Be sincere in your aim and you will find the support of Allaah surrounding you.
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYAAnd to have spent the night sleeping and awoken regretful, is better than to have spent the night standing (in prayer) and awaken impressed with oneself!
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As long as one is following the right way, one should never be concerned about the reproaches of those who like to find faults.
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When there is money in your hand and not in your heart, it will not harm you even if it is a lot; and when it is in your heart, it will harm you even if there is none in your hands.
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The hijrah to Allah includes abandoning what He hates and doing what He loves and accepts.
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A tear that runs down a believer’s cheek is more beneficial than a thousand raindrops on the earth
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Losing time is harder than death, as losing time keeps you away from Allah and the Hereafter, while death keeps you away from the worldly life and people.
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This wordly life is like a shadow. If you try to catch it, you will never be able to do so. If you turn your back towards it, it has no choice but to follow you.
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When Allah tests you it is never to destroy you. When He removes something in your possession it is only in order to empty your hands for an even greater gift.
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If you knew the true value of yourself, you will never allow yourself to be humiliated by committing sins.
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Sins have many side-effects. One of them is that they steal knowledge from you.
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And if a person were given all of the world and what is in it, it would not fill his emptiness.
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A person’s tongue can give you the taste of his heart.
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There are no means of attaining faith and certainty except through the Qur’an.
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If a man’s patience is stronger than his whims and desires, then he is like an angel, but if his whims and desires are stronger than his patience, then he is like a devil. If his desire for food, drink and sex is stronger than his patience, then he is no better than an animal.
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Beware of every hour and how it passes, and only spend it in the best possible way, do not neglect yourself, but render it accustomed to the noblest and best of actions, and send to your grave that which will please you when you arrive to it.
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Women are one half of society which gives birth to the other half so it is as if they are the entire society.
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