Who do you think's better looking people in the north or people in the south?

A man may be as straight as an arrow, but even then he will have some critics.

Hold on to your salah, because if you lose that, you will lose everything else.

Truth is Timeless, and returning to Truth is better than continuing in Falsehood

When you see that any scholar loves the world, then his scholarship is in doubt.

Renouncing the worldly pleasures is a comfort for both the human heart and body.

He who sleeps without offering the night prayer, may he never enjoy a sound sleep.

Death is teacher enough, true faith is wealth enough, and worship is action enough.

Earning of livelihood by following some profession is better than living on charity.

The efficacy of a prayer depends not on the words but on the sincerity of intention.

He who does not live in the way of his beliefs starts to believe in the way he lives.

No amount of guilt can change the past and no amount of worrying can change the future

On every dishonest man, there are two watchmen, his possessions, and his way of living.

If Allah wants for a people ill, he gives them debates and takes away from them actions.

Do not put off today's work until tomorrow, lest work accumulate and you achieve nothing.

Do not depend upon the morality of a person until you have seen him behave while in anger.

The criterion of action is that todays work should not be deferred till the following day.

A man should be like a child with his wives, but if they need him, he should act like a man

Trust is that there should be no difference between what you do and say and what you think.

If your ruler is just, then praise God; but if he is unjust, pray to God to rid you of him.

I have never regretted my silence. As for my speech, I have regretted it over and over again.

If patience and gratitude had been she camels, it would have mattered little on which I rode.

Learn Arabic, for it strengthens the intelligence and increases one’s noble conduct (al-murû`ah).

To be alone means that you avoid bad company. But to have a true friend is better than being alone.

Do not be misled by a person's prayers and fasting. [Instead] look [at their] sincerity and wisdom.

I fear the day when the Kuffar are proud of their falsehood, and the Muslims are shy of their faith.

To speak less is wisdom, to eat less is healthy, and to mingle less with te people is safe and serene.

Women are not a garment you wear and undress however you like. They are honored and have their rights.

Acquire knowledge before you become leaders and pride prevents you from learning and you live in ignorance.

If a person has ten habits out of which nine are good and one bad, that bad one will destroy the good ones.

We are a people whom Allah gave might and glory to through Islam, so we will never seek glory through anything else.

If a sheep dies on the shore of the Euphrates I fear lest Allah ask me to account for it on the Day of Resurrection.

There is no goodness in people who don't give advice, and there is no goodness in people who don't like to be advised

Do not be fooled by one who recites the Qurân. His recitation is but speech – but look to those who act according to it.

Preserve the sayings of those people who are indifferent to the world. They say only that what Allah wishes them to say.

Do not be deceived by a man's eloquence; rather whoever fulfils trusts and refrains from impugning people's honour is a real man.

The death of a thousand worshipers is easier to bear than the death of a scholar who has knowledge of what Allah has permitted and forbidden.

Taqwaa is not by praying all night and fasting all day but rather it is abiding by the commands of Allah and staying away from His prohibitions.

Islam will be destroyed by the mistakes of scholars, the arguments of the hypocrites who misinterpret the Qur’an to support their views and misleading rulers.

For those who practise tyranny and deprive others of their rights, I will be harsh and stern, but for those who follow the law, I will be most soft and tender.

There are four types of oceans. Passions are the ocean of sins, the self (nafs) is the ocean of lust, death is the ocean of life, and the grave is the ocean of distress

The happiest of people is the one under whose care people are happy because of him, and the most miserable of people is the one under whose care people are miserable because of him.

The most important of your affairs in my view is prayer; whoever prays regularly has protected his faith, but whoever neglects it, is bound to be more negligent in other issues of faith.

I know that you are a stone, you do not cause benefit or harm; and if it were not that I had seen Allâh’s Messenger (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) kiss you, I would never have kissed you.

No man can have anything better after faith than a woman of righteous character, loving and child-bearing. And no man can have anything worse after unbelief than a sharp-tongued woman of bad character.

No amount of worrying can change the future. Go easy on yourself, for the outcome of all affairs is determined by God's decree. If something is meant to go elsewhere, it will never come your way, but if it is yours by destiny, from you it cannot flee.

Try as much as you can to mention death. For if you were having hard times in your life, then it would give you more hope and would ease things for you. And if you were having abundant affluence of living in luxury, then it would make it less luxurious.

I am surprised at three things: 1. [A] man runs from death while death is inevitable. 2. One sees minor faults in others, yet overlooks his own major faults. 3. When there is any defect to one's cattle he tries to cure it, but does not cure his own defects.

I will be harsh and stern against the aggressor, but I will be a pillar of strength for the weak.I will not calm down until I will put one cheek of a tyrant on the ground and the other under my feet, and for the poor and weak, I will put my cheek on the ground.

Seek knowledge and teach it to people. Learn dignity and tranquillity, and be humble towards those from whom you learn knowledge and be humble towards those to whom you teach it, and do not be tyrannical scholar otherwise your knowledge cannot be established because of your tyranny.

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