Your heart will be in its most peaceful state when you place it in the care of Allāh ﷻ. Don't wait for a certain outcome to occur before you can be at peace. In any place, under any circumstance, in every day - you can be at peace, when you leave the heart with Him.

Leave your heart with Him, and you will never be disappointed. It is a fragile thing, the heart. It can only be fully at peace when it gets to know it's Lord and remains in His care

It's a special feeling when things seem to be falling apart or you're in an unknown phase in your life but your heart is stable because you remember the duas you made to your Lord. He always brings out of the hardship, a beautiful end.

Having good thoughts of your Lord is such an important concept because it is literally the ground that you stand upon. Without it, you have no stable foundation.

Yahyā bin Mu'ādh رحمه الله stated:

"Indeed the intelligent person who has attained (success) is the one who has done three things:

1. He leaves the Dunyā before it leaves him.

2. He establishes his grave before he enters it.

3. He pleases his Lord before he meets Him."

One of the Salaf said:

"Whoever's soul has gained control over him he becomes a captive in the prison of lust and he is restricted under the rule of the desires. As a result, Allāh prevents benefits from (reaching) his heart."

[At-Tadhkirah of Ibn Al-Jawzī (169)]

Umar Ibn al-Khattab رضي الله عنه said:

"Get used to a tough life, for luxury does not last forever."

[حلية الأولياء ١٠/٢٤٢]

The fastest way to get hurt is to expect appreciation and reward for every thing you do for others. People won’t always appreciate you, once you understand that and start doing things for yourself and for Allah, your heart will feel content.

The married contemplates divorce, the unmarried yearns marriage, the young wants to grow up quickly, the old wants youth to return, the poor wants to become rich, the rich wants peace, the unknown craves fame, the popular wants privacy... “Indeed, man is very ungrateful” (22:66).

[Muftī Muḥammad Ibn Adam al-Kawthari]

Hasan Al-Basri رحمه الله said:

“People are not pleased with their creator although He provides for them; so how can they be pleased with another creation like themselves?”

(Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah v. 9, p. 318)

It is reported that Hasan Al-Basrī رحمه الله said:

“Verily, Allāh lets [a person] enjoy a blessing for as long as He wills. But when He is no longer thanked for it, He turns it into a punishment.”

[Ibn Abī Al-Dunyā | Kitāb Al-Shukr: Article 17]

Nothing was an accident. The truth is that every challenging event you’ve experienced, each toxic person that you’ve encountered and all the trials you’ve endured have been perfect preparation to help you find the version of you that goes to Paradise.

Asim Khan

 اذا تكرر الذنب فكرر التوبة
If a sin repeats then repeat the repentance
قيل للحسن:

It was said to Al-Hasan

الا يستحي احدنا من ربه يستغفر من ذنوبه ثم يعود ثم يستغفر ثم يعود؟

Is not one of us embarrassed from our Lord, to ask for forgiveness from his sins then return to sin then ask for forgiveness then return?

فقال: ود الشيطان لو ظفر منكم بهذه

The shaytan would love if he obtained this from you
فلا تملوا من الاستفار

So do not become tired of asking for forgiveness

In Surah Baqarah Allāh ﷻ says:

{ولا تلقوا بايديكم الى التهلكة}
And do not let your own hands throw you in to destruction (by withholding)

‎قال البراء: هو الرجل يذنب الذنب فيقول لا يغفره الله لي

Al-Bara’ said: It is the man who commits sins then a says: Allah will not forgive it for me.

سبيل النجاة من شؤم المعصية
‎[رواه البيهقي في شعب الايمان ٧٠٩٣]

“Whenever Allāh ﷻ gives a blessing to a servant, and then takes it back from him, and the servant patiently endures his loss, then He rewards him with a blessing which is better than the one which He took back.”

صبرا أيها المُبتلى
Patience, oh you have been afflicted

فلو علمت ما لك عند الله لضحكت من شدة الفرح
For if you knew what was for you with Allah you would have laughed from the intensity of happiness.

[Umar bin Abdul Aziz, The Purification of the soul]

For the one whom Allah has favoured with the Qur’an

Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd رضي الله عنه said:

"Whoever wants to know that he loves Allāh and His Messenger then let him look at (himself). If he loves the Qurān then he loves Allāh and His Messenger ﷺ."

[Az-Zuhd of Ibn Al-Mubārak and Al-Mu'jam Al-Kabīr of At-Tabarānī/Good Chain]