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“As I look back on my life, I realize that every time I thought I was being rejected from something good; I was actually being re-directed to something better. You must convince your heart that whatever Allah has decreed is most appropriate and most beneficial for you.”

- Imam Ghazali (ra)

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Sometimes you want something really badly and you can't have it no matter how hard you try, it might be because Allah knows it's not good for you.
Accept your Qadar and trust His Plan because Allah knows best.

-- Abu Muawiyah Ismail Kamdar

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Practicing a little of the Sunnah is far better than practicing many (religious) innovations.
~ Ibn Masood (radiyAllahu Anhu)

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In the heart there is a void that can not be removed except with the company and remembrance of Allah
(Ibn Qayyim Al Jawziyyah)

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The heart will rest and feel relief if it is settled with Allah, and it will worry and be anxious if it is settled with people.
~ Imam Ibn Al Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him)

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A hardship that draws you closer to your Maker is a blessing.

-Mufti Ismail Menk

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When you see someone who seems to have a perfect life, understand that they too are tested by Allah, but their tests are probably private.

There are many people who go through tests that nobody knows about besides them and Allah.

So don't become jealous of anybody's life as they may be going through tests that you wouldn't be able to pass.

- Abu Muawiyah Ismail Kamdar

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bn Al-Qayyim reports Abdullah ibn Abbas (r.a) as saying: “Verily, good deeds will brighten the face, enlighten the heart, expand provision, strengthen the body, and cause love in the hearts of the creation. Verily, evil deeds will blacken the face, darken the grave and the heart, weaken the body, restrict provision, and cause hatred in the hearts of the creation.”

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Whenever the heart of a servant of God makes it a habit to remember death, dunya [worldly life] becomes small in his eyes.

~ Imam Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him)

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If the Almighty has prohibited losing hope in His Mercy, then NEVER allow yourself to be affected by those who make you feel hopeless.

-Mufti Ismail Menk

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"This World 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

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Ibn al-Qāyyim [رحمه الله] said:


❝Satisfaction is when a person submits himself to his Lord.❞


[al-Fawā'id, (Page: 175)]

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“If the servant were to know everything, yet he did not know his Lord, then it is as if he knows nothing at all.”


~ Ibn Al-Qayyim (Rahmatullahi ‘alayh)

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“If the servant were to know everything, yet he did not know his Lord, then it is as if he knows nothing at all.”


~ Ibn Al-Qayyim (Rahmatullahi ‘alayh)

Very resonant.

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People think that tests only come in the form of hardships. Allah also tests us with ease, it's often in the test of ease that we fail most.
~ Ustadha Yasmin Mogahed