Ibn Taymiyyah lived poorly. He was imprisoned and threatened. But I have never seen anyone as happy as him.
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYAThe hijrah to Allah includes abandoning what He hates and doing what He loves and accepts.
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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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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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Every drop of sweat and every breath we take in life, if not taken for the sake of Allah, will lead to regret and sorrow on the Day of Judgment
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O you, who spends his lifetime disobeying his Lord, no one amongst your enemies is wicked to you more than you are to yourself
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And verily for everything that a slave loses there is a substitute, but the one who loses Allah will never find anything to replace Him.
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If a heart becomes attached to anything other than Allah, Allah makes him dependent on what he is attached to. And he will be betrayed by it.
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If you wish to check how much you love Allah, then see how much your heart loves the Quran, and you will know the answer.
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And 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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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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Doom comes about because of neglecting to evaluate one’s self and because of just following one’s whims.
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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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Be to Allah as He wishes, and He will be to you more than you can wish for.
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The perfection of Tawheed is found when there remains nothing in the heart except Allaah
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Whoever desires to purify his heart, then let him prefer Allah to his desires
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The sea of pleasures may drown its owner and the swimmer fears to open his eyes under the water.
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