The hijrah to Allah includes abandoning what He hates and doing what He loves and accepts.
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYAWhen 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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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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Doom comes about because of neglecting to evaluate one’s self and because of just following one’s whims.
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There are no means of attaining faith and certainty except through the Qur’an.
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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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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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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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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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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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Be to Allah as He wishes, and He will be to you more than you can wish for.
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A real man is one who fears the death of his heart, not of his body.
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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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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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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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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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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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Allah will never humiliate the one who takes his Lord as friend and patron.
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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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The sea of pleasures may drown its owner and the swimmer fears to open his eyes under the water.
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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 you knew the true value of yourself, you will never allow yourself to be humiliated by committing sins.
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Beware of preoccupying your heart with what it has not been created for.
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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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A tear that runs down a believer’s cheek is more beneficial than a thousand raindrops on the earth
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Sins have many side-effects. One of them is that they steal knowledge from you.
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