A calamity that makes you turn to Allah is better for you then a blessing which makes you forget the remembrance of Allah
IBN TAYMIYYAHBeautiful 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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Don’t depend too much on anyone.
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This whole religion revolves around knowing the truth and acting by it, and action must be accompanied by patience.
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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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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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The sincere hearts and the pious supplications are soldiers which can never be defeated.
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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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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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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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A man will never fear something besides Allah unless it be due to a disease in his heart.
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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.
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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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Through patience and certainty, leadership in the religion is obtained.
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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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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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