Most Difficult

Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul,
which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me. -Imam Al-Ghazali

The Best Action

“The world is the believer’s prison. The best action in the prison is patience and control of one’s anger. The believer has no country in the world, His land will be there tomorrow in the Afterlife." - 'Abdullâh ibn Mubârak

The Traces of Ink

“The traces of ink on the clothes of a scholar of hadeeth is better than the perfume on the clothes of a bride.” - 'AbduAllah ibin MubaarakTartib Al Madarik, 1/104.

Difficult to Change

“Repel the thought, for if you don’t, it becomes an idea. So repel the idea; for if you don’t it will become a desire. So fight against that (desire), for if you don’t, it will become a determination and a passion. And if you don’t repel that, it will become an action. And if you don’t replace it with its opposite, it will become a constant habit. So at that point, it will be difficult for you to change it.”- Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah

Lasting Bliss

Your attention must be directed to your life in the present: the time between two times. If you waste it, then you have wasted the opportunity to be of the fortunate and saved ones. If you look after it, then you will achieve rest, delight, and ever-lasting bliss.- Ibn Qayyim Al Jawziyyah

Difficult Auditing

A believer is a guardian over himself: he acounts himself for Allah. Those who take account of themselves in this world will be audited lightly in the Hereafter. Those who take this issue lightly will find their auditing very difficult. - Al-Hasan Al-Basree

Envied?

"I have never envied anyone over anything: if a person is going to be in the Fire, how could I envy him over some worldly matter when he is destined for the Fire?! And if he is going to Paradise, how could I be envious of a man of Paradise with whom Allah tabaraka wa ta’ala is pleased?!- Muhammad ibn Sireen