Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah

Ibn al-Qaiyim mentioned ten causes that result in Allah’s love for His slave and the slave’s love for his Lord.

He ﷺ was not stingy and would never withhold anything of this world or any knowledge concerning his Lord. His generosity did not require great effort on his part, neither was it hard for him, resulting as it did from the purity of his soul and gentleness of spirit

If you truly want to benefit from the Quran, your heart must be attentive and alert when reciting it or listening to it. Listen to it carefully with presence of mind, paying attention to it as if Allah Himself was speaking to you directly.

The Tawhid that the Messengers called to, and with which the Books were revealed, is of two types: Tawhid al-Ma`rifah wa’l-Ithbat and Tawhid al-Talab wa’l-Qasd. 

We will expound upon the Straight Path in a succinct manner for the people have explained it in various ways all of them revolving around one essential fact.

Everything that is beloved, if it is not loved for His sake then this love is nothing but grief and torment.

If you truly want to benefit from the Qur’an, your heart must be attentive and alert when reciting it or listening to it. 

The seeker inevitable realizes his sins and failings, and feels that he is in serious danger on account of them. 

Ibn al-Qaiyim mentioned ten causes that result in Allah’s love for His slave and the slave’s love for his Lord. 

All [religious] practice prescribes the remembrance of God, and to achieve this remembrance is its goal.

Istighfar, meaning seeking forgiveness, is mentioned in the Qur’an in two ways: either by itself or coupled with tawbah (repentance).

The believer is not one who performs the ordained religious duties superficially and avoids what is forbidden only, but he is one whose faith is absolute, with no objection whatsoever arising in his heart and no obsession dwelling in his soul.

Imân is in two halves: half is patience ( sabr) and half is gratitude ( shukr). 

Allah, the One free from all defects. Himself bears witness to His Oneness, and He is the greatest of witnesses. Then He chose from His creation the angels and the scholars – this is sufficient to show their excellence.

Tooba for the one who desires to be just to himself for the sake of His Lord and recognises his ignorance, the great deficiency in his actions and his defects.