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Rabee’ Ibn Anas rh said:

“A sign (of a person) having love for Allah is his increase in his remembrance of Him (Allah), for verily you do not love something except that you increase remembrance of that (thing)”

(Jaami’ al-Uloom Wal-Hikm of Ibn Rajab p. 444)
 
Ibn ul-Qayyim rh said:

“…The best thing to do when someone needs help physically or financially is to busy yourself with helping that person, relieving his distress, and to place this as a priority over your private worship that you would usually be engaged in.”

[Madarij as-Salikin’ (1/188)]
 
Sa’id ibnul Musayyab (rahimahullah) said:

One who is seated in the Masjid, is actually seated in the company of Allah Ta’ala.

(Tafsir Qurtubi, vol.6 pg.560)
 
Hadhrat Zainul Aabideen Husain bin Ali (Rahmatullahi Alaihi) once said, “The salient feature of those affiliated to the Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaa’ah is the recitation of abundant durood upon Nabi (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam).

(Al-Qawlul Badee’)
 
Imam Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali rh said: It was said to Hasan Al Basi rh:

“Is not the servant ashamed of sinning and then repenting, then sinning again and then again repenting? He said: Shaytaan wants exactly that. Never stop making repentance.”

[Jami’-Ul- ‘Ulum,P.205]
 
Abdullaah Ibn Mas’ood (radiyAllahu’anhu): “There isn’t any true relaxation for the believers besides the meeting of Allah.”

(Az-Zuhd of Ahmad, p.194)
 
Yahya Ibn Mu’aadh Ar-Raazee stated: “This worldly life is the Devil’s intoxicant (Khamr). Whoever is intoxicated by it will not regain consciousness until they are in the ranks of the dead, in a state of regret, among the losers.”

‘Uddah As-Saabireen of Al-Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim, p. 349, Daar Ibn Al-Jawzee.
 
Ibn Al-Qayyim rh said:

“The intoxicating effect of loving this world is far more potent than the intoxication that results from drinking alcohol by a long way. The one who is intoxicated by this will not gain his senses until he is in the darkness of his grave, and [if he regains his senses] and the effects of this cease while he is living then he will surely appreciate the extent of intoxication that this worldly life can cause and that it is more severe than alcohol…”

(‘Uddah As-Saabireen p. 349)
 
In ‘Uddah As-Saabireen Ibn Al-Qayyim rh said, “Numerous narrations have been transmitted from the rightly guided predecessors where [they have mentioned] that the love of this world is the root of (all) sins and the source of them.” (p. 349)

He said, “The love of this world and leadership is that which has filled the Hellfire with its inhabitants, and the practice of abstinence as it relates to the life of this world and leadership is that which has filled paradise with its inhabitants.” (p. 349)”
 
Imaam Muhammad bin Seereen (rahimahullaah) said:

“If you were to find out that your brother has done something bad, then you should look after an excuse for him, if you can’t find an excuse, you should say “He has an excuse.””

(Shu’b-ul-Eemaan (6/323) by Imaam al-Bayhaqee)
 
“One should treat money with grace so that it is blessed for him, not take it with greediness and fear that it might be lost. Rather, money should be like using the toilet. You go to it when you need it and never let it reside in your heart.”

Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah

{Majmu’ Al-Fatawa, vol.10, p.662}
 
Awn b. ‘Abdillâh, the ascetic and jurist, said,“Sit with the repentant, for they have the softest hearts.”

Hilyah Al-Awliyâ` Vol. 2 p192
 
قال ابن القيم رحمه الله: وقد جعل الله سبحانه العين مرآة القلب، فإذا غضّ العبد بصره، غضّ القلب شهوته وإرادته، وإذا أطلق بصره أطلق القلب شهوته. (روضة المحبين)

Ibnul Qayyim RA says, Allah has made the eyes the mirror of the heart. When a servant lowers his gaze, the heart lowers its desires. And when a servant lets loose his eyes, the heart lets loose its desires.
 
“The sincere hearts and the pious supplications are soldiers which can never be defeated”

[Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah] Majmo Al Fatawa 644/28
 
Sufyân b. ‘Uyainah – Allâh have mercy on him – said:

“The intelligent person is not one who merely knows what is good and what is bad. The intelligent person is one who, when he sees what is good, follows it, and when he sees evil, shuns it.”

Hilyah Al-Awliyâ`, Vol. 4 p16.
 
Imam Shafi’ee rh:

“Knowledge is ignorance for the ignorant ones, and ignorance is ignorance for the knowledgeable ones.”

(Adab Shar’iyyah 1/2280)
 
Yahyaa Ibn Mu’aadh rh said:ا

“The night is long don’t shorten it with your sleep and the day is pure so do not make it filthy with your sins.”

[“Sifatus-Safwah”, 4/94]
 
Bilal bin Sa’d rh has said:

“A brother who reminds you of Allaah when you meet him, is better than a friend who places a dinar in your hand every time you meet him”.

[“Hilyatul Awliyaa”, 5/225].
 
Al-Hasan Al-Basri attended a funeral prayer. When they had buried the dead person he said to a man from the gathering: “Do you think that this dead person would wish to come back to the earth to increase his deeds from dhikr, good actions and istighfaar from his sins?” The man replied, “Yes.” So al-Hasan said, “Then why aren’t we like this dead person?” [Taken from the book al-Hasan al-Basri by Ibn al Jawzee]
 

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