Everyone experiences bouts of jealousy; but the dignified person conceals it, while the vulgar one acts upon it
IBN TAYMIYYAHWhen people help one another in sin and transgression, they finish by hating each other.
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Men mixing with women is like fire mixing with wood.
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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!
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If you do good in secret, Allah will shower His good on you in public.
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Don’t depend too much on anyone.
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A calamity that makes you turn to Allah is better for you then a blessing which makes you forget the remembrance of Allah
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The entire religion revolves around acknowledging the truth and then acting upon it.
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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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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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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.
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What really counts are good endings, not flawed beginnings.
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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).
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When someone offends me, I think it’s a gift from Allah (god). He (Allah) is teaching me humility.
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If you correct your hidden deeds subsequently, Allaah will correct your outward deeds.
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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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Avoiding the temptation to sin and being patient upon that, is greater than being patient whilst being afflicted with trials.
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Sins are like chains and locks preventing their perpetrator from roaming the vast garden of Tawheed and reaping the fruits of righteous actions.
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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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The sincere hearts and the pious supplications are soldiers which can never be defeated.
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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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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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Remembrance 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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Through patience and certainty, leadership in the religion is obtained.
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If I remained silent and you remained silent, then who will teach the ignorant?
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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.
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Sins cause harm and repentance removes the cause.
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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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