Hazrat Zaid bin Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Worship Allah as if you are seeing Him. If you do not see Him, then surely He is seeing you. And count yourself among the dead, and beware of the supplication of the oppressed, for it is surely accepted.

Hazrat Abi Muslim Khaulani, may Allah have mercy on him, says that scholars are of three types: one is he who himself benefited from his knowledge and others also gained benefit; the second is he who benefited himself but others did not gain benefit; and the third are those scholars from whom people gained benefit but they themselves were ruined.

Hazrat Zuraik bin Abi Zuraik (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I heard Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) saying: O son of Adam! Place your feet on your land and keep this in mind that after some time, this very place will be your grave.

Hazrat Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) says: O son of Adam! You are observing your deeds, so weigh the good and bad among them and do not consider any good deed insignificant, even if it is very small, because when you see its rank, you will be pleased. And do not consider any minor sin insignificant, because when you see its position, you will feel bad. May Allah have mercy on the person who earned wealth through lawful means, spent moderately, and returned the surplus. Return this surplus to the very place where Allah has commanded it to be returned, and keep it in the place where Allah has ordered it to be kept. Indeed, those before you sold their souls in exchange for Allah’s bounty, and death drew very near to this world. Thus, it humiliated the world. By Allah, no living being has seen happiness after that.

Hazrat Abi Al-Obaidain, may Allah have mercy on him, says that even if people crush you with a roller, still take your share and demand your right, and also safeguard your religion.

Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says that it is forbidden for every soul to leave the world until it knows what its end will be.

Hazrat Adi bin Arta’ah, may Allah have mercy on him, narrates about an early person of this Ummah that when people praised him and he heard it, he prayed:“O Allah! Do not hold me accountable for what they say, and forgive what they do not know.”

Hazrat Muhammad bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), son of Hanifa, says: Whoever does not lead a virtuous life is not wise, and whoever finds no way out, Allah creates for him a way out and relief.

Hazrat Mahmood bin Rabee’ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:“When Allah loves someone, He protects him from the world just as one of you protects his sick one from water.”Tirmidhi 2036. Ahmad 427

Hazrat Husain (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from Hilal bin Yasaf that nothing is more beloved to a believer than solitude.