Inspiration from Past & Present
I met thirty of the Companions of Muhammad (S), all of them fearing hypocrisy for themselves.
—Ibn Abi Mulaykah
(Reported by al-Bukhari and Muslim)
(Read on pg 77, Ibn Taymiyyah, Disease of the Hearts and Their Cures. Daar us-Sunnah Publishers. UK: 2006.)
Indeed good actions are a light in the heart, a strengthening for the body, a glow on the face, a cause for extensive provisions and love in the hearts of the creation. Indeed bad actions are a darkness in the heart, a blackness on the face, a weakness for the body, a cause for decrease in provisions and hatred in the hearts of the creation.
—Ibn Abbas
(mentioned by Ibn al-Qayyim in al-Jawab ak-Kafi)
(Read on pg 61, Ibn Taymiyyah, Disease of the Hearts and Their Cures. Daar us-Sunnah Publishers. UK: 2006.)
The keys to the life of the heart lie in reflecting upon the Qur’an, being humble before Allah in secret, and leaving sins.
—Ibn al-Qayyim [d. 751H/1350CE]
Hadiyyul-Arwah ila Biladil-Afrah [p.45] of Ibn ul-Qayyim
(Read on pg 36, Ibn Taymiyyah, Disease of the Hearts and Their Cures. Daar us-Sunnah Publishers. UK: 2006.)
Sins are like chains and locks preventing their perpetrator from roaming the vast garden of tawheed and reaping the fruits of righteous actions.
—Ibn Taymiyyah [d. 728H/1328CE]
(Read on pg 28, Ibn Taymiyyah, Disease of the Hearts and Their Cures. Daar us-Sunnah Publishers. UK: 2006.)