‘Uqbah bin ‘Amir (ra) asked:
I said, O Messenger of Allâh! What is
salvation?” He replied: “To have control over
your tongue, to be content with your house and
to weep over your errors”.
(Reported by Ibn al Mubarâk in az-Zuhd,
Ahmad, at-Tirmidh
î
, and others, sah
î
h)