“I look back and half of Ramadan is over in the blink of an eye. Before I know I’ll be saying that about my entire life”

He (Shaithan) is extremely patient. He won’t get you in one shot. He’ll come at you and he’ll put a little bit and a little bit and a little bit until he destroys your character.

Talk with your daughters, Play with your sons. You need to be a better friend to them than anyone else. This society offers lots of evil friends. Before they make those kinds of friends, they need to find their best friend in you.

The moment you start complaining, you are already not taking into consideration all the good things Allah [God] has given you.

Do not force the religion on your family. Show them the beauty of the Religion through your own practice.

Spirituality is impacted not only by remembrance but by diet, stress, sleeping and eating habits among other things. Take care of yourself.

When Allah grants us the sense to ask Him for forgiveness, then He has granted us a huge favor. It’s a sign that He wants to forgive us.

If your parents are alive, be grateful at the opportunity to earn Jannah by serving them.

Humiliating people in the name of religion is the practice of someone deprived of the first fruit of religion, humility.

Our religion doesn’t demand perfection but instead a manageable strive to better ourselves.

When you find yourself in a position to help someone, be happy because Allah is answering that person’s prayer through you.

Religion becomes a hollow shell of its former self when ritual remains and thoughtful reflection disappears.

If doctors are paid the same salary as bus drivers, community would not be crazy about making their children doctors.

Insulting the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) is like trying to spit at the sun, it will only come back in your face.

Iblis (satan) himself recognizes the Lordship of Allah, but wants the human being to forget it.

Change your ‘Nafs’, change the world.

You can’t just pretend that the things you watch, and the things you hear, and the places you go will not have an impact on your character. They will.

Science, for me, gives a partial explanation for life. In so far as it goes, it is based on fact, experience and experiment.

In life we get an opportunity to do some cool things, and some things that are fun and that we like doing.

I’m tired of fighting. I’ve always known that I can’t be an action star all my life.

We must see that we are afraid of the thing we most desire, and so we live a mediocre life, never bringing to consummation the primary impulse of our heart.

I respect all religions, but I’m not a deeply religious person. But I try and live life in the right way, respecting other people. I wasn’t brought up in a religious way, but I believe there’s something out there that looks after you.

A person’s success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.

I’ve had some incredibly triumphal things happen in my life.

To live life is to make a succession of errors. Understanding this can bring us great ease and forgiveness for ourselves and others.