Sins are like chains and locks preventing their perpetrator from roaming the vast garden of Tawheed and reaping the fruits of righteous actions.
IBN TAYMIYYAHWhatever 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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When people help one another in sin and transgression, they finish by hating each other.
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If you do good in secret, Allah will shower His good on you in public.
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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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If you correct your hidden deeds subsequently, Allaah will correct your outward deeds.
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The entire religion revolves around acknowledging the truth and then acting 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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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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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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Through patience and certainty, leadership in the religion is obtained.
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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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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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Allah will support the just state even if it is led by unbelievers, but Allah will not support the oppressive state even if it is led by believers
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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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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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