Every single night our soul is taken, and every single night the Angel asks before bringing it back, "Ya Allah what about this one?" "Do You want to send it back?" Do You want to pull the plug or should we keep the Ruh (soul)?" And every night Allah gives permission to the Angel to let us live one more time.

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You can't just pretend that the things you watch, and the things you hear, and the places you go will not have an impact on your character. They will.

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Find better company, find company of people better than yourself so you be surrounded with those best in character and so you may learn something.

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Every single success you experience is a combination of two things: your effort and Allah's help. When you don't put in enough effort, Allah does not give His barakah. And sometimes you might put in a lot of effort but you may not see the result you expected. That, also, is Allah's barakah.

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The Heart is like a fuel tank, that you always have to keep filling up with Imaan

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People of dua are optimistic by definition. They know that dua and thoughts like 'unlikely' or 'impossible' don't coexist.

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Our religion doesn't demand perfection but instead a manageable strive to better ourselves.

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When your Islamic discourse with someone becomes a debate, that's when you know that you have to stop. The psychology of a debate is like a sports competition, and no one likes to lose. So even if you make a good point, the other person isn't going to congratulate you. They are thinking about revenge.

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If doctors are paid the same salary as bus drivers, community would not be crazy about making their children doctors

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If we show Allah just a little bit of gratitude, He tells us, 'I will increase you, and increase you, and increase you, I swear to it. If you could only show Me the least bit of gratitude.'

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