Half of disbelief in Allah in the world is caused by people who make religion look ugly due to their bad conduct and ignorance
Al-GhazaliIf your busy with yourself now, you will be busy with yourself then. If you are busy with Allah now, you will be with Him then.
Al-GhazaliThere are two kinds of Riya - Showing off-Ostentation ie pure ostentation and adulterated ostention. In pure ostentation "Riya" a man does a good deed only for worldly benefit. In Adulterated ostentation, a man does a good deed with the intention of reaping the benefits of the world as well as of the Hereafter.
Al-GhazaliIf those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
Al-GhazaliDoes money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, "men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned"
Al-GhazaliMen have such a good opinion of themselves, of their mental superiority and intellectual depth; they believe themselves so skilled in discerning the true from the false, the path of safety from those of error, that they should be forbidden as much as possible the perusal of philosophic writings.
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