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Tongue is a beast, if it is let loose, it devours.

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Generosity is to help a deserving person without his request, and if you help him after his request, then it is either out of self-respect or to avoid rebuke.

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Like your body your mind also gets tired so refresh it by wise sayings.

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Contentment is the capital which will never diminish.

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One who imagines himself to be all-knowing will surely suffer on account of his ignorance.

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I wonder at a man who loses hope of salvation when the door of repentance is open for him.

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Do not hurry over punishments and do not be pleased and do not be proud of your power to punish.

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To refrain from unlawful and impious source of pleasures is an ornament to the poor and to be thankful for the riches granted is the adornment of wealth.

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The structure of faith is supported by four pillars: endurance, conviction, justice and jihad.

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To whatever extent a person's knowledge increases, his attention will be turned more towards his soul.

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Recitation of the Qur'an without contemplation and thought is futile.

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There is no greater wealth than wisdom, no greater poverty than ignorance; no greater heritage than culture and no greater support than consultation.

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He who practices moderation and frugality will never be threatened with poverty.

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Allah, the Exalted, gave the angels intellect without desires, He gave the animals desires without intellect, and He gave both to the sons of Adam. So a man whose intellect prevails over his desires is better than the angels, whilst a man whose desire prevails over his intellect is worse than the animals.

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Men are more like the times they live in than they are like their fathers.

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The first fruit of forbearance is that people will sympathize with you and they will go against the man who offended you arrogantly.

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The weakest man is the one who is able to correct his moral defects, but doesn't take action.

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O son of Adam, if you have collected anything in excess of your actual need, you will act only as its trustee for someone else to use it.

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If two opposite theories are propagated one will be wrong.

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A conceited and self-admiring person is disliked by others; charity and alms are the best remedy for ailments and calamities; one has to account in the next world for the deeds that he has done in this world.

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There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence.

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Our affairs are attached to the destiny decreed by Allah, even our best plans may lead us to destruction.

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Time wears out bodies, renews hopes, brings death nearer and takes away aspirations. Whoever gets anything from the world lives in anxiety for holding it and whoever loses anything passes his days grieving over the loss.

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Hearts of people are like wild beasts. They attach themselves to those who love and train them.

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Whoever warns you against sins and vices is like the one who gives you good tidings.

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Allah seeks you to thank Him and assigns to you His affairs. He has allowed time in the limited field (of life) so that you may vie with each other in seeking the reward (of Paradise). Therefore, tight up your girdles and wrap up the skirts. High courage and dinners do not go together. Sleep causes weakness in the big affairs of the day and (its) darkness obliterates the memories of courage.

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I am less than what you tell about me but more than what you think about me.

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Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you covet.

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Anything which can be counted is finite and will come to an end.

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The best deed of a great man is to forgive and forget.

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