Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness.
IBN TAYMIYYAHWhen someone offends me, I think it’s a gift from Allah (god). He (Allah) is teaching me humility.
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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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If I remained silent and you remained silent, then who will teach the ignorant?
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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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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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Beautiful leaving (hajr), is to leave without harming, beautiful pardoning is to pardon without rebuking, and beautiful patience is to be patient without complaining.
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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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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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Everyone experiences bouts of jealousy; but the dignified person conceals it, while the vulgar one acts upon it
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Verily, I constantly renew my Islam until this very day, as up to now, I do not consider myself to have ever been a good Muslim.
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Through patience and certainty, leadership in the religion is obtained.
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Sins cause harm and repentance removes the cause.
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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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Imprisoned is he whose heart is imprisoned from Allâh. Captured is he who is captured by his desires.
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This whole religion revolves around knowing the truth and acting by it, and action must be accompanied by patience.
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A man will never fear something besides Allah unless it be due to a disease in his heart.
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