A slave stands infront of Allah on two occasions. The first during salah, and secondly on the Day of Judgment. Whoseover stands correctly in the first, the second standing will be made easier for him. And whosoever, disregards the first standing, the second standing will be extremely difficult.
As you can taste a pot full of food with a spoon likewise someone’s tounge can tell you about his heart.
How strange! You lose a little from you and you cry. And your whole life is wasting away while you’re laughing.
If you wish to check how much you love Allah, then see how much your heart loves the Quran, and you will know the answer.
And if a person were given all of the world and what is in it, it would not fill his emptiness.
A tear that runs down a believer’s cheek is more beneficial than a thousand raindrops on the earth.
When a person spends his entire day with no concern but Allah alone, Allah will take care of all his needs and take care of all that is worrying him; He will empty his heart so that it will be filled only with love for Him.
O people who take pleasure in a life that will vanish, falling in love with a fading shadow is sheer stupidity.
If a man’s patience is stronger than his whims and desires, then he is like an angel, but if his whims and desires are stronger than his patience, then he is like a devil. If his desire for food, drink and sex is stronger than his patience, then he is no better than an animal.
As long as one is following the right way, one should never be concerned about the reproaches of those who like to find faults.
If the heart becomes hardened, the eye becomes dry.
Happiness is attained by three things: being patient when tested, being thankful when receiving a blessing, and being repentant upon sinning.
Every love that leads away from His love is in fact a punishment; only a love that leads to His love is a heartfelt and pure love.
Doom comes about because of neglecting to evaluate one’s self and because of just following one’s whims.
The heart will rest and feel relief if it is settled with Allah. And it will worry and feel anxious if it is settled with the people.
Beware of preoccupying your heart with what it has not been created for.
Every gulp of air that goes out in a cause other than the cause of Allah will turn to sorrow and regret on the Day of Judgement.
Everything that is loved, if it is not loved for His sake then this love is nothing but distress and punishment. Every action that is not performed for His sake then it is wasted and severed. Every heart that does not reach Him is wretched; veiled from achieving its success and happiness.
If the heart is fed by love, the greed for pleasure would disappear.
Ibn Taymiyyah lived poorly. He was imprisoned and threatened. But I have never seen anyone as happy as him.