[smazibummigue]

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

السلام عليكم

I thought i will share the collection of quotes I got from facebook and other websites.
May all of us benefit from it.
Ameen.

[cookiemonster]

‎"The believer speaks little, but does much.
And the hypocrite talks a lot, but does little.
The believer's speech is wisdom,
his silence is contemplation,
his gaze is pondering,
his actions are righteous.
So if this is your state, you shall perpetually be in worship"

- Fudayl bin Iyyad

[padlabtard]

“All humans are dead except those who have knowledge;
and all those who have knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds;
and those who do good deeds are deceived, except those who are sincere;
and those who are sincere are always in a state of worry.”

-Imam Shafi'i (rahimullah)

[Uhmavano]

Fudayl ibn 'Iyad (rahimahullaah) said:

"If Iblees conquers the son Adam with one of the three [things] he says,
'I will not seek anything else from him.
(1) being fond of himself,
(2) deeming his deeds to be plentiful, and
(3) forgetfulness of his sins.'"

[SallyIsNice5]

“All humans are dead except those who have knowledge;
and all those who have knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds;
and those who do good deeds are deceived, except those who are sincere;
and those who are sincere are always in a state of worry.”

-Imam Shafi'i (rahimullah)

Brother please keep them coming.

Very inspiring.

[Erossycuc]

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

السلام عليكم

I thought i will share the collection of quotes I got from facebook and other websites.
May all of us benefit from it.
Ameen.

Jk khyr keep them coming plz

[Imagimifouxum]

InshAllah I will try to post everyday.
May Allah give us the ability to put this knowledge into action. Ameen.

[liontutuxx]

''Keep yourself busy in remembering your faults so that you have no time left to remember the faults of OTHERS''
-Imam Sufyan ath-Thawri (Rahimahullah)

[xresultsearch]

Seek (beneficial) knowledge,
because seeking it for the sake of Allaah is a worship.
And knowing it makes you more God-fearing;
and searching for it is jihad,
teaching it to those who do not know is charity,
reviewing and learning it more is like tasbeeh.
Through knowledge Allaah will be known and worshiped."

-Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullah)

[DarrenBent]

Jarir ibn 'Abdullah said,
"I heard the Messenger of Allah(saw) say,
'Whoever is deprived of KINDNESS is deprived of all good.'"
[Muslim]

[taesrom]

“There is no worse calamity for knowledge and its people than when outsiders intrude. They are ignorant, but presume to know. They cause trouble yet think that they are helping.”
- Imam Ibn Hazm Rahimahullah

[Uplillacype]

Imam Ahmad was told:
"Over looking people's faults is 9/10ths of good character"
He responded:
"Rather, it is 10/10ths"

[aparneioninny]

Seek (beneficial) knowledge,
because seeking it for the sake of Allaah is a worship.
And knowing it makes you more God-fearing;
and searching for it is jihad,
teaching it to those who do not know is charity,
reviewing and learning it more is like tasbeeh.
Through knowledge Allaah will be known and worshiped."

-Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullah)

Indeed true. Inspiring.

[sciectotacype17]

Yes a very inspiring quote. The part 'reviewing.... is like tasbeeh.' It really made me think. I usually never re-read what i already read so I forget most of the things i read.

[smokeberly]

"Du'aa is like a weapon, and a weapon is only as good as the person using it;
it is not merely the matter of how sharp it is.
If the weapon is perfect and free of faults, and
the arm of the person using it is strong,
and there is nothing stopping him,
then he can lay waste the enemy.
But if any of these three features is lacking, then the effect will be lacking accordingly."
- Ibn Qayyim

[Cerilopasei]

''For everything that a slave loses there is a substitute,
but the one who loses Allah will never find anything to replace Him.''
- Ibn al-Qayyim

[Heopretg2006]

Imaam Ash-Shaafi'ee (rahimahullaah) said:
"When one desires to talk, then it is upon him to think before he speaks.
If there is beneficial good in what he will say, then he should speak.
And if he has doubt about that, then he must not speak until he clears that doubt (by making his speech good)."

[golfmenorca]

Abu Hurayrah, radhiallahu `anhu said,

"If anyone has five things then he will not be deprived of five others.

1. He who is enabled to show gratitude will never be deprived of increase of blessings.

2. He who is guided to persevere will not be deprived of reward.

3. One who is inspired to repent will not be deprived of its acceptance,

4. One who is enabled to seek forgiveness will not be deprived of receiving pardon.

5. He who is spurred to make supplication is not deprived of an answer."

[HenriRow]

Only a true believer fears hypocrisy
whereas the hypocrite himself feels safe from it.
- Hasan al-Basri

[boanuatiguali]

A very good article I found in the other thread. The 1st point itself is enough to give us a big reality check!

Hatim Al-Asamm and Shaqiq Al-Balkhi from "Oh My Dear Son"-Imam Al-Ghazali

If you understand this tradition, there is no need for too much knowledge. Hatim al-Asam was among the friends of Shaqiq al-Balkhi (may Allah have mercy on them both). One day Shaqiq asked Hatim: "You have kept my company for thirty years; what have you gained in the course of these years?" Hatim replied: "I have gained eight benefits from the knowledge which is sufficient for me. I hope my salvation and safety are embodied in them." Shaqiq asked Hatim to mention them. Hatim al-Asam said:

"The first benefit is that I observed the creation and saw that everyone had loved one and one passionately desired whom he loved and longed for. Some of the beloved accompany the lover up to the brink of sickness and death and others to the gate of the graveyard. All of them return and leave him there alone. No one goes into the tomb with him. I looked into the matter and said to myself: 'The best beloved is that which would enter the tomb with the lover to console him'; I found it to be nothing else than good works, so I took this as my beloved, to illuminate my grave for me and to comfort me in it and not leave me alone.

"The second benefit is that I saw that the people were following their lusts and hastening towards the desires of the souls; and I meditated on the saying of Allah the Exalted: But as for whoever has feared the majesty of his Lord and has refrained his soul from lust, truly the Garden shall be his dwelling place (Quran, 79:40-41). Convinced that the Quran was true and right, I began to deny my soul [its pleasures] and hurried to combat it and refuse it its passionate desires, until I enjoyed real satisfaction in obedience to Allah the Exalted.

"The third benefit is that I saw that every human being is striving to accumulate as much as he can from the wreckage of this world and then holding on strongly to it. I meditated on the Quranic verse: What is with you must vanish; what is with Allah must endure (Quran, 19:96). So I gave freely my wordly possessions for His sake by distributing them among the poor so that it would be my provision in the future with Him the Exalted.

"The fourth benefit is that some people whom I observed think that their dignity and honour lie in the multitude of their family and large clans. They were fascinated by these things. Others claimed honour and dignity in abundance of wealth and children, and they were proud of it. Some believed honour and power abide in appropriating the wealth of others, doing injustice to them and shedding their blood. Others considered dignity to consist of extravagance and spending wealth in a foolish manner. I meditated upon the saying of the Exalted: The most honoured of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you (Quran, 49:13). I chose righteousness for myself, convinced that the Quran is right and true and those claims and opinions of the people are all false and temporal.

"The fifth benefit is that I found people slandering each other and speaking ill of one another out of envy of fortune, power and knowledge. I meditated upon the saying of Allah: It is We who divide their livelihood among them in the life of this world (Quran, 43:32). I realised that the process of dividing livelihood is entirely in the hands of Allah since the beginning of time. Therefore I never envied anyone and was satisfied with the distribution of Allah the Exalted.

"The sixth benefit is that I saw people becoming enemies of each other for difference reasons. I meditated upon the saying of Allah: Verily, Satan is an enemy to you; so treat him as an enemy (Quran, 35:6). I became aware that enmity with anyone except Satan was not permissible.

"The seventh benefit is that I saw everyone working very hard, exhausting themselves to obtain food and sustenance, tempted by doubts and forbidden things. They degraded themselves in humiliation. I pondered over the saying of Allah the Exalted: There is no moving creature on earth but that its sustenance is dependant on Allah (Quran, 11:6). I knew that my livelihood is guaranteed by Allah the Exalted, so I engaged myself in worship and cut off my covetousness of all else, other than Him.

"The eighth benefit is that I saw that everyone relied on some created thing, some on the dinar and dirham, some on wealth and property, some on trade and craft and some on creatures like themselves. I meditated on the saying of Allah the Exalted: "And whosoever places his reliance on Allah, sufficient is [Allah] for him. For Allah will surely accomplish His purpose. Verily, for all things has Allah appointed a due proportion (Quran, 65:3). I therefore placed full trust in Allah the Exalted. He is sufficient for me and He is the best Disposer of affairs."

At this point Shaqiq said: "May Allah bless you and grant you success. I looked into the Old Testament, the New Testament, the Zabur and the Quran and have found that the four books revolve around these eight benefits. Whoever works according to them is working according to these four books."