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[eesa the kiwi]

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What Allah has forbidden can never bring you joy.

[eesa the kiwi]

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'Umar ibn AbdulAziz used to say to his soldiers, "You must fear disobeying Allah more than you fear your enemy. If you do not, then Allah will forsake you." And there is nothing our attackers can do that will be worse than the loss of nearness to Allah.

[eesa the kiwi]

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Ibn Taymiyyah rahimahullah said,

"The more the servant loves his Lord, the less will he love other objects and they will decrease in number. The less the servant loves his Lord, the more will he love other objects and they will increase in number".

-- Majmoo’ al-Fatawa [1/94]

[eesa the kiwi]

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Ibn al-Qayyim [rahimahullah] said: "The soul will never become pious and purified except through undergoing afflictions. It is the same as gold that can never be pure except after removing all the base metals in it."

[al-Fawaa`id, p365]

[eesa the kiwi]

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"If [a person going through a calamity] looks at what has befallen him, he will find that what his Lord has left for him is similar to it or better than it; and if he is patient and accepts it, He has stored up for him something that is many times greater than what he has lost through this calamity; and if He willed, He could have made the calamity even greater.— Ibn al-Qayyim

[Miss Foxxy]

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“Sharpen the mind, harden the body, soften the heart, and be of service to others.” – a motto for the believer, by AbdelMalik Ali.

[eesa the kiwi]

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"Only speak, if your words are more beautiful than than the silence."

--An Arabic Proverb

[eesa the kiwi]

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"The highest courage is to dare to be yourself in the face of adversity. Choosing right over wrong, ethics over convenience, and truth over popularity... these are the choices that measure your life. Travel the path of integrity without looking back, for there is never a wrong time to do the right thing."

[eesa the kiwi]

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"A slave stands in front of ﺍَﻟﻠَّﻪ ﺳُﺒْﺤَﺎﻧَﻪُ ﻭَﺗَﻌَﺎﻟَﻰ on two occasions.The first during sala'ah, and secondly on the Day of Judgment. Whosoever stands correctly in the first, the second standing will be made easier for him. And whosoever, disregards the first standing, the second standing will be extremely difficult."
[Ibn al-Qayyim]

[eesa the kiwi]

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Imam Ibn Qayyim (rahimahullah) said, "For as long as the servant breathes, he requires Allah's assistance, inwardly & outwardly. He is in complete poverty before Him."

[eesa the kiwi]

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" Beware of having long term expectations (for this world) for verily it makes one forget (his true purpose)"


-Hazrat Ali (May Allah be pleased with him)

[eesa the kiwi]

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"Life is but a moment; therefore make it a moment of worship."
- Imam Shaf'i

[eesa the kiwi]

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Ibnul Qayyim (rahimahullaah) said:

"There is nothing on earth that badly needs to be imprisoned more than the tongue."

[al-Fawaa'id: 249]

[eesa the kiwi]

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"The question is not whether you will leave this world or not, "
the question is, what will you leave behind you.
Will people ask ALLAH for your forgiveness,
or will they ask ALLAH to forgive them for knowing you."

-- AbuHafsa AbdulMalik Clare

[eesa the kiwi]

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“O feet of patience, keep going, for what remains is only a little.

Remember the sweetness of worship, then the bitterness of striving will become easier for you.”



— Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah