Ibn Jawzi Quotes

How do we observe patience?” “In the same manner that we fast; completely certain that the adhān of Maghrib will eventually be called.

Live your life with this principle: be good even if you do not receive good, not because for other’s sake but because Allah loves those who do good.

Although Allah ﷻ knows what is bothering you and what your problems are, He wants you to talk to Him, through the believer’s most powerful weapon: dua.

The Prophet ﷺ said: “And know that what has befallen you was not going to miss you, and that which missed you was not meant to befall you.”92

ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib said: “I will be patient even until my patience tires of my patience.

Don’t let your definition of success, failure or self-worth be anything other than your position with Him. And if you do this, you become unbreakable, because your handhold is unbreakable. You become unconquerable because your supporter can never be conquered. And you will never become empty because your source of fulfillment is unending and never diminishes.”8

Don’t assume bad of Allah, for by Allah, if you obey Him, He will make for you a source of relief and a way out, and if you are alone within your family and society, then Allah will accompany you in your loneliness. And He will strengthen your heart, and make it firm with His guidance.

تأملت على أكثر الناس عباداتهم فإذا هي عادات، فأما أرباب اليقظة فعاداتهم عبادة حقيقية، فإن الغافل يقول: سبحان الله عادة والمتيقظ لا يزال فكره في عجائب المخلوقات أو في عظمة الخالق، فيحركه الفكر في ذلك فيقول: سبحان الله ولو أن إنسانًا تفكر في رمانة، فنظر في تصفيف حبها وحفظه بالأغشية لئلا يتضاءل، وإقامة الماء على عظم العجم، وجعل الغشاء عليه يحفظه، وتصوير الفرخ في بطن البيضة، والآدمي في أحشاء الأم، إلى غير ذلك من المخلوقات، قاده هذا الفكر إلى تعظيم الخالق فقال: سبحان الله وكان هذا التسبيح ثمرة الفكر؛ فهذا تسبيح المتيقظين، وما تزال أفكارهم تجول فتقع في عباداتهم بالتسبيحات محققة، وكذلك يتفكرون في قبائح ذنوب قد تقدمت فيوجد ذلك الفكر قلق القلب وندم النفس، فيثمر ذلك ان يقول قائلهم أستغفر الله، فهذا هو التسبيح والاستغفار، وأما الغافلون فيقولون ذلك عادة وشتان ما بين الفريقين

My suffering became easier because my Lord promised me ease, not once, but twice: “So truly where there is hardship there is also ease; truly where there is hardship there is also ease.” [Quran 94:5-6]

من تأمل أفعال البارىء سبحانه رآها على قانون العدل وشاهد الجزاء مرصدًا ولو بعد حين. ............. بالله عليك! تذوق حلاوة الكف عن النهي؛ فإنها شجرة تثمر عز الدنيا وشرف الآخرة ومتى اشتد عطشك إلى ما تهوى فابسط أنامل الرجاء إلى من عنده الرِّيُّ الكامل، وقل: قَدْ عِيلَ صَبْرُ الطَّبْعِ في سنيّه العجاف؛ فعجل لي العام الذي فيه أغاث وأعصر.

The Prophet ﷺ said, “The most beloved people to Allah are those who are most beneficial to the people. The most beloved deed to Allah is to make a Muslim happy, or to remove one of his troubles, or to forgive his debt, or to feed his hunger. That I walk with a brother regarding a need is more beloved to me than that I seclude myself in this mosque in Medina for a month. Whoever swallows his anger, then Allah will conceal his faults. Whoever suppresses his rage, even though he could fulfill his anger if he wished, then Allah will secure his heart on the Day of Resurrection. Whoever walks with his brother regarding a need until he secures it for him, then Allah the Exalted will make his footing firm across the bridge on the day when the footings are shaken.”19

Five reasons why Allah ﷻ puts us through trials: To direct you (He wants us to always return to Him). To inspect you (to test your faith). To protect you (from misguidance). To correct you (from your sins and straying). To perfect you.

Someone asked al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī : “What is the secret to your piety?” He replied: “I understood four things: I understood that my rizq (provision/sustenance decreed by Allah ﷻ) cannot be taken by anyone, so my heart become content. I understood that no one can do my actions (worship) for me, so I started doing them myself. I understood that Allah is watching me, so I became ashamed to do wrong. I understood that death is waiting for me, so I started to prepare for my meeting with Allah

You know what the Quran teaches me? The Quran teaches me that an incredibly wealthy man can be a failure (Pharaoh) and a homeless man can be successful (Prophet Ibrāhīm ). It teaches me that success has nothing to do with wealth and failure has nothing to do with poverty.

Do not carry the worries of this life because this is for Allah. And do not carry the worries of sustenance because it is from Allah. And do not carry anxiety for the future because it is in the Hands of Allah. Carry one thing: pleasing Allah. Because if you please Him, He pleases you, fulfills you and enriches you.

You could be sleeping, and the doors of the heavens are being opened with duas being made on your behalf, subḥanAllāh: perhaps from someone poor whom you helped, or someone sad whom you brought joy, or someone passing by and you smiled at him, or someone in distress and you removed it. So do not ever underestimate any good deeds.

If you want to know your value with your Lord, look to how He is using you and what actions he has kept you busy with.

Tawus said, ‘I cannot imagine that someone would sleep during the last part of the night!’ [ibn al-Jawzi, vol. 2, p. 285;

The one who goes against his whims and desires, Shaytan flees from his shadow.

Remember two matters and forget two matters: remember Allah and death; forget any good you have done to another and any evil that was done to you by another.