Beautiful Quotes, Proverbs, Sayings

[Innocent Soul]

[Tawangar]

Indeed, Allah is beautiful and He loves beauty.
Sahih Muslim.

[Hulk]

If ignorance is bliss, close your eyes and cross the road. -

[Tawangar]

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[Innocent Soul]

[~Zaria~]

You only have 2 friends in this Dunya:

1. Allaah
2. Those who remind you of Allaah

[marwen]

"It's only after victory that those who call themselves resistants count in millions. But before, there was only a handful of people ready to sacrifice their lives."
Dieudonné

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:

"The one who is (truly) imprisoned is... the one whose heart is imprisoned from Allah
and the captivated one is... the one whose desires have enslaved him."

[Ibn Taymiyyah]

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:

"Be patient at all times and in all places....
for patience leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise."

"Do not become angry and furious....
for those two emotions lead to wickedness, and wickedness leads to the Hellfire."

-- Sufyan al-Thawri --

[Innocent Soul]

[Tawangar]

"Surely the people nearest to me are al-Muttaqun (those who fear Allah the way He deserves to be feared), whoever and wherever they are."
The Prophet(saw) in a hadith in Musnad Ahmed.

[Innocent Soul]

[Hulk]

Expecting the world to treat you kindly because you're a good person is like expecting a bull not to charge at you because you're a vegetarian.

:statisfie

[Tawangar]

Verily the friends of Allah! No fear shall come upon them nor shall they grieve.
Surah Yunus.

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:


One of the Salaf said •► 'If this world does not cry for you (upon departing it), then the Hereafter will not smile for you.'

فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّمَاءُ وَالْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا مُنظَرِينَ
"And the heaven and earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved."
[Surah Ad Dukhan, 44:29]

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:


“Every type of pleasure is enjoyed only once, except for acts of worship, which are enjoyed three times:
✓when you do it,
✓when you remember it, and
✓when you are given the reward for it.” ♥

~‘Abd-Allaah ibn Wahhab

[asiya45]

“People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;
… Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
… Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
… Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
… Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
… Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
… Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
… Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
… Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.”

——— Mother Theresa.

[asiya45]

"Do not be people without minds of your own, saying that if others treat you well you will treat them well and that if they do wrong you will do wrong. But (instead) accustom yourselves to do good if people do good and not to do wrong if they do evil.”

——— Prophet Muhammad (s) as reported in Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 1325.

[asiya45]

“He who makes peace between people by inventing good information or saying good things, is not a liar.”

——— Prophet Muhammad (s) as reported in Sahih Al-Bukhari, Volume 3, Hadith 857.

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:




من نمّ لك نمّ عليك,
ومن نقل اليك نقل عنك
Whoever slanders to you about others, will slander about you
And whoever reports to you, will soon report about you
- Imam al-Shafi’ee

[tw009]

What is done for Allah remains, and what is done for this world fades away.

[Innocent Soul]

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:



Know that if you can’t pray at night and you can’t fast during the day, you are prevented, and what prevents you is your number of sins, so look into your heart

- Fudayl ibn 'Iyaad

[Raudha]

"The sins that you do in private kills the heart more than the sins that you do in public, because it means that you value the eyes of the people more than you value the sight of ALLAH. You are more worried about people catching you sinning than ALLAH seeing you." ~Imam Ibn Qudamah

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:

The servant who seeks the pleasure of Allah never abandons tawbah.
He remains in the state of tawbah until his death.

~Imam Ibn ul Qayyim rahimahuAllah

[Tawangar]

They (the Salaf) never used to ask about [the religious condition of ] a man after knowing three things about him: where and upon whom he entered, where and with whom he walked, and the close company he kept.
Imam A'mash.

[Tawangar]

And you (O Muhammad :saws1:) are on an exalted standard of character.
Al-Qur'an, Sura Qalam, verse 4.

[sis muslimah]

Knowledge is of two kinds: that which is absorbed and that which is heard. And that which is heard does not profit if it is not absorbed.

(Ali ibn abi Talib)

[Tawangar]

It is reported that Khālid b. Ma’dan – Allāh have mercy on him – said:
Whoever seeks praise by going against the truth, Allāh will throw it back upon him as blame, and whoever faces blame in order to conform to the truth, Allāh will return it as praise for him.Al-Dhahabī, Siyar A’lām Al-Nubalā` 4:540.

[Innocent Soul]

[Tawangar]

Safety in religion is to refer to the jurists (Fuqaha').
Sufyaan ibn 'Uyayna as quoted in Qawa'id fi 'Ulum al-Hadith, pg.330.

[tw009]

"Man comes from a drop of semen and leaves as a piece of dust. He doesn't know when he came and he doesn't know when he's leaving, yet he walks on the earth thinking he knows everything." -Imam Ali (rA)

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:


I am always shocked to discover how many people believe that hardships are a punishment from ALLAH!

When people face tests or see others facing tests, they assume Allah must be angry with them.
SubhannAllah!

Remember which people were tested the most: The Prophets! And they were the closest to Allah.


Every hardship is good for you—if it brings you closer to Him!” — Yasmin Mogahed

[Innocent Soul]

God often uses small matches to light great torches. No matter how small we feel in this world we are always special and great in Allah's eyes. :)

[Tawangar]

Tere aazaad bandon ki na ye dunya na wo dunya.
Yahan marne ki paabandi, wahan jeene ki paabandi.

Thy free slaves belong neither to this world nor that,
Forced to die here, forced to live there!

[Tawangar]

And He found you wandering, and He gave you guidance. And He found you in need, and made you independent. Therefore treat not the orphan with harshness; Nor repulse the petitioner (Unheard); But the Bounty of your Lord rehearse and proclaim!
Qur'an, Surah Duha, v. 7-11.

[tw009]

"Cut off anyone who cuts you off from Allah." -Imam Jafar al-Sadiq

Hmm, what if its member of family ?

[Tawangar]

Muhammad ibn 'Ali (ibn al-Hanafiyya) was asked about, "Is the repayment of kindness anything except kindness?"
He said, "It is not denied to either the pious or the deviant."
Al-Adab al-Mufrad.

[Tawangar]

The Prophet :saws1: of Mercy said:
"The best Muslim house is a house in which an orphan is well treated; and the worst Muslim house is a house in which an orphan is badly treated."
The Sunan of Imam Ibn Majah.
Peace and blessings upon Al-Mustafa, his family and companions.

[Tawangar]

Often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true.

[sis muslimah]

Modesty is part of faith and fosters only goodness

(Muslim)

[Scimitar]

"The man who has morality - considers his mortality" - (me)

Scimi

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:

The way to paradise is an uphil climb
whereas hell is downhill.


Hence, there is a struggle to get to paradise
and not to hell.


Imam Al Ghazali

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[~ Sabr ~]

"We Will Only Wake Up When We Are Dead" - Muhammad Abdul Jabbar

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:


The believer has good expectation of his Lord, so he makes his deeds good. But, the evil person has bad expectation of his Lord, so he does evil. - Hasan al-Basri

[tw009]

"It is strange that a person may find it easy to protect himself from eating Haraam, oppression and injustice, adultery, theft, drinking Khamr, and from unlawful looking, but it is hard for him to restrain the movement of his tongue. How often do we see people who are very cautious about falling into shameful deeds or injustice, but their tongue lashes against the living and the dead and they don't mind it?"

[Tawangar]

“Everyone knows flaring up and bursting (into flames) like a bonfire but burning (incessantly) internally like an oven is something which very few know – and this was the quality of the Prophets (as)."
Mawlana Abu'l Kalam Azad.

“The veils of light are much thicker than the veils of darkness.”
An old saying of the people of knowledge quoted by Mawlana Muhammad Ilyas Kandhalwee.

“…..Until your nights are not colored by the color of the nights of the Companions (Sahaba) the efforts you make in the day will not bring forth any color…..”
Mawlana Muhammad Ilyas Kandhalwee.

[Person1001]

There was once a people who decided to lash anybody who lies.
A man came along and told them the truth, and he was hanged.

[Tawangar]

Warning: dates on the calendar are closer than they appear.

[Eric H]

Greetings and peace be with you all

As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others. Audrey Hepburn

Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds. Gordon B. Hinckley

There isn't a person anywhere who isn't capable of doing more than he thinks he can. Henry Ford

Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble. Frank Tyger

We must become the change we want to see. Mahatma Gandhi

Blessings

Eric

[Eric H]

Greetings and peace be with you all, the following was in our church newsletter this week....

We must always be open to God’s love no matter where we find it. St. Thomas Aquinas said,
“If it is true then it is from the Holy Spirit.” In the thirteenth century, when Christians demonised
Muslims even more than they do today St. Francis told his friars that if they found a page of the Koran
that led them to love God they should kiss it and place it on the altar. I pray that wherever you find or
discover the love of God let your conscience be at rest.

Blessings

Eric

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:






[Hasan Al-Basri ((may Allâh have mercy on him)] said, "The heart becomes corrupt in six ways:




► committing sins in the hope of repenting,


► seeking knowledge and not applying it,




► practice without ikhlas [i.e. sincerity],




► eating the sustenance of Allah without
appreciating Him,




► not being pleased with Allah's decree and




► burying the dead without learning from them."

[Flame of Hope]

:sl:






[Hasan Al-Basri ((may Allâh have mercy on him)] said, "The heart becomes corrupt in six ways:




► committing sins in the hope of repenting,


► seeking knowledge and not applying it,




► practice without ikhlas [i.e. sincerity],




► eating the sustenance of Allah without
appreciating Him,




► not being pleased with Allah's decree and




► burying the dead without learning from them."

Beautiful post, dear sister. Jazakallah khair. I will have to stash this away in my Treasured Notes file. :)

[Tawangar]

Lead me not into temptation, I can find it myself.

[Eric H]

Greetings and peace be with you Tawangar;

Lead me not into temptation, I can find it myself.

Sounds a bit like Oscar Wilde.....

I can resist everything except temtation ;D

Blessings

Eric

[Tawangar]

Greetings and peace be with you Tawangar;



Sounds a bit like Oscar Wilde.....

I can resist everything except temtation ;D

Blessings

Eric

Thanks Eric.
Peace.

[Tawangar]

The likeness of knowledge from which no benefit is derived is that of a treasure from which no portion is spent in the way of Allah.
Al hadith - Musnad Ahmed ibn Hanbal, Sunan al-Darimi.

[Hulk]

When you wish for what your Lord wishes for you, all your wishes come true.

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:

• Arabic Proverb: “Allaah sometimes takes us into troubled waters - Not to drown us, but to cleanse us.”
  
  

[tw009]

Prayer is also a workout for the soul. It’s a chance to let out your inner feelings to the Hearer and Responder. Every complaint, every desire, every worry, every hope, every anguish, every emotion – this is the time to let it all out. Let those tears flow. Let it come from the heart. Stand up in the depths of night and converse with your Lord Who will listen and respond to you – simply express to Him what you feel.

[Tawangar]

"They are the Party of Allâh. Verily, it is the Party of Allâh that will be the successful."
Al-Qur'an, Surah Mujadilah.

[Innocent Soul]

Do not be fooled by the lust of wrong doing, for it is all an illusion and will get you no where while stealing all your time.

[Haya emaan]

The amount of money in your bank at the time of your death is the proof of extra work you did which was not necessary

[Tawangar]

"Whoever works righteousness, man or woman, and has faith, verily, to them will We give a new Life, a life that is good and pure, and We will bestow on such their reward according to the best of their actions."
Al-Qur`an, Chapter 16, Verse 97.

[tw009]

We should know that Allah has created us to live an eternal life with no death, a life of pride and ease with no humiliation, a life of security with no fear, a life of richness with no poverty, a life of joy with no pain, a life of perfection with no flaws. Allah is testing us in this world with a life that will end in death, a life of pride that is accompanied by humiliation and degradation, a life that is tainted by fear, where joy and ease are mixed with sorrow and pain. — Ibn al-Qayyim

[Innocent Soul]

Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets.
So love the people who treat you right and forget about the ones who don't.

[tw009]

"Don't speak about your wealth in front of the poor. Don't speak about your health in front of the sick. Don't speak about your strength in front of the weak. Don't speak about your happiness in front of the sad. Don't speak about your freedom in front of the imprisoned. Don't speak about your children in front of those who can't have children, Don't speak about your parents in front of an orphan. Their wounds can't take more. Think about your words in all aspects of live and take into consideration the feelings of others so that you will not find yourself one day alone with your own wounds." -Dr. Ibrahim El Feky

[Tawangar]

I didn't fight my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian.:raging:

[Tawangar]

In the absence of horses, saddle the dogs.
Old Arabic proverb.

[Tawangar]

Consciousness: That annoying time between naps.

[rabiakhalid]

Nice topic and some quotes are really great

[Tawangar]

You can’t shake hands with a clenched fist.

[Tawangar]

You were looking good from afar.. now you’re far from looking good.

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:





An excellent quote written in a MASJID:

“ALLAH has time to Listen,.

Do you have time to Pray ?

[Grace Seeker]

"There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever." --Mohandas Gandhi

[Grace Seeker]

"Rather than viewing our life as an opportunity to say something, let us realize that our life may be the space out of which God is given voice; but to do that we first have to give God opportunity to occupy us." --Me

[Flame of Hope]

"They are the Party of Allâh. Verily, it is the Party of Allâh that will be the successful."
Al-Qur'an, Surah Mujadilah.

:sl:

Yeah.... and nobody knows which people are in the party of Allah. Would be a mistake to think that we are in that party... for that would be tantamount to saying: "We are among those who will be successful on the Day of Judgment."

[IslamicRevival]

"You were born with wings, Why prefer to crawl through life?" Rumi, May Allah grant him Paradise.

[Grace Seeker]

"Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself." --Rumi

[dysphoricrocker]

"You have to ask Allah victory over your own selves in the same way you ask victory over the enemy."

[Tawangar]

"Aye Insaan! Tu jitna chahe gunah kar. Agar Allah ta'ala isee zindagi ko jahannum na bana de to dekh lena."
Translation:
"O Man! Commit as many sins as you wish and then see whether Allah turns this life of yours into a living Hell or not!"
Mufti Muhammad Shafi (rah)

[DihyaKamila]

Mashallah!! Beautiful!!
Title was not misleading ;)

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:



I might read a hundred interpretations of one verse, but would still ask Allaah's guidance in its comprehension saying, 'Oh teacher of Aadam and lbraaheem teach me!' I would also go to the deserted masjids and ask Allah, 'Oh teacher of lbraaheem! Make me comprehend.'

Ibn Taymiyyah

[Innocent Soul]

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:




When my heart became constricted and my paths became narrow, I took my hope in Your pardon and forgiveness, as an opening and an escape. My sins seemed very great to me, but when I compared them to Your forgiveness My Lord, I found Your forgiveness to be greater.”

[Imam ash Shafi’ee, rahimahuAllah]

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:


Happiness is not the absence of problems from one’s life,

but the capability to deal with those problems & enjoy the blessings one has.

(Shaykh Yasir Qadhi)

[Imaduddin]

"O son of Adam, how is your heart ever going to be softened by the recitation of Qur'an when all you read for is to reach the end of the surah"
Al Hassan Al Basri

[Nobody_]

"O son of Adam, how is your heart ever going to be softened by the recitation of Qur'an when all you read for is to reach the end of the surah"
Al Hassan Al Basri

Profound words... We should recite the Qur'an just as it deserves to be recited by reciting in a clear, beautiful tone and pondering over its meanings.

[~ Sabr ~]

When my heart became constricted and my paths became narrow, I took my hope in Your pardon and forgiveness, as an opening and an escape. My sins seemed very great to me, but when I compared them to Your forgiveness My Lord, I found Your forgiveness to be greater.”

[Imam ash Shafi’ee, rahimahuAllah]

Imam Shafi'ee was an AMAZING and inspiring poet, subhanAllaah

[Tawangar]

Agarche but hain jamaat ki aasteenon mein,
mujhe hai hukm-e-adhaan, Laa ilaaha ilAllah!
Allama Iqbal

(Even) if there be idols (hidden) in the sleeves of the people,
I have been commanded to proclaim the call to Prayer.....
...Nothing to be worshiped but Allah!! Nothing to be worshiped but Allah!!

[Tawangar]

For indeed, the pleasure of the wise scholars is in their intellects, and the pleasure of the ignoramuses and beasts is in their desires.
Al Harith al-Muhaasibi (rah)

[Innocent Soul]

[Innocent Soul]

“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.”
― Maya Angelou

[~ Sabr ~]

[Imaduddin]

"If you see that your heart is becoming hard and your body is becoming weak and your provision is decreasing, know that you are involved in that which doesn't concern you."
Malik bin Dinar

[Hulk]

The one who can't control himself is a slave to himself.

[Imaduddin]

"If a man's patience is stronger than his whims and desires, then he is like an angel, but if his whims and desires are stronger than his patience, then he is like a devil. If his desire for food, drink and sex is stronger than his patience, then he is no better than an animal"
Ibn Qayyim Al Jawziyyah

[Imaduddin]

"Knowledge is that which benefits, not that which is memorized."
Imam Ash-Shafi'ee

[Tawangar]

By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.

[Tawangar]

To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hands, and eternity in an hour.
William Blake.

[Innocent Soul]

[Imaduddin]

"Repel the thought, for if you don't, it becomes an idea. So repel the idea, for if you don't it will become a desire. So fight against that (desire), for if you don't, it will become a determination. And if you don't repel that, it will become an action. And if you don't replace it with it's opposite, it will become a constant habit. So at that point, it will be difficult for you to change it."
Ibn Qayyim Al Jawzziyah

[~ Sabr ~]

^ A very true saying SubhaanAllaah

[glo]

"Do your little bit of good
where you are;
its those little bits of good put together
that overwhelm the world."

Desmond Tutu

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:


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

[Imaduddin]

"If you desire Allah to be persistent in granting you the thing you love, be persistent in doing the things He loves."
Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal

[Imaduddin]

"As you can taste a pot full of food with a spoon likewise someone's tongue can tell you about his heart."
Ibn Qayyim Al Jawzziah

[Imaduddin]

"From the signs that Allah has turned away from His servant is that He makes him occupied with that which doesn't concern him."
Al Hassan Al Basree

Note: Subhan Allah, it is amazing how the great from among us thought, Ibn Qayyim has stated almost the same thing in one of the previous quotes of his that I posted in the previous page to this one.

[Darth Ultor]

"Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God."

-Victor Hugo

[Hamza Asadullah]

"Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God."

-Victor Hugo

Man is dillusional into thinking he can elevate himself to the planes of God when man cannot even re-create a fly nor has man found the cure to a common Cold. Mankind knoweth not the true power and magnificence of God for he is foolish enough to compare himself to the creator when he himself is a mere creation dependant and vulnerable and reliant on the mercy of God.

-Hamza Asadullah

[Darth Ultor]

I should have commented that only the first part of the Victor Hugo quote was true. Religions do narrow God to not just the limits of man but the flaws of man.

[Ali1978]

'Once the game is over the king and the pawn go back in the same box'

[Flame of Hope]

Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Rizq and ‘Ali bin Ahmad bin ‘Umaar al-Muqri both said: Ja’far bin Muhammad al-Khaldee informed us” Ibraaheem bin Nasr al-Mansoori narrated to us: Ibraaheem bin Bashaar narrated to me: Yusuuf bin Asbaat narrated to me: Muhammad bin Samurah as-Saa’ih wrote the following letter to me:

"O brother! Beware of letting procrastination take control of you and letting it take a firm root in your heart, for indeed it is the cause for fatigue and wasting (of time). Due to it, aspirations are cut short and appointed times are not met. If you allow this to happen you have let it free you from your resolutions, and in effect, take you over. And reclaim your body from the lethargy that overtook you. But when it returns back to you, your soul will not benefit from your body. And hasten, my brother, for indeed you are being hastened. And rush, for indeed you are being rushed. And be serious, for indeed, the matter is serious. Awaken from your sleep, and snap out of your heedlessness. And remember what you have left behind, what you fell short in, what you neglected, what crimes you committed and what deeds you did, for indeed that is recorded and you will be held accountable for it. So it is as if the matter has come upon you all of a sudden and so you are (either) happy at what you have put forth for it or remorseful for what you have neglected.''


- Iqtidhaa-ul-'Ilm al-'Amal of Khateeb al-Baghdaadee

[Flame of Hope]

Fudayl ibn Ayyad : As for hadeeth, it is better that a man does not hear it than that he hears it and does not act upon it.

[Flame of Hope]

The best form of devotion to the service of Allah is not to make a show of it.

- Ali ibn Abi Talib

[Flame of Hope]

A man once asked Ka'b,
"Which illness cannot be treated?" "Death", he replied.

The son of Zayd b. Aslam [d136H] said:
My father said, "There is one treatment for death: gaining the pleasure of Allah 'azza wa jall."

Ibn Abî Al-Dunyâ in Dhikr Al-Mawt no. 418

[Flame of Hope]

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal."

-- Henry Ford

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. – Helen Keller.

You begin to achieve when you begin to believe.

Excellence is the result of striving each day to do better than the last.

There is no higher honor than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest deed.

[Qurratul Ayn]

"No cause is lost if there is but one fool left to fight for it"

[Flame of Hope]

Reputation is made in a moment. Character is built in a life-time.

[Flame of Hope]

The floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

Comment: If our foundation is strong and built upon a rock, we can withstand anything.

[glo]

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." ― Eleanor Roosevelt

[~Raindrop~]

Ignorance leads to intolerance and ilm (knowledge) leads to hilm (forbearance)

- Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari.

[~ Sabr ~]

"Gunaah se nafrat karo, Gunahgaar se nahin!"
Hate the sin, not the sinner!

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:


Imam Ibn al-Qayyim said: "Fasting prevents almost all the different sicknesses of the heart, such as riyaa (showing off) lust, etc"

[Zaad al-Ma'aad p. 301 v. 4]

[Flame of Hope]

"In this world there is a paradise, whoever does not enter it will not enter the Paradise of the Hereafter."

Comment: The paradise of this world is experienced by he who has knowledge of Allah.

[Flame of Hope]

A man will never fear something besides Allah unless it be due to a disease in his heart.

[Flame of Hope]

It is reported that Muhammad Al-Bâqir – Allâh have mercy on him – said, “Never does any pride enter the heart of a man except that his intelligence decreases by the same amount.”

Al-Dhahabî, Siyar A’lâm Al-Nubalâ`, in his biography of Muhammad Al-Bâqir.
Muhammad b. ‘Alî b. Husayn b. ‘Alî b. Abî Tâlib, known as Al-Bâqir, was the great-great grandson of the Prophet – Allâh’s peace and blessings be upon him.

Comment: In other words, the truly intelligent ones are the humble ones.

[Imaduddin]

"Someone said to Al Hassan Al Basree, "We are unable to perform the night prayer so prescribe me a cure." Al Hassan Al Basree said, "Do not disobey Him (Allah) during the day and He will help you stand before Him during the night."
Al Hassan Al Basree

[Tawangar]

Purity of heart and clarity of mind lead to surety of success.

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:



Al-Hasan Al-Basri was asked: “Who is going to cry more than the others on the Day of Resurrection?”

He answered •►“A man on whom Allah has bestowed His Grace and who uses that for Allah’s disobedience.”

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:

Umar bin Khattab (radiyAllaahu 'anhu) said,

"We were a people who lived in humiliation before, and Allah gave us honor through Islam. So if we seek honor through anything else other than what Allah has honored us with, then Allah will humiliate us".

[Mustadrak Al Hakim 207, Sahih by Ad Dhahabi in Talkhees and Sahih by Albani in Silsilah Sahiha 51]

[glo]

Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart.

- Mother Teresa

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:


The Sahaba (radiAllahu anhum) used to cling to the Sunnah just because it was Sunnah


Today we abandon the Sunnah, just because it's Sunnah.

- Ummah forum

[Pure Purple]

[glo]

THE PARADOX OF OUR AGE
By the Dalai Lama


We have bigger houses but smaller families;
more conveniences, but less time.
We have more degrees, but less sense;
more knowledge, but less judgement;

more experts, but more problems;
more medicines, but less healthiness.
We’ve been all the way to the moon and back,
but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbour.

We build more computers
to hold more information,
to produce more copies then ever,
but have less communication.

We have become long on quantity,
but short on quality.
These are times of fast foods,
but slow digestion;

Tall men but short character;
Steep profits but shallow relationships.
It’s a time when there is much in the window,
but nothing in the room.

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:

"There is no piece of flesh more beloved to Allah than a truthful tongue, and there is no piece of flesh more hateful to Allah than a lying tongue."

~Fudhayl ibn al-'Iyadh

[Innocent Soul]

[Imaduddin]

"Wealth should be viewed just like a toilet, in that you have a need for it and resort to it when necessary, but it has no place in your heart."
Ibn Taymiyyah

[tw009]

Nothing should be loved or sought for its own sake. Except God. If you do, that love will be your greatest pain. And what you seek will be your greatest disappointment-Yasmin Mogahed

: (

[Imaduddin]

"The best of my days is when I awaken and find my cupboards bare. For that is a day my reliance on Allah is complete."
Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal

[tw009]

‎"Know that if the people are amazed by you, then they are simply amazed at how beautifully Allah has concealed your faults."

[glo]

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meaness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whomever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

Jalal ad-Din Rumi

[Innocent Soul]

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:


“An act of sadaqah (charity) is like perfume;
It benefits the user, the buyer, and the seller.”

-Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:


Every day the sun rises it calls upon us, O people! I am a new day; I am an observer of your actions. Take advantage of me for I will not return until the Day of Judgment. O son of Adam, you are nothing but a few breaths. Once one breath goes out, part of you goes with it. In the same way that part of you has gone, soon all of you will go."

[Hasan Al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him)]

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:

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• "If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end."
  
  
  

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    Imaam Al-Ghazaali Rahimahullaah.
    
    
    
    
    

  
  
  
  There is rest only in the aakhira.
  Man will rest in the aakhira according to how hard he strives in dunya.
  
  -Khaalid Ibn Al Waleed-
  
  

['Abd-al Latif]

:salamext:

If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?

[Imaduddin]

"The best form of speech is that in which a little removes the need to say more, and the meaning is self evident in the words."
Ibn Abbas

[tw009]

When surrounded by difficulties in life, keep low, speak less - till the storm passes.

[jellybeans]

"Death is NOT a fullstop, but merely a comma in the sentence." -- unkown

And I absolutely agree with Hulk's signature "Stay away from kibr". I have always tried to live by this principle (stay away from pride/be humble) and I have found that those who don't, often fail in many tasks. Pride is serving yourself; Being pious is serving God.

Both the Qur'aan and the Bible condemn pride.

1 tip: Don't complain today, rather thank God for just 1 blessing (at least).

"When God takes His people into the darkness, He goes with them." I don't know who wrote this quote, (and I paraphrased it, since I don't it word-by-word) but this is certainly worth remembering. I don't remember the whole quote, so I don't think the word "darkness" was used--since it is a harsh word--but maybe it was something like "troubles" or "hardships".

Last quote :) : "The best way to predict the future is to make it happen!"--this is my new favourite quote :) I often find myself making a mental list of all the goals I wish to accomplish (such as writing a book) but I must admit, that I haven't been doing anything to reach these goals of mine... :(

I hope you will remember some of these quotes :)

Excellent thread, by the way! 5 stars/thumbs-up :thumbs_up :thumbs_up :thumbs_up :thumbs_up :thumbs_up

[Tawangar]

Men must have corrupted nature a little, for they are not born wolves, and they have become wolves.
Voltaire.

[glo]

What if you woke up today with only the things you thanked God for yesterday?

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:


Sins need to be burnt!...


Either with the pain of regret in this world

or....


With the fire of hell in the hereafter."

[Ibn. Al-Qayyim]

[glo]

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Innocent Soul]

[glo]

'Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude.'

Martin Luther King

[glo]

"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."

--Leo Tolstoi

[glo]

"When I was 14 my dad was so ignorant I wouldn't even walk down the street with him. By the time I was 21 it was amazing how much he'd learned."

William Blake

[Muslim Woman]

Salaam/ Peace

"When I was 14 my dad was so ignorant I wouldn't even walk down the street with him. By the time I was 21 it was amazing how much he'd learned."

William Blake

haha , good for joke section.

[glo]

Salaam/ Peace

haha , good for joke section.

The funny thing is that William Blake, the author of the quote, lived between 1757 – 1827. So this teenage-parent rift is nothing new at all. It has existed for ages! :)

[Innocent Soul]

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:


If you correct your hidden deeds.... subsequently.... ALLAH will correct your outward deeds."

[Ibn Taymeeyah - 'al-Fatwa 3/277]

[glo]

"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give."

Winston Churchill

[tw009]

O Son of Adam, sell this world for the hereafter and you will win both; sell the hereafter for this world and you will lose both.- Hasan al-Basri

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:





Keep yourself busy in remembering your faults, so that you have no time left to remember the faults of others.




- Sufyaan ath-Thawri

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:

Allaah didn't order us to fast just to feel hunger and thirst. Rather it is to leave off sin!❞

~Shaikh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (rahimahullah)

['Abd-al Latif]

:salamext:

There can be no disparity in marriage like unsuitability of mind and purpose.

[tw009]

"When a person commits a sin, this is accompanied by darkness. Indeed, disobedience is like a fire, and darkness is its smoke. It is like someone kindling a fire in a room for seventy-years. Do you not think that the roof of that room will be blackened? In the same way the heart is blackened by disobedience. And nothing wipes it clean except repentance to God. Humiliation, darkness, and being veiled from God are thus natural accompaniments of disobedience. But when you repent to God, the effects of these sins disappear.” - Ibn Ata’illah

[Innocent Soul]

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:



Mâlik ibn Dînâr (rahimahullâh) said, “Whoever proposed to

the world, then the world would not be satisfied until he

gave up his Deen as dowry.”

[glo]

'I am not what I want to be. I am not what I should be. I am not what I one day will be. But, thank God, I am not what I once was.'
(Nicky Gumbel)

[glo]

"It’s impossible" said pride.
"It’s risky" said experience.
"It’s pointless" said reason.
"Give it a try" whispered the heart.

(Anon)

[Innocent Soul]

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:



Arrogance is despised by Allah because no one has the right to feel superior to another when all are equally dependent on Him for everything.



And the worst type of arrogance is to reject the truth knowing it to be true - that was the arrogance of Iblis himself.



” — Sh. Yasir Qadhi

[~Zaria~]

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:



"Beware of every hour and how it passes, and only spend it in the best possible way, do not neglect yourself, but render it accustomed to the noblest and best of actions, and send to your grave that which will please you when you arrive to it." [Imam Ibn Al-Jawzee]

[tw009]

Al-Hasan Al-Basree said:
“The world is a vehicle for you. If you drive it, it will deliver you to your destination. If it drives you, you will be destroyed”

[glo]

The only person you should try to be better than, is the person you were yesterday.

~ Anon

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:


✦"The life of this world is the wine of Shaytan, and whoever is intoxicated by it only wakes up once he is amongst the hordes of the dead, lamenting among the losers."✦

[Yahya ibn Muadh]

[Serendipity]

“The Heart, in its journey to Allah (swt) is like that of a bird:
Love is its head, and fear and hope are its two wings. When the
head and two wings are sound the bird flies gracefully; if the
head is severed, the bird dies; if the bird loses one of its wings, it
then becomes a target for every hunter or predator.” - Ibn Al-Quayyim

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:




“Some people have the disease of criticizing all the time. They forget the good about others and only mention their faults.




They are like flies that avoid the good and pure places and land on the bad and wounds. This is because of the evil within the self and the spoiled nature.”




—Shaykh Al-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullah)

[Signor]

And if I can die having brought any light, having exposed any meaningful truth that will help destroy this disease, then all the credit is due to Allah the Lord of the worlds and only the mistakes have been mine."

-Malcolm X

[Serendipity]

"A person's tongue can give a taste of his heart." - Ibn Al Qayyim

[tw009]

Be to Allah as He wishes, and He will be to you more than you can wish for. - Ibn Al Qayyim

[Al-bint]

"The dead regret not dying,
they regret having lost opportunities in life..."

--Rumi

[FatimaSumayia]

Every Failure is a Blessing in Disguise.
One can smile and smile and still be a villain.

[glo]

"Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God."

[Serendipity]

"Better to be hated then to be loved for what you are not."

[Serendipity]

"Fall down seven stand up eight."

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:



Problems r like little stones

if u keep them near ur eyes they will hide ur vision but if u keep them at a distance u will see how small they are.....:statisfie

[Al-bint]

"You do bad deeds and hope to get back good, though bad deserves only bad in return.
God is merciful and kind, but even so, if u plant a barley, wheat wont grow."

-Rumi-

[echo]

TRY and FAILThan FAILING to TRY

[Innocent Soul]

[Innocent Soul]

[Innocent Soul]

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:




The servant who seeks the pleasure of Allaah, never

abandons repentance.



He remains in the state of repentance until the end of his life."

[Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah]

[Serendipity]

"If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely."- Roald Dahl

[glo]

"This is a subtle truth.
Whatever you love, you are."
~Rumi

[glo]

"When the LOVE of God arises in thy HEART,
Without doubt GOD also feels LOVE for thee."
~Rumi

[Serendipity]

‘I could not praise Muhammad :saws1:with my words;
rather, my words were made praiseworthy by mentioning Muhammad :saws1: '

-Hassan bin Thabit

[~Zaria~]

"An amazing fact:

South African Breweries (SAB) delivers liquor successfully to over 800,000 shebeens (pubs) across SA weekly, but SA Government cannot deliver text books to 26,000 schools once a year . . .

If SAB and Government swap delivery methods, we can have a civilised, sober and educated country!"

^ Sad, but true...... ^

[tw009]

"If a servant of Allah tries to reflect over the greatness and majesty of Allah, and diverts all of his attention towards Him, he will find no pleasure in the company of other people to the extent that his heart will find no peace with anyone except Allah."

[Muslim Woman]

Salaam




"If the hearts are pure, they will never have enough from reciting Allah's words (the Qur'an)."






[Uthman ibn Affan - radiyAllaahu 'anhu]

[Serendipity]

‘If you don’t have the ability to compete with the pious in righteous deeds then compete with the sinners in asking Allah’s forgiveness’

- Ibn Rajab

[tw009]

What Allah has forbidden can never bring you joy.

SubhanAllah! so true

[~Zaria~]

Attachment 5035

^ Yep, how true.....

Look at the ones who have struggled the most in life, who have suffered many losses.....how humbling are these experiences (in most cases).

(So, look at your trials as those periods in your life that are, insha Allah, helping to mould you into a better person......)

[~Zaria~]

Attachment 5036



Alhamdulillah, for our prophet (sallalahu alaihi wasalam)!

[Innocent Soul]

[Pure Purple]

discussion is an exchange of knowledge argument is an exchange of ignorance.

[Scimitar]

The Sword wounds the body, sharp words the mind. - Menander

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:




“Some people have the disease of criticizing all the time. They forget the good about others and only mention their faults.


They are like flies that avoid the good and pure places and land on the bad and wounds. This is because of the evil within the self and the spoiled nature.”



—Shaykh Al-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullah)

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:

Once Umar (Radi Allahu Anhu) said to Al-Ahnaf bin Qais (Radi Allahu Anhu):

“Oh Ahnaf, the more one laughs, the less dignity will he possess.
Whoever jokes (excessively) is a person who will be taken lightly.
Whoever does something frequently will known by that thing.
Whoever speaks often, errs often; the more often one errs, the less modesty he will possess; Whomever has a low level of modesty will also have a low level of piety; and when one has a low level of piety, then his heart dies.”

When advising another man, Umar (Radi Allahu Anhu) said,

“Do not speak about that which does not concern you.
Know your enemy and be wary of your friend, except for the trustworthy one. And no one is trustworthy, except for the person who fears Allah.
Do not walk with the evildoer, lest he teaches you some of his evil; and do not reveal your secrets to him.
And when you consult others in your affairs, consult only those who fear Allah ‘Azza wa jall.”


(Sifatus-Safwah 1/149)

[tw009]

'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.

[glo]

"Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument."
Desmond Tutu

[Innocent Soul]

Don't judge a person by what others say.
The person may be true to you, But not to others...

Because the same sun which melts the ice, hardens the clay.

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:


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]

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:



"Drive away your distress by being pleased with

Allah's decree,


for however long the night may be, it will be

followed by dawn."


~Abu Darda (radi Allahu 'anhu)

[Innocent Soul]

[_Y168]

Wow. Amazing quotes.

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:



I am not worried about whether my du'a will be responded to, but rather I am worried about whether I will be able to make du'a or not. So if I have been guided by ALLAH to make du'a, then (I know) that the response will come with it."

[Umar Ibn Al-Khattab, radiyaAllaahu 'anhu]

[Shaykha]

Beautiful Quotes!

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:


"Do not socialize with a person who has bad morals, for he calls to nothing except evil." [Al-Fudhayl ibn 'Iyaadh]

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:


Shaikh Uthaimeen, may Allaah have mercy on him, said,

•►“Beware of friends, don’t incline towards them until you know the truthfulness of their advice and affection.”

Tafsir Surah as-Saaffaat, p. 125.

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:

Pray before you are prayed upon!

Bakr Al-Muzanee (rahimahullaah) said:

”If you want to be benefitted by your prayer, then say: ”It may be that I will not pray other than it” (i.e. this may be my last prayer).

[Jaami-ul Uloom Wal-Hikam, pg. 402]

[Serendipity]

"It is very strange that Allah has other creations beside you, while you don't have a Rabb besides Him. However, He looks after you as if He has no creation besides you, while you serve Him as if you have other Gods besides Him." [Imam Ar-Razi (R.A)]

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:


"To act in haste without sound knowledge and wisdom is extremism."

~AbdulBary Yahya

[tw009]

‎"O you who sold yourself for the sake of something that will cause you suffering and pain, and which will also lose its beauty, you sold the most precious item for the cheapest price, as if you neither knew the value of the goods nor the meanness of the price. Wait until you come on the Day of mutual loss and gain and you will discover the injustice of this contract." -Ibn al Qayyim al Jawziyyah

[Innocent Soul]

[Shaykha]

Thought I'd Share This Beautiful Quote:-

‎'Hoping For Jannah (Paradise) And Doing Nothing To Attain It, Is Like Watching Food While You're Hungry!'

[Shaykha]

Another Beautiful One:-

When You Do Something Noble & Beautiful And Nobody Notices, Do Not Be Sad. For The Sun Every Morning Is A Beautiful Spectacle & Yet Most Of The Audience Still Sleeps.

Do Everything Only For Allaah, For With Him It Always Counts!

[~Zaria~]

They insult our Prophet (saw) with the things that they say

but we insult our Prophet (saw) by not following his way.

Boonaa Mohammed

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:


so true :(

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:



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]

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:

Sitting with poor & less fortunate people removes the ego & pride from your heart."

- Imam Ibn Al Qayyim (rahimahullah)

[tw009]

"When a person makes dua he finds in this dua a way out of the problems he is facing. No matter how great the problem is he realises that there is an exit from this problem through dua. So his spirits are lifted and he is optimistic about his situation. Dua gives him hope and increases his trust in Allah's mercy. It opens up a door that shows him the escape from the cage of problems that he is in, and it lights up the path that grants him an exit from his darkness." - Shaykh Yasir Qadhi

[Bint-e-Adam]

Hazrat Ali Ibn-e-Abi Talib - A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks.

[glo]

Pay Attention ,
Work on perfecting yourself
so that the perfection of others
may not grieve you.~ Rumii♥

[Bint-e-Adam]

Resignation to the Will of ALLAH is the cure of the disease of the heart.
Hazrat Ali(R.A)

[glo]

“May your life preach more loudly than your lips.” - William Ellery Channing

[Bint-e-Adam]

Hazrat Ali(R.a)
Opportunity is swift of flight but slow to return.

[Muslim Woman]

:wa:


A man said to Wahb bin Munabah rahimahullaah:
‘So and so spoke ill of you’

Whereupon Wahb rahimahullaah replied:
‘Did Shaytaan not find anyone better than you to deliver this news?’

[Minhaaj al-Qaasideen p. 183]

['Abd-al Latif]

:salamext:

Bad news for the people who ordered the new iPhone 5. The delivery guys are using iOS maps to try to find your house...

[marwen]

Bukhari Volumn 007, Book 071, Hadith Number 606.
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Narated By Ibn 'Abbas : Allah's Apostle said, 'Nations were displayed before me; one or two prophets would pass by along with a few followers. A prophet would pass by accompanied by nobody. Then a big crowd of people passed in front of me and I asked, Who are they Are they my followers?" It was said, 'No. It is Moses and his followers It was said to me, 'Look at the horizon.'' Behold! There was a multitude of people filling the horizon.
Then it was said to me, 'Look there and there about the stretching sky! Behold! There was a multitude filling the horizon,' It was said to me, 'This is your nation out of whom seventy thousand shall enter Paradise without reckoning.' "Then the Prophet entered his house without telling his companions who they (the 70,000) were.
So the people started talking about the issue and said, "It is we who have believed in Allah and followed His Apostle; therefore those people are either ourselves or our children who are born m the Islamic era, for we were born in the Pre-Islamic Period of Ignorance.'' When the Prophet heard of that, he came out and said. "Those people are those who do not ask to be treated with Ruqya[*], nor do they believe in bad or good omen (from birds etc.) nor do they get themselves branded (Cauterised). but they put their trust (only) in their Lord " On that 'Ukasha bin Muhsin said. "Am I one of them, O Allah's Apostle?' The Prophet said, "Yes." Then another person got up and said, "Am I one of them?" The Prophet said, 'Ukasha has anticipated you."
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[*] Ruqya is to treat/protect ourselves against illness and evils with dhikr from Quran and sunnah. It's recommanded that one should learn to make ruqya by himself and address Allah directly, and not ask others to make ruqya for him, although it's permissible.

[tw009]

"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

[Bint-e-Adam]

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:


Ibn Qayyim Rahimahullah said:

"Righteous actions are only according to righteous intentions, and a good intention does not make something which is futile correct.

This is because intentions alone cannot make an action correct, but rather complying with the Sharee’ah (Prescribed Laws) must be added to that".

[Madaarijus-Saalikeen (1/85) ]

[Bint-e-Adam]

[~Zaria~]

"We live in a strange world where the poor walk miles to get food,

and the rich walk miles to digest food."

- Mufti Ismail Menk

[_Y168]

'''If you truly care for someone, then prove it by being there for them when they need you the most, not when it's convenient for you.''' - Nader