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.
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYAA true believer does not fear physical death, rather he fears the death of his heart
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Imaan is of two halves; half is patience (Sabr) and half is being thankful (Shukr).
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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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Beware of preoccupying your heart with what it has not been created for.
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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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A person’s tongue can give you the taste of his heart.
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Ibn Taymiyyah lived poorly. He was imprisoned and threatened. But I have never seen anyone as happy as him.
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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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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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O people who take pleasure in a life that will vanish, falling in love with a fading shadow is sheer stupidity
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As you can taste a pot full of food with a spoon likewise someone’s tounge can tell you about his heart.
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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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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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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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Sins have many side-effects. One of them is that they steal knowledge from you.
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As long as you are performing prayer, you are knocking at the door of Allah, and whoever is knocking at the door of Allah, Allah will open it for him.
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