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A Fly or a Mountain
‘Abdullah b. Mas’ûd – Allah be pleased with him – said:
The believer sees his sins as if he is sitting at the foot of a mountain fearing that it might fall on him, while the sinner (fâjir) sees his sins as a fly that lands on his nose, he just waves it away.
Al-Bukhârî, Al-Sahîh, The Book of Supplications, Chapter on Tawbah.
Ibn Hajr quotes in his commentary, Fath Al-Bârî:
Ibn Abî Jumrah said, “The reason for this [fear] is that the heart of a believer is illuminated; so when he sees from himself something that goes against what he illuminates his heart with, it is very distressing to him. The wisdom behind giving the example of a mountain is that a person might find some way to escape from other dangers, but if a mountain falls on a person he does not survive. In short, the believer is dominated by fear (of Allah) due to the strength of îmân he has; he does not therefore feel falsely secure about being punished because of his sins. This is the way of the Muslim: he always fears and checks on himself, his good deeds are little to him and he fears even the small bad deeds he has done.”
The Hematuria of Imâm Sufyân Al-Thawrî [97-161H]
Yûsuf b. Asbât – Allah have mercy on him – reports that whenever Sufyân remembered the hereafter he would urinate blood.
It is also reported that Sufyân – Allah have mercy on him – said:
I sometimes see something I feel I am obliged to speak out about, but when I don’t say anything I urinate blood.
And in another report:
I sometimes see an evil being done, but if I don’t speak out about it I urinate blood.
Al-Dhahabî , Siyar A’lâm Al-Nubalâ` in his biography of Imâm Sufyân Al-Thawrî .
A Sign of Knowledge and a Sign of Ignorance
Masrûq – Allah have mercy on him – said:
Sufficient as knowledge for a person is that he fears Allah, and sufficient as ignorance for a person is that he feels impressed with the knowledge he has.
Al-Âjurrî in Akhlâq Al-‘Ulamâ’ no.40.
Masrûq was one of the major Tâbi’în, or students of the Companions. He accompanied Ibn Mas’ûd and was one of his students who became senior teachers and muftis after him. He reported from numerous other Sahâbah. It is said that he was called Masrûq (literally: stolen) because he was kidnapped as a child but later recovered. He died in 62H or 63H.
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