This whole religion revolves around knowing the truth and acting by it, and action must be accompanied by patience.
IBN TAYMIYYAH
IBN TAYMIYYAH
Ibn Taymiyyah on action
Ibn Taymiyyah45 quotes“This whole religion revolves around knowing the truth and acting by it, and action must be accompanied by patience.”
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Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah Everyone experiences bouts of jealousy; but the dignified person conceals it, while the vulgar one acts upon it
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Ibn TaymiyyahIbn 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 TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah When people help one another in sin and transgression, they finish by hating each other.
Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah What really counts are good endings, not flawed beginnings.
Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah Contentment is the greatest door that one enters to Allah, it is the source of tranquility for the worshiper and paradise on earth. Whoever does not enter it will not enter the Paradise in the Hereafter.
Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah The disease that knowledge brings is arrogance, and the disease that worship brings is showing off
Ibn TaymiyyahIbn 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.
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