قال الإمام محمد بن عثيمين رحمه الله تعالى:

والمبتدئُ يَعقِلُ العلم شيئاً فشيئاً، لو أخذهُ مرةً واحدةً غصَّ، يقولُ العامّةُ - مثلاً حقيقياً -:

مَن كبَّرَ اللُّقمةَ غصَّ، ومن صغَّرَ شبعَ

[شرح الآجرومية ١٧]
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Imam bin Uthaymīn رحمه الله said: 

And the beginner should comprehend ilm (Islamic knowledge) little by little. If he takes it all at once, he chokes. The common people have a realistic saying:

"The one who takes big bites chokes, and the one who takes small bites becomes full"

[The Explanation of al-'Ajurromiyah]

‏كان يقول الشيخ مقبل الوادعي رحمه الله ‏لطلابه:

يا أبنائي لو كان العلم يسقى في كأس لأسقيتموه، ولكن لا يتحصّل عليه إلا بكد وحكِ الركب
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Shaykh Muqbil Al-Wadi’ee رحمه الله used to say to his students:

“Oh my children, if knowledge could be poured into a glass, I would pour it for you, but it is not obtained except by hard work, exhaustion, and scraping of the knees.”

[Nubdhah Mukhtasarah, pg. 44]

قال: قيل لابن المبارك:

ما خير ما أُعطِيَ الرجل؟ قال: غريزة عقل.

قيل: فإن لم يكن؟ قال: أدب حسن.

قيل: فإن لم يكن؟ قال: أخ صالح يستشيره.

قيل: فإن لم يكن؟ قال: صَمتٌ طويل.

قيل: فإن لم يكن؟ قال: موت عاجل.
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It was said to Ibn al-Mubarak:

"What is the best thing given to a person?“ Ibn al-Mubarak answered: "Intellect."

Then he was asked: "What if he wasn’t given that?” To which Ibn al-Mubarak replied: “Good manners.”

It was then said to him: “If he doesn’t have that?” He then responded by saying: “Good brothers can go to him and consult.”

They then asked:“And what if they don’t have that?” He replied: “Long silences.”

Then they asked him: “What if they don’t have that?” He responded in sense of finality by saying: “Urgent death.

[روضة العقلاء ونزهة الفضلاء]

قال الإمام ابن الجوزي رحمه الله:

‏ومَن سَرَّح لسانهُ في أعراضِ المسلمين واتبعَ عَوراتهم، أمسكَ اللهُ لسانهُ عن الشهادةِ عند الموت.

‏[بحر الدموع ١٢٤/١]
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Ibn al-Jawzi رحمه الله said:

‎“Whoever sets his tongue free to slander and speak about the honors of the Muslims, and seeks their faults, Allah will hold back his tongue from professing the Shahadah [at the time of] death.”

‎[بحر الدموع]

قال الشيخ عبدالسلام الشويعر حفظه الله:
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وليعلم طالب العلم أنه ما أنعم الله عز وجل عليك بنعمة بعد نعمة الإسلام كنعمة طلب العلم.
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Shaykh Abdul Salām ash-Shuwayir said:

‎“And the student of knowledge should know that Allah عز وجل did not bless you with a blessing after the blessing of Islam like the blessing of seeking knowledge.”

‎[محاضرة قواعد لطالب العلم]

قال ‏الشيخ ابن باز رحمه الله:

الوقت هو الحياة، ومن أضاع وقته أضاع حياته، ومن أضاع حياته ندم ولا تنفعه الندامة.

[مجموع فتاوی ابن باز]
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shaykh ibn bāz رحمه الله said:

‎"time is life. and whoever has wasted his time has wasted his life. and whoever has wasted his life has regret. however, the regret does not benefit him."

‎[majmūʿ al-fatāwā,16/261]

قال أبو زيد النحوي:
The Grammarian Abu Zayd Said:

لا يضيء الكتاب حتى يُظلم. وفي رواية: لا يُنير.
“The Book Does Not Glow Until It Is Darkened.”

What he intended by this was to encourage the student to fill in the empty white spaces in his books by taking notes.

‏[شرح رسالة آداب الدّارس والمُدرّس ٢٢٥]

الشيخ ابن عثيمين رحمه الله تعالى ❤️‍🩹

"الشيخ الناصح كالأب، يربيك على ما ينفعك لا على ما تشتهيه.”
The Sheikh that gives sincere advice is like a father; he raises you upon that which benefits you, not upon that which you desire.

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رضى الله عنه قَالَ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم:

‏ لَمَّا قَضَى اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ فِي كِتَابِهِ، فَهْوَ عِنْدَهُ فَوْقَ الْعَرْشِ إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي غَلَبَتْ غَضَبِي

[صحيح ‏البخاري]
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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said:

"When Allah completed the creation, He wrote in His Book which is with Him on His Throne, "My Mercy overpowers My Anger."

[al-Bukhari 3194]

‏قال الشيخ ابن عثيمين رحمه الله:
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كلما كان الإنسان أقوى إيمانًا بالله عز وجل كان ‎القرآن أنفع له في شفاء مرض القلب وفي نور القلب وفي انشراح الصدر وفي طمأنينة القلب وجرب تجد.

[شرح الكافية الشافية ١/١٩٨]
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Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymīn رحمه الله said:

“The more one strengthens his faith in Allah عز وجل, the more effective the Qur’an will be in curing his heart of its diseases, illuminating the heart, expanding his chest, and developing a sense of tranquility in his heart. Try and you will discover.”

[Explanation of al-Kafiyah ash-Shafiyah]

قال بعض اهل العلم:
"من حسن اخلاق الرجال ان يكون الرجل صموتًا حتى يشتاق صاحبه الى كلامه"
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Some of the people of knowledge have said: “From the best of man’s etiquettes is for the man to be silent, so much that his companion longs for his speech"

عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال‏:‏ ‏

"‏ رغم أنف، ثم رغم أنف، ثم رغم أنف من أدرك أبويه عند الكبر، أحدهما أو كليهما، فلم يدخل الجنة."‏

[رواه مسلم]
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The Prophet ﷺ said:

“May he be disgraced! May he be disgraced! May he be disgraced, whose parents, one or both, attain old age during his life time, and he does not enter Jannah (by rendering being dutiful to them).”

[Muslim]

استغل وقتك
‏ الشيخان ابن عثيمين وابن باز رحمهما الله
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Safeguard Your Time
ash-Shaykhān ibn Uthaymīn & ibn Baz

‏قال الإمام ابن قتيبه رحمه الله:

كانَ طالب العِلْم فيما مضى يسمع ليعلم، ويعلم ليعمل، ويتفقه في دين الله لينتفع وينفع.

وقد صار الآن يسمع ليجمع، ويجمع ليذكر، ويحفظ ليغلب ويفخر.

[اختلاف اللفظ]
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Ibn Qutaybah said:

The student of knowledge in the past would listen in order to learn, and learn in order to do good deeds, and develop a deep understanding of the religion in order to benefit others and himself.

But now the student listens to gather more and more information, gathers to remember, and memorizes to predominate over others and boast.

[Ikhtilāf al-Lafth]

قال الإمام إبن القيم رحمه الله:

"حال العبد في القبر كحال القلب في الصدر، فإذا أردت أن تعرف حالك في قبرك، فانظر إلى حال قلبك في صدرك."

[الداء والدواء ١٨٧-١٨٨]
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Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:

"The state of the slave in the grave is like the state of the heart in the chest. So if you want to know the state of your grave; look at the state of your heart in your chest."

[The Disease and the Cure]

قال الإمام الشافعي رحمه الله:

رأيت القناعة رأس الغنى
فصرت غنيًا بلا درهم
أمر على الناس شبه الملك

[ديوان الإمام الشافعي]
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Imam ash-Shafi’i رحمه الله:

I saw that being content was the essence of wealth. I became rich without a Dirham. I now walk like a king amongst the people.

[Diwan al-Imam ash-Shafi’i]

يقولون يصعب علينا ‏غض البصر في هذا الزمان
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They Say It’s Too Difficult To Lower Our Gaze At This Time

‏قال ابن القيم رحمه الله:

العين مرآة القلب، فإذا غض العبد بصره غض القلب شهوته وإرادته، وإذا أطلق بصره أطلق القلب شهوته.

[روضة المحبين ص ١٠٩]
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Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:

"The eye is the mirror of the heart, so if the slave lowers his gaze, the heart will lower its desires and whims, and if he lets his gaze wander, the desire in his heart will be released."

[Rawdatul-Muhibbin pg.109]

وَعَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ زَائِدَةَ قَال: كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيّ، إِنْ أَرَدْتَ أَنْ يَصِحَّ جِسْمُكَ، وَيَقِلَّ نَوْمُكَ، فَأَقِلَّ مِنَ الْأَكْلِ.

[جامع العلوم والحكم]
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Uthman bin Za'idah said: Sufyan
ath-Thawrī wrote to me [saying]: “If you want your body to be healthy, and your sleep to be less, then have little food.”

[Jami’ al-‘Ulūm wal-Hikam]

قال شيخ الإسلام ابن تيمية رحمه الله:

من رأى أنه لا ينشرح صدره، ولا يحصل له حلاوة الإيمان، ونور الهداية فليكثر التوبة والإستغفار.

[مجموع الفتاوى ٥/٦٢]
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Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله said:

"Whoever sees that his chest doesn't expand, and he couldn't attain the sweetness of Iman and the light of guidance, let him increase his repentance and seeking forgiveness."

[Majmoo al-Fatawāa 5/62]