When paying charity, one should smile and be humble, allowing the hand of the indigent to be above the giver's hand.

In the Communist period, the revolutionaries, the leaders were almost always - Che Guevara, people like that - they were always from the middle class and the educated. And empathy is a very powerful emotion.

I'm amazed at the courage of the journalists on the frontlines in Iraq, but we need intellectual courage in our community.

If you don't wake up for Fajr, then don't wake up at all

People have to be exposed to Muslims, just experience Muslims; talk to them. Reach out, read about Islam, try to find out about it.

If Islam is not making you happy, then something is wrong with your Islam

What comes to a person in his or her life, however difficult it may be, perhaps will help a person move closer to God. The response to tribulation is abr, which is patience, perseverance, steadfastness, and resolve. Allāh loves the patient; part of the reason the tribulation comes is to draw the quality of patience out of them - He loves this quality.