Speech of the Salaf

Hamdoon Al-Qassaar was asked: "Why is the speech of the Salaf more beneficial than ours?" He replied, "This is because they spoke to give ascendancy to Islam and to please The Most Merciful; whereas we speak to give ascendancy to ourselves, to seek after the worldly life and please the creation." (Safwatus Safwah: 2/122)