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.
IBN TAYMIYYAHThrough patience and certainty, leadership in the religion is obtained.
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If you do good in secret, Allah will shower His good on you in public.
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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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If you correct your hidden deeds subsequently, Allaah will correct your outward deeds.
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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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Allah will support the just state even if it is led by unbelievers, but Allah will not support the oppressive state even if it is led by believers
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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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When someone offends me, I think it’s a gift from Allah (god). He (Allah) is teaching me humility.
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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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Among the principles of the Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama’ah lie the attitude of peace and purity of their heart and tongue towards the Sahaba(Companions) of the Prophet (saw).
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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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When people help one another in sin and transgression, they finish by hating each other.
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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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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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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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What really counts are good endings, not flawed beginnings.
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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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A believer to another believer is like two hands, one washes the other (correcting each other).
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Don’t depend too much on anyone.
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Sins cause harm and repentance removes the cause.
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Men mixing with women is like fire mixing with wood.
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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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In this world there is a paradise, whoever does not enter it will not enter the Paradise of the Hereafter.
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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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If I remained silent and you remained silent, then who will teach the ignorant?
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Through patience and certainty, leadership in the religion is obtained.
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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.
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