[Machine] While al-Hasan was in the mosque on a day in Rajab, he was sipping water and exhaling forcefully. Then, he began to cry until his shoulders trembled. He said, "If hearts had life, if hearts had righteousness, I would weep for you from a night whose day is the Day of Resurrection. Indeed, there is a night that gives birth to the morning of the Day of Resurrection. No creation has ever heard of a day more filled with disgrace and no eye shedding tears than the Day of Resurrection."  

بَيْنَمَا الْحَسَنُ فِي يَوْمٍ مِنْ رَجَبٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَهُوَ يَمُصُّ مَاءً وَيَمُجُّهُ تَنَفَّسَ تَنَفُّسًا شَدِيدًا ثُمَّ بَكَى حَتَّى رُعِدَتْ مَنْكِبَاهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ «لَوْ أَنَّ بِالْقُلُوبِ حَيَاةً لَوْ أَنَّ بِالْقُلُوبِ صَلَاحًا لَأَبْكَيْتُكُمْ مِنْ لَيْلَةٍ صَبِيحَتُهَا يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّ لَيْلَةً تُمْخَضُ عَنْ صَبِيحَةِ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ مَا سَمِعَ الْخَلَائِقُ بِيَوْمٍ قَطُّ أَكْثَرَ فِيهِ عَوْرَةٌ بَادِيَةٌ وَلَا عَيْنٌ بَاكِيَةٌ مِنْ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ»  

[Machine] The knowledge has vanished and the vices have remained, and whoever remains from the Muslims is in sorrow.  

«ذَهَبَتِ الْمَعَارِفُ وَبَقِيَتِ الْمَنَاكِرُ وَمَنْ بَقِيَ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَهُوَ مَغْمُومٌ»  

[Machine] I heard Al-Hasan say, "Indeed, the believer becomes sad in the morning and in the evening, and he finds solace in certainty amidst grief. It is enough for him, what is enough for a person to satisfy his hunger, a handful of dates, and a sip of water."  

سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يُصْبِحُ حَزِينًا وَيُمْسِي حَزِينًا وَيَنْقَلِبُ بِالْيَقِينِ فِي الْحُزْنِ يَكْفِيهِ مَا يَكْفِي الْعُنَيْزَةَ الْكَفُّ مِنَ التَّمْرِ وَالشَّرْبَةُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ»  

[Machine] I heard al-Hasan say, "Indeed, death exposes the world and leaves no delight for the sagacious."  

سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ الْمَوْتَ فَضَحَ الدُّنْيَا فَلَمْ يَتْرُكْ لِذِي لُبٍّ فَرَحًا»  

[Machine] "I have never seen a sadness longer than a sigh, and I have never seen it without considering it a conversation about a calamity."  

«مَا رَأَيْتُ أَطْوَلَ حُزْنًا مِنَ الْحَسَنِ وَمَا رَأَيْتُهُ قَطُّ إِلَّا حَسِبْتُهُ حَدِيثَ عَهْدٍ بِمُصِيبَةٍ»  

[Machine] "Son of Adam, how does your heart find solace and your thoughts dwell on the future?"  

«ابْنَ آدَمَ كَيْفَ يَرِقُّ قَلْبُكَ وَهَمُّكَ فِي آخَرَ»  

[Machine] Hasan, may Allah have mercy on him, said: "Tomorrow, everyone will be concerned about what they care about. And whoever is more concerned with something other than mentioning Allah, then there is no urgency for someone who has no Hereafter. And whoever prioritizes his worldly life over his Hereafter, then he will have neither the worldly life nor the Hereafter. And whoever speaks well but acts poorly, he is."  

قَالَ الْحَسَنُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ «غَدَا كُلُّ امْرِئٍ فِيمَا يُهِمُّهُ وَمَنْ هَمَّ بِشَيْءٍ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذِكْرِهِ أَنَّهُ لَا عَاجِلَةَ لِمَنْ لَا آخِرَةَ لَهُ وَمَنْ آثَرَ دُنْيَاهُ عَلَى آخِرَتِهِ فَلَا دُنْيَا لَهُ وَلَا آخِرَةَ وَمَنْ أَحْسَنَ الْقَوْلَ وَأَسَاءَ الْفِعْلَ كَانَ»  

[Machine] I said, "O Abu Sa'id, I have not found anything more intense in worship than piety." He replied, "O my child, is there any benefit in this besides piety?" Then Al-Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "I have not found anything more intense in worship than prayer in the depths of this night."  

قُلْتُ يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ إِنِّي لَمْ أَجِدْ مِنَ الْعِبَادَةِ أَشَدَّ مِنَ الْوَرَعِ فَقَالَ لَا أَبَا لَكَ فَهَلْ يُنْتَفَعُ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ هَذَا إِلَّا بِالْوَرَعِ ‍‍ قَالَ فَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ إِنِّي لَمْ أَجِدْ مِنَ الْعِبَادَةِ شَيْئًا أَشَدَّ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ فِي جَوْفِ هَذَا اللَّيْلِ  

[Machine] I heard Al-Hasan swearing by Allah, saying: "By Allah, O son of Adam, if you read the Quran and believe in it, your sadness in this world will be prolonged, your fear in this world will intensify, and your weeping in this world will increase."  

سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنُ يَحْلِفُ بِاللَّهِ يَقُولُ «وَاللَّهِ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ لَئِنْ قَرَأْتَ الْقُرْآنَ ثُمَّ آمَنْتَ بِهِ لَيَطُولَنَّ فِي الدُّنْيَا حُزْنُكَ وَلَيَشْتَدَّنَّ فِي الدُّنْيَا خَوْفُكَ وَلَيَكْثُرَنَّ فِي الدُّنْيَا بُكَاؤُكَ»  

[Machine] "Oh Abu Sa'id, we met scholars who reminded us and frightened us. They almost brought our hearts to them, while others spoke with ease in their speech. Hasan said, 'O Abdullah, whoever frightens you until you find peace is better than the one who assures you until you encounter fear.'"  

يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ لَقِينَا عُلَمَاءَ يُذَكِّرُونَنَا وَيُخَوِّفُونَنَا يَكَادُ يَجْلِبُونَ قُلُوبَنَا وَآخَرُونَ فِي حَدِيثِهِمْ سُهُولَةٌ قَالَ قَالَ الْحَسَنُ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ مَنْ خَوَّفَكَ حَتَّى تَلْقَى الْأَمْنَ خَيْرٌ مِمَّنْ أَمَّنَكَ حَتَّى تَلْقَى الْمَخَافَةَ  

[Machine] I heard Al-Hasan say, "By Allah, the Children of Israel indeed worshipped idols after their worship of the Most Merciful, due to their love for the world."  

سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ «وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَبَدَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ الْأَصْنَامَ بَعْدَ عِبَادَتِهِمْ الرَّحْمَنَ ﷻ بِحُبِّهِمُ الدُّنْيَا»  

[Machine] I heard Al-Hasan say, "By Allah, I have seen people who have not folded a single garment, nor ordered the making of food for their families, nor placed anything between themselves and the ground. And even though one of them would say, 'I wish I had eaten a morsel that would remain in my stomach like a brick,' he would still say, 'We have been informed that a brick remains in water for three hundred years.'"  

سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَدْرَكْتُ أَقْوَامًا مَا طُوِيَ لِأَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ ثَوْبٌ قَطُّ وَلَا أَمَرَ فِي أَهْلِهِ بِصَنْعَةِ طَعَامٍ قَطُّ وَلَا جَعَلَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْأَرْضِ شَيْئًا قَطُّ وَإِن كَانَ أَحَدُهُمْ لَيَقُولُ لَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي أَكَلْتُ أَكْلَةً فَتَصِيرُ فِي جَوْفِي مِثْلَ الْآجُرَّةِ وَكَانَ يَقُولُ بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ الْآجُرَّةَ تَبْقَى فِي الْمَاءِ ثَلَاثَمِائَةِ سَنَةٍ  

[Machine] I heard Al-Hasan say, "If you command people to do good, then be one of those who follow it, otherwise you will be destroyed. And if you are one who forbids evil, then be one of those who reject it, otherwise you will be destroyed."  

سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ «إِذَا كُنْتَ آمِرًا بِالْمَعْرُوفِ فَكُنْ مَنْ أَخَذَ النَّاسُ بِهِ وَإِلَّا هَلَكْتَ وَإِذَا كُنْتَ مِمَّنْ يَنْهَى عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ فَكُنْ مَنْ أَنْكَرَ النَّاسُ لَهُ وَإِلَّا هَلَكْتَ»  

[Machine] I heard al-Hasan, when the owner of the world was mentioned, say, "By Allah, nothing of the world remains for him, nor does it remain for her. He is not safe from following it, its evil, and its reckoning. And he will surely be extracted from it in a torn state."  

سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ إِذَا ذُكِرَ صَاحِبُ الدُّنْيَا يَقُولُ «وَاللَّهِ مَا بَقِيَتِ الدُّنْيَا لَهُ وَلَا بَقِيَ لَهَا وَلَا سَلِمَ مِنْ تَبِعَتِهَا وَشَرِّهَا وَحِسَابِهَا وَلَقَدْ أُخْرِجَ مِنْهَا فِي خِرْقَةٍ»  

[Machine] I heard Al-Hasan say, "By Allah, I have encountered a group of people, even though one of them inherits vast wealth." He said, "By Allah, it requires great effort and exertion." He said, "So he says to his brother, 'O brother, I know that this is an inheritance and it is permissible, but I fear that it may corrupt my heart and my deeds. So it is for you, I do not need it.' He said, "So he does not take anything from him at all." He said, "And by Allah, it requires great effort and exertion." He said, "And I heard Al-Hasan say, "By Allah, I have encountered a group of people who were more ascetic in what Allah made lawful for them than you are in what He prohibited for you. And indeed, they were more afraid that their good deeds would not be accepted than you are afraid of your bad deeds being taken into account."  

سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَدْرَكْتُ أَقْوَامًا وَإِنْ كَانَ أَحَدُهُمْ لَيَرِثُ الْمَالَ الْعَظِيمَ قَالَ وَإِنَّهُ وَاللَّهِ لَمَجْهُودٌ شَدِيدُ الْجَهْدِ قَالَ فَيَقُولُ لِأَخِيهِ يَا أَخِي إِنِّي قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ ذَا مِيرَاثٌ وَهُوَ حَلَالٌ وَلَكِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يُفْسِدَ عَلَيَّ قَلْبِي وَعَمَلِي فَهُوَ لَكَ لَا حَاجَةَ لِي فِيهِ قَالَ فَلَا يُرْزَأُ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا أَبَدًا قَالَ وَهُوَ وَاللَّهِ مَجْهُودٌ شَدِيدُ الْجَهْدِ قَالَ وَسَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ وَاللَّهِ أَدْرَكْتُ أَقْوَامًا كَانُوا فِيمَا أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ لَهُمْ أَزْهَدَ مِنْكُمْ فِيمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَقَدْ كَانُوا أَشْفَقَ مِنْ حَسَنَاتِهِمْ أَنْ لَا تُقْبَلَ مِنْهُمْ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ تُؤَاخَذُوا بِسَيِّئَاتِكُمْ  

[Machine] I have encountered people and mingled with groups among them who have never asked Allah for Paradise out of modesty towards Allah.  

لَقَدْ أَدْرَكْتُ أَقْوَامًا وَصَحِبْتُ طَوَائِفَ مِنْهُمْ مَا سَأَلُوا اللَّهَ ﷻ الْجَنَّةَ قَطُّ حَيَاءً مِنَ اللَّهِ ﷻ  

[Machine] "And by Allah, I have encountered people who would not answer any question without something. And indeed, one of them would go out and instruct his family not to answer any questions."  

وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَدْرَكْتُ أَقْوَامًا مَا كَانُوا يَرُدُّونَ سَائِلًا إِلَّا بِشَيْءٍ وَلَقَدْ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْهُمْ يَخْرُجُ فَيَأْمُرُ أَهْلَهُ أَنْ لَا يَرُدُّوا سَائِلًا  

[Machine] I have encountered people whose desire for food would increase as they aged, even if they were 70 years old. And I have also encountered people who, even at the age of 70, would not use a pillow to sleep on. One of them would eat a morsel of food as if it were a stone in his stomach.  

لَقَدْ أَدْرَكْتُ أَقْوَامًا إِنْ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْهُمْ لَيَأْتِي عَلَيْهِ سَبْعُونَ سَنَةً مَا اشْتَهَى عَلَى أَهْلِهِ شَهْوَةَ طَعَامٍ وَلَقَدْ أَدْرَكْتُ أَقْوَامًا يَأْتِي عَلَى أَحَدِهِمْ سَبْعُونَ سَنَةً مَا تَوَسَّدَ وِسَادَةً وَإِنْ كَانَ أَحَدُهُمْ لَيَأْكُلُ الْأَكْلَةَ يُرِيدُ أَنَّهَا حَجَرٌ فِي بَطْنِهِ  

[Machine] To see that in his humility, tranquility, in his tongue, his sight, and in his righteousness.  

أَنْ يَرَى ذَلِكَ فِي تَخَشُّعِهِ وَهَدْيِهِ وَفِي لِسَانِهِ وَبَصَرِهِ وَبِرِّهِ  

[Machine] On the authority of Al-Hasan regarding His saying ﷻ, "Those who walk upon the earth humbly." [Al-Furqan 63], the scholars said, and in His saying, "Indeed, He was ever to the returning [to Him] forgiving." [Al-Israa 25], the one who directs his heart and his actions towards Allah ﷻ said:  

عَنِ الْحَسَنِ فِي قَوْلِهِ ﷻ {الَّذِينَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ هَوْنًا} [الفرقان 63] قَالَ حُلَمَاءَ وَفِي قَوْلِهِ {فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ لِلْأَوَّابِينَ غَفُورًا} [الإسراء 25] قَالَ الْمُتَوَجِّهُ بِقَلْبِهِ وَعَمَلِهِ إِلَى اللَّهِ ﷻِّ  

[Machine] I have known people who, if a man were to neglect his brother's family for forty years.  

أَدْرَكْتُ أَقْوَامًا إِنْ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ لَيَخْلُفُ أَخَاهُ فِي أَهْلِهِ أَرْبَعِينَ عَامًا  

[Machine] I have observed that if a man sits with people, they perceive him as blind, although he is not blind, but rather a scholar.  

لَقَدْ أَدْرَكْتُ أَقْوَامًا إِنْ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ لِيَجْلِسُ مَعَ الْقَوْمِ يَرَوْنَ أَنَّهُ عَيِيٌّ وَمَا بِهِ عِيٌّ إِنَّهُ لَفَقِيهٌ  

[Machine] He hears about knowledge's door, so he learns it and acts upon it, and it becomes better for him than the world and all that is in it if he were to prioritize it in the hereafter.  

يَسْمَعُ بِالْبَابِ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْعِلْمِ فَيَتَعَلَّمُهُ وَيَعْمَلُ بِهِ فَيَكُونُ خَيْرًا لَهُ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا لَوْ كَانَتْ لَهُ فَوَضَعَهَا فِي آخِرَةٍ  

[Machine] And by Allah, I have encountered people who have not even folded a piece of cloth, nor placed anything between them and the ground. They have not ordered the preparation of food in their homes. If one of them does eat, he only eats what is needed to satisfy his hunger. Al-Hasan said, "By Allah, it is better to throw away food for a dog than to eat beyond one's fill."  

وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَدْرَكْتُ أَقْوَامًا مَا طُوِيَ لِأَحَدِهِمْ ثَوْبٌ قَطُّ وَلَا جَعَلَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَلَا بَيْنَ الْأَرْضِ شَيْئًا قَطُّ وَلَا أَمَرَ فِي بَيْتِهِ بِصَنْعَةِ طَعَامٍ قَطُّ إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدُهُمْ لَيَأْكُلُ فَمَا عَدَا أَنْ يُقَارِبَ شِبَعَهُ يُمْسِكُ وَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ وَاللَّهِ لَأَنْ يُنْبِذَ طَعَامًا لِلْكَلْبِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ فَوْقَ شِبَعِهِ  

[Machine] One of them is a Haji, a Haji, you have performed Hajj, maintain ties with your relatives, breathe away from sadness, be good to your neighbor.  

أَحَدُهُمْ أَحُجُّ أَحُجُّ قَدْ حَجَجْتَ صِلْ رَحِمًا نَفِّسْ عَنْ مَغْمُومٍ أَحْسِنْ إِلَى جَارٍ  

[Machine] If a man is knowledgeable and sits with people, some of them may see him as ignorant, while he does not have any ignorance except a dislike of being famous.  

إِنْ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ لَيَكُونُ فَقِيهًا جَالِسًا مَعَ الْقَوْمِ فَيَرَى بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ أَنَّ بِهِ عِيًّا وَمَا بِهِ مِنْ عِيٍّ إِلَّا كَرَاهِيَةَ أَنْ يَشْتَهِرَ  

[Machine] Al-Hassan used to repeat these two phrases frequently, "O Allah, to You belongs all praise for Your forbearance after Your knowledge, and to You belongs all praise for Your forgiveness after Your ability."  

كَانَ الْحَسَنُ كَثِيرًا مَا يُرَدِّدُ هَذَيْنِ الْحَرْفَيْنِ «اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى حِلْمِكَ بَعْدَ عِلْمِكَ وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى عَفْوِكَ بَعْدَ قُدْرَتِكَ»  

[Machine] Al-Hasan, may Allah have mercy on him, said, "I have met people who were not able to hide their actions and would announce them. They knew that the best deeds are the ones performed in secret, and that one of them would have falsehood present in him while he would be praying behind a person who is completely unaware of it."  

قَالَ الْحَسَنُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ «أَدْرَكْتُ أَقْوَامًا مَا كَانَ أَحَدُهُمْ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يُسِرَّ عَمَلًا فَيُعْلِنَهُ قَدْ عَلِمُوا أَنَّ أَحْرَزَ الْعَمَلَيْنِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ عَمَلُ السِّرِّ وَأَنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ لَيَكُونُ عِنْدَهُ الزُّورُ وَأَنَّهُ لَيُصَلِّي خَلْفَ الْوَجْهِ مَا يَعْلَمُ بِهِ زُورَهُ»  

[Machine] "They used to say that the death of a scholar is a gap in Islam that cannot be filled. The night and day may differ, but it remains unchanged."  

كَانُوا يَقُولُونَ مَوْتُ الْعَالِمِ ثَلْمَةٌ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ لَا يَسُدُّهَا شَيْءٌ مَا اخْتَلَفَ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ  

[Machine] "O worst state! What is the condition of one who wakes up and goes to sleep waiting for death, not knowing what Allah will do with him."  

«يَا شَرَّ حَالٍ وَمَا حَالُ مَنْ أَصْبَحَ وَأَمْسَى يَنْتَظِرُ الْمَوْتَ لَا يَدْرِي مَا يَفْعَلُ اللَّهُ بِهِ»  

[Machine] I heard Hassan say, "The believer in this world is like a stranger, who is not disturbed by its humiliation and does not rejoice in its honor in the eyes of people - he has his own status. Direct this curiosity where God has directed it."  

سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ «الْمُؤْمِنُ فِي الدُّنْيَا كَالْغَرِيبِ لَا يَجْزَعُ مِنْ ذُلِّهَا وَلَا يَأْنَسُ فِي عِزِّهَا لِلنَّاسِ حَالٌ وَلَهُ حَالٌ وَجِّهُوا هَذِهِ الْفُضُولَ حَيْثُ وَجَّهَهَا اللَّهُ ﷻُّ»  

[Machine] "People will come on the Day of Resurrection with good deeds like mountains, but it will continue to be taken away from them for those who have wronged until they are left destitute and thrown into the Fire."  

«لَيَأْتِيَنَّ أُنَاسٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِحَسَنَاتٍ أَمْثَالِ الْجِبَالِ فَمَا يَزَالُ [213] يُؤْخَذُ مِنْهُمْ لِمَنْ ظَلَمُوا حَتَّى يَبْقَى مُفْلِسًا يُفْتَلَ إِلَى النَّارِ»  

[Machine] I heard him saying, "If a man is sitting in a gathering and his intuition guides him, he should act upon it. However, if he fears that someone might get ahead of him, he should stand up."  

سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ «إِنْ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ لَيَجْلِسُ الْمَجْلِسَ فَتَجِيئُهُ عَبْرَتُهُ فَيَرُدَّهَا فَإِذَا خَشِيَ أَنْ تَسْبِقَهُ قَامَ»  

[Machine] They are told, "Why don't you come and take your share of this money so that you may take it lawfully?" They say, "No, we fear that taking it may cause corruption in our hearts."  

فَيُقَالُ لَهُمْ أَلَا تَأْتُونَ نُصِيبُكُمْ مِنْ هَذَا الْمَالِ فَتَأْخُذُونَهُ حَلَالًا؟ فَيَقُولُونَ لَا إِنَّا لَنَخْشَى أَنْ يَكُونَ أَخْذُهُ فَسَادًا لِقُلُوبِنَا  

[Machine] The translation of the passage into English is:

"The son of my brother, may Allah dignify you wherever you are, Allah will dignify you."  

«ابْنَ أَخِي أَعِزَّ أَمْرَ اللَّهِ حَيْثُمَا كُنْتَ يُعِزَّكَ اللَّهُ ﷻ»  

[Machine] "I have come across people who do not find joy in anything in this world, nor do they get upset over anything they miss out on."  

«أَدْرَكْتُ أَقْوَامًا كَانُوا لَا يَفْرَحُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا أَتَوْهُ وَلَا يَأْسُونَ عَلَى شَيْءٍ مِنْهَا فَاتَهُمْ»  

[Machine] Looking at the faces of your parents is an act of worship.  

أَنَّ نَظَرَكَ فِي وَجْهِ وَالِدَيْكَ أَوْ وَالِدَتِكَ عِبَادَةٌ  

[Machine] About this verse, Al-Hasan said: "They used to sleep very little in the night and wake up in the early hours to seek forgiveness. They would prolong their prayers until dawn, then they would supplicate and humble themselves."  

عَنِ الْحَسَنِ فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ {كَانُوا قَلِيلًا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ} [الذاريات 17] كَانُوا قَلِيلًا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مَا يَرْقُدُونَ {وَبِالْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ} [الذاريات 18] قَالَ مَدُّوا الصَّلَاةَ إِلَى السَّحَرِ ثُمَّ دَعُوا وَتَضَرَّعُوا  

[Machine] It is said that faith is not about adornment or wishful thinking, but rather faith is what settles in the heart and is affirmed by actions.  

يُقَالُ إِنَّ الْإِيمَانَ لَيْسَ بِالتَّحَلِّي وَلَا بِالتَّمَنِّي وَإِنَّمَا الْإِيمَانُ مَا وَقَرَ فِي الْقَلْبِ وَصَدَّقَهُ الْعَمَلُ  

[Machine] The matter has been completed, the matter has been completed.  

تَمَّ الْأَمْرُ تَمَّ الْأَمْرُ  

[Machine] I was with Al-Hasan, may Allah have mercy on him, when a blind man approached him and said, "Give charity to someone who has no leader to guide him and no sight to guide him." Al-Hasan said, "This is the owner of this house," pointing to his neighbor behind him, meaning Abdullah bin Ziyad. He is not someone who has a leader to guide him towards good, nor does he have sight to guide him, nor does he benefit from it himself."  

كُنْتُ عِنْدَ الْحَسَنِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ سَائِلٌ ضَرِيرُ الْبَصَرِ فَقَالَ تَصَدَّقُوا عَلَى مَنْ لَا قَائِدَ لَهُ يَقُودُهُ وَلَا بَصَرَ يَهْدِيهِ فَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ ذَاكَ صَاحِبُ هَذِهِ الدَّارِ وَأَشَارَ بِهِ إِلَى جَارِهِ خَلْفَهُ يَعْنِي عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ زِيَادٍ مَا كَانَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ حَشَمِهِ قَائِدٌ يَقُودُهُ إِلَى خَيْرٍ وَلَا يُشِيرُ عَلَيْهِ بِهِ وَلَا كَانَ مِنْ قِبَلِ نَفْسِهِ لَهُ بَصَرٌ يُبْصِرُ بِهِ وَيَنْتَفِعُ بِهِ  

[Machine] By Allah, if the hereafter is presented to you, you would not be just and fair, nor would you incline.  

«أَمَا وَاللَّهِ لَوْ رُفِعَتْ لَكُمُ الْآخِرَةُ لَمَا عَدَلْتُمْ وَلَا مُيِّلْتُمْ»  

[Machine] "The Faloujah; because I do not thank him, so I met Al-Hasan and mentioned it to him, so he said, 'This is a foolish person who does not thank cold water.'"  

الْفَالَوْذَجَ؛ لِأَنِّي لَا أَقُومُ بِشُكْرِهِ فَلَقِيتُ الْحَسَنَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ هَذَا إِنْسَانٌ أَحْمَقُ وَلَا يَقُومُ بِشُكْرِ الْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ  

[Machine] "That Hasan pulled out his tooth, so he gave him a dirham. They said to him: 'It is with half a dirham.' He said: 'Give him a dirham, for a Muslim does not divide a dirham.'"  

أَنَّ الْحَسَنَ قَلَعَ ضِرْسَهُ فَأَعْطَاهُ دِرْهَمًا قَالُوا لَهُ إِنَّهُ بِنِصْفِ دِرْهَمٍ فَقَالَ أَعْطُوهُ دِرْهَمًا فَإِنَّ الْمُسْلِمَ لَا يُقَاسَمُ دِرْهَمًا  

[Machine] I heard Abu Ishaq saying, "Al-Hasan al-Basri used to resemble the companions of Muhammad ﷺ ."  

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ يَقُولُ كَانَ الْحَسَنُ الْبَصْرِيُّ يُشْبِهُ أَصْحَابَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ  

[Machine] Al-Taymi, from Basra, used to say, "The understanding of Al-Hasan, the knowledge of Muslim ibn Yasir, the piety of Ibn Sireen, and the worship of Talq ibn Habib."  

كَانَ التَّيْمِيُّ بِالْبَصْرَةِ يَقُولُ «فِقْهُ الْحَسَنِ وَعِلْمُ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ وَوَرَعُ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ وَعِبَادَةُ طَلْقِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ»  

[Machine] Al-Hasan used to say, "The most harmful disease is the one that affects the heart, meaning desire."  

كَانَ الْحَسَنُ يَقُولُ «شَرُّ دَاءٍ خَالَطَ قَلْبًا يَعْنِي الْهَوَى»  

[Machine] "Concerning obscenity and immorality, they only distance the one who possesses them further."  

عَنِ الْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِ لَمْ تَزِدْ صَاحِبَهَا إِلَّا بُعْدًا»  

“I heard Ibn ‘Abbas saying that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Two blessings which many people squander: Good health and free time.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4170)   

نِعْمَتَانِ مَغْبُونٌ فِيهِمَا كَثِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ الصِّحَّةُ وَالْفَرَاغُ  

[Machine] Al-Ḥasan, you have indeed excelled in your abilities as a tracker, for I am more fearful for Bakr in his cloak than I am for myself in mine.  

الْحَسَنُ إِنَّكَ قَدْ أَكْثَرْتَ فِي طَيْلَسَانِ بَكْرٍ فَلَأَنَا عَلَيْكَ فِي عَبَاءَتِكَ أَخْوَفُ مِنِّي عَلَى بَكْرٍ فِي طَيْلَسَانِهِ