Inspiration from Past & Present
He who collects the Qur’an has borne a great matter. Prophethood has been inserted between his shoulder-blades, except that he does not receive revelation. Thus, it does not befit the bearer of the Qur’an to show harshness with the one who shows harshness, or to show ignorance with the one who shows ignorance, for truly the Qur’an is in his interior.
—’Abdullah b. ‘Amr b. al-‘As
(Read on pg 23, Imam Abu Baker Muhammad b. al-Husayn al-Ajurri, The Character of the Bearers and People of the Qur’an. Al-Quran Society. London:2002.)
Knowledge is from the sustenance of Allah: He Bestows it upon whomsoever He pleases.
—Muhammad b. Ismaa’eel al-Bukhaaree
(Read on pg 174, Salaahud-Deen ibn ‘Alee ibn ‘Abdul-Maujood, The Biography of Imam Bukhaaree. Darussalam. Riyadh: 2005.)
I saw the Prophet (S) in a dream, and he said to me, “Where are you heading towards?”
I said, “I am heading toward Muhammad b. Ismaa’eel [al-Bukhaaree].”
He (S) said, “Convey to him greetings of peace from me.”
—Al-Firabree (rah)
Muqaddimatul-Fath
(Read on pg 168, Salaahud-Deen ibn ‘Alee ibn ‘Abdul-Maujood, The Biography of Imam Bukhaaree. Darussalam. Riyadh: 2005.)
Earn virtues in your spare time, because,
Your death might come upon a sudden,
Many healthy people I have seen who were free of disease,
But then their soul parted upon a sudden.
—Muhammad b. Ismaa’eel al-Bukhari
(Read on pg 137-138, Salaahud-Deen ibn ‘Alee ibn ‘Abdul-Maujood, The Biography of Imam Bukhaaree. Darussalam. Riyadh: 2005.)