People are not able to discern between truth and falsehood

Imam Sufyaan ath-Thawri (rahimahullah) advised one of his Brothers: “Today, people are not able to discern between truth and falsehood, and none will be saved from this predicament except for someone who invokes Allah with the same intensity and feeling with which a drowning man invokes Allah for help. Do you know anyone who is [...]

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Keep Yourself Busy in Remembering Your Faults

Imaam Sufyaan Ath-Thawree - rahimahullaah - said: “Keep yourself busy in remembering your faults, so that you have no time to remember the faults of others. Be sad on account of all the time you spent in the past in other than the pursuit of your Hereafter. Cry frequently for the wrongs you have committed in the [...]

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‎”Be the type of person from whom people generally expect good things, and from whose evil people feel safe.” -Imam Sufyaan (rahimahullah)

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Keep Only a Few Friends

Sufyaan ath-Thawri (may Allah have mercy on him) said that one foolishly compromised one’s religion when one kept too many friends. Having too many acquaintances diverts one from one’s duty towards one’s Lord, for a person who has many friends is always busy socializing with them and fulfilling their rights over him; so he becomes [...]

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