Hazrat Abu Al-Jawza (may Allah have mercy on him), in the explanation of Allah Almighty's statement { وَیَخَافُونَ سُوئَ الْحِسَابِ }, says that what is meant by this is scrutiny in deeds.

Hazrat Abu Al-Jawzaa (may Allah have mercy on him) says that moving stones is easier for a hypocrite than reciting the Holy Qur'an, and Saeed (may Allah have mercy on him) says that it is even lighter for a hypocrite.

Hazrat Abu Al-Jawza (may Allah have mercy on him) says in the commentary of this verse of the Holy Qur'an { وَمَا خَلَقْت الْجِنَّ وَالإِنْسَ إِلاَّ لِیَعْبُدُونِ مَا أُرِیدُ مِنْہُمْ مِنْ رِزْقٍ، وَمَا أُرِیدُ أَنْ یُطْعِمُونَ } that I alone provide them sustenance and feed them, and I have created them only for My worship.

Hazrat Abu Al-Jawza (may Allah have mercy on him), upon reciting the verse of the Holy Qur'an { لَیْسَ لَہُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلاَّ مِنْ ضَرِیعٍ }, said: "How can a person become fat who eats thorns?"

Hazrat Muhammad bin Muslim (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Ibrahim bin Maisarah (may Allah have mercy on him) informed that Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) attacked a city. He says that I asked, "Was it the attack on Constantinople?" He replied, "Yes." Then he says that they passed by a storyteller who was saying that when a person performs a deed in the early part of the day, then at the end of the day, his deed is presented before all those who know him in the Hereafter, and when a person performs a deed at the end of the day, then at the beginning of the day, his deed is presented before all those who know him in the Hereafter. So Abu Ayyub said, "Look at what you are saying!" He replied, "I am saying this to both of you." Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) prayed, "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from being disgraced before Ubadah bin Samit and Sa'd bin Ubadah due to the deeds I do after them." He says that the storyteller said, "By Allah, when Allah writes friendship for someone, He covers his faults, and then he praised their good deeds."

Hazrat Muslim bin Yasar says that there are two valleys which are wide and their depth is also unknown. People are walking in them. So perform such deeds that you know your salvation lies only in good deeds, and have such manly trust (in Allah) that you know that only that hardship can befall you which Allah has promised you.

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)."