Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.
AL-GHAZALIIf those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
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Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.
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Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, “men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned.”
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Man’s nature is made up of four elements, which produce in him four attributes, namely, the beastly, the brutal, the satanic, and the divine. In man there is something of the pig, the dog, the devil, and the saint.
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Do not dispute with anyone in any matter as far as possible. For in argumentation lies much harm and its evil is greater than its benefit.
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The soul should take care of the body, just as the pilgrim on his way to Makkah takes care of his camel; but if the pilgrim spends his whole time in feeding and adorning his camel, the caravan will leave him behind, and he will perish in the desert.
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Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.
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Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness.
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To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.
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A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people.
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He who buries his head deep into a nosebag full of food cannot hope to see the invisible world.
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If your busy with yourself now, you will be busy with yourself then. If you are busy with Allah now, you will be with Him then.
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The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.
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Dear friend, Your heart is a polished mirror. You must wipe it dean of the veil of dust that has gathered upon it, because it is destined to reflect the light of divine secrets.
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People count with self-satisfaction the number of times they have recited the name of God on their prayer beads, but they keep no beads for reckoning the number of idle words they speak.
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In God, there is no sorrow or suffering or affliction. If you want to be free of all affliction and suffering, hold fast to God, and turn wholly to Him, and to no one else. Indeed, all your suffering comes from this: that you do not turn toward God and no one else.
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