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.
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYABeware 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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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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The sinner does not feel any remorse over his sins, that is because his heart is already dead
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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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Doom comes about because of neglecting to evaluate one’s self and because of just following one’s whims.
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The hijrah to Allah includes abandoning what He hates and doing what He loves and accepts.
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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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One of the most beneficial of remedies is persisting in du’a.
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The perfection of Tawheed is found when there remains nothing in the heart except Allaah
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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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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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And if a person were given all of the world and what is in it, it would not fill his emptiness.
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Whoever desires to purify his heart, then let him prefer Allah to his desires
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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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Sins have many side-effects. One of them is that they steal knowledge from you.
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Beware of preoccupying your heart with what it has not been created for.
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Imaan is of two halves; half is patience (Sabr) and half is being thankful (Shukr).
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Be sincere in your aim and you will find the support of Allaah surrounding you.
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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 man’s patience is stronger than his whims and desires, then he is like an angel, but if his whims and desires are stronger than his patience, then he is like a devil. If his desire for food, drink and sex is stronger than his patience, then he is no better than an animal.
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This wordly life is like a shadow. If you try to catch it, you will never be able to do so. If you turn your back towards it, it has no choice but to follow you.
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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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Allah will never humiliate the one who takes his Lord as friend and patron.
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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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If you knew the true value of yourself, you will never allow yourself to be humiliated by committing sins.
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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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A tear that runs down a believer’s cheek is more beneficial than a thousand raindrops on the earth
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