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Forgiveness is how we fully recover from an injury someone else inflicts upon us.- Shaykh Yasir Qadhi

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 Shafi’ Rahimahullah

“Knowledge is three hand spans, the first breeds arrogance, the second breeds humility and in the third, you realize you know nothing.”- Sufyan At-Thawri Rahimahullah

 “The slave is not afflicted with a punishment greater than the hardening of the heart and being distant from Allah. For the Fire was created to melt the hardened heart. The most distant heart from Allah is the heart which is hardened. If the heart becomes hardened, the eye becomes dry.”- Ibn Al-Qayyim Rahimahullah

Those who criticize the most, typically end up solving the least. – Shaykh Yasir Qadhi

“The most naïve thing in my eyes is to linger in sin – with no regrets – hoping for a far off pardon and to come closer to Allah without doing anything and to wait for the harvest of Jannah while planting the seeds of hellfire – waiting for reward without performing any deeds.”-Yahya ibn Mu’adh Rahimuhullah

Al-Hasan al-Basrî said: “You will not meet a believer except he is evaluating himself.”

“The medicine of the heart is in five things: reading the Qur’an and pondering over its meaning, having an empty stomach, praying at night (qiyaam al-layl or tahajjud), beseeching Allah at the time of suhoor, and keeping company with righteous people.” – A saying of Yahya bin Muaadh (May Allah be pleased with him)

“If I remained silent and you remained silent, then who will teach the ignorant?”- Ahmad bin Hanbal Rahimahullah
 

The perfection of tawhid is found when there remains nothing in the heart except Allah, the servant is left loving those He loves and what He loves, hating those He hates and what He hates, showing allegiance to those He has allegiance to, showing enmity to those He shows enmity towards, ordering what He orders and prohibiting what He prohibits.  – Shaykh Al Islam Ibn Taymiyyah Rahimahullah

 

 

Let the Qur’an transform you- don’t try to transform the Qur’an- Shaykh Jamaal Zarabozo Hafidhahullah

“When a young man is devout, we do not recognize him by his speech. We recognise him by his actions. That is beneficial knowledge.” – Al-Hasan al-Basrî Rahimahullah

`Umar bin `Abd al-`Aziz Rahimahullah said: ”whoever contemplates death frequently speaks little, while he who knows that death is certain is satisfied with a little.”

“No one has ever been afflicted in his deen with an affliction worse than a loose tongue.” – Imam Al-Awza’ee Rahimahullah

The beginning of knowledge is the intention, then listening, then understanding, then action, then preservation, and then spreading it. — Ibn Al-Mubarak Rahimahullah

 

“The world is a vehicle for you. If you drive it, it will deliver you to your destination. If it drives you, you will be destroyed.” – Al Hasan al-Basri Rahimahullah

Smile! Your teeth are not awrah. – Shaykh Waleed Basyouni Hafidhahullah
 

In our view, a person does not have an understanding of the religion until he thinks of a hardship as being a blessing, and a comfort and luxury as being a hardship. – Sufyan At-Thawri Rahimahullah

Allah has sent the Messenger and revealed the Book, so that all the religion becomes wholly for Allah alone. Therefore, love should be for Him and His obedient servants, and hatred for His enemies. The honour to His loyal servants and humiliation and degradation for His enemies. If, however, a man possesses both the attributes of good and evil; of decency and vileness; of obedience and rebellion; of Sunnah and bid’ah; he deserves protection and reward commensurate with what good there is in him, and merits, animosity and punishment in accordance with the evil he harbours. – Shaykh Ibn Ta’miyyah Rahimahullah

He who enters the grave without provision (good deeds), has, as if, started swimming across the ocean without a vessel. – Abu Bakr Radhiya Allahu anh

Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety; after all, it is only in the darkest nights that the stars shine more brilliantly. Ali radhiya Allah anhu

Erasers are for people willing to correct their mistakes. – Dr.Reda Bedeir

O Allah! help me to get busy with what You have created me for and not to get busy with what You have created for me. Ameen. -Dr. Reda Bedeir

Why is it that we find it so easy to overlook and ignore the virtues of others and concentrate on their faults? – Yasir Qadhi hafidhahullah

 ’Living in the way of God is more difficult than dying in His way’ – Shaykh Ibn Baaz Rahimahu Allahu

Plan and envision your future. If we fail to plan, we are planning to fail. – Tawfique Choudhary Hafidhahu Allahu

Age wrinkles the body, but disobeying Allah wrinkles the soul. – Shaykh Yasir Qadhi Hafidhahullah

“All your suffering comes from desiring things that cannot be had. Stop desiring and you won’t suffer.”- Unknown

 “Islam is not a state of being but it is a process of becoming.” – Yusuf Islam Hafidhahullah

“Its not about whether TV and Music are Halal or Haraam, its about how far you go away from Allah by it.”

“The believer regards his sin as if he were sitting beneath a mountain which he fears may fall on him, whereas the sinner regards his sin as if a fly lands on his nose and he swipes it away”. - Abdullah bin Mas’ood Radhiya Allahu anh

Savor the sweetness of your Salah by prolonging your sujood (prostration)

“I never argued with anyone with the intention to win; rather, my intention was to seek the truth” – Imam al-Shafi’ Rahimahullah

One who thinks and reflects develops his foresight and Vision. -’Ali ibn Abi Talib Radhiya Allahu anh

 ”Being humble isn’t thinking less of yourself. It’s thinking less about yourself.” – Sh. Waleed Basyouni Hafidhahu Allah

“O Allah, don’t hold me responsible for that which they say, make me better then that which they think of me. And forgive me for that which they don’t know.” – Abu Bakr As-Siddeeque Radhiya Allahu anh when praised

A winner listens; a loser just waits until it is his turn to talk.- Dr.Reda Bedeir

The absence of proper knowledge of Tawheed is sadly evident today in the acceptance of foreign philosophies, political oppression, innovations in religion, and countless forms of disobedience.

“Perhaps a great deed is belittled by an intention. And perhaps a small deed, by a sincere intention, is made great.” -Ibn Al Mubarak Rahimahullah

 
 
 
 
 
 

Every bounty of Allaah, if it does not bring you closer to Allah, then it is a misfortune and an affliction upon you. -Salama ibn Dinar Al ‘Araj

Trials and tribulation are like feeling the heat and cold, when one knows that they cannot be avoided, he will not feel anger at their onset, nor will he be distressed or disheartened.” – Shaykh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah Rahimahullah

 

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

A student of knowledge needs adhkar and du’a the same way water and food is needed every day. It is one of the foundations of ilm in order for you to be able to carry the responsibility of knowledge. Nothing can make you strong to carry the responsibility unless you learn dhikr and how to make du’a in the way of the Prophet (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam). – Shaykh Waleed Basyouni Hafidha Allah

May Allah have Mercy on the man who shows me my faults.— ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab Radhiya Allahu anh

“Take  the Qur’an as (your) leader (imam). Be satisfied with it as (your) judge and ruler. It is what the Prophet has  bequeathed to you. (It is your) intercessor with God and should be obeyed…” ’Ubayy bin Ka’b Radhiya Allahu anh

“We always feel that good things happen only to others, but we always forget that we are others for someone else.” – Shaykh Reda Bedeir

Beware of disobeying Allah when alone, for the witness is the judge. -Ali Radhiya Allahu anh

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