food for thought

[eesa the kiwi]

"Whoever competes with you in your Deen [Religion], then compete with him, but whoever competes with you in your Dunya [Worldly Matters], then throw it to him"
-Imaam al-Hasan al-Basri

[eesa the kiwi]

Those before you used to give
to their worldly affairs what
was left over from their pursuit
of the hereafter. But today you
give to the matters of the hereafter,
the leftovers from your pursuit of
worldly affairs. 'Awn ibn 'Abdillah.
Quoted by Abi Nu'aym in
Hilyat al `Awliya.

[eesa the kiwi]

Ibn Abî Mulaykah – Allah have mercy on him – said:
I met thirty of the Prophet’s Companions – Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him – and every one of them feared falling into nifâq (hypocrisy); not one of them claimed he had the level of faith of Jibrîl or Mîkâ`îl.
Quoted by Al-Bukhârî, Al-Sahîh, Chapter on the believer fearing that his deeds will be nullified without him realizing.

[eesa the kiwi]

Imam Ahmad was asked, “When is there rest?”
He answered, “When you put your foot in Paradise, you will find rest.”

[eesa the kiwi]

This dunya is like a shadow. If you try to catch it, you will never be able to do so. If you turn your back towards it, it has no choice but to follow you.
-Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah

[eesa the kiwi]

If I were to backbite against anyone, it would be about my parents, for they have more right to my good deeds.

~Abdullah Ibn-Mubarak.

[eesa the kiwi]

What is this world but a dream that a sleeper sees - he delights in it for a few moments, and then wakes up to face reality.

~Hasan Al-Basree.

[eesa the kiwi]

Whoever loves this Dunya and is pleased by it, then he should know that love of the akhira is leaving their heart because the two cannot co-exist in one heart.

~Hassan Al-Basree.

[eesa the kiwi]

Ibn Qayyim RA said: Adam AS was taken out of Jannah, while he was in it. He was taken out because of a single sin that he did. And you are constantly doing sins, while outside of Jannah, yet hoping to enter Jannah.

[eesa the kiwi]

Whoever loves this worldly life, will estimate its value, and he will make himself a slave to it, and it will humiliate him. And whoever neglects it, will notice his great value, and it will serve him, and it will humiliate itself for him. (Ibn al-Qayyim)

[eesa the kiwi]

“Do not argue with your Lord on behalf of your soul. Rather argue with your soul on behalf of your Lord."

[eesa the kiwi]

"How odd, that some people mourn for the one whose body has died, but never mourn for the one whose heart has died, & yet the death of the heart is far more serious."

[eesa the kiwi]

"Wasting time is worse than death, because death separates you from this world whereas wasting time separates you from Allaah."-

[Ibn al Qayyim]

[eesa the kiwi]

Beware of every hour and how it passes, and only spend it in the best possible way, do not neglect yourself, but render it accustomed to the noblest and best of actions, and send to your grave that which will please you when you arrive to it.” [Imam Ibn Al-Jawzee]

[eesa the kiwi]

"Love of Allah is a sweetness or pleasure that if you are without it, life becomes a thing of worries and of pain." - Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya rahimahullah