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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}

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 [...]

Abu Musa said, “I said, ‘Messenger of Allah, whose Islam is best?’ He said, ‘The one from whose tongue and hands the Muslims are safe.’” The Messenger of Allah said: “From the excellence of a man’s Islam is leaving that which does not concern him.” “It is enough of a lie for a man to [...]

If you are engaged in dawa, please, please, please observe the above principle. I won’t dwell on what prompted this plea of mine.

Source: The Purification of the Soul, published by Al-Firdous Ltd, London, ISBN 1874263000 – Chapter 5, ‘The Four Poisons of the Heart’, pages 27-9. Quote (apologies for any typos): Unrestrained Glances The unrestrained glance results in the one who looks becoming attracted to what he sees, and in the imprinting of an image of what [...]

“Don’t they see the earth, how many noble species of all kinds We have produced there? There is surely a sign in that, but most of them are not believers. Yet your Lord is surely the Almighty, the Merciful.” [Qur'an 26:7,8,9]

“If We wished, We would send a sign to them from the sky so their necks would bow to it in submission. But whenever a reminder from the Benevolent One comes to them, newly revealed, they turn away from it, so they have repudiated truth; but news of what they used to sneer at will [...]

And the servant of the Benevolent One are those who walk the earth humbly, and when the ignorant address them, they say, “Peace.” [Quran 25:63]