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Be patient; patience is a pillar of faith.
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The death of a thousand worshipers is easier to bear than the death of a scholar who has knowledge of what Allah has permitted and forbidden.
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Money cannot help lifting its head.
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No amount of worrying can change the future. Go easy on yourself, for the outcome of all affairs is determined by God's decree. If something is meant to go elsewhere, it will never come your way, but if it is yours by destiny, from you it cannot flee.
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Try as much as you can to mention death. For if you were having hard times in your life, then it would give you more hope and would ease things for you. And if you were having abundant affluence of living in luxury, then it would make it less luxurious.
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To be alone means that you avoid bad company. But to have a true friend is better than being alone.
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Do not be misled by hearing of anyone's reputation.
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On every dishonest man, there are two watchmen, his possessions, and his way of living.
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Do not be fooled by one who recites the Quran. His recitation is but speech – but look to those who act according to it.
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If a person has ten habits out of which nine are good and one bad, that bad one will destroy the good ones.
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To forgive an oppressor is oppression upon the oppressed.
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God forbid, men should be jealous of knowledge as they are jealous of women.
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May Allah show mercy upon the man who shows me my faults.
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Avoidance of sin is lighter than the pain of remorse.
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Acquire knowledge, and learn tranquility and dignity.
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There are four types of oceans. Passions are the ocean of sins, the self (nafs) is the ocean of lust, death is the ocean of life, and the grave is the ocean of distress
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Death is teacher enough, true faith is wealth enough, and worship is action enough.
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For those who practise tyranny and deprive others of their rights, I will be harsh and stern, but for those who follow the law, I will be most soft and tender.
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Earning of livelihood by following some profession is better than living on charity.
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When a man puts me a question, I judge of his intelligence.
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Patience is the healthiest ingredient of our life.
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The most important of your affairs in my view is prayer; whoever prays regularly has protected his faith, but whoever neglects it, is bound to be more negligent in other issues of faith.
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The wisest among you is he whose sustenance is the fear of Allah.
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A man may be as straight as an arrow, but even then he will have some critics.
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