learned men {al-Ghazali}

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Assalamu'alyakum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

(May the peace, mercy and blessings of Allah be with you)

BismillahirRahmanir Rahiim

(In the name of Allah, the Most Benevolent, the Most Merciful)

Do not be like the deceived fools

who are joyous because each day their wealth increases

while their life shortens.

What good is an increase in wealth when life grows ever shorter?

Therefore be joyous only for an increase in knowledge or in good works,

for they are your two companions who will accompany you in your grave

when your family, wealth, children and friends stay behind.
- Imam al-Ghazali, from The Beginning of Guidance, page 23 -

Peace of heart comes from a heart free of anxiety.
Anxiety is caused by the weight of all that is material.
Material weigh the heart down and prevent it from soaring.
Soaring of the heart comes from remembering Allah (Ta'ala)

- 'Ali bin Abu Talib, in 'Patience and Gratitude' by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah -

I have been so naughted in Thy Love's existence

that my nonexistence is a thousand times sweeter than my existence
- Mawlana Jalal'uddin Muhammad Balkhi al-Rumi -

Give gifts to each other and love each other, and hatred will disappear.
- Sayyedina Muhammad (salAllahu'alayhi wasalam), Al-Muwatta Vol 47, Hadith 16 -

And love your Lord by serving Him
For lovers are but servants of the Beloved
- A Poet -

What you love to have with you in the hereafter, you should advance today,

and what you hate to have with you, you should abandon today
- Salman bin Dinar -

Does money upset the hearts of learned men?
He answered, "Men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned"
- Abu Hamid al-Ghazali -

Excerpts from:

The Last Prophet Muhammad (saws), Sahaba, Sufis and Saint's lectures and quotes from received e-mails.

(Forwarded from Kadam AG)