حياة السلف بين القول والعمل

Scrupulousness: On the authority of Hisham bin Hassan, he said: Muhammad bin Sirin, may God have mercy on him, forwent forty thousand dirhams over something that you do not see anything wrong with today. [Sifat al-Safwa 3/173].

Scrupulousness: On the authority of Amr ibn Muhajir, he said: Umar, may God have mercy on him, desired apples and said: If only we had some apples, for they are good! So a man from his family stood up and sent him apples as a gift. When the messenger brought it to him, he said: How good it is, and how pleasant its smell and how beautiful it is! Take them away, boy, and convey my greetings to so-and-so and tell him: Your gift has been received by us in a way that pleases you. Amr ibn Muhajir said: So I said to him: O Commander of the Faithful, your cousin is a man from your family, and you have heard that the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, used to eat gifts but not charity. He said: The gift was a gift for the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, but for us it is a bribe. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 2/221].

Scrupulousness: Abdullah bin Al-Mubarak, may God have mercy on him, said: “To return a dirham of doubtful origin is more beloved to me than to give in charity one hundred thousand, until it reached six hundred thousand.” [Sifat Al-Safwa 3/375].

Scrupulousness: Abdullah bin Al-Mubarak, may God have mercy on him, said: If a man were to avoid a hundred things, but did not avoid one thing, he would not be scrupulous. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 3/39].

Scrupulousness: On the authority of Ibn Abi Layla, may God have mercy on him, he said: I met one hundred and twenty of the companions of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, from the Ansar. If one of them was asked about something, he wished that his brother would answer it for him. [Al-Siyar (its abridgment) 1/494].