Abdullah ibn Mubarak Quotes

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• The beginning of knowledge is the intention, then listening, then understanding, then action, then preservation, and then spreading it.
• I studied adab for thirty years and I studied knowledge for twenty years.
• How often it is that a small action becomes great by its intention. And how often it is that a great action becomes small by…
• Sins slowly suffocate the heart, and abandoning sins brings life to the heart.
• We are a people in more need of a little character than we are in need of an abundance of knowledge.
• I love the saliheen (pious people) even though I’m not one of them, and I hate the taliheen (evil people) even though I (may be)…
• O man! Prepare yourself for the Hereafter, obey Allah to the extent of your need for Him and anger Him to the extent of your…
• I spent thirty years learning manners, and I spent twenty years learning knowledge...
• If you intend to speak a vain word, replace it with a tasbih.
• If i were to backbite against anyone, it would be about my parents for they have more right to my good deeds

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