الحمد لله الذي بنعمته تتم الصالحات
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Ja'far b. Muhammad - رحمهما الله - said:

مَن أكْرمكَ فأكْرِمه، ومَن اسْتخف بِكَ فأكْرِم نفسك عنه.

"Whoever honors you, honor him, and whoever disrespects you, honor yourself by
being away from him."

Rawdah al ‘Uqalā

[Remembrance of Allah (Al-Dhikr) repels Shaytān]

كان عمر بن عبد العزيز يقول: «ما رأيت يقيناً أشبه بالشك من يقين الناس بالموت، ثم لا يستعدون له»؛ يعني كأنهم فيه شاكون. [القرطبي:١٢/٢٦٥]

'Umar b. 'Abd al 'Azız (رحمه الله) used to say, "I have not seen certainty that resembles doubt more than people's certainty about death, despite which they do not prepare for it"; meaning that it is as if they are in doubt about it. [al Qurtubi: 12/265]

Ibn Umar -رضي الله عنهما- once said to a man:

أدب ‌ابنك ‌فإنك ‌مسئول عن ولدك ماذا أدبته وماذا علمته؟ وإنه مسئول عن برك وطواعيته لك.

‎"Discipline your son to be well-mannered, for you are responsible for what you have taught and how you have disciplined him. And he is responsible for his dutifulness and cooperativeness with you."

‎(graded as hasan)
‎Al-Nafaqa ‘alal ‘Ayāl 334
‎Al-Bayhaqi 5

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‎[Taking children to good & righteous people so that they make du’ā for them]

عن عائشة -رضي الله عنها- أنها كانت تؤتى بالصّبيان ‌إذا ‌ولدوا ‌لكي ‌تدعو الله لهم بالبركة.

‎It has come from ‘Ā’ishah - رضي الله عنها - that the newborns used to be brought to her so that she could supplicate to Allah that they be blessed.

‎(graded hasan)
‎Al-Jami' by Ibn Wahb 669
‎Al Adab Al Mufrad by Al Bukhari 912

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Knowing Allah is the sweetest thing on earth & lacking sound belief about Allah is an unimaginable loss:

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Sālih b. Janāh al-Dimashqi (رحمه الله) said to his son:
"يا بني ، إذا مر بك يوم وليلة قد سلم فيها دينك ، وجسمك ، ومالك ، وعيالك ، فأكثر الشكر لله تعالى ،

"My son, if a day and night pass by you in which your religion, body, wealth, and family are safe, then give abundant thanks to Allah, the Most High.

فكم من مسلوب دينه ، ومنزوع ملكه ، ومهتوك ستره ، ومقصوم ظهره في ذلك اليوم ، وأنت في عافية؟"

For how many there are whose religion is taken away, whose authority is stripped, whose honor (by way of the concealment of their flaws) is torn away, and whose back is broken on that day, while you are in well-being."

The historian, Ibn ‘Asākir (رحمه الله) comments with the following poetry:
لو أنني أعطيت سؤلي لما ... سالتُ إلا العفوَ والعافية
"If I were granted any request of mine, I would not ask for anything but pardon and well-being.
فكم فتى قد بات في نعمةٍ ... فسلَّ منها الليلة الثانية
For how many a youth has spent the night in blessings, only to be stripped of them the next night."

[Tarīkh Dimashq by Ibn Asakir (23/325), report number: 23018; Siyar A'lam al-Nubala' by Al-Dhahabi (3/222)]

Ibn ‘Awn (رحمه الله) said:
"ذكر الناس داء،وذكر الله دواء"
"Speaking of people is a disease, and remembering Allah is the cure."

Imam Al-Dhahabi (رحمه الله) said:

"إي والله،فالعجب منَّا ومن جهلنا كيف ندع الدواء ونقتحم الداء قال تعالى : (الذين آمنوا وتطمئن قلوبهم بذكر الله ألا بذكر الله تطمئن القلوب)
"Yes, by Allah, it is astonishing and ignorant on our part how we neglect the cure and plunge into the disease. Allah, Exalted and Most High, says: 'Those who believe and their hearts find satisfaction in the remembrance of Allah. Verily, in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find satisfaction.'
ولكن لا يتهيأ ذلك إلا بتوفيق الله؛ ومن أدمن الدعاء ولازم قَرْع الباب فُتح له"
But that is only made possible by the gracious guidance of Allah; and for those who persist in supplication and continuously knock on the door, it will be opened to them."

Al-Sa'di (رحمه الله) warned:
"وليحذر من الاشتغال بالناس والتفتيش عن أحوالهم والعيب لهم فإن ذلك إثم حاضر
"One should beware of being preoccupied with people, prying into their affairs, and finding fault with them. For doing so is an immediate sin.
والمعصية من أهل العلم أعظم منها من غيرهم ولأن غيرهم يقتدي بهم. ولأن الاشتغال بالناس يضيع المصالح النافعة والوقت النفيس ويذهب بهجة العلم ونوره"
And the sin is greater for those of knowledge than others because others take them as examples. And because being preoccupied with people wastes beneficial interests, precious time, and diminishes the joy and light of knowledge."