The loftiest in status are those who do not know their own status.
AL-SHAFI'IO Lord, Your forgiveness came out greater.
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Only someone who is sincere recognizes what showing off is.
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All humans are dead except those who have knowledge; and all those who have knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds.
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To be able to thank Allah for a blessing is a blessing within itself.
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Do not vie with others in the accumulation of wealth. Vie with them in Ibadaah.
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But to admonish him publicly is to disgrace and shame him.
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Knowledge is not what is memorised. Knowledge is what benefits.
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There is not on the face of the earth-after the Book of Allah – a book which is more sahih than the book of Malik.
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The one who admonishes his brother secretly, he has advised sincerely and has honored him.
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If he does it outwardly (among others) then he has dishonored and shamed him.
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You say that you are just a body, but inside of you is something greater than the Universe.
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My heart is at ease knowing that what was meant for me will never miss me, and that what misses me was never meant for me.
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Wealth remains behind on earth while ibadaah accompanies you into the grave.
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He may follow me; and if truth be on his side, I may follow him.
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Be hard on yourself, easy on others.
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And those who do good deeds are deceived, except those who are sincere; and those who are sincere are always in a state of worry.
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