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.
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYAAllah will never humiliate the one who takes his Lord as friend and patron.
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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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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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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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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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Allah will never humiliate the one who takes his Lord as friend and patron.
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Wait until you come on the Day of Mutual Loss and Gain and you will discover the injustice of this contract.
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The hijrah to Allah includes abandoning what He hates and doing what He loves and accepts.
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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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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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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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The perfection of Tawheed is found when there remains nothing in the heart except Allaah
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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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Whoever desires to purify his heart, then let him prefer Allah to his desires
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Beware of preoccupying your heart with what it has not been created for.
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Be sincere in your aim and you will find the support of Allaah surrounding you.
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