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.
IBN TAYMIYYAHAmong 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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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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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 someone offends me, I think it’s a gift from Allah (god). He (Allah) is teaching me humility.
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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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The more humble, needy, and subdued you are before Allah, the closer you will be to Him.
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Sins are like chains and locks preventing their perpetrator from roaming the vast garden of Tawheed and reaping the fruits of righteous actions.
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Don’t depend too much on anyone.
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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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Everyone experiences bouts of jealousy; but the dignified person conceals it, while the vulgar one acts upon it
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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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What really counts are good endings, not flawed beginnings.
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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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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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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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The disease that knowledge brings is arrogance, and the disease that worship brings is showing off
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