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 TAYMIYYAHThe sign of the people of bid’ah is that they do not follow the salaf.
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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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The entire religion revolves around acknowledging the truth and then acting upon it.
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The sign of the people of bid’ah is that they do not follow the salaf.
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If you do good in secret, Allah will shower His good on you in public.
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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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Avoiding the temptation to sin and being patient upon that, is greater than being patient whilst being afflicted with trials.
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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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Everyone experiences bouts of jealousy; but the dignified person conceals it, while the vulgar one acts upon it
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When people help one another in sin and transgression, they finish by hating each other.
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A believer to another believer is like two hands, one washes the other (correcting each other).
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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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Men mixing with women is like fire mixing with wood.
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If I remained silent and you remained silent, then who will teach the ignorant?
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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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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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