“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.”

If someone corrects you, and you feel offended, then YOU have an EGO problem

Every Hour has its own value. Every minute is precious. Every second is irreplaceable. Thank Allah for the time you have, be it little. If you thank Allah for something, He will surely increase it in its blessings.

Your relationship with Allah, depends on the heart being clean.

If you believe in justice, surely you believe in the hereafter, because this world is not just.

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.

You can tell a lot about a fellow’s character by his way of eating jellybeans.

Character matters; leadership descends from character.

When you’re doing a character, you want to know the full landscape. You want to know them spiritually, mentally and physically.

One of the first things I was taught as an actor was, ‘Don’t judge the character.’

When you play characters, you shouldn’t just be putting on their characteristics – you should be finding it inside yourself.

You’re not free unless you can show the good and the bad, all sides of them. So to me, when I play a character, it’s important that I can show every aspect of them.

I try to look at every role the same way, regardless of whether the character is real or the character is a fantasy. I always start from myself, because you have to know yourself first.

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.