If the heart becomes hardened, the eye becomes dry.
Women are one half of society which gives birth to the other half so it is as if they are the entire society.
A real man is one who fears the death of his heart, not of his body.
There is no joy for the one who does not bear sadness, there is no sweetness for the one who does not have patience, there is no delight for the one who does not suffer, and there is no relaxation for the one who does not endure fatigue.
Losing time is harder than death, as losing time keeps you away from Allah and the Hereafter, while death keeps you away from the worldly life and people.
Be to Allah as He wishes, and He will be to you more than you can wish for.
Wasting time is worse than death, because death separates you from this world whereas wasting time separates you from Allah.
A true believer does not fear physical death, rather he fears the death of his heart.
Whoever desires to purify his heart, then let him prefer Allah to his desires.
The perfection of Tawheed is found when there remains nothing in the heart except Allaah.
And verily for everything that a slave loses there is a substitute, but the one who loses Allah will never find anything to replace Him.
The sinner does not feel any remorse over his sins, that is because his heart is already dead.
One of the most beneficial of remedies is persisting in du’a.
Allah will never humiliate the one who takes his Lord as friend and patron.
There are no means of attaining faith and certainty except through the Qur’an.
O you, who spends his lifetime disobeying his Lord, no one amongst your enemies is wicked to you more than you are to yourself.
Beware of every hour and how it passes, and only spend it in the best possible way, do not neglect yourself, but render it accustomed to the noblest and best of actions, and send to your grave that which will please you when you arrive to it.
The hijrah to Allah includes abandoning what He hates and doing what He loves and accepts.
The sea of pleasures may drown its owner and the swimmer fears to open his eyes under the water.
If a rank is decided by Allah for a servant which he could not attain by his deeds, Allah afflicts him with distress in his body or children or wealth, and makes him bear it in patience until he achieves that rank which was written for him.
In the case of performing the regular prayers this is due to laziness and love of comfort in its nature, particularly if this attitude is coupled with hardness of the heart, its blockage by sins, inclination to follow desires and mixing with heedless people. With such obstacles at work, the servant will exhibit little interest in performing the prayers. If ever he does perform them he will be doing it reluctantly, with his mind elsewhere, eager to finish it.