"It is better for any of you to carry a load of firewood on his own back than to beg from someone else."

“Brighten up your houses through the recitation of the Qur’an, and do not make them like graves, similar to what the Jews and Christians have done .”

“The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.”

“Abu Usayd Malik ibn Rabi'a as-Sa'idi said, "Once while we were sitting with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, a man from the Banu Salama came up and asked, 'O Messenger of Allah, is there any devotion to my parents which I can show them after their death?' He said, 'Yes, praying for them, asking forgiveness for them, fulfilling their pledges after them, maintaining ties with relations which are only maintained through them, and honouring any friend of theirs.”

“Abu Huraira reported that a person came to Allah's Messenger and said: Who among the people is most deserving of a fine treatment from my hand? He said: Your mother. He again said: Then who ? He said: Again it is your mother . He said: Then who ? He said: Again, it is your mother. He said: Then who? Thereupon he said: Then it is your father.”

“Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "There are three people that Allah will not speak to on the Day of Rising nor purify nor look at and they will have a painful punishment: an old adulterer, a lying ruler and a poor person who is arrogant.”

“Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The best jihad is a just word in the presence of a tyrannical ruler.”