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Ibn al-Jawzi says: وقوعُ الذّنبِ على القلب كوقوعُ الدّهن على الثوبْ إن لم تُعجّل غسله انبسطَ واتّسع ! '𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀. 𝗜𝗳 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗮...

Not every family member is a friend, and not every stranger is an enemy…….. The 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 of Yusuf threw him in a well and said: ‎ٱقْتُلُوا۟ يُوسُفَ ‘𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗬𝘂𝘀𝘂𝗳!’ [12:9]. A 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 bought Yusuf and said to his wife: ‎أَكْرِمِى مَثْوَىٰهُ ‘𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 ...

The eyes communicate too, that’s why the Qur’an commands us to lower our gazes: ‎‏قُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَغُضُّوا۟ مِنْ أَبْصَرِهِمْ ‘𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗲𝘀.’ [24:30]. Arabs say: ‎ رُبَّ طَرْفٍ أفْصَحُ مِنْ لِسَانٍ‏ ‘𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝗮 𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲...

Make money, but don’t let money make you … It was said: ‎يبقى الماء ماءً..سواء قدمته في أكواب من الذهب...أو أكواب من الفخار ‘𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗷𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗺𝘂𝗱 𝗷𝗮𝗿…’ ‘Be like water, my friend’, a...

Giving value to lowly people: ‎تعطي للحمار أهمية زائدة عن اللزوم ‎‏سيظن نفسه حصان عربي أصيل ‘𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗸𝗲𝘆, 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗮 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗰 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱.’ Spend your valuable time with honourable people. Give you...

It is said: ‎إنّ الأسود لاتهتم برأى الخراف ‘𝗟𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗽.’ The fact that you worry about what every nobody thinks and says about you, shows that you yourself are suffering from insecurities and self-doubt. We are all...

It was said: ‎خرج الحصان للحرث ‎‏وخرج الحمار للسباق ‎‏فخسرنا المحصول وخسرنا السباق ‘𝗪𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲! 𝗦𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲!’ This applies in governance, at home and in offices...

Importance of priorities: ‎كُنْتُ شَاهِدًا لاِبْنِ عُمَرَ وَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ عَنْ دَمِ الْبَعُوضِ‏.‏ فَقَالَ مِمَّنْ أَنْتَ فَقَالَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ‏.‏ قَالَ انْظُرُوا إِلَى هَذَا، يَسْأَلُنِي عَنْ دَمِ الْبَعُوضِ وَقَدْ قَتَلُوا ابْنَ النَّبِي...

Mansur Ibn Amar (rahimahullaah) said: قال سليمان بن داود الغالب لهواه أشد من الذي يفتح المدينة وحده “(Prophet) Sulayman, the son of Dawud said: “Truly, the one who conquers his desires is stronger than the one who conquers a city on his own”. [Siy...

A wise man once said: من لم يشرب من بحر التجربة ..‏ يمت عطشاناً في صحراء الحياة .. ‘𝗪𝗵𝗼𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲.’ Life is too short to make all the mistakes yourself. Learn from the ...