Ten Matters That Bring Destruction​

Ibn al-Qayyim writes, "Ten are the matters that bring about destruction, and have no benefit:

1) Knowledge that is not acted upon
2) Action without sincerity, or following the Sunnah
3) Money that is not spent properly [for the sake of Allah and in accordance with His Shariah]
4) A heart that is empty of Allah's love, and a desire to meet Him
5) A body that is not busied with His worship and service
6) Love that is not restricted by the pleasure of Allah and obeying Him
7) Time that is wasted, and not used to make up for sins or accumulate righteous deeds
8) Thoughts that wander in areas that are of no value
9) Being in the service of one whose service will not bring you closer to Allah, or [at least] benefit your sustenance in this world
10) Placing your hope, or fear, in a being who himself is utterly dependent on Allah and like a prisoner in His grasp - someone who cannot help himself, much less you, with any pleasure or pain or life or death.
And the worst of all of these, and the basis of them all, are two: the wastage of the heart, and the wastage of time. The heart is wasted when it prefers this world over the next, and time is wasted in yearning for that which has no true benefit."

​Suffering Is Inevitable​

Whoever wants to have everlasting peace and well-being with no affliction does not understand the meaning of Allah’s commandments, nor does he perceive the meaning of submission to Allah. Every soul (neither believing or disbelieving) shall inevitably taste suffering in this world, for this life is based on hardships. Man lives between comfort and suffering.

​ ​The Person With Envy or Bad Manners​

There is no rest for the person who has envy and there is no love for the person who has bad manners. - Ali ibn Abi Taalib 

​Belif

Belief is not by wishful thinking but by what settles in the heart, and what the actions prove.--Al-Hasan al-Basri

Heart ​C​orrupters

The heart becomes corrupt through six means:

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Committing a sin in the hope of repenting

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Seeking knowledge and not applying it

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Practice without sincerity

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Eating

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the sustenance of Allah without appreciating Him

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Not being pleased with Allah’s allocation (destiny)

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Burying the dead without learning from them”

Hasan al Basri

​You Must Be Willing​

You must be willing to change. 

You must be willing to break the deal you made with the devils within. 

You must be willing to leave the past and not be tempted to rebound when times are tough. 

You must be willing to let go of everything and anyone that takes you back to your sins. 

You must be willing to have hope. 

You must be willing to have hope that you can change and that you will and that you will be better. You must believe you are worthy of change and you are worthy of improvement and you are worthy of being the best. 

You must be willing to set aside your negative notions about life, about hardships, about people, about things, about yourself. 

You must be willing to stop feeling sorry for yourself while looking at the world move around you. Get up and make something of yourself.----

​Ibn Al Qayyim​

Fix three things...

1. Whoever fixes his secret affairs (at night), Allah will fix his public affairs

2. Whoever fixes that which is between him and Allah, Allah will fix what is between him and people. 

3. Whoever works for his akhirah, Allah will be enough for his dunya.

- Sufyan ibn 'Uyayna

​The Worst Of Our Faults​

​The worst of our faults is our interest in other people's faults. ---Ali Ibn Abi Talib​

Do Not Underestimate ​Doing Good

"Perhaps you might be asleep while the doors of Heaven are knocking with tens of supplications for you, by a poor person you aided or a sad person you cheered up or a distressed person you brought relief to. Therefore, do not underestimate doing good at all.”--Ibn Al-Qayyim

​The Undefeated Armies​

“A sincere heart and the dua of one who’s righteous are two armies which can never be defeated.” - Ibn Taymiyyah