Do not dispute with anyone in any matter as far as possible. For in argumentation lies much harm and its evil is greater than its benefit.
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-GhazaliOffen love between two people intensifies not because of beauty or some advantage, but because of sheer spiritual affinity.
Al-GhazaliKnowledge exists potentially in the human soul like the seed in the soil; by learning the potential becomes actual.
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