On the authority of Jaabir -May Allah be pleased with him- that the Messenger of Allah -sallaallaahu alaihi wa sallam- was asked: ''What is the best of emaan?'' He said -sallaallaahu

Shaikhul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullaah) said: ''The heart does not cease being put to trial until the slave makes all his religion for Allaah.'' [Al-Fataawaa: 10/545]

Imaam Ibnul Qayyim (rahimahullaah) said:

”The scent of truthfulness cannot be smelled by a person who flatters himself or others.” [Al-Fawaa-id: 185]

Sufyaan Ath-Thawree (rahimahullaah) said: ”Whoever loves that he should be asked, then he is not worthy of being asked.”

[Siyar A'laam Nubulaa: 8/469]

Hasan Al-Basri (rahimahullaah) said: I met a people and each one of them was more miserly with the (passing away) of his live span than his dirham. [Sharhus Sunnah: 14/225]

It was said to one of the wise people of the early days: ''what are the things a scholar must seek to acquire?'' He said: ''The things that when the ship sinks, he swims along

Abu Ad-Dardaa (radiyallaahu-anhu) said: ''The Scholar and the learner are two partners (i.e. in goodness), the teacher and the listener are two partners (in goodness, the one

The wise ones said:

Whoever hides knowledge, it is as if he is ignorant of it.

[Jaami Bayaan Al-Ilm: 1/22]

Sufyan Ibn Uyaynah (rahimahullaah) was asked: ''Who are the people most in need of seeking knowledge? He said: The most knowledgeable of them, because their mistakes are uglier.''

Ash’shabee (rahimahullaah) said: ''If a man were to travel from the furthest parts of Shaam to the furthest part of Yemen in order to listen to a wise statement, I would