Do not be excessive in eating...

Do not be excessive in eating, for those who are excessive in eating are excessive in sleeping; those who are excessive in sleeping are deficient in praying; of those who are deficient in praying, it is written that they are negligent.”  “Mind your tongue to reform your heart, be satisfied with your house, beware of pretentiousness and excess, be ashamed before your Lord, cry over your mistakes, and escape from people as you would run from the lion or viper, [for] they were medicine but today, they have become illness.

Then, encounter God when you will.” The Life of the World “Who would build a house on the waves of the sea? This world is that house, so you should not take it as a dwelling.”  “The love of this world and the next cannot be aligned in the heart of a believer, like water and fire in a single vessel.”  “When one of you sits in his house, he should have clothes on.

Verily, God has allotted modesty for you, just as He has allotted your sustenance.”  “If you are my lovers and my brothers, you must…