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Sometimes the people with the worst past, create the best future
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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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That which you do not wish for yourself, do not impose on others.
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Fear Allah, for He alone lives; all other things are liable to perish.
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May Allah have mercy on him who sends me my faults as a present.
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He who went to the kings to seek favors went away from Allah.
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No man can have anything better after faith than a woman of righteous character, loving and child-bearing. And no man can have anything worse after unbelief than a sharp-tongued woman of bad character.
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Get used to a rough life, for luxury does not last forever.
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Acquire knowledge and teach it to people.
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Islam will be destroyed by the mistakes of scholars, the arguments of the hypocrites who misinterpret the Qur’an to support their views and misleading rulers.
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Do not be misled by a person's prayers and fasting. [Instead] look [at their] sincerity and wisdom.
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Hold yourselves accountable before you are held accountable.
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Praise Allah, for by praise His blessings multiply.
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A man should be like a child with his wives, but if they need him, he
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The less of the World, the freer you live.
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Forgive people so that Allah may forgive you.
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I am surprised at three things: 1. [A] man runs from death while death is inevitable. 2. One sees minor faults in others, yet overlooks his own major faults. 3. When there is any defect to one's cattle he tries to cure it, but does not cure his own defects.
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Do not depend upon the morality of a person until you have seen him behave while in anger.
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When you see that any scholar loves the world, then his scholarship is in doubt.
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Do not overeat; that invites disease.
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Don't forget your own self while preaching to others.
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Taqwaa is not by praying all night and fasting all day but rather it is abiding by the commands of Allah and staying away from His prohibitions.
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The criterion of action is that todays work should not be deferred till the following day.
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What regresses, never progresses.
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