Allah's Beautiful Covering

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Pride of Worship

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“Do not become proud merely because you worship often,

for consider what happened to Iblees (shaytaan) after he spent a great deal of time worshiping.” 

Hazrat Hasan Al-Basri (Rahmatullahi ‘alayh)

Sin Protection

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From “Mirror Reflections”

Humility

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"Humility is part of noble character and
arrogance is the habit of villains.

Humility inherits love and contentment inherits comfort.”

“The highest of people in status are those 

who do not see their status,

and the greatest of them in grace are those 

who do not see their grace.”

Imam Shafi’i (Rahmatullahi ‘Alaih)

Giving life to dead hearts

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Companions

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“You should look for sincere companions, for you will be happy with them. They will be a source of pleasure at times of ease and a support at times of calamity.

Think positively of your brother until he does something that justifies your keeping away from him, and keep away from your enemy, and beware of your friend except those who are trustworthy, and there is no one who is trustworthy except one who fears Allah.

Do not keep company with an evildoer lest you be influenced by his evil, and do not tell him your secrets. Consult those who fear Allah about your affairs.”

~ Hazrat Umar (Radhiyallahu ‘Anhu) 

Friends of Allah Ta'ala

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Noble Character

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"When your brother is out of your sight, mention him as you would like him to mention you when you are out of his sight."

Hazrat Sufyaan Thauri (Rahmatullahi ‘alayh)

Good & Bad Deeds

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Reform of the Ummah

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“The last generations of this Ummah can only be reformed by that which reformed its first generations. What was not part of the religion then cannot become part of the religion now.”

Imam Malik (Rahmatullahi ‘alayh)

Love of Allah Ta'ala

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Humanity

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“Humanity is not the physical form of man. It is not the name for flesh, bones and skin.

Humanity is the name given to the attributes, character and deeds through which Allah Ta’ala’s Pleasure is attained.”

Hazrat Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi (Rahmatullahi ‘alayh)

Let me do what I can...

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Advice for Students of Deen

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“A pen is worthy of great respect. Allah Ta’ala has taken a Qasam in the Qur’aan on the pen. Everything in the Lowh-e-Mahfooz is recorded with a pen. How much does man not benefit from a pen in his day to day life? Then should we not also be showing some form of respect to the pen?

Then we have a book. How much should we not be respecting the book? Always hold your books in your right hand. Show respect to your pens and your books. It must not be that you handle your books and pens carelessly. This is that aadmiyyat (humanity) which you all have left home and come here to learn.”

[Hazrat Maulana Maseehullah (Rahmatullahi ‘alayh)]

Defeating our enemies

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Don't Hurt Hearts

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“It is not sufficient for you to say that you did not hurt the person intentionally; rather you should make an intention not to hurt people.”

-          Hazrat Maulana Maseehullah Khan (Rahmatullahi ‘alayh)

Thought-Provoking

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This moment will pass

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Sultan Mahmood Ghaznawi gave a ring to his servant Ayaaz and said:

“Engrave such wording on it that if I see it when I am happy, it will make me sad; and if I am sad, it will make me happy.”

Ayaaz engraved:

“THIS MOMENT WILL SOON PASS.”

(moment of happiness / moment of sadness)

A Door of Mercy

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Seek your heart in three places

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"Seek your heart in three places: Where the Qur’aan is recited; in the gathering of remembrance of Allah and in times of seclusion.

If you don’t find it in these places, then ask Allah to bless you with a heart; for you have no heart!

~ Ibn Al-Qayyim (Rahmatullahi ‘alayh)

Lions don't lose sleep over...

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As you would like him to

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"When your brother is out of your sight, mention him as you would like him to mention you, when you are out of his sight."

Hazrat Sufyaan Thauri (Rahmatullahi ‘alayh)

Speak & Listen ...

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Effect of Sins

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"Sins leave ugly, despicable and harmful effects to the heart and body, in this world and the next. 

...From them is that one is prevented from knowledge, as knowledge is a light that Allah Ta’ala places in the heart, and sins extinguish this light."

Ibn Al-Qayyim (Rahmatullahi 'alayh)

Taking Knowledge

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Like a Shadow

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"This world is like a shadow; run after it and 

you will never be able to catch it. 

Turn your back to it and it has no choice but to follow you."

Ibn Al-Qayyim (Rahmatullahi 'alayh)

Finding our way home

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Where the Heart is...

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“If you want to know where your heart is, 

look towards where your mind goes when it wanders.”

~ Hazrat ‘Ali (Radhiyallahu ‘Anhu)

The People of the Qur`aan Sharief

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Keys to the Life of the Heart

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"The keys to the life of the heart lie in reflecting upon the Qur'aan Sharief, being humble before Allah Ta'ala in secret, and in leaving sins."

~ Ibn Al-Qayyim (Rahmatullahi ‘alayh)

Beautiful Hearts

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Polishing the Heart

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"The heart is tarnished by two things: heedlessness and sin. 

It is polished by two things: Remembrance (of Allah Ta'ala) and asking forgiveness (Istighfaar)."

~ Ibn Al-Qayyim (Rahmatullahi ‘alayh)