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“I looked at all the friends and did not find a better friend than safeguarding the tongue. I thought about all the dresses but did not find a better dress than piety. I thought about all sorts of wealth but did not find a better wealth than contentment in a little. I thought of all [...]

I received the following in an email from imase this morning and wanted to share it: Ramadan is derived from an Arabic word for intense heat and scorched ground As heat cleans that which is unclean, may this month clean our heart from any impurity within As heat that scours the muck off a surface, [...]

A realisation dawns that is not really a new realisation at all. It is something I already knew. Something I knew three months ago, a year ago and seven years ago. Much of the content on the internet is poison. The internet is just a tool and we make of it what we will, but [...]

You may have forgotten that the day God created our souls He took a solemn oath from us. Have a billion years passed since then? Perhaps; perhaps more. But do we abandon our promises just because time has passed us by? Or because we have forgotten them? I wish I could say I was perfect, [...]

No one has swallowed anything more excellent in the sight of God than the anger he restrains, seeking to please God Most High. {Tirmidhi}

The one who keeps silence is saved. {Tirmidhi}

The one who shows the beauty of his character and manners in an atmosphere of controversy by staying quiet has won a place at the highest point in Paradise. {Tirmidhi}

On the Day of Judgment someone’s book of deeds will be given into his hands and he will not see there any of the good deeds he did, in good faith, for God’s sake. He will ask the Lord, “Why aren’t my good deeds recorded in here?” and the Lord will answer, “They have been [...]

A believer will not be able to perfect his faith unless he forsakes arguing and debating matters with others. {Ibn Abi Dunya}

Lying is the opposite of faith in God. The two cannot be together. And the worst of lies is slander. {Bayhaqi}

There’s only one good thing about an egotist: “they don’t talk about other people.”

The following has been sent to me by the owner of the “Lesson of the Day” website, May Allah reward her. Imam Ibn al-Jawzi (ra) in his letter of advice to his son, wrote: Know, dear son, that days are but hours, and hours are but breaths, and every soul is a container, hence let [...]