And let not their speech grieve you. Indeed, honour belongs to Allah entirely. He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

The one who admonishes his brother secretly, he has advised sincerely and has honored him. If he does it outwardly (among others) then he has dishonored and shamed him.

Uqbah bin Amr Al-Ansari narrated that the messenger of Allah (saw) said, Among the words people obtained from the First Prophecy are: If you feel no shame, then do as you wish.

The wise person is the one whose mind controls him from every disgrace.

If a young man honours an older person on account of his age, Allah appoints someone to show reverence to him in his old age.

The tongue is very small and light but it can take you to the greatest heights and it can put you in the lowest depths.

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Prophet(s.a.w) said: Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, then let him honor his guest. And whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, then let him say what is good or remain silent.

And I have never seen any obedience amongst the followers of the kings like I have seen of the Sahabah with the Prophet Muhammad (saw)! Whenever he would give them a command they would rush to do it, and whenever he would speak they would be silent as if birds are on their heads, and whenever he would make Wudu they would rush to get the droplets of water falling off his body, whenever a hair would fall from him they would try to get it!

I have visited the kings of the world, and I have had audiences with Caesar and with Kisra, and with the Negus, and I have never seen the followers of a king so devoted to their leader like the Sahabah in their devotion to Muhammad (saw). ....

We were the most humiliated people on earth and Allah gave us honour through Islam. If we ever seek honour through anything else, Allah will humiliate us again.