Abu Huraira, may God be pleased with him, used to visit the Prophet, peace be upon him, every day. The Prophet said: “O Abu Huraira! Visit me occasionally so that love may increase.”

A wise person was asked: “With all the beauty of the sun, we have never heard of …

One of the kings reached the end of his life without an heir. He decreed that the first person to enter the city gates in the morning should be crowned king and given the kingdom.

By chance, the first person to enter was a beggar who had spent his life …

Once, during a journey to the Hijaz, a group of young, noble-hearted companions were with me.

At times, they would hum and recite meaningful verses, while a devout man on the path disapproved of the dervishes’ state and was unaware of their pain.

We arrived at the encampment of the …

I remember that one night, while traveling with a caravan, I had been walking all night and at dawn, I slept by the edge of a forest.

A disturbed man who was traveling with us let out a cry and took to the desert, unable to find peace for a …

Someone asked one of the elders of Sham about the essence of Sufism;

He said: “In the past, there were people in the world who were outwardly disheveled but inwardly collected. Now, there are people who are outwardly collected but inwardly disheveled.”

When your heart moves from place to place …

I complained to one of the elders that someone had testified to my corruption.

He said: “Shame him with your virtue!”

Be of good conduct so that the ill-wisher

Finds no opportunity to speak of your faults.

When the tune of the lute is harmonious,

How can the …

By the grace of God, a lost soul found the light of guidance and joined the circle of the enlightened.

Thanks to the blessings of the dervishes and the sincerity of their breath, his bad morals were transformed into good ones.

He abandoned his desires, yet the tongues of the …

They tell a story of a devout man who ate ten man (a unit of weight) of food in one night and prayed until dawn.

A wise person heard this and said: “If he had eaten half a loaf of bread and slept, it would have been much better.”

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They asked Luqman: “From whom did you learn manners?”

He replied: “From the ill-mannered; whatever I found disagreeable in their behavior, I avoided doing.”

They do not say a word in jest

From which the wise do not take a lesson

And if a hundred chapters of wisdom are read …

As much as the venerable Sheikh, Abu’l-Faraj ibn al-Jawzi, may God have mercy on him, forbade me from listening to music and advised me to solitude and seclusion, the vigor of my youth and my desires prevailed;

I inevitably went against the advice of my mentor and took pleasure in …

A caravan was attacked in the land of Greece, and immeasurable wealth was taken.

The merchants wept and wailed, invoking God and the Prophet as intercessors, but it was of no use.

When the dark-hearted thief is victorious,

What does he care for the caravan’s cries?

Luqman the Wise was …

A king summoned a devout man.

The devout man thought, “I will take a medicine to make me weak, so that the king’s belief in my piety will increase.”

It is said that he took a lethal medicine and died.

The one I saw as all essence like a pistachio …