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“When asked why he didn't criticize others, a scholar replied: There is so much I want to criticize of myself, why concentrate on others?

Yasir Qadhi

“The one who gives more, receives more.

Yasir Qadhi

“Usually a little kindness and simple manners will get you far more than a lot of rhetoric and fancy debates.

Yasir Qadhi

“Giving charity extinguishes the wrath of God.

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

“O Allah! Deal with us as Your noble Attributes dictate, not as our deficient attributes deserve.

Yasir Qadhi

“Studying is bitter, but remaining ignorant is infinitely more bitter.

Yasir Qadhi

“Neither happiness nor grief are everlasting in this life—but one of the two is everlasting in the next. Which one do you want?

Yasir Qadhi

“The beauty of our religion is that the reward is dependent on the sincerity of trying, and not in the attainment of the result.

Yasir Qadhi

“When you willingly give up your own happiness for someone else, that is the sign of true love.

Yasir Qadhi

“I never argued with anyone with the intention to win; rather, my intention was to seek the truth.

Imam ash-Shafi`i

“No one who appreciates the shortness of this life and the eternality of the next can ever say, 'I'm bored'

Yasir Qadhi

“It is not arrogance to appreciate what Allah has blessed you with; arrogance is to ascribe those blessings to yourself.

Yasir Qadhi

“A sign of true repentance from a past sin is that remembering the sin only brings pangs of remorse, and not memories of pleasure.

Yasir Qadhi

“Why is it that we find it so easy to overlook and ignore the virtues of others and concentrate on their faults?

Yasir Qadhi

“Helping others in need is the simplest way to guarantee that Allah will help you at your own time of need.

Yasir Qadhi

“A true servant of God cannot feel jealous—he is content with what God has chosen for Him, and for others.

Yasir Qadhi

“The more you ask others, the more despised you become; the more you ask Allah, the more beloved you become.

Yasir Qadhi

“Never say "I don't have time to do this" because what you really mean is "I don't care enough about 'this' to make time for it."

Yasir Qadhi

“Knowledge is better than money: knowledge protects you, while you must protect your money.

Yasir Qadhi

“The true wise man is he who is humble enough to learn from the wisdom of others, and then realizes that every person has some wisdom to offer.

Yasir Qadhi

“Learn from the mistakes of others, and avoid being one whose mistakes are used as lessons by others.

Yasir Qadhi

“Every time I feel that I have mastered a subject, something comes along to show me that I still remain a student in the field.

Yasir Qadhi

“The spiritual peace that one feels in the masjid is but one of the many blessings of visiting a House of Allah.

Yasir Qadhi

“Forgive others their sins if you want Him to forgive your sins.

Yasir Qadhi

“Remember as we wash our limbs so many times a day that it is even more important to purify our hearts as well.

Yasir Qadhi

“Allah does not judge you on how bad you have been in the past, but rather on how good you strive to be now.

Yasir Qadhi

“Start a business of worshiping Allah, and all types of profits shall come to you without the need of investing any capital.

Malik ibn Dinar

“The most precious Divine blessings are almost always the most unappreciated: faith, health, and family.

Yasir Qadhi

“Do not do good deeds so that people mention you. The true believer hides his good deeds just as he hides his sins.

Yasir Qadhi

“Man continues to age, but two things remain ever young in him: love of wealth and love of life.

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

“If only we prayed to Allah at times of ease with the same humility and earnestness we show Him at times of distress!

Yasir Qadhi

“Constantly thinking about someone is a sign of true love—so how often do those who claim to love Allah remember Him?

Yasir Qadhi

“To love and to be loved is necessary for happiness. So what greater joy is there than to love and be loved by Allah Himself?

Yasir Qadhi

“Nothing recharges the spiritual battery of the heart as swiftly and effectively as does reciting Quran with tartil and humility.

Yasir Qadhi

“Every single experience of life can teach you lessons to make you a wiser person, but only if you are willing to learn from them.

Yasir Qadhi

“Try reversing matters: start seeing the good in others, and concentrate on the faults in you. You'll be a better person for it!

Yasir Qadhi

“The tongue is but a small, soft flesh. Yet is it capable of breaking the strongest bonds and destroying the most powerful of relationships.

Yasir Qadhi

“Strive for the Hereafter according to how long you shall remain there, and strive for this world according to how long you shall remain here.

Yasir Qadhi

“al-Awzai (d. 157) was asked how to achieve khushu in prayer : "Controlling the eyes, humbling the limbs, and softening the heart."

Abd ar-Rahman al-Awza'i

“The ability to fast long hot summer days and still continue our lives normally is yet another manifestation of Allah's blessings on us.

Yasir Qadhi

“What is this world but a dream that a sleeper sees—he delights in it for a few moments, and then wakes up to face reality.

al-Hasan al-Basri

“Most people are convinced by the good manners and humility of a teacher; not his intellectual sophistry or debate skills.

Yasir Qadhi

“Whoever does not find happiness in the dhikr of Allah, prayer, and reciting the Quran, will not find it anywhere else.

al-Hasan al-Basri

“Sins slowly asphyxiate the heart, and abandoning sins brings life to the heart.

Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak

“The bravest man is the one who fears Allah the most—he who fears Allah fears none besides Him.

Yasir Qadhi

“Is it not amazing how numerous and frequent are our sins, and yet still Allah continues to overlook and shower His Mercy and Bounty on us?

Yasir Qadhi

“Indeed, a person forgets knowledge that he had learned because of a sin that he commits.

Abdullah ibn Masud

“A scholar observed: "How frail is man! If only he feared Hell as much as he feared poverty, he would surely enter Paradise!"

Anonymous Author

“No love that a man has will only give him pleasure in return— he shall also suffer pain because of it, except for the love of God.

Ibn Taymiyyah

“Whoever claims to be smart, but does not concentrate on the Hereafter, is lying.

Wahb ibn Munabih

“If you don't try to wake up for Fajr, there is really no benefit in you waking up at all.

Yasir Qadhi

“Whoever sincerely does not incessantly worry about his sincerity to Allah is in serious need of sincerity for his sincerity.

Yasir Qadhi

“I swear that Iblis rejoices more at the death of one scholar than he does for 1000 worshipers.

Muhammad al-Baqir

“No human is perfect; we all have our hidden sins. Hypocrisy is to delude yourself into denying your own sins and allow arrogance to grow within you.

Yasir Qadhi

“Prolonging your sajda while praying is one of the best ways to increase Iman and feel the sweetness of salat - try it!

Yasir Qadhi

“Estimate how many lines of blogs, internet, twitter and news you've read today, and then compare that with how many lines of Quran recited.

Yasir Qadhi

“If you ever find yourself rushing through salat [prayer] to make it to another engagement, it's time to reorganize your priorities.

Yasir Qadhi

“As true love of Allah increases, yearning for worldly pleasures decreases.

Yasir Qadhi

“A Muslim's honor lies in humbling himself completely before al-Azeez.

Yasir Qadhi

“One of the worst evils of public sins is that, even if you don't do the sin yourself, it desensitizes you to the evil nature of the sin.

Yasir Qadhi

“Hammad b. Zayd asked his teacher, "Hasn't knowledge increased in our times?" Reply: "People talk more, but real knowledge has diminished."

Hammad bin Zayd

“A son will never appreciate how much his parents have sacrificed for him, and how ungrateful he was, until he experiences parenthood himself.

Yasir Qadhi

“Knowledge is not measured by how much is memorized, but rather by how much it is acted on.

Imam ash-Shafi`i

“Whoever loves fame has not been sincere to Allah.

Ibrahim ibn Adham

“Of the signs that Allah has turned away from a person is that he becomes occupied with that which does not concern him.

al-Hasan al-Basri

“The two most destructive matters to man is having more money than he needs and saying more than needs to be said.

Ibrahim an-Nakha`i

“This world in the eyes of the believer is like the restroom: he has a need for it and uses it, but it occupies no love in his heart.

Ibn Taymiyyah

“The essence of iman (faith) is to believe the Prophet in all that he says, and to conform with all that he commands.

Ibn Taymiyyah

“Faith is seventy-something categories. The highest in importance is "There is no God except Allah", and the lowest is the removal of harmful things from the road.

This hadith has been reported from Abu Huraira by Bukhari as "Sixty-something", by Muslim as "Seventy-something" and in another place as "Sixty-something", by Turmudhi as "Seventy-something". All of these versions have been reported in Nisaee's al-Iman, and in Abu Dawood's al-Sunnah, and Ibn Majah's al-Muqaddimah.

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

“Only that which is done for Allah lasts forever.

Ibrahim ibn Adham

“Allah has created you free, therefore be free the way He has created you, work solely for Allah and stop trying to please people.

Imam ash-Shafi`i

“No one has ever taken revenge for himself except that it created in him a degradation and humiliation in his nafs [psyche], because revenge looks like strength and power on the outside but on the inside it is degradation and humiliation, while forgiveness creates strength and power both on the inside and out.

Ibn Taymiyyah

“There is always something to be thankful for. If you can't pay your bills, you can be thankful you are not one of your creditors.

Waleed Basyouni

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