Seeking The Hereafter..

Saturday, November 7, 2009

It is reported that Al-Hasan Al-Basri often used to say, “O youth! Seek the hereafter, for we often see people pursuing the hereafter and finding it as well as the dunyah (worldly wellbeing), but we have never seen anyone pursue the dunyah and gain the hereafter as well as the dunyah.”

Al-Bayhaqî, Al-Zuhd Al-Kabîr, article 12

The Beauty of Ilm on the Body

Monday, October 19, 2009

Al-Hasan Al-Basri [Rahimahullah ta'aala] said:

"When a man sought knowledge, it would not be long before it could be seen in his humbleness, his sight, upon his tongue and his hands, in his prayer, in his speech and in his disinterest (zuhd) in worldly allurements. And a man would acquire a portion of knowledge and put it into practice, and it would be better for him than the world and all it contains – if he owned it he would give it in exchange for the hereafter."
-Ibn Al-Mubârak, Al-Zuhd wal-Raqâ`iq Vol.1 p.156