| Notable Quotes: |
| " Eyes are of little use if mind is blind." -Arab Proverb "The roots of evil are three: Arrogance, Envy, and Greed. Arrogance prevented Satan from bowing, Envy led Cane to kill Abel, and Greed took Adam out of Paradise." Hasan al-Basri " The shortest distance between a problem and a slotion is the distance between your knees and the floor. The one who kneels to the Almighty can stand up to anything." -Anonymous. " Allah often mention punishment along with reward in His Book so that the servant will lead a watchful and hopeful life." -Abu Bakr Sadeeq. r.a. " Many a small deed becomes bigger because of the intention, and many a big deed becomes smaller because of the intention." - Abdullah Ibnul Mubarak. " Haste is from Satan except in 5 things: Feeding the guest, burying the deceased, marrying the young when they mature, paying the debt and repentance from sin when it is committed." -Hatim Al Asamm. " If Allah wanted to punish a people, He would make them indulge in arguing and give up action. Many a times I have regretted speaking my son, but I have never regretted remaining silent." -Hakeem Luqman. " Strive in this world as if you are going to live forever in it, and strive for the Next World as if you are going to die tomorrow." - Anonymous " Life is good and bad and having faith entails being thankful for the good and patient on the bad." -Abdullah ibn Masoud " A few words uttered by Ibn Masood made me keep silent for 20 years. He said: ' Anyone whose actions contradicts his mouth, he is actually rebuking himself." -Zaid Al-Yami. " We used to say that those amongst us with the most sins are those who spend their time talking about the sins of others." -Muhammad ibn Sireen " Respecting people is half of the wisdom/Hikmah, knowing how to ask the question is half of the Knowledge/Ilm, and spending sensibly relieves one from half of the livelihood." -Maimoon ibn Mahran " If you heard unpleasant news about your brother, seek and excuse for him, and if you could not find one then say, 'Maybe he has an excuse that I don't know of." -Abu Qalabah " People are of two kinds, one, the believer, so don't torment him, the other, the ignorant, so don't compete with him in ignorance." -Rabi'ibn Khaytham " If you remain quiet, and I remain quiet, how will the laymen know the right from wrong?" -Ibn Hanbal " People are but a learned or a learner, and the rest are good for-nothing. -Abud Dardaa " No one will have perfect religion until he/she has perfect intellect." -Al Hasan al-Basri " Men are of three types: One is like food- you need it at all times, one is like medicine-you need it on occasions, and one is like sickness-you do not need it at anytime." -Arab Proverb " Common sense is no more than experiences." -Arab Proverb " Wisdom is not finding ways out of trouble; wisdom is not to get one's self in trouble in the first place." -Anonymous |