> Help with some random quotes/ahadeeth/ayat

[MaryM]

It is reported that Abu Sulayman al-Darani said in his supplication, "O my Lord, if you ask me about my many sins, I will surely ask You for Your forgiveness; and if you ask me about my miserliness, I will surely ask You for Your generosity; and if you make me enter Hell, I will inform the people of Hell that I love You."

'Umar (radyAllahu`anhu) said, "There are four types of oceans ? passion is the ocean of sins, the nafs is the ocean of desires, death is the ocean of lives, and the grave is the ocean of regrets."

The Prophet (salAllahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said, "There will come a time for my ummah when they will love five things and forget five others ? they will love this world (dunya) and forget the next world; they will love life and forget death; they will love palaces and forget the grave; they will love wealth and forget the [Day of] Account; and they will love creatures and forget the Creator."

Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (radyAllahu`anhu) said, " There are eight things which are adornments for eight others ? chastity is the adornment for poverty; gratitude is the adornment for blessings; patience is the adornment for calamity; gentleness is the adornment for knowledge; humility is the adornment for the student; much crying is the adornment for fear [of Allah]; not boasting of one's generosity to its recipient is the adornment for charity; and complete calmness and inner concentration is the adornment for prayer."

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[MaryM]

Where are the bright ones, the handsome-looking ones, and where are those who took pride in their youthfulness, where have they gone? Where are the great kings who built cities and castles and fortified them with towering walls? What happened to the lionhearted valorous ones who made their enemy suffer humiliation in the battlefields? Time waned under their feet and they ended inside dark graves. Think of it and take heed.

-- Abu Bakr (ra), from 'beauty of the righteous'