Acquaint yourself with fewer people, and as a result, you will backbite less frequently.
Sufyan al-ThawriNone in this age will amass wealth except those having five traits ofcharacter. High hopes; abnormal greediness; excessive miserliness, lack of fearing Allaah; and forgetfulness of the coming world.
Sufyan al-ThawriEvery act of disobedience committed due to passion, its forgiveness is hoped for. Every act of disobedience committed due to arrogance, its forgiveness is not hoped for because the root of Satanโs disobedience was arrogance, whereas the root of Adamโs lapse was passion.
Sufyan al-ThawriWe met a people who loved it when it was said to them โFear Allah the most high!โ. Today you find people become annoyed at this.
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