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[Reported by Ibn 'Abbās in Marfū' form]

The Prophet (ﷺ) said,

إِسْمَحْ يُسْمَحْ لَكَ

"Be gentle [1],

and gentleness shall be rendered to you."

[1] Easygoing, Forgiving

[سلسلة الصحيحة]

Explaning it,

Manāwī said,

"Deal with Allah's creation who are [all] dependent upon Him and so are His slaves with gentleness [i.e, forgiveness] and ease. [and] their Master [Allah] will render the same to you in this Dunyā and Akhirah."

[كتاب فيض القدير]

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Sufyān bin 'Uyaynah (رحمه الله) said,

ما أنعم الله على عبد من العباد

"Allah has not bestowed a blessing to a slave from amongst His slaves

نعمة أعظم من أن عرفهم

greater than the blessing from that of them, knowing

لا إله إلا الله

[the true meaning of] La Ilaha IllaAllah."

[كلمة الإخلاص وتحقيق معناها]

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Ibn Mas'ud (رضي الله عنه) said,

كونوا [...] تعرفون في أهل السماء، وتخفون على أهل الأرض

"Be [...] known to the people of the sky [i.e., Angels] and hidden from the people of the earth."

[مختصر منهاج القاصدين]

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Ash Sha'bī (رحمه الله) said,

ما حدثوك عن أصحاب محمد (ﷺ)

"That which they narrate to you from the Companions of Muḥammad (ﷺ),

فخذه

Then take it.

وما قالوا برأيهم

And that which they say with their own opinions,

فبل عليه

Then Urinate [i.e., piss] on it."

[شرف أصحاب الحديث]

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Abu Ḥayyān Al Andalusi (رحمه الله) said,

"And the poet said,

"And do not walk upon the earth except with At Tawāḍu'an [humility, humbleness]

For how many people underneath it are higher [i.e., better] than you."

[البحر المحيط في التفسير ج٧ ص٥٠]

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Ibn Al Jawzi (رحمه الله) said,

"He claims inability [to do acts] in obedience [to Allah],

Yet [when it comes to] Sins, he's an Ustadh [Professor, Teacher]."

[المدهش ص٣٤٧]

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Some of the Ḥukamā' (People of Wisdom) would write to a man from their brothers. [i.e, Friends]

"Ya Akhi (O' My Brother),

Beware of death in this abode (i.e., this world), before you come to an abode where you will wish in it for death but won't find it."

[ذكر الموت لابن أبي الدنيا ص٦٦]

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Ibn Al Qayyim (رحمه الله) said,

"For [Indeed],

the heedless heart is an abode of Shayṭān."

[مفتاح دار السعادة ومنشور ولاية العلم والإرادة ص٣١١]

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Al Fuḍayl bin 'Iyāḍ (رحمه الله) said,

"Ya Miskeen (O' [Prideful] Poor one),

You are a Sinner, but you see yourself as a Muḥsin (Good doer)

You are a Jāhil (Ignorant), but you see yourself as an 'Ālim (Scholar)

You are Stingy, but you see yourself as a Karīm (Generous person)

You are an Aḥmaq (Fool, Moron), but you see yourself as an 'Āqil (Wise person)

Your lifespan is short, but your hope [in your life] is long."

[سير أعلام النبلاء ج٨ ص٤٤٠]

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Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) said,

"(And remember) the Day when We shall call together all human beings with their Imam..."

[سورة الإسراء (١٧) : ٧١]

Ibn Kathir (رحمه الله) said,

Some of the Salaf said,

"This is the greatest honour for Asḥab Al Ḥadith (Companions of Hadith) because their Imām is the Prophet (ﷺ)."

[تفسير القرآن العظيم ج٥ ص٩٨]

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Ibn Rajab Al Ḥanbali (رحمه الله) said,

"Indeed, the Mu'min (Believer) must be tested with something from Fitan [i.e., trials, hardships][that are] painful and difficult upon him in order to test his faith."

[التفسير الجامع لتفسير ابن رجب الحنبلي ج٢ ص٢١١]

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Ibn Al Qayyim (رحمه الله تعالى) said,

"The greatest losses [i.e, waste] are two, [and] they are the foundation of every loss [i.e, waste],

the wasting of one's heart and the wasting of one's time."

[الفوائد ص١٦٢]

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Some of the Ahl Al 'Ilm (People of Knowledge) said,

"The Jahmiyyah are the Mushabbihah.

Indeed, they have likened their Lord to an idol and [or] a deaf mute who cannot hear, or see, or talk, or create."

[خلق أفعال العباد للبخاري ص٤٣]

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Abi Az Zinād (رحمه الله) said,

"The man was not considered a man until he knew the Sunnah."

[التاريخ الكبير ج٧ ص١٥٧]

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Abu Aswad Ad Du'ali said,

"There is nothing more honourable than 'Ilm (Knowledge),

[for] the kings are rulers over the people and the 'Ulama (Scholars) are rulers over the kings."

[تذكرة السامع والمتكلم في أدب العالم والمتعلم ص٤٢]

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Al Ḥajjāj bin Arṭāh said,

"They used to hate that a man narrates (or speaks) until he sees grey hair in his beard."

[أخبار القضاة ج٢ ص٥٤]

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Ibn Ḥazm said,

If Al 'Ilm (Knowledge) had no virtue other than to make the Juhhāl (Ignorant) fear you and respect you and to make the 'Ulama (Scholars) love and honour you, that would be [enough of] a reason it should be sought after.

So how about its other virtues in this Dunya and Akhirah?

[الأخلاق والسير ٢٣ (ص٨٧)]