Islamic Quotes

“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 ...

Ibn Taymiyyah

“There is always something to be thankful for. If you can't pay your bills, you can be thankful ...

Waleed Basyouni

“Kindness is more than deeds. It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch. It is anything ...

Waleed Basyouni

“Security depends not so much upon how much you have as upon how much you can do without.

Waleed Basyouni

“Sometimes saying the truth might cause you to lose some fans and friends, but in the end you ...

Waleed Basyouni

“Your words are written, what you say you will be held accountable for, and O you, you are being recalled [by Allah], and you have sins ...

Ibn al-Jawzi

“If someone drops a dirham he will say on that day: "To Allah is our return [a prayer said at time of loss], my dirham has gone!" And ...

Abu Bakir bin Ayyash al-Asadi

“The Islamic experiment is a human effort that may succeed in some countries and fail in others, and the rise of Muslims in politics is ...

Salman al-Ouda

“Whoever claims to have combined the love of dunya (worldly life) with the love of its Creator in his heart, he has lied.

Imam ash-Shafi`i

“When Allah intends good for His servant, He will create for him a heart that admonishes him to do good and prevents him from evil.

Muhammad ibn Sireen

“Of the greatest misfortunes that can befall a man is when he knows of a shortcoming that he has and yet he doesn't mind it nor grieve ...

Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak

“Decorate yourself from the inside out. Indeed Allah is the most beautiful and He loves beauty.

Waleed Basyouni

“If you do not direct your thoughts towards good deeds, it will direct you towards bad deeds.

Waleed Basyouni

“You don’t get to choose how you are going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you are ...

Waleed Basyouni

“Whoever sought the mistakes of his brothers is left with no friends.

Amir ibn Sharahil ash-Sha`bi

“Allah promised safe landing, not calm passage.

Waleed Basyouni

“Exchange gifts, it will increase your love for one another.

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

“We don't celebrate the new year. It's halal to wish someone a happy new year, because all ...

Waleed Basyouni

“Whoever loves you for the sake of some thing will dislike you when that thing ceases, and whoever loves something other than Allah will ...

Ibn Shaheed al-Andalusi

“If you do not add anything to this world, you will be an excess to it.

Mostafa Saadeq Ar-Rafe'ie

“A man told Al-Ahnaf: "If you say one word you will hear in reply ten from me!" Al-Ahnaf said: "And if you say ten you will not hear one ...

Al-Ahnaf ibn Qays

“I take refuge in Allah's perfect words from the evil of what He has created for me and all of you.

Waleed Basyouni

“O Allah whatever blessing I or any of Your creation have risen upon, is from You alone without ...

Waleed Basyouni

“In ayah (57:17), Allah says He gives life to the dead land. The one who can give life to the ...

Yasmin Mogahed

“Al-Imam ash-Sha`bi was asked: "What is the name of Satan's wife?" He replied: "I was not invited to the wedding."

Amir ibn Sharahil ash-Sha`bi

“Be indifferent to the world and Allah will love you; be indifferent to what people possess and ...

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

“If Allah intends good for His servant, He blesses him with two eyes: one remains focused on Paradise, and the other on Hell.

Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah

“It is impossible to disobey Allah without using His very blessings to sin against Him.

Yasir Qadhi

“I feel sometimes that its better to be alone, than being with someone who makes you feel alone.

Waleed Basyouni

“As you breath, another person takes his last. So stop complaining but rather live your life ...

Waleed Basyouni

“Intention may not be the only thing, but it is the most important thing.

Waleed Basyouni

“Being born a Muslim does not make you a better person; it is not how you start the race, it is ...

Imam Siraj Wahhaj

“'Every day of Ramadhan Allah beautifies Jannah and says: "Soon my righteous servants will ...

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

“If you wish to check how much you love Allah, then see how much your heart loves the Quran, and you will know the answer.

Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah

“Turn every fall into a rise, by refusing to be conquered. Refuse to let despair win. Let ...

Yasmin Mogahed

“I used to pray for so many fancy things. Now I just ask to be near You.

Yasmin Mogahed

“Had there not been that inner battle and that inner storm, you might not have sought refuge in ...

Yasmin Mogahed

“If you're not battling your nafs, know that it's already winning the battle.

Yasmin Mogahed

“If love blinds you from seeing the faults of the one you love, then hatred blinds you from ...

Abdul Aziz bin Marzuq at-Tarifi

“Eid is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts.

Waleed Basyouni

“The best friend of yours is your own deeds. You know why? It is simply because they are the only friend which will follow you ...

Ibrahim Nuh

“Do not be fooled by one who recites the Quran. His recitation is but speech, but look to those ...

Umar ibn al-Khattab

“Even if we will not complete the job of seeing the Ummah in a perfect state, we are still ...

Yasir Qadhi

“Anger and jealousy are of the two most harmful traits we can have. Both lead to actions ...

Yasir Qadhi

“Sometimes, a young man comes to me and quotes me a hadith that I've already heard even before his mother gave birth to him. Yet, I ...

Imam ash-Shafi`i

“It is strange that a person may find it easy to protect himself from: eating Haraam, oppression and injustice, adultery, theft, ...

Ibn Taymiyyah

“I advise you to fear Allah and to obey Him (have taqwa) and I advise you to adhere to the Quran, for it is a light in the dark night ...

Jundub ibn Abdullah al-Bajali

“Sometimes, I have a certain need (that I wish to ask) Allâh, so I ask Him earnestly. Then, I find that the door of dialogue opens up ...

Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah

“Sit with those who constantly repent, for they have the softest hearts.

Umar ibn al-Khattab

“Ibn ’Abbaas and Ibn ’Umar, from the major Companions, explained the verse {except that which appears therefrom} to be the face and ...

Imam al-Albani

“O you who sold yourself for the sake of something that will cause you suffering and pain, and which will also lose its beauty, you sold ...

Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah

“A much neglected Prophetic Sunna [tradition] is to make others feel important and ...

Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari

“Worship and obedience illuminate the heart and make it strong and steadfast, until it becomes like a clear mirror, shining with light. ...

Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah

“Do not let this trial go to waste by you dwelling over it, but overcome it by getting closer to Allah by learning His deen and ...

Navaid Aziz

“A person’s tongue can give you the taste of his heart.

Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah

“Despair not from your Lord's blessings, If He had wished that you reach the hellfire eternally He would not have inspired your heart ...

Imam ash-Shafi`i

“If the hearts are pure, they will never have enough from reciting Allah’s words (the Qur’an).

Uthman ibn Affan

“…We should use His gifts in His way and in His cause. No one likes for their gifts to be cheapened. If Allah (swt) has given you a ...

Jinan Bastaki

“When using Facebook, start with Bismillah to keep your intentions straight.

Bilal Philips

“The last of this ummah will not be rectified, except by that which rectified the first of this ummah.

Imam Malik ibn Anas

“When you’re going through something hard and you start wondering where Allah (SWT) is, just ...

Nouman Ali Khan

“A true Muslim is like rain, wherever it falls, it will benefit.

Habib Umar bin Hafiz

“The spread of kufr (active rejection of God) in the world has half of its responsibility upon ...

Muhammad al-Ghazali

“The Prayer is a garden of `ibaadaat (acts of worship), in which every splendid type of worship is found. There is the takbeer, by which ...

Muhammad ibn Salih al-`Uthaymeen

“Flattering someone who is doing something wrong is a sign of hypocrisy.

Suhaib Webb

“The scholar/knowledgeable one should have good deeds stored in secret between him and Allah the Most High. Indeed, all that he ...

Imam ash-Shafi`i

“There are five dark matters and five lamps. Love of this world is darkness, and the fear of Allaah is its lamp. Sin is darkness, and ...

Abu Bakr as-Siddiq

“Talk with your daughters, Play with your sons. You need to be a better friend to them than ...

Nouman Ali Khan

“I don’t smoke but I keep a match box in my pocket, when my heart slips towards sin, I burn ...

Muhammad Ali (American Muslim Boxer)

“The reward of every deed is known, except for the reward of patience, which will be like heavy rain.

Suleiman ibn Qasim al-Eid

“When Muhammad ibn Sireen was in debt, he was overwhelmed with grief because of it, and said: I know that this grief is because of a sin ...

Muhammad ibn Sireen

“Beware of injustice, for oppression will be darkness on the Day of Resurrection; and beware of ...

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

“‎Sins need to be burnt, either with the pain of regret in this world or with fire of hell in the hereafter.

Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah

“Laziness in performing the prayer is a sign that the heart does not long after Allah SWT.

Khalid Yasin

“Don't you see that the lion is silent and yet feared, while the dog barks constantly and is despised?

Imam ash-Shafi`i

“Blessed is the person who is so busy fixing his or her own faults, that they don’t have time ...

Wisam Sharieff

“Hatred in your heart for others is always weakness.

al-Habib Ali al-Jifri

“The point of your prayer is to converse with your Lord in intimacy.

Abul Hasan ash-Shadhili

“Do not look to those above you. Look to those below you, as it will more likely remind you of ...

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

“We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last.

Muhammad Ali (American Muslim Boxer)

“Insulting the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) is like trying to spit at the sun, it will only come ...

Nouman Ali Khan

“There are two things that if you do them you will attain the good of this world and the hereafter; [They are] that you bear what you ...

Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi

“Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me.

Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

“People are sad at the death of the first man who walked on the moon. But me, I'll always be sad ...

Yasir Qadhi

“Sins to a heart are like oil drops on a cloth—unless you wash it immediately and vigorously, it will permanently stain.

Ibn al-Jawzi

“To my daughters and sisters: Don’t fall for his words, fall for his actions.

Waleed Basyouni

“In dunya, the anticipation is better than the real thing. In jennah, the real thing is better ...

Yasmin Mogahed

“Keeping company with good people is one of the best of deeds that bring one closer to Allah, ...

Ibn Baaz (Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah Ibn Baaz)

“You see, Islam is the only religion that gives both husband and wife a true understanding of ...