Guidance is not attained except with knowledge and correct direction is not attained except with patience.
IBN TAYMIYYAHBeautiful 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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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 more humble, needy, and subdued you are before Allah, the closer you will be to Him.
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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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This whole religion revolves around knowing the truth and acting by it, and action must be accompanied by patience.
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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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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 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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The sign of the people of bid’ah is that they do not follow the salaf.
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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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Everyone experiences bouts of jealousy; but the dignified person conceals it, while the vulgar one acts upon it
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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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Imprisoned is he whose heart is imprisoned from Allâh. Captured is he who is captured by his desires.
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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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When people help one another in sin and transgression, they finish by hating each other.
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