Abbasid Caliphate

Abdul Qadir Gilani

Religion

Qadiriyya

1078–1166

"Do not will anything which is not the will of Allah."

Sari al-Saqati

Sufism

"One should avoid rich neighbour, rich savant, and Quran reader on payment."

Ali al-Rida

Religion

770–818

"One who offers what he doesn't know, will be under the curse of the angels of the heavens and the earth."

Hasan al-Askari

Politics

"It is sufficient for your morality, not to involve yourself with the things you do not approve of in others."

"“…Their idol of Zur was of gold, and its eyes were two rubies. The zealous Musalmans cut off its hands and plucked out its eyes, and then remarked to the Marzaban how powerless was his idol to do either good or evil…"

Ibrahim ibn Adham

Religion

718–776

"You know death must overtake you but you make no preparation for it."

Sheikh Bayazid Bastami (R.A.)

Religion

804–848

"The thing we tell of can never be found by seeking, yet only seekers find it."

Al-Nasa'i

Literature

"The Prophet said: Prayer in congregation is twenty-five levels better than a prayer offered on one’s own."

Khwaja Abdullah Ansari

Literature

1006–1089

"Sardar Sir Jogendra Singh: The Invocations of shaykh Abdullah al-Ansari, London, Great Britain, 1939"

"No tool is more beneficial than intelligence. No enemy is more harmful than ignorance."

Imam Muhammad al-Mahdi (A.J.S.)

Religion

b. 869

"The oppressors alleged that Allah’s proof is invalid, and if we were permitted to speak out, the uncertainty would disappear."

Al-Zamakhshari

Religion

Mu'tazilism

1075–1144

"Arguing with them in a way that is better means using the best method of argumentation which is the method of kindness and gentleness without gruffness and harshness."