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 TAYMIYYAHMake tawba not just for sins you’ve committed, but also for obligations you haven’t fulfilled.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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If you do good in secret, Allah will shower His good on you in public.
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Sins cause harm and repentance removes the cause.
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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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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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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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What really counts are good endings, not flawed beginnings.
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Through patience and certainty, leadership in the religion is obtained.
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