“If your parents are alive, be grateful at the opportunity to earn Jannah by serving them.”

When Allah grants us the sense to ask Him for forgiveness, then He has granted us a huge favor. It’s a sign that He wants to forgive us.

Humiliating people in the name of religion is the practice of someone deprived of the first fruit of religion, humility.

Our religion doesn’t demand perfection but instead a manageable strive to better ourselves.

When you find yourself in a position to help someone, be happy because Allah is answering that person’s prayer through you.

Religion becomes a hollow shell of its former self when ritual remains and thoughtful reflection disappears.

If doctors are paid the same salary as bus drivers, community would not be crazy about making their children doctors.

Insulting the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) is like trying to spit at the sun, it will only come back in your face.

Iblis (satan) himself recognizes the Lordship of Allah, but wants the human being to forget it.

Change your ‘Nafs’, change the world.

You can’t just pretend that the things you watch, and the things you hear, and the places you go will not have an impact on your character. They will.

Guilt is a gift from Allah warning you that what you are doing is violating your soul.

What you desire is what YOU want, what you have is what ALLAH wants.

If you have friends or family who are not practicing, give them your company and not your judgment. They need your patience and your love. Allah is sufficient for judgment and He subhanahu wa ta’ala is a perfect Judge. We are not.

The people who test your patience are a blessing, Without them, you can’t practice patience.

Forgiving someone isn’t just about doing good to another. It’s also about healing a scar in your own heart.

People have no idea how true the promise of Allah is. Put your trust in Allah, and He will see you through.

The last time I felt alive – I was looking into your eyes. Breathing your air, touching your skin, saying goodbye. The last time I felt alive, I was dying.

Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.

I’ve been so unhappy for years, so unhappy, I don’t understand how a human being can be so unhappy all the time and still be alive.

Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.

The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.

It’s a funny old world. A man’s lucky if he gets out of it alive.

Hold your head high, stick your chest out. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.

A lot of money is spent trying to keep people alive who don’t necessarily want to be alive.