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“O ‘Umar! You have not left behind you a person whose deeds I like to imitate and meet Allah with more than I like your deeds. By Allah! I always thought that Allah would keep you with your two companions, for very often I used to hear the Prophet saying, ‘I, Abu Bakr and ‘Umar went (somewhere); I, Abu Bakr and ‘Umar entered (somewhere); and I, Abu Bakr and ‘Umar went out.”’

Imam Ali bin Abi Talib

“Allah The Almighty has brought honor to the Muslims through Islaam. If you seek honor in something other than Islaam, Allaah would disgrace you.

Umar ibn al-Khattab

“Never think ill of the word that comes out of your believing brother’s mouth, as long as you can find an good excuse for it.

Umar ibn al-Khattab

“Know that every habit comes by getting used to it. Get used to being patient and doing good. Be patient against whatever befalls you. It will make you fear Allaah.

Umar ibn al-Khattab

“O Allah, if You have written me down as being someone who is miserable, then erase that for me; and instead write me down as being happy. For indeed, You erase whatever You wish, and You write down and uphold [whatever You wish]

Umar ibn al-Khattab

“There is not on the face of the earth a man more beloved to me than Umar.

Abu Bakr as-Siddiq

“Allah never obliterates evil with evil, but He erases evil with goodness.

Umar ibn al-Khattab

“The best days we ever lived were by virtue of patience, and if patience were to take the shape of a man, he would be a noble and generous man.

Umar ibn al-Khattab

“The women are not a garment you wear and take off however you like. They are honored and have their rights.

Umar ibn al-Khattab

“O Umar! There are those who hate you as well as those who love you. It is however, a very old practice for people to hate good and to love evil.

Abu Bakr as-Siddiq

“If I desire comfort in this world, I would harm my lasting comfort in the hereafter, and if I desired the hereafter, I must renounce comfort in this world, and hence, I decided to give up the ephemeral. Therefore, if you find the same, then it is surely better for you to endure a little discomfort in this life.

Umar ibn al-Khattab

“Hold fast to the truth and it will reveal to you the status of the people of the truth.

Umar ibn al-Khattab

“Those (desired things or misfortunes) that He has thwarted can never come to you, just as those that He has commanded can never be thwarted from you.

Umar ibn al-Khattab

“Surely I do have the means to wear the finest of clothing, to eat the best of food, and to live a most comfortable life. I swear to God, that if this was the idea of comfort, then I do have the means to do so. I am not ignorant of how to dress a camel’s hump to make it more comfortable, or how to build myself a rich reception hall, acquire impressive things, or make competitive choices in this world, but I have heard God reprimanding some people for doing so, ‘You exhausted your pleasures during your worldly life and enjoyed them.’ (The Quran, verse 46:20)

Umar ibn al-Khattab

“We used to say that this Ummah will be doomed by knowledgeable hypocrites.

Umar ibn al-Khattab

“I wish you knew what I have in my heart for you, but there is no way for you to know except by my actions.

Umar ibn al-Khattab

“Umar Ibn Al-Khattaab said to Mu’aawiyah bin Abi Sufyan: “If I slept during the day I would have neglected the people, and if I slept during the night I would have neglected myself. How can I sleep when I have these two concerns, O Mu’aawiyah?

Umar ibn al-Khattab

“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.

Umar ibn al-Khattab

“He created both night and day. If its dark in your life right now, be patient. The sun always rises. And if it’s light right now, be thankful. But don’t get attached to the sun. It is in its design to also set. Praise Him for both the night and the day and know that He never sets.

Yasmin Mogahed

“The one who oppresses himself the most is: The one who humbles himself for one who does not honor him, and strives in the friendship of one who does not benefit him, and accepts praise from one who does not know him.

Imam ash-Shafi`i