Iraqi saying

There is an old Iraqi saying:

الف عين لأجل عين تكرمون

alfu-ayinin li-ajli ayinin tukramoon

"Thousand eyes (people) can be honored because of one eye (person)." *(Meaning, because they are associated with a respectable person, they get respected as well).

NEDERLANDS:

"Duizend ogen (mensen) kunnen geëerd worden wegens één oog (mens)."

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Accompanying the poor...

Awn ibn ’Abdullaah, may Allaah have mercy on him, said:

صحبت الأغنياء فعظم همي لأني كنت أرى ثياباً أحسن من ثيابي ودابة أحسن من دابتي، ثم صحبت الفقراء بعد ذلك فاسترحت

ENGLISH:

"I accompanied rich people and there was no one more depressed/sad than me, if I saw a man with a better garment than me and a better riding animal it would depress/grieve me–so I accompanied the poor and [finally] relaxed."

NEDERLANDS:

"Ik vergezelde de rijken, maar het maakte mij verdrietig, want ik zag hen mooiere kleding dan mij dragen en betere rijdier berijden dan mij. Nadat ik de armen vergezelde, kwam mijn hart pas tot rust."

["Al-Hilyah", 2/95].

Qur'an and the Hypocrites

Abul-Jawzaa, may Allaah have mercy on him, said:

نقل الحجارة أهون على المنافق من قراءة القرآن

ENGLISH:

"Hauling stones is easier on the hypocrite than reciting the Qur'an."

NEDERLANDS:

"Het dragen van stenen is makkelijker voor de Munaafiq dan het reciteren van de Qur'an."

["Al-Hilyah", 1/459].

"Don’t cry, O Daughter..."

It says in "Siyar A'lam An-Nubala":

لما نزل بعبد الله بن إدريس الموت ، بكت بنته ، فقال : لا تبكي ، قد ختمت في هذا البيت أربعة آلاف ختمة

ENGLISH:

"When death came upon ’Abdullaah Ibn Idrees, may Allaah have mercy on him, his daughter wept, so he said, "Don’t cry, O Daughter, for I have finished reciting the Qur'an in this house four thousand times."

NEDERLANDS:

"Toen Abdullah Ibn Idrees op sterfbed lag, moge Allaah hem genadig zijn, begon zijn dochter te huilen. Hij zei tegen haar: "Huil niet, O mijn dochter, want ik heb in dit huis 4,000 keer de Qur'an uitgelezen."

["Siyar A’laam an-Nubalaa", 7/499].

Umar on Advice

Umar Ibn Al-Khattaab said:

لا خير في قوم ليسوا بناصحين ولا خير في قوم لا يحبون الناصحين

ENGLISH:

"There is no goodness in people who don't give advice, and there is no goodness in people who don’t like to be advised."

NEDERLANDS:

"Er is geen goedheid in een volk die geen advies geeft en er is geen goedheid een volk die niet van advies-gevers houden."

["Risaalat Al-Mustarshideen", 71].

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