A calamity that makes you turn to Allah is better for you then a blessing which makes you forget the remembrance of Allah
IBN TAYMIYYAH
IBN TAYMIYYAH
Ibn Taymiyyah on adversity
Ibn Taymiyyah45 quotes“A calamity that makes you turn to Allah is better for you then a blessing which makes you forget the remembrance of Allah”
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Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah 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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Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah 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.
Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah The disease that knowledge brings is arrogance, and the disease that worship brings is showing off
Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah What can my enemies do to me? My paradise is in my heart, it is with me wherever I go. To imprison me is to provide me with seclusion. To send me into exile is to send me away in the Path of Allah. And to kill me is to make me a martyr.
Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah Guidance is not attained except with knowledge and correct direction is not attained except with patience.
Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah If you do good in secret, Allah will shower His good on you in public.
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