Don’t you think there’s a problem when we live in a society that considers a woman’s greatest accomplishment being pretty for a man?
YASMIN MOGAHEDThe commandment came to sacrifice his son. But it wasn’t his son that was slaughtered. It was his attachment to anything that could compete with his love for God. So let us ask ourselves in these beautiful days of sacrifice, which attachments do we need to slaughter?
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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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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Beauty attracts beauty. If you want to know what you are, look at what you are drawn to.
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Some feel lonely because they haven’t found that perfect ‘companion’ yet. Sometimes Allah sends everyone else away so you can find that only in Him.
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There are internal chains and external chains. All the external chains in the world won’t enslave you, if you are free inside. And all the external ‘freedom’ in the world won’t liberate you, if you are chained inside. Let go. And you’ll know Freedom.
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If you think you’re too far from Allah to return, and your ‘past’ continues to own you, just remember that Malik ibn Dinar (RA) was an alcoholic, and Omar (RA) was on his way to assassinate the Prophet (pbuh) before they became two of the greatest souls to walk the earth!
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The people will come and go. Sometimes they’ll be there for you. Sometimes they wont. Some will love you, some will not.
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We are two people. The person inside and the person outside. Sidq (truthfulness) is when they are the same.
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At the time of death your tongue will speak only what is in the heart.To say la illaha illa Allah, you must live it.
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Tawbah is the cleaning of the heart, dhikr is the feeding of the heart.
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In his mercy, He sent the storm itself to make us seek help. And then knowing that we’re likely to get the wrong answer, He gives us a multiple choice exam with only one option to choose from: the correct answer. The hardship itself is ease.
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Tell this imprisoned soul that it will never be owned. Nothing will ever own you. But God.
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Give. Even when you know you can get nothing back.
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Keep praying, even if you have only a whisper left.
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Any beauty you see in me is only a reflection of Him, any ugliness, a reflection of my self.
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Sometimes people have nothing to say because they’re too empty. And sometimes people have nothing to say because they’re too full.
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