Try not to confuse attachment with love. Attachment is about fear and dependency, and has more to do with love of self than love of another.
YASMIN MOGAHEDLeaving the people and places you love, is a reminder of the impermanence of this life. And the permanence of the next.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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On that Day, we will see the true reality. On that Day, we will realize that two rak’at (units) of prayer were greater than everything in the heavens and the earth.
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The ones that hurt you. The ones that helped you. The ones that came, and the ones that left. They all taught you.
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When you suffer, don’t speak. Look inside and listen for the duaa He inspires in you. and then ask Him. Again and again. Don’t stop.
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As Muslim women, we have been liberated from this silent bondage. We don’t need society’s standard of beauty or fashion, to define our worth.
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If you want to focus more on Allah in your prayers, focus more on Him outside your prayers.
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But, this dark place is not the end. Remember that the darkness of night precedes the dawn. And as long as your heart still beats, this is not the death of it. You don’t have to die here.
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They say you don’t get over someone until you find someone or something better. As humans, we don’t deal well with emptiness. Any empty space must be filled. Immediately.
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In any nation, the hypocrites do not become apparent except during times of fitnah (severe tests and hardships).
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So often we think that Allah only tests us with hardships, but this isn’t true. Allah also tests with ease. He tests us with na’im (blessings) and with the things we love, and it is often in these tests that so many of us fail.
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As a Muslim woman, I’ve been liberated from a silent kind of bondage. I don’t answer to the slaves of God on earth. I answer to their King.
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My worth as a human being is measured on a higher scale: a scale of righteousness and piety. And my purpose in life-despite what fashion magazines say-is something more sublime than just looking good for men.
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Love people for the sake of God, but never love God for the sake of people.
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Look forward to going back Home. But make sure you’re furnishing it.
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When someone hurts you, your first thought may be to wish you had never met them at all. But remember that even those who’ve hurt you, came into your life for a reason, and left for a reason. It’s for the best and healing starts with acceptance.
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We fail because when Allah gives us these blessings, we unwittingly turn them into false idols in the heart.
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