Ponder

"Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you're a vegetarian. "
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The one to whom small calamities seem large, will certainly be afflicted by truly large calamities. [Ali radi Allah anhu]
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Decrease in one's speech brings wisdom, decrease in one's food brings health, decrease in one's sleep brings worship, and decrease in one's meeting with common folk brings safety. [Umar radi Allah anhu]
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A sign of your love of Allah is your love of His remembrance
(sheikh nuh’s new edition of dalā’il al-khayrāt)
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Intention is the measure for rendering actions true, so that, where intention is sound, action is sound, and where it is corrupt, then action is corrupt.- Imam an-Nawawi
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When it has been said that the angels spread out their wings in the path of the one seeking sacred knowledge, then just imagine what Allah has in store for such a person. [Abu Ali Daqaq]
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"Whoever (truly) knows his Lord loves Him, and whoever (truly) knows the world does without it." - al-Hasan al-Basri
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Ibn Al-Qayyim:
Every gulp of air that goes out in a cause other than the cause of Allah will turn to sorrow and regret on the Day of Judgment.

A sign that Allah despises you is when you find yourself wasting your time with trivial matters; in this way you miss your chance of going to Heaven. And a sign that Allah likes you is when you find yourself fulfilling more duties than you have time for.

The devil makes work for idle thumbs. If you want to know whether Allah is pleased with you, then think: Are you busy or idle
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If someone gave you a beautiful, expensive new hat, wouldn’t you be grateful for the generous gift? But shouldn’t you be even more grateful for the One Who gave you the head to put that hat on. [Shaykh Muzaffer Ozak]
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I said,

“O sweet Beloved,

you are the refuge of my soul.”

He said, “If you belong to me,

don’t talk of your own soul.”

I said, “Why do you cut me

with your sharp words?”

He said, “My words wouldn’t hurt you,

if you weren’t in love with yourself.”

Rumi.

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