Whom God loves, on him He sends sufferings and whom He does not like, on him He bestows comforts. - Al-Fudhayl bin 'Iyyadh

Just as it is impossible to shed tears in Paradise, so to laugh in the world is also a matter of surprise. For just as Paradise is not a place for tears, similarly the world is no place for laughter.

Fudayl preferred seclusion to all the things of the world. World's renunciation for him, is a gift of God, granted to the chosen few. He says when God becomes friendly with a man, He grants him much distress and when He makes him His enemy, He provides him worldly goods in abundance.

It is offensive that there should be seen in the outward appearance of man more humility than what is in his heart.