RESURRECTED AND RECOMPENSED ALONE

O son of Adam! You will die alone, be resurrected alone and be recompensed alone. O son of Adam! If all people obey Allah and you disobey him, their obedience will not benefit you. If they all disobey Allah and you obey him, their disobedience will not harm you. O son of Adam! Beware of your sins, for it is your flesh and blood at stake. If you are saved from the evil repercussions of your sins, you are flesh and blood will be saved for you. If it is the other destination, then it is a Fire that will never be extinguished, a body that will never perish [eternal torment] and a soul that will never die—Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī [d 110H/728CE]

Do Not Take A Small Sin Lightly

Do not take a small sin lightly; instead, think about Who it is that you are disobeying: You are disobeying the Almighty Lord Who [sometimes] punishes people for small sins, and [sometimes] pardons people for great sins. - Sufyān al-Thawrī [d. 161H/778CE]

Good Expectations

Whoever reflects upon this issue deeply will realize that having the best expectations from Allah is equivalent to having good deeds, and doing good with one’s soul. For only when a person expects the best from Allah will he perform good deeds, since he will expect that Allah will reward him for his deeds and accept them. Therefore, the reason that he performed these good deeds was because of his good expectations from Allah; so the more a person betters his expectations from Allah, the more good deeds he does! - Ibn al-Qayyim [d. 751H/1350CE] Al-Jawab al-Kafi, p. 23

Qualities For The Bears Of The QURAN

It befits the bearer of the Qur’an to be known by his night when the people are asleep; by his day when the people are feasting; by his caution when the people mix [the lawful and the unlawful]; by his humility when the people are proud; by his grief when the people are happy; by his weeping when the people are laughing; and by his silence when the people chatter.

—’Abdullah ibn Mas‘ud [d. 32H]

Eloquent Repentance

‘I ask You by Your power and my humility to show mercy to me. I ask You by Your strength and my weakness, by Your independence of me and my dependence upon You. Here is my lying, sinful forelock in Your hands. Your slaves other than me are so many, and I have no refuge or sanctuary from You except with You. I ask You in the manner of the poor and wretched, I pray to You in the manner of one who humbly submits, I call on You in the manner of one who is fearful and blind, one whose neck is totally bowed to You, whose eyes shed tears for you, whose heart is humbled before You.’When the slave comes whispering words such as these, his faith multiplies exponentially in his heart.—Ibn al-Qayyim [d. 751H/1350CE] on expressing humility before Allah

Invoke Me and I will respond

Woe to you!  You run to one who would shut his door in your face, display his poverty to you and conceal his riches.  And you leave the One who opens His door to you in the middle of the night and the middle of the day, who displays His richness and proclaims, ‘Invoke Me and I will respond.’- Wahb b. Munabbih

Feeling Safe From Abandonment

O’ son of Adam, when Prophet Musa (Moses) objected to Khidr (ie. to his actions) on three occasions, the latter said, ‘This is the parting between you and me.’ Then how will it be with you who disobey your Lord many times in a single day? Do you feel so secure (and sure) that He will not say to you, ‘This is the parting between you and Me.’

—Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī