A calamity that makes you turn to Allah is better for you then a blessing which makes you forget the remembrance of Allah
IBN TAYMIYYAHA 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.
IBN TAYMIYYAHImprisoned is he whose heart is imprisoned from Allâh. Captured is he who is captured by his desires.
IBN TAYMIYYAHWhat 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.
IBN TAYMIYYAHVerily, 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.
IBN TAYMIYYAHContentment 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.
IBN TAYMIYYAHEveryone experiences bouts of jealousy; but the dignified person conceals it, while the vulgar one acts upon it
IBN TAYMIYYAHMake tawba not just for sins you’ve committed, but also for obligations you haven’t fulfilled.
IBN TAYMIYYAHWhatever 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.
IBN TAYMIYYAHIf you correct your hidden deeds subsequently, Allaah will correct your outward deeds.
IBN TAYMIYYAHDon’t depend too much on anyone in this world because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness.
IBN TAYMIYYAHNo 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.
IBN TAYMIYYAHThe disease that knowledge brings is arrogance, and the disease that worship brings is showing off
IBN TAYMIYYAHRemembrance is to the heart what water is to the fish. And what is the state of a fish that leaves water?
IBN TAYMIYYAHSins cause harm and repentance removes the cause.
IBN TAYMIYYAHThrough patience and certainty, leadership in the religion is obtained.
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