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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.

Ibn Taymiyyah

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.
IBN TAYMIYYAH

God Permission Religious
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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Action Fruit Garden Result Right Sin
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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Believe Choice Hurt Leadership Oppression Support
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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Deep Heart Religious Remember Water
The sign of the people of bid’ah is that they do not follow the salaf.
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People Religion
Through patience and certainty, leadership in the religion is obtained.
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Achievement Leadership Patience Religion
If you do good in secret, Allah will shower His good on you in public.
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God Goodness Kindness Yourself Secret
Dhikr (remembrance of Allah) is to the heart as water is to a fish; see what happens to a fish when it is taken out of water.
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Death Heart Prayer Religious Water
Beautiful 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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Beautiful Complain Harm Leaving
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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Death Execution God Heart Heaven Limitation Myself Prison Worship Yourself
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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Adversity Blessing Forget Religious Remember Yourself
If you correct your hidden deeds subsequently, Allaah will correct your outward deeds.
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Action Correct God Hide Work Yourself
Everyone experiences bouts of jealousy; but the dignified person conceals it, while the vulgar one acts upon it
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Act Action Experience Jealous Person
When people help one another in sin and transgression, they finish by hating each other.
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Hate Helping People
This whole religion revolves around knowing the truth and acting by it, and action must be accompanied by patience.
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Act Action Company Patience Religion Truth
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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God Love Men Pain Return Suffering

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