A calamity that makes you turn to Allah is better for you then a blessing which makes you forget the remembrance of Allah
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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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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Avoiding the temptation to sin and being patient upon that, is greater than being patient whilst being afflicted with trials.
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The more humble, needy, and subdued you are before Allah, the closer you will be to Him.
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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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In this world there is a paradise, whoever does not enter it will not enter the Paradise of the Hereafter.
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Through patience and certainty, leadership in the religion is obtained.
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The entire religion revolves around acknowledging the truth and then acting upon it.
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Men mixing with women is like fire mixing with wood.
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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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Allah guards the justice loving government, even if it is the government of non-Muslims, and destroys the tyrant government, even if it is the government of Muslims.
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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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Don’t depend too much on anyone.
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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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Imprisoned is he whose heart is imprisoned from Allâh. Captured is he who is captured by his desires.
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