al-Hasan al-Basri Quotes

Added on December 14, 2014

Pondering over the Qur’an

Added on March 23, 2014

“Reflection is the mirror of the believer, in which he looks at his works, evil and good.

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Added on March 22, 2014

Islamic quote by al-Hasan al-Basri on seeking knowledge

“Whoever speaks evil about you behind your back, do not become angry for they are in reality giving you their good deeds on a golden plate.

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Added on March 19, 2014

al-Hasan al-Basri: Increase in making istighfar …

Added on January 27, 2014

“A person may struggle in the way of God, without ever striking a sword once.

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“There is no man who sees Allah's favors upon him and says: "All praise is due to Allah with whose favors all good can be accomplished" except that Allah will make him needless of others and will increase His favors upon him.

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Added on January 18, 2014

“Preach to others by your deeds, not by your words.

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Added on November 22, 2013

“Verily, Allah lets [a person] enjoy a blessing for as long as He wills. But when He is no longer thanked for it, He turns it into a punishment.

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Added on August 18, 2013

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“‎Whoever loves this dunya and is pleased by it, then he should know that love of the akhira is leaving their heart because the two cannot co-exist in one heart.

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Added on July 27, 2013

“If the shaytaan looks at you and sees that you are consistent in an act of obedience to Allaah, he will try to come to you again and again. If he sees that you are persistent in your actions (despite his efforts) he will tire of you and leave you. But if he sees that you are one day like this and one day like that, he will have high hopes in you.

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Added on July 10, 2013

“Death has exposed the reality of this life and not left a chance for the wise person to delight in it.

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Added on June 6, 2013

“al-Hasan al-Basri was asked: "Who is going to cry more than others on the Day of Resurrection?" He answered: "A man on whom Allah has bestowed His Grace and who uses that for Allah's disobedience."

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Added on June 3, 2013

“To endure short-lived difficulties that are followed by Long Lasting ease, is better than hurrying for a short-lived ease that is followed by ever-lasting hardship.

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Added on May 17, 2013

“A man said to al-Hasan al-Basri: "O Abu Sa`eed, I am complaining to you of the hardness of my heart." He said: "Soften it with dhikr. The more forgetful the heart is, the hard it becomes, but if a person remembers Allah, that hardness softens as copper melts in the fire. Nothing can soften the hardness of the heart like the remembrance of Allah, may He be glorified and exalted. Dhikr is healing and medicine for the heart. Forgetfulness is a disease, the cure for which is remembrance of Allah."

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Added on April 18, 2013

“Treat your illnesses by giving sadaqah (charity).

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Added on April 15, 2013

“To know that I am free from hypocrisy, I hold it dearer to myself than to get the whole world of gold.

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Added on April 14, 2013

al-Hasan al-Basri Quote: You are nothing but a collection of days

Added on March 31, 2013

“O People! Work for the Hereafter (work towards heaven) . For indeed I have seen in my life, anyone who works for the Hereafter also gets the dunya. The dunya runs after him. But I have not found anyone who works for the dunya ever get any piece of the Hereafter.

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Added on March 29, 2013

“The best attribute a believer can have is forgiveness.

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Added on March 15, 2013

“Iman (faith) is not outer decoration, nor mere hope. Rather it is what settles in the heart and what is affirmed by actions.

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Added on March 12, 2013

“The one who acts without knowledge is like a wayfarer without a way, and such a person ruins more than he fixes. Therefore seek knowledge, in a way that doesn't harm your worship, and seek worship, in a way that doesn't harm your knowledge seeking, for there was a nation that sought worship and neglected knowledge, until they went out with their swords against the ummah (nation) of Muhammad peace be upon him. Had they sought knowledge, it wouldn't have led them to what they did.

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Added on February 28, 2013

Remembrance of Death (al-Hasan al-Basri Quote)

Added on January 23, 2013

“Whoever has complete faith that Allah will replace everything he gives away with something better (in this life or the next), will increase in giving away his wealth.

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“The human soul will not leave the dunya except with three regrets: that he didn't satiate himself with enjoyment of what he had gathered (of wealth), that he didn't receive the things he hoped for, and that he didn't prepare well for what he has come upon [i.e. the Hereafter].