حياة السلف بين القول والعمل

Narrated by Amir al-Sha'bi: Umar, may God be pleased with him, said: By God, my heart has become so soft for the sake of God that it is softer than butter, and my heart has become so hard for the sake of God that it is harder than stone. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 71/1]

On the authority of Abu al-Bakhtari, on the authority of Salman, may God be pleased with him, who said: The heart and the body are like a blind man and a cripple. The cripple said: I see a fruit but I cannot get up to it, so carry me. So he carried him, and he ate and fed him. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 1/164].

On the authority of Ibn Sirin, may God have mercy on him, he said: If God, the Almighty and Majestic, wants good for His servant, He places a preacher in his heart who commands him and forbids him. [Sifat al-Safwa 3/172].

On the authority of Abu Qilabah, may God have mercy on him, he said: There is no one who desires good or evil except that he finds in his heart a commander and a deterrent, a commander who commands good and a deterrent who forbids evil. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 1/391].

On the authority of Ubaydullah ibn Shumayt, may God have mercy on him, he said: I heard my father say: God, the Almighty and Majestic, has placed the strength of the believer in his heart, and not in his limbs. Do you not see that the old man may be weak, yet he fasts during the hottest days and prays at night, while the young man is incapable of doing so? [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 1/480].