Abdullah ibn Mubarak quotes
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“Perhaps a great deed is belittled by an intention. And perhaps a small deed, by sincere intention, is made great”
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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.”
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“Sins slowly suffocate the heart, and abandoning sins brings life to the heart.”
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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”
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“If you intend to speak a vain word, replace it with a tasbih.”
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“I spent thirty years learning manners, and I spent twenty years learning knowledge...”
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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.”
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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.”
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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.”
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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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“I studied adab for thirty years and I studied knowledge for twenty years.”
-- Abdullah ibn Mubarak
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