- “True knowledge is that which benefits oneself or others, not information that is merely memorized.”
- “Don’t love the one who doesn’t love to Allah. If they can leave Allah, they will leave you.”
- “You will never be able to please everyone, rather rectify what is between you and Allah and do not care about the people.”
- “And tire yourself out, because it makes life worth living! I have seen that water stagnates when it stands still, yet when it runs it is sweet and pure.”
- “If you do ninety-nine things correct, and one thing incorrect, people will ignore the ninety-nine, and spread the one mistake.”
- “If you see a man walking on water and flying in the air, then do not be amazed by him until he demonstrates that he follows the commands of the Book (Quran) and the Sunnah.”
- “Seek help in speech with silence and in reasoning with reflection.”
- “Follow it (the Sunnah), and do not look sideways at anyone else’s saying.”
- “Fools are those who debate with ignorant.”
- “Always hate what is wrong, but don’t hate the one who errors. Hate sin with all your heart, but forgive and have mercy on the sinner. Criticize speech, but respect the speaker. Our job is to wipe out disease, not the patient.”
- “Wealth remains behind on earth while Ibadah accompanies you into the grave.”
- “If you are on the way towards Allah, then run. If it’s hard for you then jog or even crawl, but never stop or go back.”
- “If people reflected upon Surah Al-Asr, it would be enough for them.”
- “There is a verse in the Quran that every wrongdoer should be terrified of. – ‘And your Lord never forgets’. [Surah Maryam; 64]”
- “Don’t you see that the lion is silent and yet feared, while the dog barks constantly and is despised?”
- “To admonish your brother in private is to advise him and improve him. But to admonish him publicly is to disgrace and shame him.”
- “Increase in worship before your responsibilities increase. Then you won’t have time to worship as much.”
- “Knowledge is not measured by how much is memorized, but rather by how much it is acted on”
- “When the foolish one speaks do not reply to him, for better than a response (to him) is silence. And if you speak to him you have aided him, and if you left him (with no reply), in extreme sadness he dies.”
- “The more I learn; the more I learn of my ignorance.”
- “If you focused all your efforts into pleasing people, you’d never succeed, so be sincere to Allah in your actions and intentions.”
- Imam Shafi was asked why he carried a cane even though he was healthy. He said, “To remind myself that I’m a traveller.”
- “When you correct a fool, he will hate you. When you correct a wise man, he will appreciate you.”
- “My heart is at ease knowing that what was meant for me will never miss me, and that what misses me was never meant for me.”
- “The Dua made at Tahajjud is like an arrow which does not miss its target.”
- “Despair not from your Lords blessings, If He had wished that you reach the hellfire eternally, He would not have inspired your heart towards Him.”
- “Be hard on yourself, easy on others.”
- “Let not your tongue mention the shame of another, for you yourself are covered in shame and all men have tongues. If you don’t keep it busy with truth, it will keep you busy with falsehood.”
- “No sadness lasts forever nor any happiness.”
- “Some people have passed away, but their character has kept them alive, others are alive, but their character has killed them.”
- “Knowledge without action is arrogance.”
- “If you have a friend who helps you to obey Allah, hold onto him.”
- “I have learned that several people experienced acceptance of their duas at the times of iqamah and when it rains.”
- “Nobility has four pillars: good character, generosity, humility, and piety.”
- “The first squeeze of the Grave will make you forget every warm hug you had in your life.”
- “My silence towards the idiot is indeed an answer.”
- “Seek understanding before you lead. When you lead, then there is no way to seek understanding.”
- “Hate the sin with all your heart but show compassion and mercy towards the sinner.”
- “My sin burdened me heavily. But when I measured it against Your Grace, O Lord, Your forgiveness came out greater.”
- “If you don’t occupy your soul with the truth, it will occupy you with falsehood!”
- “Time is like a sword, if you don’t cut it, it will cut you.”
- “Whoever gossips with you (about others) will also gossip about you (to others).”
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