Ibn Taymiyyah Quotes

“The more humble, needy, and subdued you are before Allah, the closer you will be to Him.

“A believer to another believer is like two hands, one washes the other (correcting each other).

“Whenever you are needy toward people, even for a glass of water to drink, their regard for you will decrease by the degree of your neediness toward them.

Ibn Taymiyyah

“The servant, no matter how much effort he expends, cannot carry out his duties toward Allah in the way that He has commanded him, and for this reason he can do nothing but pray to God forgiveness and make repentance after every act of worship.

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“Remembrance is to the heart what water is to the fish. And what is the state of a fish that leaves water?

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“Allah will support the just state even if it is led by unbelievers, but Allah will not support the oppressive state even if it is led by believers

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“You should not look at what the person used to do, rather you should
look at what kind of person they are today. The one who gets bogged
down about people’s pasts, is just like Iblees who said to Allaah,
“You created me from fire and you created him from clay”.

Ibn Taymiyyah

“Whoever continuously abandons the sunnah (voluntary) prayers, then this shows a weakness in his religion.

Ibn Taymiyyah

“The two armies that can never be defeated are: the sincere heart, and the righteous dua.

Ibn Taymiyyah

“Purifying the soul, acting upon knowledge, and fearing Allah have a tremendous effect on obtaining knowledge.

Ibn Taymiyyah

“Hudaa (guidance) is not attained except through `Ilm (Knowledge) and Rashaad (Righteousness) is not attained except through Sabr (Patience)

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“Allah must be dearer than anything else to the slave, Allah must be more important than all else.

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“If the heart tastes the sweetness of the worship of Allaah and sincerity towards Him, nothing besides this will be sweeter, more delightful, pleasurable and agreeable. Moreover, a person only abandons something beloved to him, when it is for something else even more beloved to him or because of fear of something harmful. Corrupt love can be relinquished by the heart as a result of a righteous love or fear of harm.

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“Fitnah continues upon the heart, except if the Deen of the slave is completely for Allah.

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“There is no separation between correcting what is inward and correcting what is outward or physical. The outward acts of worship which a person performs with his physical faculties—if he does them for the sake of Allah—will undoubtedly have an effect on his inward nature.

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“When people help one another in sin and transgression, they finish by hating each other.

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“The perfection of Tawheed is found when there remains nothing in the heart except Allah, the servant is left loving those He loves and What He loves, hating those He hates and what He hates, showing allegiance to those He has allegiance to, showing enmity towards those He shows enmity towards, ordering what He orders and prohibiting what He prohibits.

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“Sins are like chains and locks preventing their perpetrator from roaming the vast garden of tawhid and reaping the fruits of righteous actions.

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“The Lord is to be loved.

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“The scholar who has every knowledge must not cause people to despair in Allah's mercy, and will not dare them in disobeying Allah. Making haram things halal is kufr, and despair of the mercy of Allah is kufr.

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