The more humble, needy, and subdued you are before Allah, the closer you will be to Him.
IBN TAYMIYYAHDon’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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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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Among the principles of the Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama’ah lie the attitude of peace and purity of their heart and tongue towards the Sahaba(Companions) of the Prophet (saw).
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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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Guidance is not attained except with knowledge and correct direction is not attained except with patience.
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If you correct your hidden deeds subsequently, Allaah will correct your outward deeds.
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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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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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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 in this world because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness.
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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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Imprisoned is he whose heart is imprisoned from Allâh. Captured is he who is captured by his desires.
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The entire religion revolves around acknowledging the truth and then acting upon it.
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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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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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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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