“Those who desire are three types:
Those who desire Allah,
Those who desire what Allah has,
And those who desire other then Allah.
So the lover is the one who desires Allah. The one who is concerned with works is the one who desires what Allah has. And the one who is satisfied with his life, in neglect to the Hereafter, is the one who desires other than Him”.
~ Imam ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya ~
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“Ward off passing thoughts, for if you do not, they will become ideas. Ward off ideas, for if you do not, they will become desires. Fight the desires, for if you do not, they will become resolve and determination. And if you do not ward them off, they will become actions. If you do not resist them with its opposite, they will become habits. And it will be difficult for you to get rid of them.”
~ Imam ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya ~
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“Before you act, consider what you are doing and why; whom you are acting for? Stir up a sense of thankfulness, a sense of longing, hope, fear, slavehood. Bring to mind the majesty, tremendousness, beauty and mercy of Allah (swt). And then begin your action. So that moment before you act, the moment in which you turn your heart to Allah (swt) is of the greatest moments of your life. And if we make ourselves accustomed to keep striving to turn to Allah (swt) in those precious moments we’ll find that our lives will be coloured with the dye of spiritual favour from Allah (swt), we’ll find our hearts and our entire life being enveloped in divine assistance and divine favour. And we’ll find light and serenity and contentment in our life.”
~ Shaykh Faraz Rabbani ~
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Whatever you have in your mind: forget it!
Whatever you have in your hand: give it!
Whatever is to be your fate: face it!
~ Abu Sa'id ~
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"Man's fear of Allah is equal to his knowledge of Him, and his renunciation of the life of this world is equal to his desire of the Hereafter. Whoever acts according to what he knows, Allah will make him successful in what he doesn't know. And whoever is ill-tempered disgraces his honour, religion and generosity."
~ Al-Fudayl ibn Iyad ~
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‘I complained to Imam Waqee’ of my weak memory; he advised me to abstain from sins; for, verily, knowledge is a nur from Allah; and this nur of Allah is not awarded to sinners.’
~ Imam Shafi’ee ~
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"As long as people are doing fine, their true nature is concealed, but when calamity strikes, their true natures are revealed, so the believer resorts to his faith and the hypocrite resorts to his hypocrisy."
~ Al-Fudayl ibn Iyad ~
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"Knowledge is not what is memorised. Knowledge is what benefits."
~ Imam ash-Shafi'i ~
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"The ailment of the body is in sickness and that of the heart is in sins. A delicious meal cannot benefit the body when the person is sick and likewise, the heart cannot taste the sweetness of worship if it is full of sins."
~ Dhu'n-Noon al-Misri ~
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"The example of a good companion and a bad companion is like that of the seller of musk, and the one who blows the blacksmith's bellows. So as for the seller of musk then either he will grant you some, or you buy some from him, or at least you enjoy a pleasant smell from him. As for the one who blows the blacksmith's bellows then either he will burn your clothes or you will get an offensive smell from him."
~ Prophet Muhammed (SAW) ~
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“One of the worst sins is a person taking his sin lightly.”
~ Abu Bakr ~
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"All humans are dead except those who have knowledge ... and all those who have knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds ... and those who do good deeds are deceived, except those who are sincere ... and those who are sincere are always in a state of worry."
~ Imam ash-Shafi'i ~
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"Taqwa is to obey Allah, so that He is not disobeyed, to remember Allah, so that He is not forgotten, and to thank Allah, so that no ingratitude is shown to Him"
~ Ibn Mas'ud ~
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"Seek (beneficial) knowledge, because seeking it for the sake of Allaah is a worship. And knowing it makes you more God-fearing; and searching for it is jihad, teaching it to those who do not know is charity, reviewing and learning it more is like tasbeeh. Through knowledge Allaah will be known and worshipped."
~ Ibn Taymiyyah ~
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"Worrying about the dunya is a darkness in the heart, while worrying about the akhirah is a light in the heart."
~ Uthman ibn Affan ~
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"The life of this world is made up of three days: yesterday has gone with all that was done; tomorrow, you may never reach; but today is for you so do what you should do today."
~ Hasan Al-Basri ~
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"The Sunnah Is Like The Ark Of Noah. Whoever Embarks Upon It Reaches Salvation And Whoever Refuses Is Drowned"
~ Imam Malik ~
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He (Allah) made the Hereafter an abode to reward his believing servants only because this world cannot contain what He wishes to bestow upon them and because He deemed their worth too high to reward them in a world without permanence.
~ Ibn Ata'Allah ~
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A believer might be rewarded for their intention more than then the action of the actual deed.
~ Imam ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya ~
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