Sunan Ibn Majah

that the Prophet (saw) drew a square, and a line in the middle of the square, and lines to the side of the line in the middle of the square, and a line outside the square, and he said: "Do you know what this is?" They said: "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said: "Man is the line in the middle, and these lines to his side are the sicknesses and problems that assail him from all places. If one misses him, another will befall him. The square is his life span, at his neck; and the line outside it is (his) hope."
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the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: "This is the son of Adam, and this is his life span at his neck, then he spread his hand in front of him and said: And there is his hope."
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that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: "The heart of an old man is young in the love of two things: Love of life and much wealth."
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that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: "The son of Adam grows old but two things remain young in him: His craving for wealth and his craving for a long life."
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that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: "If the son of Adam had two valleys of wealth, he would love to have a third along with them. Nothing could satisfy him except dust. And Allah accepts the repentance of the one who repents."
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"By the One Who took his (saw) soul, he did not die until most of his prayers were offered sitting down. And the most beloved of deeds to him was a righteous deed which a person persists in doing, even if it is something small."
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"There was a woman with me, and the Prophet (saw) entered upon me and said: Who is that? I said: So-and-so; she does not sleep," - she mentioned her excessive praying. "The Prophet (saw) said: Keep quiet. You should do what you are able to, for by Allah, Allah does not get tired (of giving reward) but you get tired." She said: "The most beloved of religious deed to him was that in which a person persists."
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the scribe, said: "We were with the Messenger of Allah (saw) and we spoke of Paradise and Hell until it was as if we could see them. Then I got up and went to my family and children, and I laughed and played (with them). Then I remembered how we had been, and I went out and met Abu Bakr, and said: I have become a hypocrite! Abu Bakr said: We all do that." So Hanzalah went and mentioned that to the Prophet (saw), who said: "O Hanzalah, if you were (always) as you are with me, the angels would shake hands with you in your beds and in your streets. O Hanzalah, there is a time for this and a time for that."
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that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: "Take on only as much as you can do of good deeds, for the best of deeds is that which is done consistently, even if it is little."
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"The Messenger of Allah (saw) passed by a man who was praying on a rock, and he went towards Makkah and stayed a while, then he left and found the man still praying as he had been. He stood up and clasped his hands, then said: "O people, you should observe moderation," three times, "for Allah does not get tired (of giving reward) but you get tired."
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