Which is more deserving—to treat what Allah hates in your heart, such as envy, malice, rancor, arrogance, showing off, seeking reputation, admiring one’s own deeds, hardness of heart, and the like of filth and corruption specific to the heart?

Or busy oneself with outward deeds such as prayer, fasting, and other acts of devotion?

… Outward deeds are not righteous or accepted but by means of the heart’s action, for the heart is the king and the limbs are its soldiers.

Therefore, the deeds of the heart necessarily influence the deeds of the body. Since it comes first, it is more of an obligation.

Shaykh Ibn Al-Uthaymeen [رحمه الله] said:

❝The person seeking protection from the evil of Hassad [envy] and from the evil of ‘Ain [evil eye], can do so:

1) With reliance upon Allaah, the Magnificent and Majestic. In doing so, he does not give any attention to these matters, nor does he give them any value or weight and he therefore turns away from them.

2) By using the beneficial Dua and remembrance of Allaah which is found in the Qur’aan and the Sunnah, since it is the best protection for a person as is established from the Prophet [ﷺ] regarding Ayaat-ul Kursi. He said:

«من قرأها في ليلة لم يزل عليه من الله حافظ ولم يقربه شيطانٌ حتى يصبح.»

‘Whoever reads it at night, then he will continue to have a protector from Allaah and Shaytaan cannot come close to him until the morning.’❞

Imam Malik [D. 179 A.H.] [رحمه الله] said:

❝Wisdom and knowledge are light with which Allaah guides whomsoever He wills. Guidance is not through awareness of many Islaamic issues.❞

Shaykh Salih Ibn Fawzan Al-Fawzan [حفظه الله] said:

❝They say: 'Every Fitan has its victims; therefore, while misguidance may wipe away some individuals, the people of the truth will always remain, even though they may be a minority.❞

Shaykh Muhammad Amaan Al-Jaamee [رحمه الله] said:

❝The best [type] from the types of nobility is, as the people of knowledge have said, that Allaah endows His slave with Istiqaamah [uprightness] in his religion and he remains upright until he meets Him.❞

‎There is nothing more noble to Allah than du'a.

‎“Whoever fears Allah regarding his children, they will fear Allāh concerning him; and whoever abandons the right of his children, his children will abandon his right when he needs them.”

‎From Anas that The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said:

‎«اللهم لا سهلَ إلا ما جعلتَه سهلاً وأنتَ تجعلُ الحزنَ إذا شئتَ سهلاً.»

‎“O Allaah there is nothing that is easy except that You made it easy, and You can make this difficulty easy if You so wish to.”

‎Allaahumma La Sahala Illa Ma Ja’alta Sahlan Wa Anta Taj’all Al-Huzna Itha Shitta Sahlan.

The farewell sermon of Prophet Muhammad during Hajjatul Wida was not just for one nation or one era — it was a message for all of mankind.

A reminder of equality, justice, mercy, and humanity that still echoes through time. 🤍

Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah [رحمه الله] said:

«لا يحصل المرض إلا لنقص أسباب الصحة كذلك القلب لا يمرض إلا لنقص إيمانه.»

❝Sickness does not occur except due to a deficiency in reasons of health, likewise the heart does not become sick except due to deficiency of its Eemaan.❞

❝The most complete of the believers in their Emaan are those who have the best manners, who are humble, who join hearts and their hearts are joined. There is no good in the one who does not join the hearts nor is his heart joined.❞

❝From the means of ease and delight for the heart, is: continuous remembrance of Allaah in all circumstances, and in every place. Dhikr has an amazing effect in giving ease to the heart, and pleasure to the heart. Negligence has a strange effect on making the heart constrained, imprisoning it and punishing it.❞

Ibn al-Qayyim [رحمه الله] said:

❝There is a clear distinction that Allaah sent down the Qur’aan from Himself. As in His saying:

﴿تَنْزِيلُ الْكِتَابِ مِنَ اللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَكِيمِ﴾ ‏

«The revelation of the Book [this Qur’aan] is from Allaah, the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.» [Surat Al-Jathiya: 2]

﴿تَنْزِيلٌ مِنْ حَكِيمٍ حَمِيدٍ﴾

«sent down by the All-Wise, Worthy of all praise [Allaah].» [Surat Fussilat: 42]

﴿قُلْ نَزَّلَهُ رُوحُ الْقُدُسِ مِنْ رَبِّكَ بِالْحَقِّ﴾

«Say Ruh-ul-Qudus [Jibrael] has brought it [the Qur’aan] down from your Lord with truth» [Surat An-Nahl: 102]

This indicates to two matters: that the Qur’aan is clearly from Allaah and no one else. That Allaah is the One who Spoke it and no one else.

Secondly: That Allaah is high above His creation, that the trustworthy Ruh [Jibreel] descended with the Qur’aan from Allaah from a high place to His Messenger.❞

❝In relation to the amount of Tawheed a slave has for his Lord, and his sincerity for the religion for Allaah is the amount he is deserving of the generosity of Allaah upon him, from intercession and other things.❞

‎“Death is sufficient as an admonisher, and time is sufficient as a separator. Today we are in our homes, and tomorrow we will be in the graves.”

‎The seeker of Knowledge should seek knowledge to benefit himself, and to get rid of his ignorance, and to come closer to His Lord, and to please Him - upon sure knowledge; and to benefit the people, taking them from darkness to light, deciding their problems, making terms of peace among them, teaching the ignorant among them, guiding those who are astray, enjoining the good and forbidding the evil, and so on.