Remembrance is to the heart what water is to the fish. And what is the state of a fish that leaves water?
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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Make tawba not just for sins you’ve committed, but also for obligations you haven’t fulfilled.
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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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Don’t depend too much on anyone.
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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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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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The sincere hearts and the pious supplications are soldiers which can never be defeated.
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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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What really counts are good endings, not flawed beginnings.
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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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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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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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A believer to another believer is like two hands, one washes the other (correcting each other).
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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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