Umar ibn Al-Khattab Quotes Page 4

“Sit with those who have sinned and repented for they have the softest of hearts.”

“Sit with those who love Allah, for that enlightens the mind.”

“Sometimes the people with the worst past, create the best future.”

“Stick to the truth even if the truth kills you.”

“Taqwaa is not by praying all night and fasting all day but rather it is abiding by the commands of Allah and staying away from His prohibitions.”

“The best way to defeat someone is to beat him at politeness.”

“The criterion of action is that todays work should not be deferred till the following day.”

“The death of a thousand worshipers is easier to bear than the death of a scholar who has knowledge of what Allah has permitted and forbidden.”

“The happiest of people is the one under whose care people are happy because of him, and the most miserable of people is the one under whose care people are miserable because of him.”

“The less attachment to the world. The easier your life.”

“The most accursed ruler whose misconduct leads to distress of the people.”

“The most beloved of people to me is he that points out my flaws to me.”

“The most important of your affairs in my view is prayer; whoever prays regularly has protected his faith, but whoever neglects it, is bound to be more negligent in other issues of faith.”

“The person I like most is the one who points out my defects.”

“The wisest man is he who can account for his actions.”

“There are four types of oceans; passion is the ocean of sins, the nafs is the ocean of desires, death is the ocean of lives, and the grave is the ocean of regrets.”

“There is no goodness in people who don’t give advice, and there is no goodness in people who don’t like to be advised.”

“To be alone you avoid bad company. But to have a true friend is better than being alone.”

“To forgive an oppressor is oppression upon the oppressed.”

“To laugh excessively is a sign of no remorse for death.”

“To speak less is wisdom, to eat less is healthy, and to mingle less with the people is safe and serene.”

“Treat all people as equal, and do not worry about who is as fault or fear the blame of the blamers.”

“Trust is that there should be no difference between what you do and say and what you think.”

“Truth is timeless, and returning to truth is better than continuing in falsehood.”

“Try as much as you can to mention death. For if you were having hard times in your life, then it would give you more hope and would ease things for you. And if you were having abundant affluence of living in luxury, then it would make it less luxurious.”

“We are a people whom Allah gave might and glory to through Islam, so we will never seek glory through anything else.”

“We were the most humiliated people on earth and God gave us honour through Islam. If we ever seek honour through anything else, God will humiliate us again.”

“What regresses, never progresses.”

“When a man puts me a question, I judge of his intelligence.”

“When did you enslave people when they were born free?”