Ibn Taymiyyah Quotes

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• What can my enemies do to me? My paradise is in my heart, it is with me wherever I go. To imprison me is to…
• Among the principles of the Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama'ah lie the attitude of peace and purity of their heart and tongue towards the Sahaba(Companions) of…
• The highest degree of love is Tatayyum (total enthrallment). The lowest degree is 'alaqah (attachment), when the heart is attached to the beloved: then comes…
• Allah guards the justice loving government, even if it is the government of non-Muslims, and destroys the tyrant government, even if it is the government…
• As for the people of Tasawwuf, they affirm the love of Allah, and this is more evident among them than all other issues....the affirmation of…
• Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness.
• A calamity that makes you turn to Allah is better for you then a blessing which makes you forget the remembrance of Allah
• When someone offends me, I think it’s a gift from Allah (god). He (Allah) is teaching me humility.
• If you correct your hidden deeds subsequently, Allaah will correct your outward deeds.
• This whole religion revolves around knowing the truth and acting by it, and action must be accompanied by patience.
• Sins are like chains and locks preventing their perpetrator from roaming the vast garden of Tawheed and reaping the fruits of righteous actions.
• Indeed, the term body (jism), organs ('arad), extent (mutahayyiz) and their like are all newly-invented terminologies. We have mentioned many a time before that the…
• Whoever considers the Attributes of Allaah to be like the attributes of the creation, such that the Istawaa of Allaah is like the ascending of…
• Through patience and certainty, leadership in the religion is obtained.
• Beautiful leaving (hajr), is to leave without harming, beautiful pardoning is to pardon without rebuking, and beautiful patience is to be patient without complaining.
• Guidance is not attained except with knowledge and correct direction is not attained except with patience.
• Avoiding the temptation to sin and being patient upon that, is greater than being patient whilst being afflicted with trials.
• How many of us would be able to overcome our desires and resist the temptation of sin? How many of us even lower our gaze…
• The sincere hearts and the pious supplications are soldiers which can never be defeated
• Verily, I constantly renew my Islam until this very day, as up to now, I do not consider myself to have ever been a good…

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