Favourite Quotes...

[Muhammad ibn Nuh]

"Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal said to one of the people, 'If you were healthy you would not fear anyone.' Meaning that the fear you have of men is due to a sickness from within you, such as the sickness of shirk and sins."

Ibn Taymiyyah, Diseases of the Heart and Their Cures.

[aussiemu]

Imam Ahmad was told: "Over looking people's faults is 9/10ths of good character" He responded: "Rather, it is 10/10ths"

Got it from Sh. Navaid Aziz's FB page

[Sinan.]

I dont understand that? Anyone care to explain pls

"Imam Ahmad was told: "Over looking people's faults is 9/10ths of good character" He responded: "Rather, it is 10/10ths"??

[*Muhajabah*]

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant."

Robert Louis Stevenson

[CrownUrEmaan]

It is impossible to lay hands on that which is not predestined for us, and that which is predestined for us will reach us wherever we are.

-Shaykh Sa’di

[Belal20111]

"Don't worry. Nobody gets out of this life alive." - Anon

[Tay_]

"Know [from the verses and Hadith he quoted] that the completion and perfection of our Faith is through purification of the heart from what does not please Allah. And the ornamentation of it is with what pleases Allah. As such, Purification is part of Faith. And how can one occupy oneself with purification who does not know the impurities!" - Imam Ghazzali (r) in his introduction of The Forty Foundations of Religion

[thRilNs]

"Love and need coincide" Me: http://www.aussiemuslims.com/forums/...783#post477783

[Belal20111]

“Khadija was a great teacher; she has such a maqaam in our religion. She taught the Prophet salla’Allahu ‘alayhi wasalam who he was; she was the one who elevated him in his esteem. When he had self doubt she said no. You can see that when the Prophet salla’Allahu ‘alayhi wasalam married Aisha he had no fear of strong women. Theres a lot of men who fear strong women, who want them to be wallflowers. Whereas with the Prophet salla’Allahu ‘alayhi wasalam, that’s not the type of people he encouraged. His wives were women who talked back, and the reason he wasn’t afraid was because khadija was his first wife. She was a women of the world. She knew the world, and she was completely self confident. That’s a sunnah of our Prophet salla’Allahu ‘alayhi wasalam, to elevate women”.
~ Shaykh Hamza Yusuf.

[Sister.]

"When the shaytaan reminds you of your past, you remind him of his future"

-taken from a pic CUE posted in the image thread

[*Muhajabah*]

"People count with self-satisfaction the number of times they have recited the name of God on their prayer beads, but they keep no beads for reckoning the number of idle words they speak." - Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

[Tay_]

"People count with self-satisfaction the number of times they have recited the name of God on their prayer beads, but they keep no beads for reckoning the number of idle words they speak." - Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

SubhanAllah, that is profound. He authored over 100 books may Allah swt grant him the very best in jannah, ameen.

[Belal20111]

I dont understand that? Anyone care to explain pls

"Imam Ahmad was told: "Over looking people's faults is 9/10ths of good character" He responded: "Rather, it is 10/10ths"??

Here is the explaination through a Hadith:

Whoever covers a Muslim’s fault, Allah will cover one of his faults in the Day of Judgment.” (Reported by Scholar Buhari, 3; by Scholar Muslim, 58)

Finding faults in others is a sign of bad character and overlooking it is a sign of good character.

[Belal20111]

SubhanAllah, that is profound. He authored over 100 books may Allah swt grant him the very best in jannah, ameen.

Ameen, he is one of the most famous scholars of Islam and his works are full of intellect.

[sUbMiTa]

“The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen.”

[Belal20111]

"a man of bad judgement who holds that the garden will be the reward only for those who see eye to eye with him, and a man of luxury and extravagance who worships this world…
Reject these two for they are doomed to the Fire.”

Hasan al-Basri

[Belal20111]

If I asked for people to die for the sake of God, I would have them lining up at my house; but when I ask people to live for the sake of God, I can’t find anyone.”

– Shaykh Abdallah bin Bayyah

[Tay_]

If I asked for people to die for the sake of God, I would have them lining up at my house; but when I ask people to live for the sake of God, I can’t find anyone.”

– Shaykh Abdallah bin Bayyah

He is a scholars' scholar masha'Allah since many of his students are considered scholars.

[Musa]

If I asked for people to die for the sake of God, I would have them lining up at my house; but when I ask people to live for the sake of God, I can’t find anyone.”

– Shaykh Abdallah bin Bayyah

This reminds me of a saying that I love and wish I would remember it at every moment -

من نذر نفسه لخدمة دينه فسيعيش متعبًا ولكن سيحيى كبيرًا ويموت كبيرًا ويبعث كبيرًا فالحياة في سبيل الله أصعب من الموت في سبيل الله

[Tay_]

"Eventually you will find what you are seeking. Always devote yourself wholeheartedly to your search. Even though you may limp or be bent double, do not abandon your search, but drag yourself ever towards Him" - Rumi