Abdullah ibn Mubarak Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“Perhaps a great deed is belittled by an intention. And perhaps a small deed, by sincere intention, is made great”
-- Abdullah ibn Mubarak

#Deeds #Sincere #Intention

“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.”
-- Abdullah ibn Mubarak

#Wisdom #Islamic #Action

“Sins slowly suffocate the heart, and abandoning sins brings life to the heart.”
-- Abdullah ibn Mubarak

#Heart #Sin

“If i were to backbite against anyone, it would be about my parents for they have more right to my good deeds”
-- Abdullah ibn Mubarak

#Parent #Would Be #Deeds

“If you intend to speak a vain word, replace it with a tasbih.”
-- Abdullah ibn Mubarak

#Speak #Vain

“I spent thirty years learning manners, and I spent twenty years learning knowledge...”
-- Abdullah ibn Mubarak

#Years #Twenties #Manners

“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.”
-- Abdullah ibn Mubarak

#Men #Needs #Hell

“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.”
-- Abdullah ibn Mubarak

#Hate #People #Evil

“We are a people in more need of a little character than we are in need of an abundance of knowledge.”
-- Abdullah ibn Mubarak

#Character #People #Needs

“The beginning of knowledge is the intention, then listening, then understanding, then action, then preservation, and then spreading it.”
-- Abdullah ibn Mubarak

#Wisdom #Islamic #Understanding

“I studied adab for thirty years and I studied knowledge for twenty years.”
-- Abdullah ibn Mubarak

#Wisdom #Islamic #Years