If you expect the blessings of God, be kind to His people.

• Do not follow vain desires for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger.
• Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives.
• Death is the easiest of all things after it, and the hardest of all things before it.
• Have an earnestness for death and you will have life.
• There is no harm in patience, and no profit in lamentation. Death is easier to bear (than) that which precedes it, and more severe than that which comes after it. Remember the death of the Apostle of God, and your sorrow will be lessened.
• If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus attracted, it is worse.
• There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.
• He who is not impressed by sound advice, lacks faith.
• The more knowledge you have, the greater will be your fear of Allah.
• There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.