Ibn Taymiyyah Quotes

Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness.

A calamity that makes you turn to Allah is better for you then a blessing which makes you forget the remembrance of Allah

If I remained silent and you remained silent, then who will teach the ignorant?

What really counts are good endings, not flawed beginnings.

Allah will support the just state even if it is led by unbelievers, but Allah will not support the oppressive state even if it is led by believers

The disease that knowledge brings is arrogance, and the disease that worship brings is showing off

Dhikr (remembrance of Allah) is to the heart as water is to a fish; see what happens to a fish when it is taken out of water

If you do good in secret, Allah will shower His good on you in public.

Allah guards the justice loving government, even if it is the government of non-Muslims, and destroys the tyrant government, even if it is the government of Muslims.

When people help one another in sin and transgression, they finish by hating each other.

When someone offends me, I think it’s a gift from Allah (god). He (Allah) is teaching me humility.

Verily, I constantly renew my Islam until this very day, as up to now, I do not consider myself to have ever been a good Muslim.

Everyone experiences bouts of jealousy; but the dignified person conceals it, while the vulgar one acts upon it

The sincere hearts and the pious supplications are soldiers which can never be defeated

Don't depend too much on anyone.

Whatever is not done by the permission of Allah will not happen, and what is not done for the sake of Allah will not benefit or remain.

Men mixing with women is like fire mixing with wood.

Avoiding the temptation to sin and being patient upon that, is greater than being patient whilst being afflicted with trials.

Beautiful leaving (hajr), is to leave without harming, beautiful pardoning is to pardon without rebuking, and beautiful patience is to be patient without complaining.

A believer to another believer is like two hands, one washes the other (correcting each other).

No love that a man has will only give him pleasure in return- he shall also suffer pain because of it, except for love of Allah.

Imprisoned is he whose heart is imprisoned from Allâh. Captured is he who is captured by his desires.

This whole religion revolves around knowing the truth and acting by it, and action must be accompanied by patience.

Make tawba not just for sins you've committed, but also for obligations you haven't fulfilled.

The sign of the people of bid’ah is that they do not follow the salaf.

The more humble, needy, and subdued you are before Allah, the closer you will be to Him.

Guidance is not attained except with knowledge and correct direction is not attained except with patience.

The People of the Sunnah are the most knowledgeable of mankind concerning the truth, and the most merciful of the creation towards the rest of creation.

Sins are like chains and locks preventing their perpetrator from roaming the vast garden of Tawheed and reaping the fruits of righteous actions.

If you correct your hidden deeds subsequently, Allaah will correct your outward deeds.

In this world there is a paradise, whoever does not enter it will not enter the Paradise of the Hereafter.

A man will never fear something besides Allah unless it be due to a disease in his heart.

The one who is [truly] imprisoned is the one whose heart is imprisoned from Allah and the captivated one is the one whose desires have enslaved him.

Remembrance is to the heart what water is to the fish. And what is the state of a fish that leaves water?

Among the principles of the Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama'ah lie the attitude of peace and purity of their heart and tongue towards the Sahaba(Companions) of the Prophet (saw).

Through patience and certainty, leadership in the religion is obtained.

The entire religion revolves around acknowledging the truth and then acting upon it.

Sins cause harm and repentance removes the cause