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Sins cause harm and repentance removes the cause.

Ibn Taymiyyah

If I remained silent and you remained silent, then who will teach the ignorant?
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Ignorance Myself Silence Teaching
Make tawba not just for sins you’ve committed, but also for obligations you haven’t fulfilled.
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Commitment Obligation Prayer Religious Sin Yourself
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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Adversity Blessing Forget Religious Remember Yourself
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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Democracy Destroy Government Guard Justice
What really counts are good endings, not flawed beginnings.
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Beginning End Goodness
Avoiding the temptation to sin and being patient upon that, is greater than being patient whilst being afflicted with trials.
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Avoid Greatness Patience Religious Temptation
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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Believe Choice Hurt Leadership Oppression Support
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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Capture Desire Heart Himself Prison True
Guidance is not attained except with knowledge and correct direction is not attained except with patience.
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Direction Exception Guide Knowledge Patience
This whole religion revolves around knowing the truth and acting by it, and action must be accompanied by patience.
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Act Action Company Patience Religion Truth
Sins cause harm and repentance removes the cause.
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Harm Remove Sin
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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Death Heart Prayer Religious Water
The entire religion revolves around acknowledging the truth and then acting upon it.
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Acknowledgement Act Religion Truth
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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Greatness Religious Satisfaction Tranquility Worship
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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Death Execution God Heart Heaven Limitation Myself Prison Worship Yourself
Imprisoned is he whose heart is imprisoned from Allâh. Captured is he who is captured by his desires.
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Capture Desire Difference Heart Prison

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