Ali ibn Abi Talib
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Ali ibn Abi Talib was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, ruling over the Islamic caliphate from 656 to 661...
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Ali ibn Abi Talib quotes about
greed insightful slavery
Greed is permanent slavery
envy manners persons
There is no rest for the person who has envy, and there is no love for the person who has bad manners.
angel son men
Allah, the Exalted, gave the angels intellect without desires, He gave the animals desires without intellect, and He gave both to the sons of Adam. So a man whose intellect prevails over his desires is better than the angels, whilst a man whose desire prevails over his intellect is worse than the animals.
lying safety silence
Safety lies in silence. It is easier to rectify what you miss by silence, than to secure what you lose by speaking.
blessed faults seeing
Blessed is he whose own faults keep him from seeing the faults of others.
asceticism should
Asceticism is not that you should not own anything, but that nothing should own you.
religious devotion form
"The best form of devotion to the service of Allah is not to make a show of it."
silence fool silence-is
Silence is the best reply to a fool.
wisdom taken islamic
Everyone who is taken by death asks for more time, while everyone who still has time makes excuses for procrastination.
world betray
He who trusts the world, the world betrays him.
poverty form worst
Poverty is the worst form of death.
lonely righteousness walkers
Do not feel lonely on the road of righteousness Because of the fewness of the walkers on it.
garden silence silence-is
Silence is the garden of thought.
wisdom nice islamic
To maintain nice relation with the people is half of intelligence, nice questioning is half of knowledge, and nice domestic arrangements is half of the management of livelihood.