This whole religion revolves around knowing the truth and acting by it, and action must be accompanied by patience.
IBN TAYMIYYAHIf you do good in secret, Allah will shower His good on you in public.
More Ibn Taymiyyah Quotes
-
-
The sign of the people of bid’ah is that they do not follow the salaf.
IBN TAYMIYYAH -
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.
IBN TAYMIYYAH -
Through patience and certainty, leadership in the religion is obtained.
IBN TAYMIYYAH -
The disease that knowledge brings is arrogance, and the disease that worship brings is showing off
IBN TAYMIYYAH -
What really counts are good endings, not flawed beginnings.
IBN TAYMIYYAH -
Among the principles of the Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama’ah lie the attitude of peace and purity of their heart and tongue towards the Sahaba(Companions) of the Prophet (saw).
IBN TAYMIYYAH -
Make tawba not just for sins you’ve committed, but also for obligations you haven’t fulfilled.
IBN TAYMIYYAH -
Imprisoned is he whose heart is imprisoned from Allâh. Captured is he who is captured by his desires.
IBN TAYMIYYAH -
In this world there is a paradise, whoever does not enter it will not enter the Paradise of the Hereafter.
IBN TAYMIYYAH -
If you do good in secret, Allah will shower His good on you in public.
IBN TAYMIYYAH -
Guidance is not attained except with knowledge and correct direction is not attained except with patience.
IBN TAYMIYYAH -
Don’t depend too much on anyone.
IBN TAYMIYYAH -
What can you do with me? My jannah is in my heart! If you take me to jail, I will make zikr of Allah. If you exile me out of my land, I will make takaffur. If you execute me, I would be a shaheed. What can you do with me? Because I am not limited to this dunya. I am living for al-akhira!
IBN TAYMIYYAH -
A believer to another believer is like two hands, one washes the other (correcting each other).
IBN TAYMIYYAH -
Men mixing with women is like fire mixing with wood.
IBN TAYMIYYAH -
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.
IBN TAYMIYYAH -
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.
IBN TAYMIYYAH -
Sins are like chains and locks preventing their perpetrator from roaming the vast garden of Tawheed and reaping the fruits of righteous actions.
IBN TAYMIYYAH -
Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness.
IBN TAYMIYYAH -
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 TAYMIYYAH -
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.
IBN TAYMIYYAH -
Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness.
IBN TAYMIYYAH -
Sins cause harm and repentance removes the cause.
IBN TAYMIYYAH -
What can my enemies do to me? My paradise is in my heart, it is with me wherever I go. To imprison me is to provide me with seclusion. To send me into exile is to send me away in the Path of Allah. And to kill me is to make me a martyr.
IBN TAYMIYYAH -
Remembrance is to the heart what water is to the fish. And what is the state of a fish that leaves water?
IBN TAYMIYYAH -
The entire religion revolves around acknowledging the truth and then acting upon it.
IBN TAYMIYYAH