Quotes by Abdullah ibn Mubarak

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I studied adab for thirty years and I studied knowledge for twenty years.
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I studied adab for thirty years and I studied knowledge for twenty years.
If you intend to speak a vain word, replace it with a tasbih.
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If you intend to speak a vain word, replace it with a tasbih.
If i were to backbite against anyone, it would be about my parents for they have more right to my good deeds
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If i were to backbite against anyone, it would be about my parents for they have more right to my good deeds
O man! Prepare yourself for the Hereafter, obey Allah to the extent of your need for Him and anger Him to the extent of your patience in Hell.
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O man! Prepare yourself for the Hereafter, obey Allah to the extent of your need for Him and anger Him to the extent of your patience in Hell.
How often it is that a small action becomes great by its intention. And how often it is that a great action becomes small by its intention.
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How often it is that a small action becomes great by its intention. And how often it is that a great action becomes small by its intention.
We are a people in more need of a little character than we are in need of an abundance of knowledge.
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We are a people in more need of a little character than we are in need of an abundance of knowledge.
Sins slowly suffocate the heart, and abandoning sins brings life to the heart.
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Sins slowly suffocate the heart, and abandoning sins brings life to the heart.
Perhaps a great deed is belittled by an intention. And perhaps a small deed, by sincere intention, is made great
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Perhaps a great deed is belittled by an intention. And perhaps a small deed, by sincere intention, is made great
I love the saliheen (pious people) even though I’m not one of them, and I hate the taliheen (evil people) even though I (may be) worse than them.
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I love the saliheen (pious people) even though I’m not one of them, and I hate the taliheen (evil people) even though I (may be) worse than them.
The beginning of knowledge is the intention, then listening, then understanding, then action, then preservation, and then spreading it.
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The beginning of knowledge is the intention, then listening, then understanding, then action, then preservation, and then spreading it.
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