The best of people

The best of people are those who traverse the path of Prophet (s.a.w) and the elite of his companions (r.a) such that they are moderate in the bodily actions of worship and strive to correct the affairs and states of heart. this is because the journey to the Hereafter is cut short by the journey of the hearts, not the journey of bodies - ibn Rajab al Hanbali, The Journey to Allah

Soften Hearts With Dhikr

A man said to al-Hasan al-Basri, “O Abu Sa’eed, I am complaining to you of the hardness of my heart.”

He said,“Soften it with dhikr. The more forgetful the heart is, the harder it becomes, but if a person remembers Allaah, that hardness softens as copper melts in the fire. Nothing can soften the hardness of the heart like the remembrance of Allaah, may He be glorified and exalted. Dhikr is healing and medicine for the heart. Forgetfulness is a disease, the cure for which is remembrance of Allaah.”

Your Need For Acceptance Is Greater

“Know that your need of Allah accepting your charity is infinitely greater than the need of the one whom you give to your charity.-Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah 

Capital Of The Believer

The capital of the believer is his religion, it is always with him, he does not leave it behind when on a journey and neither does he entrust it to another.- Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī 

Sell Dunya, Win Aakhirah and Dunya

O son of Adam!  Sell your current life for your latter life, and you will win both.  Do not sell your latter life for this life, for you will lose them both.  The period of stay is short, and the righteous ones went away before you, so what are you waiting for? By Allah, it is about to come, and then the latter ones will join the former ones among you.—Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī [d 110H/728CE]

Sincerity for Allah

“Sincerity is not combined in the heart along with the love of being praised by the people, and being commended by them, and also having greed for what the people have, except like water being combined with fire.”[Imam Ibn al Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah RahimahuAllah]

Constantly Conscious of Death

Those who were before you used to often consider the nearness of death. One of them would often take water for purity, fulfils the call of nature and perform ablution, fearing that Allah’s Command (death) might come to him while he is not in a state of purity.—Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī [d 110H/728CE]