✦⋆· said, "The All-Merciful, Blessed and most High, has mercy on those who are merciful (towards others). Have mercy on the dwellers of the earth and the [Lord of the] Heavens will have mercy on you."

● "Be compassionate towards a mighty person who has been dishonoured, a rich man who has become poor, and a scholar who has been forgotten amidst a generation of ignorant people."

● "Be compassionate towards the destitute."

✦⋆· said, "How I wonder at the one who hopes for the mercy of the One above him and yet himself does not have mercy on the one below him."

● "Show compassion to the young in your family and reverence to the old."