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Do not fix hopes on your health, and do not laugh away life. Remember how they walked and now all their joints lie separately, and the tongue with which they talked lightly is eaten away by the worms

Whatever the situation may be, in the recollection of death there is reward and merit. For even the man engrossed in the world benefits from it by acquiring an aversion to this world, since it spoils his contentment and the fullness of his pleasure; and everything which spoils for man his pleasures and his appetites is one of the means of deliverance.

To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.

The essence of knowledge is to know what obedience and worship are -Abu Hamid al

Each of your breaths is a priceless jewel, since each of them is irreplaceable and once gone, can never be retrieved.

The soul should take care of the body, just as the pilgrim on his way to Makkah takes care of his camel; but if the pilgrim spends his whole time in feeding and adorning his camel, the caravan will leave him behind, and he will perish in the desert.

Do not dispute with anyone in any matter as far as possible. For in argumentation lies much harm and its evil is greater than its benefit.

To completely trust in Allah is to be like a child who knows deeply that even if he does not call for the mother, the mother is totally aware of his condition and is looking after him.

No one who possesses snow would find any hardship in exchanging it for jewels and pearls. This world is like snow exposed to sun, which continues to melt until it disappears altogether, while the next life is like a precious stone that never passes away.

A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people

In the intricate paths of life when difficulties and hardships confront a man, and the darkness of difficulty and suffering becomes long, it is patience only that acts like a light for a Muslim, that keeps him safe from wandering here and there, and saves him from the muddy marsh of disappointment, desperation and frustration.

Dear friend,_x000D__x000D_Your heart is a polished mirror. You must wipe it dean of the veil of dust that has gathered upon it, because it is destined to reflect the light of divine secrets.

If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.

If your busy with yourself now, you will be busy with yourself then. If you are busy with Allah now, you will be with Him then.

The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.

Work for your terrestrial life in proportion to your location in it, and work for your afterlife in proportion to your eternity in it.

It is sometimes said that we drink our religion with our mother's milk.

Whoever passes forty without his virtue overpowering his vice, let him get ready for hellfire. This advice contains enough for people of knowledge.

Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, "men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned"

Only that which cannot be lost in a shipwreck is yours.

The way to paradise is an uphill climb whereas hell is downhill. Hence, there is a struggle to get to paradise and not to hell.