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God is not a reality to be explained; He is the explanation of reality.

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A man who would marry a feminist is not worth obeying.

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Trust in God, not in your trust in God.

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The road to God is paved with laughter at the self. The road to Hell is paved with laughter at others.

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Hand the secular Arab a glass of urine, and tell him that it is wine. He will not only pretend to enjoy it, he will enjoy it.

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If you cannot be of the poor, then be with the poor. If you cannot be with the poor, then pray with the poor. If you cannot pray with the poor, then pray for the poor. Beyond this there remains not an atom’s weight of faith.

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Islam is not about ‘being yourself’; it is about improving yourself.

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Man is the proof of God. The man of God is the proof of religion.

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Do not think that anything has any purpose other than to point to God.

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Only when distant from God do we crave what is distant from God.

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A busy life makes the Prayer harder; but the Prayer makes a busy life easier.

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You may show a man a thousand miracles, but if you show him no compassion, he will not believe.

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Shi‘ism: He was infallible, except in his choice of wives.

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Extremism has no enemy save those it claims to defend.

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Your nafs will never receive exactly what it wants.

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Modernity: an accelerating attempt to shovel matter into the growing hole where religion used to be.

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You will not respect God’s creation until you have understood women.

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He did not say: ‘Guide us to the gay path.’

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If there is no dhikr , there is no self-restraint. If there is no self-restraint, there is no beauty. If there is no beauty, there is no dhikr .

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The Arabs deceived the Turks. Lawrence deceived the Arabs. The British deceived Lawrence. Herzl deceived the British. God deceived Herzl.

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Be attached to God, not to the fruits of your actions.

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Inner peace comes from ignoring the verdicts of others; but this is only possible when one correctly trusts the verdict of God.

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Do not doubt another’s salvation until you are certain of your own.

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Atheism: the belief that water originates in the well.

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If your Islam does not attract pure hearts, it is not Islam.

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God’s mercy is not limited; but He is not limited by His mercy.

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Misogynist? Hafsa held the future of the Book in her hands; A’isha held the Sunna.

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There is no worship without knowledge. We have been created to know Him.

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Beware! To die for Islam is easier than to live for it.

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Mecca: he will come. Jerusalem: he was here. Medina: he is here.

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Atheism: I live, and I will die. Theism: I live, and I will live. Tariqa: I am dead, and I will live. Haqiqa: Allah is Alive, and does not die.

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Shi‘ism: He was infallible, except in his choice of wives.

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The delight of each worldly pleasure does not last long.

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Politics is one cell within the body of Islam. If it grows unduly, it is a cancer.

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‘There is a Moses for every Pharoah.’ (Kemal Pasha-zade)

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You are your intentions.

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The saint is he whose presence makes you love the Prayer.

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Modernity has not healed our pain, it has only dried our tears.

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Knowledge is to see the door. Penitence is to approach it. Prayer is to knock upon it. But to open it is not within your power.

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Do not be complacent. Most people judge religions by their followers, not by their doctrines.

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Peace without justice is not peace at all.

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The sunna is our epistemology.

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You will never be happy if you believe that religion exists to give you what you want.

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True religion invites us to become better people. False religion tells us that this has already occurred.

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If you do not sanctify the dawn, the day will not sanctify you.

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Your reach towards Him is tiny. His reach towards you has no limit.

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Salat is to teach you your own nothingness; du’a’ is to teach you your own helplessness.

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A heretic never claims to be a heretic, he claims to transcend orthodoxy.

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Our condition is ignorance of our condition.

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Be a good Muslim and you won't want to lie. Be a very good Muslim and you won't need to lie.

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‘Moderate Islam’? Do not be an extreme Muslim; be extremely Muslim.

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Islamism: untie your camel, and trust in God.

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The saint says a few simple things, and changes the world. The academic philosophises, but does not change even himself.

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Modernity: a way of drowning in nothingness.

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Nothing is more dangerous than the ego wearing the robes of the spirit.

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If you are good, pretend to be bad. If you are bad, don’t pretend to be good.

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Does your mosque welcome the sinful, and give them a space to reflect?

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The nafs is anxiety and agitation. The Spirit is the breath of peace. (‘So give good news to My servants!’)

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'Never despise any Muslim, for the least of the Muslims is great in the eyes of God.' (Abu Bakr al-Siddiq r.a.).

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Self-control makes you a fortress; self-indulgence makes you an animal, either a riding-beast or a target.

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Traditional Islam is not the replication of the positions of the ancients; it is to seek what they sought.

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The reading of Scripture is sufficient; but we are not sufficient readers.

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Love the Holy Prophet because he makes it possible for you to be human.

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Which is it, of the blessings of your Lord, that you deserve?

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Religion has only one door, whose name is Repentance

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Religion begins where empathy tends.

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Salat is the zakat of time.

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The Crucifixion and the Conquest of Mecca: which is higher: to forgive from a position of powerlessness, or of power?

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‘The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.’ (Imam al-Ghazali)

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Which is the bigger prison: Islam in the eyes of modernity, or modernity in the eyes of Islam?

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The only safe bank is the Sadaqa Bank.

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‘The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.’ (Imam al-Ghazali)

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Kufr: to see the sun setting, and to do nothing about it.

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Love the Holy Prophet because he makes it possible for you to be human.

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Only religion allows people to be magnificent without egotism.

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If your morale is built on the Umma, beware. If it is built on God, rejoice.

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He who does not love fiqh has no body.

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Wisdom consists mainly in the ability to recognise human weakness.

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In the fight against the Monoculture, the main sign is the hijab, and the main act is the Prayer.

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Male and female cannot be equal, for they are mutually superior.

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If you put the Sunna before mercy, you have lost both.

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Feminism? First empower femininity.

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Terrorism is to jihad what adultery is to marriage.

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Beware the devil when he persuades you that you are worthless.

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You will never be happy if you believe that religion exists to give you what you want.

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Religious leadership is an opportunity to be frightened of God.

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Islam is mainly threatened by those who mainly say that Islam is threatened.

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Modernity, at best, is a nostalgia for desire.

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The drama of the world is not the clash between Muslim and Pagan, or Tradition and Revolt, but between Love of God and Love of Self.

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Most people do not want to know God; just to cut a deal with Him.

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Christianity chooses the wine, Islam chooses the milk.

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Your career should be like prayer in congregation: if a space opens before you, step into it.

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A man’s jihad today is to be a man. Women are already good at being women.

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Islam’s heart is ethical; the West’s skin is ethical.

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There is no knowledge of Him without love of beauty. We have been created to love beauty.

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A little worship with sincerity is all of religion; abundant worship for the sake of one’s image of oneself is nothing at all.

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He that struggles to progress, though he has not been shown the road, is better than he that stands upon the road, pridefully mocking.

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The saint says a few simple things, and changes the world. The academic philosophises, but does not change even himself.

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Do not be proud if she fears you, for she may also fear a rat.

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Takbir is insincere when louder than istighfar.

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