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 TAYMIYYAHWhen people help one another in sin and transgression, they finish by hating each other.
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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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A believer to another believer is like two hands, one washes the other (correcting each other).
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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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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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The disease that knowledge brings is arrogance, and the disease that worship brings is showing off
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Guidance is not attained except with knowledge and correct direction is not attained except with patience.
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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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In this world there is a paradise, whoever does not enter it will not enter the Paradise of the Hereafter.
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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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Make tawba not just for sins you’ve committed, but also for obligations you haven’t fulfilled.
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The sign of the people of bid’ah is that they do not follow the salaf.
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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 entire religion revolves around acknowledging the truth and then acting upon it.
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Allah guards the justice loving government, even if it is the government of non-Muslims, and destroys the tyrant government, even if it is the government of Muslims.
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What really counts are good endings, not flawed beginnings.
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