Ahmed Eltawil

Allah (God) knows what your silent heart wants. Even if you don’t include it in your prayers. He hears what your heart whispers. He might not give it to you now but someday, when you least expect it, things will happen in the best possible way.

Izyah Velasquez (via Pinterest)

Learn to be quiet just as you learn to talk, because if talking guides you, being quiet protects you. By being quiet, you attain two characteristics: you are able to take knowledge from those more knowledgeable than you and you are able to repel ignorance of those more ignorant than you.

Imam Ali (AS)

Five things serve as a cure for the heart:

1. reflective reading of the Quran

2. an empty stomach

3. night prayer

4. supplications in the early morning

5. keeping the company of the righteous.

Ibrahim Khawas

As for the destructive qualities of the heart, they are: [1] pride (kibr); [2] conceit (‘ujub); [3] envy (hasad); [4] hatred (hiqd); [5] stinginess (bukhul); [6] showing-off (riyaa); [7] love for rank and love for wealth (hubb l-jaah wa hubb lmaal); [8] boasting (iftikhaar); [9] false hope (amal); and [10] having an evil opinion of the Muslims. These ten qualities are the destructive traits of the heart that are the foundation of blameworthy character. It is obligatory for every Muslim to remove these from his heart.

Shaikh Usman Ibn Fodio

There are four gems in the body of the son of Adam that are removed by four things.

As for the gems they are: Intellect, Religion, Shame, and Good Deeds.

Anger removes the intellect, envy removes religion, desire removes shame, and backbiting removes good deeds.

Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)

Don’t get complacent with your blessings. The more grateful you are, the more the Almighty will send your way. The way forward is to keep nurturing what you already have. Learn to appreciate His Gifts. To be grateful is to find blessings in everything. A powerful attitude!

Mufti Ismail Menk (via Twitter)

What is love? Love is when you can’t sleep without having prayed Isha (last prayer), love is when you can’t eat without saying Bismillah (in the name of Allah) first, and love is when you say Alhamdolillah (thanks to Allah) remembering all that Allah has blessed you with. The true love we all long for and strive to find our entire lives can only be found in Him. Learn to love and obey Him first and then you’ll find someone worth loving for His sake. Cause, wallahi (I swear by Allah), if you don’t love Him (how can you not love Him?) there will always be something missing in your life, there will always be sadness in your life. One of the 99 names of Allah is Al-Wadud, meaning ‘The Loving One’. “And he is the Forgiving the Affectionate” – Qur’an [85:14]

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Be discrete in order to achieve what you want, for everyone who is blessed in envied.

Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)

Body is purified by water, self (nafs) is purified by tears, intellect is purified by knowledge, and the soul is purified by love.

Imam Ali (AS) (via Pinterest)

The 12 months are like the 12 sons of Yaqub. Just as Yusuf (as) was the most beloved son to Yaqub (as), Ramadan is the most beloved month to Allah. Just as Allah forgave 11 brothers through the dua (supplication) of 1 (Yusuf), He forgives 11 months with the duas of 1 (Ramadan).

Ibn Aljawzi (via Twitter, Dr. Omar Suleiman)