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Whenever someone hurts you intentionally or unintentionally, learn to never hurt others the same way.

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"I have never regretted anything as much as my regret over a day on which the sun sets and my life span decreases while my good deeds have not increased." Ibn Mas'ud (r.a.)

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"Muslims often complain about how life hard is for them with impatience. They forget that this world was designed to be a prison for you and a heaven for the disbeliever. Perspective is everything. Don't forget that we are here only for a test."

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Sufyan At-Thawri (ra) used to say, "If Shaytan defeated me yesterday (i.e. in causing me to sin), I will defeat him tomorrow with repentance and good deeds."

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It's easy to criticize, condemn & complain. Many love doing this. But it takes a good soul to build others up, show kindness & compassion.
- Mufti Ismail Menk

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Be thankful for the life you have. Stop wishing to be in someone else's shoes, even if yours have holes in them. Everyone faces trials."

- Mufti Ismail Menk

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If Allah can bring an end to this world, He can surely bring an end to your problems. There is absolutely nothing He can’t fix. Have faith.

- Shaykh Yunus Palanpuri

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Good health is a crown that the healthy wear, but only the sick can see.

- Imam Shafi RA

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You can never please everyone, especially if you are true to yourself, and even more so if you are true to Allah.

- Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq

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"Know that hearing and eyesight are two open doors, whatever enters through them reaches the heart. How many things does a man see or hear, which he should not have, but once they have entered the heart, it proves difficult to remove them?”
Imam al-Ḥaddad

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"Do good no matter how small it may be, for indeed you do not know which good deed will enter you into Jannah."

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"Never think you can choose better for yourself than Allah can. It is He who created you; it is He who knows what is best for you."

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“Patience is that the heart does not feel anger towards that which is destined and that the mouth does not complain.”

— Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah , [al-’Uddah, p. 156]

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Life is not guaranteed at all... But death is absolutely guaranteed upon all, yet we still prepare for life more than death.
~ Mufti Ismail Menk

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True wealth is not that of the dunya (this world), it is that which you have invested in your Akhirah (hereafter).