Annoying satan
Prostration annoys Satan
Lengthening one’s prostration annoys Satan.
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The benefits of sadaqah
Afflictions are repelled by Sadaqah
Afflictions are repelled by Sadaqah, even though they may be strongly in place. This decrease (in wealth) is a cause for increase; it increases sustenance.
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The purpose of afflictions
To reach certainty!
Afflictions are for us to reach certainty.
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The main reason behind deviations
We have being seen and heard by God
One who knows that he's being seen and heard by God, cannot sin. All our deviations are because we do not see God as a witness and an observer.
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The danger of lying and backbiting
What is behind lying and backbiting?
If the door to lying and backbiting is opened, sinning and transgression will have no limits.
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It has no benefit without muraqabah (attentive observation)
There is no benefit until one does not reach the state of Muraqabah!
On the path of acquiring cognizance, one must practice muraqabah (attentive observation), and there is no benefit until he does not reach the state of Muraqabah!
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A warning to the wayfarers
These things will lead you to hell!
Do not be infatuated with stages of mysticism and miracles; sometimes such things will lead you to hell!
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The obligatory portion of religious knowledge
A small portion of acquiring religious knowledge is obligatory upon all!
A small portion of acquiring religious knowledge is obligatory upon all, such that if one finds the need, he could refer to the books of Islamic Laws, and understand the solution to his problem.
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The combination of knowledge and action
Everything else is upon God
If knowledge is accompanied with action, there will not be a lack… Just the fact that one has acted in accordance with his knowledge means that he is not in a state of waiting anymore; everything else is upon God.
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