that Allah saves you from my evil, then bear enmity towards the dirham (money)."

Hazrat Muslim bin Dinar (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Jabir bin Zaid used to avoid dirhams.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Ayyaz (may Allah have mercy on him) in the commentary of the Holy Qur'an verse { وَنُقَلِّبُہُمْ ذَاتَ الْیَمِینِ وَذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ } that it used to be changed twice a year.

Hazrat Asma bint Umais (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that Ja'far (may Allah be pleased with him) came to me when he was in Abyssinia, and he was crying. So Asma asked, "What happened to you?" He replied, "I saw a man who was wealthy and of strong build. He passed by a woman and knocked over the flour she had with her. Then the wind blew the flour away." So Asma (may Allah be pleased with her) said, "I entrust you to that Day when the King will sit on the throne and will restore the right of the oppressed from the oppressor."

Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Aswad (may Allah have mercy on him) says that when I smell the fragrance of basil, I remember Paradise.

Hazrat Malik bin Mughul (may Allah have mercy on him) says that a man asked Sha'bi, "Tell us, who is a scholar?" He replied, "A scholar is the one who fears Allah."

Hazrat Amr bin Qais, may Allah have mercy on him, said that people used to dislike that a person would give something to his child, then the child would take that thing outside and a poor person would see it and go to his family and cry, or an orphan would see it and go to his family and cry.