[Machine] I heard Al-Hasan narrating that he said, "O son of Adam, abandoning sins is easier than seeking repentance."  

سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ وَهُوَ يُحَدِّثُ يَقُولُ «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ تَرْكُ الْخَطِيئَةِ أَيْسَرُ مِنْ طَلَبِ التَّوْبَةِ»  

[Machine] They mentioned humility to Al-Hasan while he remained silent until they spoke to him in abundance. He said to them, "I see that you have spoken excessively about humility." They asked, "What is humility, O Abu Sa'id?" He said, "It is when one leaves his home and does not meet a Muslim without thinking that they are better than him."  

ذَكَرُوا التَّوَاضُعَ عِنْدَ الْحَسَنِ وَهُوَ سَاكِتٌ حَتَّى إِذَا أَكْثَرُوا عَلَيْهِ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَرَاكُمْ قَدْ أَكْثَرْتُمُ الْكَلَامَ فِي التَّوَاضُعِ قَالُوا أَيُّ شَيْءٍ التَّوَاضُعُ يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ؟ قَالَ «يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ فَلَا يَلْقَى مُسْلِمًا إِلَّا ظَنَّ أَنَّهُ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُ»  

[Machine] The ascetic in the worldly life, the desirer of the Hereafter, the insightful in his religion, the diligent in worship, this scholar.  

«الزَّاهِدُ فِي الدُّنْيَا الرَّاغِبُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ الْبَصِيرُ بِدِينِهِ الْمُجْتَهِدُ فِي الْعِبَادَةِ هَذَا الْفَقِيهُ»  

[Machine] "They were hoping, on the night of redemption, for an expiation of what has passed of sins."  

«كَانُوا يَرْجُونَ فِي حِمَى لَيْلَةٍ كَفَّارَةً لِمَا سَلَفَ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ»  

[Machine] About Hassan, he is a persistent, obedient person who wallows in falsehood and persists in what was not created for him. Many bad companions have deceived him.  

عَنِ الْحَسَنِ «دَائِبٍ مُطِيعٍ يَمْلَخُ فِي الْبَاطِلِ يَدْأَبُ لِغَيْرِ مَا خُلِقَ لَهُ وَرُبَّ مَغْرُورٍ لَهُ أَصْحَابٌ سُوءٍ»  

[Machine] He said, "By Allah, there is no man who wakes up today and obeys his wife except that Allah humiliates him in the Fire on his face."  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ «وَاللَّهِ مَا أَصْبَحَ الْيَوْمَ رَجُلٌ يُطِيعُ امْرَأَتَهُ إِلَّا أَكَبَّهُ اللَّهُ فِي النَّارِ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ»  

[Machine] I heard al-Hasan saying, "Intention is more significant than the act itself."  

سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ «النِّيَّةُ أَبْلَغُ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ»  

[Machine] When I woke up, I said, "O Abu Sa'id, you have made our family cry tonight." He said, "O Ali, I said 'O Hassan,' but I meant himself, hoping that Allah would look at you and relieve some of your afflictions. He said, 'Do whatever you want, for I will not accept anything from you.'"  

فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ قُلْتُ يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ لَقَدْ أَبْكَيْتَ اللَّيْلَةَ أَهْلَنَا قَالَ يَا عَلِيُّ إِنِّي قُلْتُ يَا حَسَنُ يَعْنِي نَفْسَهُ لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ نَظَرَ إِلَيْكَ عَلَى بَعْضِ هَنَاتِكَ فَقَالَ اعْمَلْ مَا شِئْتَ فَلَسْتَ أَقْبَلُ مِنْكَ شَيْئًا  

[Machine] "When a believer seeks something, if it is made available to him by the provisions of Allah, he accepts it and praises Allah for it. And if it does not become available to him, he leaves it and does not insist on it."  

«إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ إِذَا طَلَبَ حَاجَةً إِنْ تَيَسَّرَتْ قَبِلَهَا بِمَيْسُورِ اللَّهِ ﷻ عَلَيْهَا وَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ عَلَيْهَا وَإِنْ لَمْ تَتَيَسَّرْ تَرَكَهَا وَلَمْ يُتْبِعْهَا نَفْسَهُ»  

[Machine] I heard Al-Hasan saying, "When a servant sleeps while in prostration, Allah beautifies him with the angels saying, 'Look at my servant who worships Me and his soul is with Me, while he is in prostration."  

سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ إِذَا نَامَ الْعَبْدُ سَاجِدًا بَاهَى اللَّهُ بِهِ الْمَلَائِكَةَ يَقُولُ انْظُرُوا إِلَى عَبْدِي يَعْبُدُنِي وَرُوحُهُ عِنْدِي وَهُوَ سَاجِدٌ  

[Machine] I heard Al-Hasan recite a poem before this [al-Bahr al-Khafif]. It says, "Not everyone who dies finds rest in the deceased; rather, the deceased is the one who is dead among the living. Then he says, 'Indeed, by Allah, the body may be alive while the heart is dead'."  

سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَتَمَثَّلُ بِشِعْرٍ قَبْلَ هَذَا [البحر الخفيف] لَيْسَ مَنْ مَاتَ فَاسْتَرَاحَ بِمَيِّتٍ إِنَّمَا الْمَيِّتُ مَيِّتُ الْأَحْيَاءَ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ صَدَقَ وَاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ يَكُونُ حَيَّ الْجَسَدِ مَيِّتَ الْقَلْبِ  

[Machine] I met Al-Juhani while I was on a journey and he was also on a journey. He said, "Oh Malik, I have traveled to different places and have met many people, but I have never seen anyone like Al-Hasan ibn Abi al-Hasan. Oh, how I wish we had obeyed him, how I wish we had obeyed him."  

لَقِيَنِي مَعْبَدٌ الْجُهَنِيُّ وَأَنَا عَلَى ظَهْرٍ وَهُوَ عَلَى ظَهْرٍ قَالَ فَقَالَ «يَا مَالِكُ إِنِّي قَدْ طُفْتُ الْأَمْصَارَ وَرَأَيْتُ النَّاسَ فَلَمْ أَرَ مِثْلَ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ يَا لَيْتَنَا كُنَّا أَطَعْنَاهُ يَا لَيْتَنَا كُنَّا أَطَعْنَاهُ»  

[Machine] I said to Hasan, "O Abu Sa'id, a person sins, then repents, then sins again, then repents, then sins again, then repents, until when?" He said, "I only know this from the qualities of the believers."  

قُلْتُ لِلْحَسَنِ يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الرَّجُلُ يُذْنِبُ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُ ثُمَّ يُذْنِبُ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُ ثُمَّ يُذْنِبُ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُ ثُمَّ يُذْنِبُ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُ حَتَّى مَتَى؟ قَالَ «مَا أَعْلَمُ هَذَا إِلَّا مِنْ أَخْلَاقِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ»  

[Machine] "He who blames his brother for a sin that he has already repented to Allah will be tested by Allah with the same sin."  

أَنَّهُ مَنْ عَيَّرَ أَخَاهُ بِذَنْبٍ قَدْ تَابَ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْهُ ابْتَلَاهُ اللَّهُ ﷻ بِهِ»  

[Machine] "Indeed, a man may enter a space, sit in a gathering, or eat a meal, and his heart may change. So beware of entering the houses of the affluent, for entering them changes the heart of a man, and he becomes displeased with what is in his hands."  

«إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَدْخُلُ الْمَدْخَلَ وَيَجْلِسُ الْمَجْلِسَ أَوْ يَأْكُلُ الْأَكْلَةَ فَيُغَيَّرُ قَلْبُهُ فَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالدُّخُولَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْبَسْطَةِ فَإِنَّ الدُّخُولَ عَلَيْهِمْ يُغَيِّرُ قَلْبَ الرَّجُلِ فَيَتَسَخَّطُ مَا فِي يَدَيْهِ»  

[Machine] Al-Hasan said, may Allah have mercy on him, "Goodness is a habit, and evil is persistence."  

قَالَ الْحَسَنُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ «الْخَيْرُ عَادَةٌ وَالشَّرُّ لَجَاجَةٌ»  

[Machine] About the Sheikh, he did not eat and it was already midday. Al-Hasan rebuked him and said, "Leave him, for by Allah, if a man is from among the Muslims, he would visit his brother and they would converse and mention their Lord until his companion prevents him from doing so."  

عَنِ الشَّيْخِ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَطْعَمْ وَقَدِ انْتَصَفَ النَّهَارُ فَانْتَهَرَهُ الْحَسَنُ وَقَالَ «مَهْ دَعْهُمْ فَوَاللَّهِ إِنْ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ لَيَزُورُ أَخَاهُ فَيَتَحَدَّثَانِ وَيَذْكُرَانِ رَبَّهُمَا حَتَّى يَمْنَعَهُ قَائِلَتَهُ»  

[Machine] I entered upon Al-Hasan while he was complaining about his tooth and saying, "{When he called to his Lord, 'Indeed, I am touched by hardship, and you are the most merciful of the merciful.'" (Quran 21:83).  

دَخَلْتُ عَلَى الْحَسَنِ وَهُوَ يَشْتَكِي ضِرْسَهُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ {إِذْ نَادَى رَبَّهُ أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ الضُّرُّ وَأَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ} [الأنبياء 83]  

[Machine] Al-Hasan used to say, "By Allah, you will either endure or perish, and by Allah, (He is) the Mighty (and) the Destroyer."  

كَانَ الْحَسَنُ يَقُولُ وَاللَّهِ لَتَصْبِرَنَّ أَوْ لَتَهْلِكَنَّ هُوَ وَاللَّهِ الشَّدِيدُ الْهَلَكَةِ  

[Machine] I heard Al-Hasan say about this verse "And I do not swear by the reproaching soul" [Al-Qiyamah: 2]. He said, "Indeed, you will not see a believer except that he rebukes himself. He says, 'What did I intend with my words?' He says, 'What did I intend with my food?' He says, 'What did I intend with the conversation of my soul?' So you will not see him except that he admonishes it. And indeed, the sinful person moves forward without admonishing himself."  

سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ فِي قَوْلِهِ ﷻ {وَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالنَّفْسِ اللَّوَّامَةِ} [القيامة 2] قَالَ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ لَا تَرَاهُ إِلَّا يَلُومُ نَفْسَهُ يَقُولُ مَا أَرَدْتُ بِكَلِمَتِي يَقُولُ مَا أَرَدْتُ بِأَكْلَتِي مَا أَرَدْتُ بِحَدِيثِ نَفْسِي فَلَا تَرَاهُ إِلَّا يُعَاتِبُهَا وَإِنَّ الْفَاجِرَ يَمْضِي قُدُمًا فَلَا يُعَاتِبُ نَفْسَهُ  

[Machine] Al-Hasan said: "Verily, Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth with certainty. Paradise was sought with certainty, and with certainty one flees from the Fire. With certainty, obligations are fulfilled, and with certainty one endures in steadfastness upon the truth. And in the mercy of Allah there is much good. By Allah, I have seen people varying in prosperity, but when affliction descends upon them, they become equal."  

قَالَ الْحَسَنُ «صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ بِالْيَقِينِ طُلِبَتِ الْجَنَّةُ وَبِالْيَقِينِ هُرِبَ مِنَ النَّارِ وَبِالْيَقِينِ أُدِّيَتِ الْفَرَائِضُ وَبِالْيَقِينِ صُبِرَ عَلَى الْحَقِّ وَفِي مُعَافَاةِ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ كَثِيرٌ قَدْ وَاللَّهِ رَأَيْتُهُمْ يَتَفَاوَتُونَ فِي الْعَافِيَةِ فَإِذَا نَزَلَ الْبَلَاءُ تَسَاوَوْا»  

[Machine] Al-Hasan al-Basri said, "O beautiful-eyed one, your eyes shed tears in the depths of the night out of fear of Allah."  

قَالَ الْحَسَنُ الْبَصْرِيُّ «يَا حُسْنَ عَيْنٍ بَكَتْ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ ﷻ»  

[Machine] "O Son of Adam, you have speech, action, secret, and public, and your action is more deserving of you than your speech, and your secret is more deserving of you than your public."  

«يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ إِنَّ لَكَ قَوْلًا وَعَمَلًا وَسِرًّا وَعَلَانِيَةً وَعَمَلُكَ أَوْلَى بِكَ مِنْ قَوْلِكَ وَسِرُّكَ أَوْلَى بِكَ مِنْ عَلَانِيَتِكَ»  

[Machine] "Do not belittle this world."  

«أَهِينُوا هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا»  

[Machine] Yunus ibn Ubaid, when he didn't find anyone and wasn't busy, would say, "Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him, glory be to Allah and praise be to Him."  

يُونُسُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ كَانَ الْحَسَنُ إِذَا لَمْ يَجِدْ أَحَدًا وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مَشْغُولًا يَقُولُ «سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ»  

[Machine] "O you who gives charity to the poor, have mercy on him, have mercy on the one whom you have oppressed."  

«يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُتَصَدِّقُ عَلَى الْمِسْكِينِ تَرْحَمُهُ ارْحَمِ الَّذِي ظَلَمْتَ»  

[Machine] Yunus has gathered all these qualities in Hasan, may Allah have mercy on him.  

يُونُسُ قَدْ اجْتَمَعَتْ هَذِهِ الْخِصَالُ كُلُّهَا فِي الْحَسَنِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ  

[Machine] Indeed, the man used to complain about the thorn, saying, "I know that you are at fault, and my Lord has not wronged me."  

إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ كَانَ يُشَاكُ الشَّوْكَةَ يَقُولُ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ أَنَّكِ بِذَنْبٍ وَمَا ظَلَمَنِي رَبِّي ﷻ  

[Machine] He said, "The religion of Allah has been placed between extremism and negligence.  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ «وُضِعَ دِينُ اللَّهِ دُونَ الْغُلُوِّ وَفَوْقَ التَّقْصِيرِ»  

[Machine] He said regarding His statement: {So We revived him to a good life} [An-Nahl 97], he said: "Life is not good for anyone except in Paradise."  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي قَوْلِهِ ﷻ {فَلَنُحْيِيَنَّهُ حَيَاةً طَيِّبَةً} [النحل 97] قَالَ «مَا يَطِيبُ لِأَحَدٍ الْحَيَاةُ إِلَّا فِي الْجَنَّةِ»  

[Machine] "O son of Adam, your religion is your religion; it is only your flesh and blood. If your religion is safe, your body and blood will also be safe. But if it is corrupted, we seek refuge in Allah, for it is a fire that cannot be extinguished, a body that does not decay, and a breath that does not die."  

«ابْنَ آدَمَ دِينُكَ دِينُكَ فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ لَحْمُكَ وَدَمُكَ فَإِنْ يَسْلَمْ لَكَ دِينُكَ يَسْلَمْ لَكَ جِسْمُكَ وَدَمُكَ وَإِنْ تَكُنِ الْأُخْرَى فَنَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ فَإِنَّهَا نَارٌ وَلَا تُطْفَأُ وَجَسَدٌ لَا يَبْلَى وَنَفَسٌ لَا تَمُوتُ»  

[Machine] Al-Hasan said, "If it weren't for our sins, we would only fear the love of this world for the sake of ourselves. It is because of our fear for ourselves that we fear the consequences of the love of this world. Indeed, Allah says, 'Do you desire the worldly life while Allah desires the Hereafter?' (Quran 8:67) We should desire what Allah desires."  

قَالَ الْحَسَنُ لَوْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَنَا ذُنُوبٌ نَخَافُ عَلَى أَنْفُسِنَا مِنْهَا إِلَّا حُبَّنَا الدُّنْيَا لَخَشِينَا عَلَى أَنْفُسِنَا مِنْهَا إِنَّ اللَّهَ ﷻ يَقُولُ {تُرِيدُونَ عَرَضَ الدُّنْيَا وَاللَّهُ يُرِيدُ الْآخِرَةَ} [الأنفال 67] أَرِيدُوا مَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ ﷻ  

[Machine] And he said, "Indeed, whoever sits in this gathering and then accepts a gift, he has no manners or he said, 'He has no manners.'"  

وَقَالَ إِنَّ مَنْ جَلَسَ هَذَا الْمَجْلِسَ ثُمَّ قَبِلَ فَلَيْسَ لَهُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَلَاقٌ أَوْ قَالَ «فَلَيْسَ لَهُ خَلَاقٌ»  

[Machine] "O son of Adam, what religion would be too difficult for you if the fulfillment of your prayers becomes difficult for you? Verily, it is easiest upon Allah."  

«ابْنَ آدَمَ أَيُّ دِينِكَ يَعِزُّ عَلَيْكَ إِذَا هَانَتْ عَلَيْكَ صَلَوَاتُكَ إِذَا هَانَتْ عَلَيْكَ صَلَوَاتُكَ فَهِيَ عَلَى اللَّهِ أَهْوَنُ»  

[Machine] About Al-Hasan, they used to say "The first look is excusable for the son of Adam, but what about the hereafter?"  

عَنِ الْحَسَنِ كَانُوا يَقُولُونَ «ابْنَ آدَمَ النَّظْرَةُ الْأُولَى تُعْذَرُ فِيهَا فَمَا بَالُ الْآخِرَةِ»  

[Machine] "Many a glance has ignited desire in the heart of its beholder, and many a desire has bestowed upon its owner long-lasting sadness."  

«رُبَّ نَظْرَةٍ أَوْقَعَتْ فِي قَلْبِ صَاحِبِهَا شَهْوَةً وَرُبَّ شَهْوَةٍ أَوْرَثَتْ صَاحِبَهَا حُزْنًا طَوِيلًا»  

[Machine] Hasan replied, "No, indeed that is not the case."  

الْحَسَنُ «كَلَّا إِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ»  

[Machine] "If you see people competing in this world, then compete with them in the hereafter, for their worldly possessions will perish but the hereafter will remain."  

«إِذَا رَأَيْتَ النَّاسَ يَتَنَافَسُونَ فِي الدُّنْيَا فَنَافِسْهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ فَإِنَّهَا تَذْهَبُ دُنْيَاهُمْ وَتَبْقَى الْآخِرَةُ»  

[Machine] "I saw a wound on the hand of Abu Abdullah, so I brought medicine and said, apply this on it. He took it and returned it, so I asked why he returned it. He said, 'You are [more in need of it]'"  

رَأَيْتُ عَلَى يَدِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ جَرَبًا فَجِئْتُ بِدَوَاءٍ فَقُلْتُ ضَعْ هَذَا عَلَيْهِ فَأَخَذَهُ فَرَدَّهُ فَقُلْتُ لِمَ رَدَدْتَهُ؟ فَقَالَ أَنْتُمْ  

[Machine] "Beware of your desires, for Allah is merciful to you, and indeed, no one has been granted goodness in this world or the Hereafter with their desires."  

«إِيَّاكُمْ رَحِمَكُمُ اللَّهُ وَهَذِهِ الْأَمَانِيَّ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يُعْطَ أَحَدٌ بِالْأُمْنِيَةِ خَيْرًا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَلَا فِي الْآخِرَةِ»  

[Machine] He did little work and took his provisions from it to Paradise, and what a terrible home it was for the disbeliever and the hypocrite. That is because he indulged in the nights and his provisions went to the Fire.  

أَنَّهُ عَمِلَ قَلِيلًا وَأَخَذَ زَادَهُ مِنْهَا إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَبِئْسَتِ الدَّارُ كَانَتْ لِلْكَافِرِ وَالْمُنَافِقِ وَذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ تَمَتَّعَ لَيَالِيَ وَكَانَ زَادُهُ مِنْهَا إِلَى النَّارِ»  

[Machine] I heard Al-Hassan say, "Those who give what they give while their hearts are fearful" [Al-Mu'minun 60]. He said, "They used to do righteous deeds while being afraid that it may not save them from the punishment of Allah."  

سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ {الَّذِينَ يُؤْتُونَ مَا آتَوْا وَقُلُوبُهُمْ وَجِلَةٌ} [المؤمنون 60] قَالَ «كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ مَا يَعْمَلُونَ مِنْ أَعْمَالِ الْبِرِّ وَهُمْ مُشْفِقُونَ أَلَّا يُنْجِيَهُمْ ذَلِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ اللَّهِ ﷻ»  

[Machine] "Allah is not worshiped through sadness."  

«مَا عُبِدَ اللَّهُ ﷻ بِمِثْلِ الْحُزْنِ»  

[Machine] He presented to him this verse, "Verily, with us are (heavy) fetters and a blazing fire, and a food that chokes, and a painful torment." [Al-Muzzammil 13]. He said, so his hand was restored to him. He said, "Raise him, so we raised him." He said, "So he became a fasting person. When he wanted to break his fast, he mentioned the verse and did it again. When the third day came, his son set out to Thabit bin Banani and to Yahya, crying, and some of the companions of Al-Hasan. He said, "Catch up with my father, for he has not tasted any food for three days. Every time we approached him, he mentioned this verse, 'Verily, with us are (heavy) fetters and a blazing fire.' [Al-Muzzammil 12]." So they went to him and did not leave him until they gave him a sip of barley water.  

[231] عَرَضَتْ لَهُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {إِنَّ لَدَيْنَا أَنْكَالًا وَجَحِيمًا وَطَعَامًا ذَا غُصَّةٍ وَعَذَابًا أَلِيمًا} [المزمل 13] قَالَ فَقَلَصَتْ يَدُهُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ ارْفَعُوهُ فَرَفَعْنَاهُ قَالَ فَأَصْبَحَ صَائِمًا فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُفْطِرَ ذَكَرَ الْآيَةَ فَفَعَلَ ذَلِكَ أَيْضًا فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْيَوْمَ الثَّالِثَ انْطَلَقَ ابْنُهُ إِلَى ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ وَيَحْيَى الْبَكَّاءِ وَأُنَاسٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ الْحَسَنِ فَقَالَ أَدْرِكُوا أَبِي فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَذُقْ طَعَامًا مُنْذُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ كُلَّمَا قَرَّبْنَا إِلَيْهِ ذَكَرَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {إِنَّ لَدَيْنَا أَنْكَالًا وَجَحِيمًا} [المزمل 12] فَقَرَأَهَا قَالَ فَأَتَوْهُ فَلَمْ يَزَالُوا بِهِ حَتَّى أَسْقَوْهُ شَرْبَةً مِنْ سَوِيقٍ  

[Machine] I witnessed Al-Hasan, so I heard him when he became heavy, and he said, "Indeed, we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return." He continued until he finished, then his son Abdullah fell upon him and said, "O my father, why do you complain? You have frightened us, so have you seen anything?" He said, "O my son, I complain to myself. I have never been afflicted with anything like it."  

شَهِدْتُ الْحَسَنَ فَسَمِعْتُهُ حِينَ ثَقُلَ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ قَالَ حَتَّى فَرَغَ قَالَ فَانْكَبَّ عَلَيْهِ ابْنُهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَقَالَ يَا أَبَتِ مَا لَكَ تَسْتَرْجِعُ فَقَدْ أَفْزَعْتَنَا فَهَلْ رَأَيْتَ شَيْئًا؟ فَقَالَ «يَا بُنَيَّ اسْتَرْجَعْتُ عَلَى نَفْسِي إِنِّي لَمْ أُصَبْ بِمِثْلِهَا قَطُّ»  

[Machine] May Allah have mercy on you, this is not what befits a weak believer.  

«رَحِمَكُمُ اللَّهُ مَا يَنْبَغِي هَذَا مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ ضَعِيفٍ»  

[Machine] "And by Allah, I have encountered people and associated with groups among them who did not rejoice in anything of the worldly life and did not feel regret over anything of it. Their pastime was lighter in their eyes than this dust. One of them would live for fifty years without ever having a garment lengthened for him or a price set for him, and he did not place anything between himself and the earth. He never ordered the making of food in his house. So when the night came, they would stand on their toes, resting their faces, and tears would flow on their cheeks as they supplicated to their Lord, seeking release from the bondage of their necks. When they did a good deed, they would continue to give thanks to Allah and request that it be accepted. And when they committed a sin, it saddened them, and they would ask Allah to forgive it. They continued in this manner, by Allah, never finding respite from sins nor escaping except by seeking forgiveness. Indeed, you have awoken in a diminished life span, and actions are detained, and death is upon you with Allah, and the Hellfire is between your hands. So, anticipate the decree of Allah every day and night."  

«وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَدْرَكْتُ أَقْوَامًا وَصَحِبْتُ طَوَائِفَ مِنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَفْرَحُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا أَقْبَلَ وَلَا يَتَأَسَّفُونَ عَلَى شَيْءٍ مِنْهَا أَدْبَرَ وَلَهِيَ كَانَتْ أَهْوَنَ فِي أَعْيُنِهِمْ مِنَ هَذَا التُّرَابِ كَانَ أَحَدُهُمْ يَعِيشُ خَمْسِينَ سَنَةً لَمْ يُطْوَ لَهُ ثَوْبٌ قَطُّ وَلَا نُصِبَ لَهُ قِدْرٌ وَلَا جَعَلَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْأَرْضِ شَيْئًا وَلَا أَمَرَ فِي بَيْتِهِ بِصَنْعَةِ طَعَامٍ قَطُّ فَإِذَا كَانَ اللَّيْلُ فَقِيَامٌ عَلَى أَطْرَافِهِمْ يَفْتَرِشُونَ وُجُوهَهُمْ تَجْرِي دُمُوعُهُمْ عَلَى خُدُودِهِمْ يُنَاجُونَ رَبَّهُمْ فِي فِكَاكِ رِقَابِهِمْ كَانُوا إِذَا عَمِلُوا الْحَسَنَةَ دَأَبُوا فِي شُكْرِهَا وَسَأَلُوا اللَّهَ أَنْ يَقْبَلَهَا وَإِذَا عَمِلُوا السَّيِّئَةَ أَحْزَنَتْهُمْ وَسَأَلُوا اللَّهَ أَنْ يَغْفِرَهَا فَمَا زَالُوا كَذَلِكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ فَوَاللَّهِ مَا سَلِمُوا مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ وَلَا نَجَوْا إِلَّا بِالْمَغْفِرَةِ وَإِنَّكُمْ أَصْبَحْتُمْ فِي أَجَلٍ مَنْقُوصٍ وَالْعَمَلُ مَحْفُوظٌ وَالْمَوْتُ وَاللَّهِ فِي رِقَابِكُمْ وَالنَّارُ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ فَتَوَقَّعُوا قَضَاءَ اللَّهِ ﷻ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ»  

[Machine] "Read the Quran as much as it prohibits you. If it doesn't prohibit you, then you are not truly reading it. Many who carry knowledge are not experts, and someone whose knowledge doesn't benefit them, their ignorance harms them."  

«اقْرَأِ الْقُرْآنَ مَا نَهَاكَ فَإِذَا لَمْ يَنْهَكَ فَلَسْتَ تَقْرَؤُهُ رُبَّ حَامِلِ فِقْهٍ غَيْرُ فَقِيهٍ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَنْفَعْهُ عِلْمُهُ ضَرَّهُ جَهْلُهُ»  

[Machine] "Whoever denies fate, has disbelieved."  

«مَنْ كَذَّبَ بِالْقَدَرِ فَقَدْ كَفَرَ»  

[Machine] "To see this in one's humility, tranquility, tongue, sight, and good conduct."  

أَنْ يَرَى ذَلِكَ فِي تَخَشُّعِهِ وَهَدْيِهِ وَلِسَانِهِ وَبَصَرِهِ وَبِرِّهِ»