Hazrat Ismail bin Abi Khalid (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that once the Children of Israel were afflicted by hunger. A man passed by another and said, "I wish that this desert would turn into flour and I would feed all the Children of Israel." So Allah Almighty granted him reward for his intention.

Hazrat Saeed bin Abi Burdah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that it is said that wisdom is the lost property of the believer; wherever he finds it, he acquires it.

Hazrat Ibn Jurayj (may Allah have mercy on him) says in the explanation of Allah Almighty’s statement { اقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُہُمْ } that“that which has been promised to them.”

Hazrat Sufyan (may Allah have mercy on him) says that renunciation (zuhd) in the world is by reducing hopes, not by wearing woolen clothes. And it is also mentioned that Awza'i (may Allah have mercy on him) used to say that renunciation in the world is to abandon seeking praise. He used to say: Act for the Hereafter, do not intend that people will praise you for your actions. And Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) used to say that renunciation in the world remains as long as the unlawful does not overcome your patience and the lawful does not overcome your gratitude.

38424 - And it was mentioned that Al-Awza'i used to say: Zuhd (asceticism) in the world is leaving praise, meaning: you do the deed not wanting people to praise you for it.

38425 - And it was mentioned that Az-Zuhri used to say: Renunciation of the world is as long as the unlawful does not overcome your patience, and as long as the lawful does not overcome your gratitude.

Ayyub says that it is appropriate for a scholar to put dust on his head as an act of humility.

Hazrat Thabit says that I have such ahadith related to concessions that if I were to narrate them to you, you would become lax in practice.

Hazrat Thabit says that I have seen some men from Bani Adi who would continue to pray until they had to crawl to their beds.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Malik says that there are certain vessels of Allah on the earth, from which Allah accepts only the hard, the soft, and the pure. That is, those who are firm in His obedience, soft at the time of His remembrance, and clean from filth.