Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
This wordly life is like a shadow. If you try to catch it, you will never be able to do so. If you turn your back towards it, it has no choice but to follow you.Collection: Choices
Happiness is attained by three things: being patient when tested, being thankful when receiving a blessing, and being repentant upon sinning.Collection: Blessing
A real man is one who fears the death of his heart, not of his body.Collection: Real
If a heart becomes attached to anything other than Allah, Allah makes him dependent on what he is attached to. And he will be betrayed by it.Collection: Heart
If you knew the true value of yourself, you will never allow yourself to be humiliated by committing sins.Collection: Sin
A person’s tongue can give you the taste of his heart.Collection: Heart
When Allah tests you it is never to destroy you. When He removes something in your possession it is only in order to empty your hands for an even greater gift.Collection: Order
There are six stages to knowledge: Firstly: Asking questions in a good manner. Secondly: Remaining quiet and listening attentively. Thirdly: Understanding well. Fourthly: Memorising. Fifthly: Teaching. Sixthly- and it is its fruit: Acting upon the knowledge and keeping to its limits.Collection: Teaching
Be sincere in your aim and you will find the support of Allaah surrounding you.Collection: Support
Had Allah lifted the veil for his slave and shown him how He handles his affairs for him, and how Allah is more keen for the benefit of the slave than his own self, his heart would have melted out of the love for Allah and would have been torn to pieces out of thankfulness to Allah. Therefore if the pains of this world tire you, do not grieve. For it may be that Allah wishes to hear your voice by way of Dua'a. So pour out your desires in prostration and forget about it and know; that verily Allah does not forget it.Collection: Pain
Patience is that the heart does not feel anger towards that which is destined and that the mouth does not complain.Collection: Heart
Women are one half of society which gives birth to the other half so it is as if they are the entire society.Collection: Women
How strange! You lose a little from you and you cry. And your whole life is wasting and you're laughingCollection: Laughing
If you wish to check how much you love Allah, then see how much your heart loves the Quran, and you will know the answer.Collection: Heart
A slave stands infront of Allah on two occasions. The first during salah, and secondly on the Day of Judgment. Whoseover stands correctly in the first, the second standing will be made easier for him. And whosoever, disregards the first standing, the second standing will be extremely difficult.Collection: Two
Truly in the heart there is a void that can not be removed except with the company of Allah. And in it there is a sadness that can not be removed except with the happiness of knowing Allah and being true to Him. And in it there is an emptiness that can not be filled except with love for Him and by turning to Him and always remembering Him. And if a person were given all of the world and what is in it, it would not fill this emptiness.Collection: Sadness
Speech remains as a slave to you, but the moment it leaves your mouth, you become its slave.Collection: Mouths
When Allah granted Prophet Yoosuf (`alayhis-Salaam) physical beauty it caused him to be locked up in the prison; but when Allah granted him knowledge (when he interpreted the dream of the king) it not only took him out of prison, but elevated his rank in society, clearly showing us the virtue of knowledge and that physical beauty does not mean anything.Collection: Dream
Beware of every hour and how it passes, and only spend it in the best possible way, do not neglect yourself, but render it accustomed to the noblest and best of actions, and send to your grave that which will please you when you arrive to it.Collection: Way
When there is money in your hand and not in your heart, it will not harm you even if it is a lot; and when it is in your heart, it will harm you even if there is none in your hands.Collection: Heart
As long as you are performing prayer, you are knocking at the door of Allah, and whoever is knocking at the door of Allah, Allah will open it for him.Collection: Religious
Imaan is of two halves; half is patience (Sabr) and half is being thankful (Shukr).Collection: Two
Sitting with the poor and less fortunate people removes the ego and pride from your heart.Collection: Heart
The heart will rest and feel relief if it is settled with Allah. And it will worry and feel anxious if it is settled with the people.Collection: Heart
A true believer does not fear physical death, rather he fears the death of his heartCollection: Heart
Yearning for Allah and His meeting is like the gentle breeze blowing upon the heart, extinguishing the blaze of the Dunya. Whosoever caused his heart to settle with his Lord shall be in a state, calm and tranquility, and whosoever sent it amongst the people shall be disturbed and excessively perturbed.Collection: Wisdom
Allah will never humiliate the one who takes his Lord as friend and patron.Collection: Lord
There is no joy for the one who does not bear sadness, there is no sweetness for the one who does not have patience, there is no delight for the one who does not suffer, and there is no relaxation for the one who does not endure fatigue.Collection: Sadness
Satan rejoiced when Adam (peace be upon him) came out of Paradise, but he did not know that when a diver sinks into the sea, he collects pearls and then rises again.Collection: Sea
O you, who spends his lifetime disobeying his Lord, no one amongst your enemies is wicked to you more than you are to yourselfCollection: Enemy
A tear that runs down a believer's cheek is more beneficial than a thousand raindrops on the earthCollection: Running
As you can taste a pot full of food with a spoon likewise someone's tounge can tell you about his heart.Collection: Heart
One of the most beneficial of remedies is persisting in du’a.Collection: Remedy
The ibtilaa' (testing) of the believer is like medicine for him. It cures him from illness. Had the illness remained it would destroy him or diminish his reward and level (in the hereafter). The tests and the trials extract these illnesses from him and prepare him for the perfect reward and the highest of degrees (in the life to come).Collection: Medicine
Every drop of sweat and every breath we take in life, if not taken for the sake of Allah, will lead to regret and sorrow on the Day of JudgmentCollection: Life
How is it possible for one’s heart to be certain that one is going to meet Allah, that Allah sees and hears all that he does, and knows his secret open affairs, and that he will be made to stand before Allah, answerable for all his deeds - how can one be certain and aware of all of this, and yet persist upon things which displease Allah; persist upon abandoning Allah’s orders, neglecting His rights, and yet claim that he has good expectation of Allah?Collection: Heart
Ibn Taymiyyah lived poorly. He was imprisoned and threatened. But I have never seen anyone as happy as him.Collection: Threatened
The sea of pleasures may drown its owner and the swimmer fears to open his eyes under the water.Collection: Eye
The perfection of Tawheed is found when there remains nothing in the heart except AllaahCollection: Heart
And to have spent the night sleeping and awoken regretful, is better than to have spent the night standing (in prayer) and awaken impressed with oneself!Collection: Prayer
There are no means of attaining faith and certainty except through the Qur'an.Collection: Mean
O you who sold yourself for the sake of something that will cause you suffering and pain, and which will also lose its beauty, you sold the most precious item for the cheapest price, as if you neither knew the value of the goods nor the meanness of the prize. Wait until you come on the Day of Mutual Loss and Gain and you will discover the injustice of this contract.Collection: Pain
There is no captive in a worse state than the one who is captivated by his worst enemy (Shaytan) and there is no prison which is tighter than the prison of hawa (desire) and there is no bond/fetter more strong than the bond of desire. How, then, will a heart which is captivated, imprisoned and fettered travel unto Allah and the Home of the Hereafter?Collection: Strong
The keys to the life of the heart lie in reflecting upon the Quran, being humble before Allah in secret, and leaving sins.Collection: Lying
Losing time is harder than death, as losing time keeps you away from Allah and the Hereafter, while death keeps you away from the worldly life and people.Collection: People
The hijrah to Allah includes abandoning what He hates and doing what He loves and accepts.Collection: Hate
Doom comes about because of neglecting to evaluate one's self and because of just following one's whims.Collection: Self
Every gulp of air that goes out in a cause other than the cause of Allah will turn to sorrow and regret on the Day of Judgement.Collection: Regret
Whoever mocks his brother for a sin they repented from will not die till he himself falls into the same sin.Collection: Brother