People are only ever equal when they are all as ignorant as each other or as bad as each other.
Knowing what Spoils Your Deeds
It is reported that Al-Ḥasan Al-Baṣrī – Allāh have mercy on him – said:
A man remains upon good as long as he knows what things spoil his deeds.
Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal, Al-Zuhd p339.
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The difference between you and the one in the grave.
It is reported that Ibrāhīm Al-Taymī – Allāh have mercy on him – said: What a great difference there is between you and those people [of the past, the Salaf]! Worldly wealth came to them but they fled from it, whereas the world turns its back on you and you go after it. Ibn Al-Mubārak, […]