The one who is [truly] imprisoned is the one whose heart is imprisoned from Allah and the captivated one is the one whose desires have enslaved him.
IBN TAYMIYYAHRemembrance is to the heart what water is to the fish. And what is the state of a fish that leaves water?
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A man will never fear something besides Allah unless it be due to a disease in his heart.
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The People of the Sunnah are the most knowledgeable of mankind concerning the truth, and the most merciful of the creation towards the rest of creation.
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In this world there is a paradise, whoever does not enter it will not enter the Paradise of the Hereafter.
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The sincere hearts and the pious supplications are soldiers which can never be defeated.
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Everyone experiences bouts of jealousy; but the dignified person conceals it, while the vulgar one acts upon it
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What really counts are good endings, not flawed beginnings.
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Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness.
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Whatever is not done by the permission of Allah will not happen, and what is not done for the sake of Allah will not benefit or remain.
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Sins cause harm and repentance removes the cause.
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Verily, I constantly renew my Islam until this very day, as up to now, I do not consider myself to have ever been a good Muslim.
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No love that a man has will only give him pleasure in return- he shall also suffer pain because of it, except for love of Allah.
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Dhikr (remembrance of Allah) is to the heart as water is to a fish; see what happens to a fish when it is taken out of water.
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The disease that knowledge brings is arrogance, and the disease that worship brings is showing off
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A believer to another believer is like two hands, one washes the other (correcting each other).
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Beautiful leaving (hajr), is to leave without harming, beautiful pardoning is to pardon without rebuking, and beautiful patience is to be patient without complaining.
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