30 quotes
"The best of all dealings is the one which is moderate."
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
Balance
"Religion is very easy and whoever overburdens himself in his religion will not be able to continue in that way."
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
Balance
"Allah will not be merciful to those who are not merciful to people."
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
Compassion
"None of you truly believes (in Allah and His religion) until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself."
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
Compassion
"The believer is not he who eats his fill while his neighbor is hungry."
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
Compassion
"The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: 'Make things easy and convenient and don’t make them harsh and difficult. Give cheer and glad tidings and do not create hatred.'"
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
Compassion
"Make your character good for the people."
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
Integrity
"Do good deeds properly, sincerely and moderately and know that your deeds will not make you enter Paradise, and that the most beloved deed to Allah’s is the most regular and constant even though it were little."
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
Integrity
"Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him say something good or keep quiet."
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
Integrity
"The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: 'Do not be people without minds of your own, saying that if others treat you well you will treat them well and that if they do wrong you will do wrong.'"
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
Integrity
"Verily, the patience is at the first stroke of a calamity."
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
Adversity
"The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: 'The worst of guardians is a cruel ruler. Beware of becoming one of them.'"
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
Leadership
"If, in spite of intense supplication, there is a delay in the timing of the Gift [al-‘ata], let that not be the cause for your despairing. For He has guaranteed you a response in what He chooses for you, not in what you choose for yourself, and at the time He desires, not the time you desire."
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
Faith
"The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: 'It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing.'"
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
Forgiveness
"Do not wish to be like anyone, except in two cases: (1) A man whom Allah has given wealth and he spends it righteously. (2) A man whom Allah has given wisdom (knowledge of the Qur’an and the Hadith) and he acts according to it and teaches it to others."
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
Aspirations
"A strong person is not the person who throws his adversaries to the ground. A strong person is the one who contains himself when he is angry."
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
Strength
"Forsake worldly pleasures, Allah will like you, and forsake what others have, mankind will like you."
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
Contentment
"All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; Learn that every Muslim is a brother to every Muslim and that the Muslims constitute one brotherhood."
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
Determination
"Wisdom is a long-cherished wish to the believer. He takes it from wherever he listens to it; and he does not mind from where it came out."
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
Wisdom
"The most valuable things in life are a tongue which mentions God, a grateful heart and a believing wife who helps a man with his faith."
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
Gratitude
"Do you know who will go first on the Day of Resurrection to the shade of God…Those who when given what is right accept it, when asked for something give freely and who judge in favor of others as they do for themselves."
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
Service
"If anyone fulfills his brother’s needs, Allah will fulfill his needs; if one relieves a Muslim of his troubles, Allah will relieve his troubles on the Day of Resurrection."
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
Service
"Do not turn away a poor man…even if all you can give is half a date. If you love the poor and bring them near you…God will bring you near Him on the Day of Resurrection."
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
Generosity
"It is also charity to utter a good word."
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
Generosity
"He who makes peace between people by inventing good information or saying good things, is not a liar."
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
Peace
"(Islam) is spacious (and has room for relaxation), and I have been sent with an easy and straightforward religion."
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
Well-being
"Wealth is not due to plenty of money, but wealth is the wealth of the self."
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
Well-being
"The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: 'The best of all dealings is the one which is moderate.'"
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
Moderation
"The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: 'They are the losers, those who make the religion hard and tough.'"
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
Moderation
"The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: 'Make things easy and convenient and don’t make them harsh and difficult.'"
- Prophet Muhammad (s)
Moderation