No Worrying

'No amount of guilt can change the past and no amount of worrying can change the future. Go easy on yourself, for the outcome of all affairs is determined by Allah's decree. If something is meant to go elsewhere, it will never come your way, but if it is yours by destiny from you it cannot flee.'

Evildoer

"The believer conceals (the sin of his brother) and advises (him), while the evildoer disgraces and condemns (him)."- Al-Fudail b 'Iyad

My Rabb

The First: Nothing is before Him.
The Last: Nothing is After Him.
The Most High: Nothing is Above Him.
The Most Near: Nothing is beyond His Reach.
He Begets Not, Nor was He Begotten.
The Creator, Provider, and All-Rich.
The All-Seer, The All-Knower.
He is One and Self-Sufficient.
He is not Nature, or any part of it.
He ascended above His Throne, High above the Seven Skies.
No Vision can encompass Him, but
His Grasp is over all vision...

Taqwaa has three levels:

Taqwaa has three levels

The first: Protecting the heart and limbs from sins and all forbidden matters.

The second: Protecting the heart and limbs form disliked matters [Makrooh].

The third: Protecting oneself from the fudool and what does not concern him.

The first gives the servant his life,

the second gives him health and strength

and the third enables him to gain happiness, contentment and light. - Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah

Home

"I don't advise you to mind your life's affairs because I know that you are covetous to do so, but I advise you to mind the affairs of the Hereafter. Take from this temporary home to the eternal one.
Consider this life as something that you have left, I swear by Allah you will leave it. Consider death as something that you have tasted, I swear by Allah you will taste it. And consider the Hereafter as a home that you have visited, I swear by Allah you will be there."- 'Ataa al-Khurasani

Unfortunate

Unfortunate is the one who cannot gain a few sincere friends during his life and more unfortunate is the one who has gained them and then lost them (Through his deeds).-Ali ra

The Knowledge

The knowledge of the hypocrite is in his speech, yet the knowledge of the believer is in his actions.- Khateeb Baghdadi

Characteristics of the Believer

“It is to be full of modesty, and to be harmless too.
To be full of goodness and not to be corrupt.
For the tongue to be truthful, for the words to be little and to be plentiful in good action.
To have little slip-ups and not to be excessive.
To be good to one’s relatives, building closeness between them.
To be dignified and grateful.
To be full of contentment if Allâh restricted some provision.
To be forbearing and friendly to his brothers.
To be compassionate and chaste. Not to curse, swear, insult, backbite, nor to gossip.
Not to be hasty, envious, hateful, arrogant nor vain.
Not to lean towards worldliness, nor to extend long hopes and wishes.
Not to sleep too much nor to be absent-mined, nor to show-off nor be hypocritical.
Not to be selfish, but to be soft and cheerful, nor servile.
Loving for only the sake of Allâh, being pleased for His sake and being angry for His sake.
His provision istaqwâ (reverential fear of Allâh).
His worries are what will happen to him in the Afterlife.
His friends remind him.
His beloved is His Protector and Master.
His struggle is for Afterlife.”-Yahyâ ibn Mu‘âdh

A State of Worry

All humans are dead except those who have knowledge;
and all those who have knowledge are asleep,
except those who do good deeds;
and those who do good deeds are decieved ,
except those who are sincere;
and those who are sincere are always in a state of worry. - al-Shafi`i

Severely Tried

“I asked the Prophet (s a w) who among the people are most severely tried? He said, ‘The Prophets, then the right acting people, and so on down through various categories of people. Man will be tested according to the strength of his faith. The stronger his faith, the more severe his trial, and the weaker his faith, the lighter his trial. The believer will be continually tested until he walks on earth with all his wrong actions forgiven’.” (al-Bukhârî) Narrated by Sa'd b Abi Waqqas