- Apathy is the glove in which evil slips its hand.
- Advice is an uncertain gift.
- One of the most dangerous forms of human error is forgetting what one is trying to achieve.
- Only God is in a position to look down on anyone.
- The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.
- Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. Abigail Adams
- Morale is self-esteem in action.
- The surest way to be late is to have plenty of time.
- If we have our own 'why' of life, we can bear almost any 'how'.
- More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worst.
- The will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win.
- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.
- People need responsibility. They resist assuming it, but they cannot get along without it.
- A friend is a person who shows us the way and walks a piece of the road with us.
- A secret is a playful child having fun on the roller coaster of our tongue, always impatient to ride it over and over again.
- When a person who never flatters you suddenly discovers all of your qualities, he either wants to con you or he needs something from you.
- Beware of the man who says everything is fine, of the man who says nothing is good, but be even more wary of the man who is indifferent to whether all is good or bad.
Before setting out for Hajj: The Most Important Spiritual Preparation for Every Pilgrim Hajj is not just a journey of the body — it is a journey of the heart. Long before a pilgrim steps onto the plane, long before the ihrām is worn, and long before the talbiyah rises from the tongue, the heart must be prepared to stand before Allah in the most sacred days of a believer’s life. Among all the checklists, packing guides, and logistical preparations, there is one question every pilgrim must ask: “What is the most important thing I should do before Hajj in terms of my ʿaqīdah and inner state?” The answer, according to the scholars of the past and present, is beautifully simple: Purify your Tawḥīd and make sincere tawbah. Everything else flows from these two foundations. 1. Renewing Tawḥīd: The Heart of Hajj Hajj is the greatest physical expression of Tawḥīd. Every ritual — from the talbiyah to the ṭawāf — proclaims the Oneness of Allah. For this reason, the heart must be c...
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