Abu Yazid al-Bestami Quotes

All Religions are vehicles and a path to God's Divine Presence. Abu Yazid al-Bestami The thing we tell of can never be found be seeking, yet only seekers find it. Abu Yazid al-Bestami For thirty years I sought God. But when

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Rabi'ah al-Adawiyah Quotes

O God! if I worship Thee in fear of Hell, burn me in Hell; and if I worship Thee in hope of Paradise, exclude me from Paradise; but if I worship Thee for Thine own sake, withhold not thine everlasting

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Imam Abu Hanifah Quotes

Who are we to wish for Paradise? It will be enough if Allah spares us his wrath. Imam Abu Hanifah When a hadeeth is found to be saheeh, then that is my madhhab. Imam Abu Hanifah Faith does not increase,

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Dhul Nun al-Misri Quotes

The body's weakness comes from illnesses, while the heart's weakness comes from sins. And just as the body does not taste the delights of food when it is ill, the heart does not taste the delights of worship when it

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Malik ibn Anas Quotes

He who practices Tasawwuf without learning Sacred Law corrupts his faith, while he who learns Sacred Law without practicing Tasawwuf corrupts himself.  Only he who combines the two proves true. Malik ibn Anas Only that which was effective for the

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Imam Al Shafi`i Quotes

My heart is at ease knowing that what was meant for me will never miss me, and that what misses me was never meant for me. Imam Al Shafi`i All humans are dead except those who have knowledge; and all

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Ibn Arabi Quotes

Do not praise your own faith exclusively so that you disbelieve all the rest. If you do this you will miss much good. Nay, you will miss the whole truth of the matter. God, the Omniscient and the Omnipresent, cannot

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