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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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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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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We must know that there is only one issue, and that is the servitude of God; the servitude of God lies in obedience to Him, and obedience to Him is in the abandonment of sins in beliefs and practice.
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We ourselves prepare the causes of danger, heedlessness, and forgetfulness of the remembrance of God almighty. The defects of our acts become apparent as a result of muraqabah (attentive observation) and muhasabah (reckoning).
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Man cannot achieve peace through anything other than trust in God and His remembrance; and nothing makes life bitter and horrible the way heedlessness and turning away from His remembrance does.
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