Make 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.
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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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Through patience and certainty, leadership in the religion is obtained.
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What really counts are good endings, not flawed beginnings.
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Don’t depend too much on anyone.
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In this world there is a paradise, whoever does not enter it will not enter the Paradise of the Hereafter.
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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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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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Guidance is not attained except with knowledge and correct direction is not attained except with patience.
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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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This whole religion revolves around knowing the truth and acting by it, and action must be accompanied by patience.
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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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If I remained silent and you remained silent, then who will teach the ignorant?
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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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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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Sins cause harm and repentance removes the cause.
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