Avoiding the temptation to sin and being patient upon that, is greater than being patient whilst being afflicted with trials.
IBN TAYMIYYAHThe disease that knowledge brings is arrogance, and the disease that worship brings is showing off
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Dhikr (remembrance of Allah) is to the heart as water is to a fish; see what happens to a fish when it is taken out of water.
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What really counts are good endings, not flawed beginnings.
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Men mixing with women is like fire mixing with wood.
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If you do good in secret, Allah will shower His good on you in public.
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What can you do with me? My jannah is in my heart! If you take me to jail, I will make zikr of Allah. If you exile me out of my land, I will make takaffur. If you execute me, I would be a shaheed. What can you do with me? Because I am not limited to this dunya. I am living for al-akhira!
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Whatever is not done by the permission of Allah will not happen, and what is not done for the sake of Allah will not benefit or remain.
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Remembrance is to the heart what water is to the fish. And what is the state of a fish that leaves water?
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Contentment is the greatest door that one enters to Allah, it is the source of tranquility for the worshiper and paradise on earth. Whoever does not enter it will not enter the Paradise in the Hereafter.
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Whatever is not done by the permission of Allah will not happen, and what is not done for the sake of Allah will not benefit or remain.
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The sign of the people of bid’ah is that they do not follow the salaf.
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Guidance is not attained except with knowledge and correct direction is not attained except with patience.
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The more humble, needy, and subdued you are before Allah, the closer you will be to Him.
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No love that a man has will only give him pleasure in return- he shall also suffer pain because of it, except for love of Allah.
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Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness.
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The disease that knowledge brings is arrogance, and the disease that worship brings is showing off
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