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True Humility: Accepting the Truth, No Matter Who Speaks It

Fudayl ibn ‘Iyad (rahimahullah) said: “Humility is subjecting to what is right [the haqq] and submitting to/following it. If you hear it [haqq] from a child, you accept it, or even if you hear it from the most ignorant of people, you still accept it.” (Ibn Abid Dunya, At Tawadu’ Wal Khumul: 88, Hilyatul Awliya, vol. 8 pg. 91)

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Rectifying others before oneself

“Beware of being preoccupied with rectifying others before you rectify yourself.” Mukhtasar Minhāj al-Qāsideen | Imām ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisi [may Allāh have mercy on him]

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Look at those above and below

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا وَقَالَ، يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحِزَامِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ “‏ إِذَا نَظَرَ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى مَنْ فُضِّلَ عَلَيْهِ فِي الْمَالِ وَالْخَلْقِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ أَسْفَلَ مِنْهُ مِمَّنْ فُضِّلَ عَلَيْهِ ‏”‏  Abu Huraira reported that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: When one of you looks at one who stands at a higher level than you in regard

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Deterioration of the Ummah

How can we complain about the laymen? Even the condition of the learned is now deteriorating. Hazrat Moulana Maseehullah Khan

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Looking at Shortcomings

“Overlook the shortcomings of others but not your own.” Shaykh Haji Imdadullah Muhajir Makki

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End your negligence

The more one is grounded in beautiful and praiseworthy character and free of despicable character, negligence will come to an end and one will be alert and saved from the wiles of the Nafs. Hazrat Moulana Maseehullah Khan

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Over indulging in food

A true believer should eat to live, not live to eat.  Over indulging in food can lead to neglect of of the physical and spiritual self.

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Hadith on Respect

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Find peace in your heart

Being happy doesn’t mean That everything is perfect, pristine. It means you’ve chosen to see Beyond the flaws, to what can be. Grateful to Allah, you stand, Blessings counted, life in hand. In imperfections, beauty lies, Seen through grateful, loving eyes. True contentment is being pleased with Allah for what we are given and have. Focus, recognise and be grateful to the blessings from Allah to find peace in your heart.

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Sitting with scholars

Take benefit of sitting with the scholars The person who is the beloved of the awliyā is close to Allāh ta’ala. Hazrat Mawlāna Maseehullāh Khān (رحمة الله عليه)

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