Ibnul Mubaarak [rahimahullaah] was asked about the statement of Luqmaan [alayhis-salaam] to his son: ‘’If speech is from silver, then silence is from gold.” So he said: ‘’It means that if speech in obedience to Allaah is from silver, then silence [in order to refrain from] disobedience to Allaah is gold.”
[Jaami-ul Uloom Wal-Hikam: page: 155]
Alqamah [rahimahullaah]
Yusuf Bin Asbaat
Shaikh Muqbil [rahimahullaah]
Shaikh Muqbil Bin Haadee [rahimahullaah] said:
”We do not have time to defend ourselves; but we [defend] the Sunnah. And even if we are tormented with fierce battle, we will not leave anyone who speaks against the Sunnah of the Messenger [Sallal-laahu-alayhi- wa-alaa-aalihi-wasallam]- be he a Shia, a Soofee or from Ikhwaan al-Muslimeen [i.e. the deviated Muslim brotherhood sect in Egypt and else] because we are to sacrifice [ourselves] for the Sunnah and our objective is the Sunnah.”
Source: [Nasaa’ih Wa Fadaa’h page 54. slightly paraphrased]
Nadr Bin Shameel [rahimahullaah] said: ”I have not seen one with more mercy to the needy than Shu’bah [rahimahullaah]. Whenever he saw a needy person, he would not stop looking at him until he disappeared from his presence. [Hiyah 7/146]
Ath-Thawri [rahimahullaah]
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy
Imaam Ibn Katheer [rahimahullaah] stated: Ibn Abee Haatim [rahimahullaah] narrated with his own chain of transmission from Amr Bin Murrah [rahimahullaah], who said: I did not come across an Ayah from the Book of Allaah and did not understand it, except that it grieved me.’ [That] is because I heard the statement of Allaah [The Most High]:
[وَتِلۡكَ ٱلۡأَمۡثَـٰلُ نَضۡرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِۖ وَمَا يَعۡقِلُهَآ إِلَّا ٱلۡعَـٰلِمُونَ- And these similitudes We put forward for mankind, but none will understand them except those who have knowledge (of Allah and His Signs, etc.).”[29:43]
[Tafseer Ibn Katheer 4/424]
Imaam Ibnul Qayyim [rahimahullaah] said:
If deeds were of benefit without sincerity, the hypocrites would not have been rebuked.
[الفوائد- page: 65]
Shaikh Saaleh Al-Fawzaan [may Allaah preserve him] says:
Clarification must be carried out especially when the one who erred is one followed or has leadership. And it is not to be said that errors are narrated and will come to pass; rather it should be said, ‘’It is narrated and refuted’’.
[Source: Al-Ijaabaatul Muhimmah Fil Mashaakil Al-Mulimmah page: 236)]