Abu Ya'qub Farqad Sabkhi

“The one with a stomach can be led to destruction because of it. If he does not fill it, he becomes weak, and if he fills it, he becomes burdened.”

Statements of our Pious Predecessors, p.16 — Maktaba tul Madina

“If someone refrains from committing a sin for seven years, he shall not commit it anymore.”

Statements of our Pious Predecessors, p.16 — Maktaba tul Madina

“O people! Make the world a midwife and the Hereafter a mother. Have you not seen the child who admits himself to a midwife and then leaves her when he recognises his mother? Indeed, the Hereafter is like your mother, and she shall soon take you.”

Statements of our Pious Predecessors, p.16 — Maktaba tul Madina

“I read in the Torah that whoever wakes up upset with his worldly matters has woken up whilst being upset with his Lord. Whoever sits next to a wealthy person and adopted humility for him has two thirds of his faith disappear. Whoever complains to the people about a difficulty that has reached him, it is as if he complains about Allah.”

Statements of our Pious Predecessors, p.16 — Maktaba tul Madina