"When you put on your shoes, begin with the right one, and when you take them off, begin with the left one."

"The best among you is he who learns the Quran and teaches it."

"You would have got more reward if you had given her (i.e. the slave-girl) to one of your maternal uncles."

"If the Khosrau is destroyed, no Khosrau will follow, if Caesar is ruined, no Caesar will follow. Their treasures will be divided in Allah's cause."

"If you put your trust in Allah as you should, He would provide for you as He provides for the birds, who wake up hungry in the morning and return with full stomachs in the evening."