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 TAYMIYYAHMake tawba not just for sins you’ve committed, but also for obligations you haven’t fulfilled.
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If I remained silent and you remained silent, then who will teach the ignorant?
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Sins cause harm and repentance removes the cause.
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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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The one who is [truly] imprisoned is the one whose heart is imprisoned from Allah and the captivated one is the one whose desires have enslaved him.
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Allah guards the justice loving government, even if it is the government of non-Muslims, and destroys the tyrant government, even if it is the government of Muslims.
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Through patience and certainty, leadership in the religion is obtained.
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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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If you correct your hidden deeds subsequently, Allaah will correct your outward deeds.
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A believer to another believer is like two hands, one washes the other (correcting each other).
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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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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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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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What really counts are good endings, not flawed beginnings.
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Don’t depend too much on anyone.
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