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Avoiding the temptation to sin and being patient upon that, is greater than being patient whilst being afflicted with trials.

Ibn Taymiyyah

When someone offends me, I think it’s a gift from Allah (god). He (Allah) is teaching me humility.
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Humility Teaching Thinking
Sins cause harm and repentance removes the cause.
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Harm Remove Sin
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
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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God Love Men Pain Return Suffering
A man will never fear something besides Allah unless it be due to a disease in his heart.
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Fear Heart Men Sick
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
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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Attitude Heart Lying Peace Principle Purity Wisdom
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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Betray Darkness Independent Shadow Spiritual Wisdom World Yourself
What really counts are good endings, not flawed beginnings.
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Beginning End Goodness
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
The more humble, needy, and subdued you are before Allah, the closer you will be to Him.
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Close Humble Need Religious 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
The People of the Sunnah are the most knowledgeable of mankind concerning the truth, and the most merciful of the creation towards the rest of creation.
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Creation Kind Knowledge Man Mercy People Truth
The sincere hearts and the pious supplications are soldiers which can never be defeated.
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Defeat Heart Sincere Soldier Win
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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Deep Heart Religious Remember Water
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
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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Betray Darkness Independent Shadow Spiritual Wisdom World Yourself
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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Beautiful Complain Harm Leaving
If you correct your hidden deeds subsequently, Allaah will correct your outward deeds.
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Action Correct God Hide Work Yourself
The sign of the people of bid’ah is that they do not follow the salaf.
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People Religion
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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God Permission Religious
Men mixing with women is like fire mixing with wood.
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Fire Man Tree Woman
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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Choice Death Enemy Heart Kill Myself Prison Wisdom
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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Betray Darkness Independent Shadow Spiritual Wisdom World Yourself
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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God Permission Religious
If I remained silent and you remained silent, then who will teach the ignorant?
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Ignorance Myself Silence Teaching
The disease that knowledge brings is arrogance, and the disease that worship brings is showing off
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Deep Knowledge Religious Sick Worship

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