Hasan Basri said: “The temptation of Adam was in eating, and this is also your temptation until the day of Resurrection.” It is the advice of the Prophet to consume the strength of the lower soul by hunger and thirst.

Hasan Basri said: “The temptation of Adam was in eating, and this is also your temptation until the day of Resurrection.” It is the advice of the Prophet to consume the strength of the lower soul by hunger and thirst.

Silence is praiseworthy because it is “A cover for the ignorant and adornment for the intelligent.”

Silence is praiseworthy because it is “A cover for the ignorant and adornment for the intelligent.”

Eating with brethren should be with informality; with foreignness, with nice manners, and with the poor (fuqara), with altruism.

Eating with brethren should be with informality; with foreignness, with nice manners, and with the poor (fuqara), with altruism.

God creates the actions of man, just as He creates men themselves. Also polytheism and disobedience occur by the judgement and predestination of God.

God creates the actions of man, just as He creates men themselves. Also polytheism and disobedience occur by the judgement and predestination of God.

Love for the sake of a God and hate for the sake of God are among the firmest ties of the faith.

Love for the sake of a God and hate for the sake of God are among the firmest ties of the faith.