When a person starts to innovate, the sweetness of Hadeeth leaves his heart.

— Ahmad bin Sinaan [At-Tadhkirah v. 2 p. 75]
“The best thing a slave of Allah must cleanse is his tongue.”

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— Ibn ‘Umar (رضي الله عنه)

Heart is Like A Fortress

Ibn Al-Jawzi (rahimahullaah) said: “Iblees tricks people in whatever way he can, and his power over them increases and decreases according to their alertness or negligence, their ignorance or knowledge.

Note that the heart is like a fortress, and the devils are always going around the fortress watching for the guards to become heedless. The guard should know all the gates of the fortress which he has been appointed to guard, and he should not let his attention slip for a moment, for the enemy never lets his attention slip.”

— (via stayondeen)

’Ali bin Abi Taalib said: “Power and religion are two brothers, and they cannot be without eachother. The religion is the foundation and the power is the guard. The thing which does not have a foundation is demolished, and that which does not have a guard, is lost.”

[Aadaab ush-Sharee’ah 1/243]

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Iman Wears Out: We all go through high and low levels of Iman. As Rasool of Allah told us: “al-Iman wears out in each and everyone of you and me like a “thaub” (garment) wears out (like our clothes wears out…and they become shabby eventually. Iman wears out like that “thaub”). So Rasool of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) advised us (since our Iman wears out) “So all of you Muslims, should ask Allah (Subhanahu wa ta’ala) to RENEW the Iman in our hearts.

— Source (via nonchalante)

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“I found most of the knowledge of the Messenger of Allaah (sallaAllahu ‘alayhi wasallam) in this neighborhood of the Ansar. I would wait at the door of one of them, and if I wanted permission to enter, I would’ve gotten it. However, I wanted him to be pleasant when meeting me.”

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— Ibn ‘Abbas (radhiAllahu ‘anhu)

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You will not be a scholar until you learn, and concerning knowledge you will not be a scholar until you act in accordance with it. It is a sufficient amount of sin for you that you do not cease to debate, and it is a sufficient amount of sin for you that you do not cease to dispute. It is a sufficient amount of lies for you that you do not cease to innovate concerning the (commands) of Allaah The Mighty, The Majestic.

— Abu Darda (radhiAllahu ‘anhu) [Ad-Daarimee, 301]
“… They should not prevent the youth, if he knows something, from speaking about what he has knowledge of. Perhaps a person may be young in age, but elder with regards to his knowledge. And Allaah blesses whom He wills through wisdom and mercy.”

— Ibn ‘Abdil-Barr [At-Tamheed, 23/150]

One of our Salaf wrote to one of his friends:

“My brother, you might think that you will reside even though in reality you continue traveling, driven to death which is headed towards you. Meanwhile, life’s term is being shortened while you are traveling and what you have spent of your life will not be returned to you until the Day of At-Taghabun (the Day of Judgment when some people will lose themselves and some others will win their eternal happiness).”

— [As Siyar, Volume 8, pg. 427]
قال الحسن يا ابن ادم إن من ضعف يقينك أن تكون بما في يدك أوثق منك بما في يدي الله عز و جل

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Al Hassan said: “O son of Adam it is from your weakness in certainty that you believe what is in your hand is more secure than what is in the hand of Allah.”

Taken From [Al-Bidayah wa’an-Nihayah (The Beginning and the End) by Ibn Kathir]