Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece.
When the world pushes you to your knees, you're in the perfect position to pray.
Seek the fellowship of those who enjoy fellowship with the Lord
Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you covet.
Greed takes a person to the watering place but gets him back without letting him drink. It undertakes responsibility but does not fulfill it. Often the drinker gets choked before quenching his thirst. The greater the worth of a thing yearned for, the greater is the grief for its loss. Desires blind the eyes of understanding. The destined share would reach him who does not approach it.
If you do not think well of Him because His qualities are beautiful then think well of Him because of the way He treats you.
Those who Know they do not Know that to Know is to Know what they do not Know!
I know of nothing more useful to you than four matters: surrender to Allah, to humbly entreat Him, to think the best of Him, and to perpetually renew your repentance to Him, even if you should repeat as in seventy times in a day.
Repel the thought, for if you don't, it becomes an idea. So repel the idea, for if you don't it will become a desire. So fight against that(desire), for if you don't, it will become a determination and a passion. And if you don't repel that, it will become an action. And if you don't replace it with its opposite, it will become a constant habit. So at that point, it will be difficult for you to change it.
In the intricate paths of life when difficulties and hardships confront a man, and the darkness of difficulty and suffering becomes long, it is patience only that acts like a light for a Muslim, that keeps him safe from wandering here and there, and saves him from the muddy marsh of disappointment, desperation and frustration.
The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.
Your nafs (soul/desires) is your first battlefield. If you are victorious over it, then you will find the other battlefields easier.
Never do I argue with a man with a desire to hear him say what is wrong, or to expose him and win victory over him. Whenever I face an opponent in debate I silently pray - O Lord, help him so that truth may flow from his heart and on his tongue, and so that if truth is on my side, he may follow me; and if truth be on his side, I may follow him.
I swear that ever since the first day You brought me back to life, The day You became my Friend, I have not slept - And even if You drive me from your door, I swear again that we will never be separated - Because You are alive in my heart
Your life in every way should become a beacon of guidance and it should become a means for Dawah.
Whoever does not hold his tongue cannot understand his deen.
A feeling of discouragement when you slip up is a sure sign that you put your faith in deeds
You say that you are just a body, but inside of you is something greater than the Universe.
We need spirited, energetic and strong young people whose hearts are filled with life, enthusiasm, zeal and dynamism; whose souls are full of ambition, aspiration and vigor and have great goals, rising and aspiring to reach them until they eventually arrive at their destination.
If someone remarks "What an excellent man you are!" and this pleases you more than his saying, "What a bad man you are!" know that you are still a bad man.
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