If you allow dunya to own your heart, like the ocean that owns the boat, it will take over. You will sink down to the depths of the sea. You will touch the ocean floor.
YASMIN MOGAHEDThere’s something amazing about this life. The very same worldly attribute that causes us pain is also what gives us relief:
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Don’t expect your spouse to be perfect. He/she is only the dunya version of themselves. Their ‘perfect’ version is saved for jennah.
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Keep praying, even if you have only a whisper left.
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Arrogance is actually just ignorance. Ignorance of what you really are in relation to the world-but most of all in relation to God.
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In any nation, the hypocrites do not become apparent except during times of fitnah (severe tests and hardships).
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Know that transformation sometimes begins with a fall. So never curse the fall.
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We die as we lived. Whatever was most important in life, will consume us at death. Whatever attachments we had will become evident then.
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Time of difficulty test our faith, our fortitude and our strenght. During these times, the level of our imaan becomes manifest
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Before anything can break your heart, it must first own your heart. Stop handing your heart to dunya-it’ll stop breaking it.
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Tawbah is the cleaning of the heart, dhikr is the feeding of the heart.
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Hawa will make you miserable. And just like a drug, you will crave it always, but never be satisfied. You will chase it to your own detriment, but never reach it.
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We will suffer the moment we take our eyes off the End and get lost in the means.
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Love without attachment is the purest love because it isn’t about what others can give you because your empty. It is about what you can give others because you’re already full.
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We fail because when Allah gives us these blessings, we unwittingly turn them into false idols in the heart.
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It is in that which you love the most that you find the greatest tests.
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So often it hurts us that we are not able to focus in our prayers. Remember, the more you focus on Allah outside your salah, the easier it will be to focus on Him inside your salah. What occupies you in salah, is what occupies you outside of salah.
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