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let this be our beautiful departure from stagnation

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Imam Al-Awzai imparted a profound insight, saying:

Surely, Islam will never fade away, for its eternal presence is guaranteed. However, the true followers of the Sunnah, who adhere to its teachings with utmost dedication, may become scarce over time. They may dwindle to the extent that in a single town, only one or two steadfast individuals remain, and perhaps none at all.

Reference : Kashff al-Qurbah

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Ibn al-ʿIrāqī (d. 826):

Perhaps a beautiful separation is better than a harmful company.

Reference : Ṭarḥ al-Tathrīb | Ihya al-Turath, Beirut

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Hasan (al-Basri) said:

The Hawra' (sing. of al-Hur al-'Ayn) will say to the Waliyy of Allah, while lying with him by a river of honey and handing him the cup: 'Indeed, Allah looked at you on a very hot day, with a long period between the two ends (i.e., dawn and night), while you were enduring severe thirst during the midday heat. Then, He boasted about you to the Angels and said: 'Look at My servant: he has left his spouse, desire, pleasure, food, and drink for My sake, longing for what is with Me. Bear witness that I have forgiven him.' So He forgave you and married me to you.'

Reference : Lata'if al-Ma'arif, Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali

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Friendship

Imam al-Sadiq عليه السلام on friendship:

Friendship has conditions. Do not give your full friendship to him who does not have these conditions, and do not give anything of friendship to him who does not have any of these conditions. (1) His public and private self are the same with you. (2) He should consider your adornment to be his adornment, and your blemish to be his blemish. (3) His attitude does not change toward you when he has wealth or authority. (4) He should not withhold that which he is able to give you. (5) He should not leave you during hardship.

If one of your brethren becomes angry with you three times without saying anything evil about you, then take him as a friend.

Do not give your brother all your trust, for prudence is unceasing.

Do not tell a secret to your friend, unless it would not harm you if an enemy were to find out, for a friend can become an enemy one day.

Reference : From the Amālī of Shaykh al-Sadūq

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Ghassan Kanafani

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When Allāh wishes Good for a person, he inflicts his heart with different punishments, if he turns away from Allāh & becomes occupied with the love of someone other than Him, till his hearts returns to the Love of Allāh. If his limbs become occupied with the obedience of someone other than Allāh, Allāh tests / inflicts him with different calamities.

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“𝗠𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗿, 𝘀𝗼 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺?!”

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Teach your children that:

Falsehood is falsehood, even if it has many followers.

Truth is truth, even if it has few followers.

The banner of truth stands tall, even if no one holds it up.

The banner of falsehood lays fallen, even if everyone holds it up.

Haram is Haram, even if all people do it.

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It is reported that when people in the Levant became negligent of the hereafter and got carried away by the glamours of this world, Abu Darda reminded them:

𝗢 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀! 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻? 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗲? 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱? 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗺𝘂𝗱 𝗰𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻, 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁-𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟮 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗵𝗮𝗺𝘀?

Reference : Al-Iqd al-Farid

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The polytheists asked their prophets for miracles without asking their idols for miracles, but they worshipped them without evidence.

Similarly, we find people of falsehood asking the people of truth for evidence when they don't ask their leaders for evidence.

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Sulaiman ibn Abdul Malik said to Abu Hazim: Why do we dislike death?

Abu Hazim replied: Because you have built up the worldly life and destroyed the hereafter, so you hate to transition from prosperity to ruin!

Reference : Ayyun al-Akhbar, Ibn Qutaybah al-Dinawari

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Your silence regarding what doesn't concern you is not weakness; rather, it is strength in controlling the nosy desires of the nafs. And your speech regarding what concerns you is not nosiness; rather, it is correctness [in approach], if it is in its proper place and position. Silence is an art, just as speech is an art, and [only] the wise excel in them.

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The Prophet ﷺ said:

‎Allāh has distributed manners amongst you in the same way He distributed provision amongst you. Allāh gives the World to those He loves and those He doesn't love. But he grants faith only to the folk He loves.

‎Reference : al-Silsilah al-Sahihah

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The husband is known when his wife falls sick, the wife is known when her husband becomes poor, children are known when their parents grow old, brethren's are known when the inheritance is shared, friends are known when difficulty strikes, relatives are known after travelling away, the extent of the love one has for another is known when everyone's interests are met, and the believer is known when he is faced with trial.

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Motives and Causes of Love

Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah writes:

Compatibility between souls is one of the strongest causes of love. Every person is attracted towards that which is compatible with him, and this compatibility is of two types: original compatibility which is ingrained in the essence and that which comes later because of because of living together or having something in common. 

If your aims match his aims, there will be harmony between your soul and his, but if the aims are different, then harmony will no longer exist. 

As for original compatibility, it is a kind of similarity in attitude and similarity of souls. Each soul longs for other souls that are similar to it, because what is similar to something is naturally attracted to it, so the two souls may be similar in original creation, thus there will be a natural attraction to one another. 

This is what made some people say that love is not only caused by physical beauty, and the lack of physical beauty does not mean that there can be no love; rather it is similarity between souls and similarity in their characteristics which are created in them that matter. 

The reality of love is that it is like a mirror in which the lover sees his characteristics and kindness in the image of the one he loves, so in reality he loves nothing but himself and his characteristics and the one who has similar characteristics. 

Hence noble, pure and sublime souls love the characteristics of perfection in particular, so the dearest things to them are knowledge, bravery, dignity, generosity, kindness, patience and steadfastness, because these characteristics are compatible with the essence of these souls, unlike base and mean souls, which are far away from loving these characteristics. Many people are motivated to be generous and kind because of their extreme love for these characteristics and the pleasure they find in doing these things, to such an extent that al-Ma’moon said: Forgiveness was made so dear to me that I am afraid that I will not be rewarded for it. And it was said to Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal: Did you acquire this knowledge for the sake of Allāh? He said: To do something for the sake of Allāh is very rare, but it was something made dear to me, so I did it. Someone else said: I rejoice in giving and enjoy it far more than the one who takes from me rejoices in what he takes. 

With regard to the lovers of knowledge, their love for knowledge is greater than the love of anyone else or anything else. Many of them will not be distracted from it by the most beautiful of human images. 

Reference : Rawdat al-Muhibbeen

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Salman al-Farsi said:

The land does not make anyone holy; it is the deeds of a man that make him pure.

Reference : Siyar a’lam al-Nubala