حياة السلف بين القول والعمل

Scrupulousness: It was said to Al-Fudayl ibn Iyad, may God have mercy on him: What is asceticism? He said: Contentment. It was said: What is scrupulousness? He said: Avoiding forbidden things. It was said: What is worship? He said: Performing the obligatory duties. It was said: What is humility? He said: To submit to the truth. And he said: The most severe scrupulousness is in the tongue. [Al-Siyar (its abridgment) 2/777].

Scrupulousness: On the authority of Maimun bin Mihran, may God have mercy on him, he said: A man’s lawful dealings will not remain untainted until he places a barrier of lawful things between himself and what is unlawful. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 2/54].

Scrupulousness: On the authority of Abd al-Rahman ibn Umar ibn Rusta, he said: Someone who heard Ibn Uyaynah, may God have mercy on him, being asked about scrupulousness told me that he said: Piety is seeking knowledge by which scrupulousness is known. Some people consider it to be prolonged silence and little speech, but it is not like that. In my opinion, the knowledgeable speaker is better and more scrupulous than the silent ignoramus. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 2/442].

Scrupulousness: On the authority of Al-Hasan bin Salih, may God have mercy on him, he said: We examined scrupulousness and did not find it less in anything than in the tongue. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 2/452].

Scrupulousness: On the authority of Khalid bin Durayk, he said: Ibn Muhayriz, may God have mercy on him, went out to a cloth merchant to buy a garment from him, and the cloth merchant did not know him. He said: There was a man with him who knew him, so he said: How much is this garment? The man said: Such and such. So the man who knew him said: Be kind to Ibn Muhayriz. Ibn Muhayriz said: I only came to buy with my money, and I did not come to buy with my religion. So he got up and did not buy. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 2/166].