حياة السلف بين القول والعمل

On the authority of Khalid bin Ma’dan, may God have mercy on him, he said: There is no servant who does not have four eyes; two eyes in his face with which he sees the affairs of this world, and two eyes in his heart with which he sees the affairs of the Hereafter. So if God wills good for a servant, He opens the two eyes in his heart, so he sees with them what He has promised of the unseen, and they are unseen, so he believes in the unseen with the unseen. And if He wills otherwise for a servant, He leaves him as he is. Then he recited: “Or are there locks upon their hearts?” [Muhammad: 24]. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 2/188].

On the authority of Shahr ibn Hawshab, may God have mercy on him, he said: When a man speaks to people, his words have the same effect on their hearts as they have on his own heart. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 2/263].

On the authority of Sufyan al-Thawri, may God have mercy on him, he said: If certainty were to settle in the heart as it should, it would soar with joy and sorrow, longing for Paradise, or fearing Hell. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 2/379].

On the authority of Sufyan al-Thawri, may God have mercy on him, he said: The sight of the eyes is from this world, and the sight of the heart is from the Hereafter. A man may see with his eyes but not benefit from his sight, but if he sees with his heart, he will benefit. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 2/399].

On the authority of Sufyan al-Thawri, may God have mercy on him, he said: It used to be said: A time will come upon people when hearts will die and bodies will live. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 2/409].