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.

It is narrated from Hazrat Sufyan, may Allah have mercy on him, that a person cannot be considered a jurist until he regards hardship as a blessing and ease as a trial.

Hazrat Sufyan (may Allah have mercy on him) said that people used to find it strange that they would please their own souls.

Hazrat Malik bin Dinar (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "A heart that has no sorrow is like a deserted house."

Badeel bin Maisarah Aqili or Matar Al-Warraq, may Allah have mercy on him, says: Whoever recognizes his Lord begins to love Him, and whoever sees the world with the eye of the heart adopts abstinence from it. And a believer is not heedless as long as he does not engage in useless activities. When he reflects, he becomes sorrowful.