If you desire the path of sincerity, develop a love for obscurity. Flee from the clatter and clinks of fame. Be like the roots of a tree; it keeps the tree upright and gives it life, but it itself is hidden underneath the earth and eyes cannot see it.

Abdullah ibn Mubarak

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Perhaps a great deed is belittled by an intention. And perhaps a small deed, by sincere intention, is made great

Abdullah ibn Mubarak

intention sincere deeds

I spent thirty years learning manners, and I spent twenty years l... by Abdullah ibn Mubarak

I spent thirty years learning manners, and I spent twenty years learning knowledge.

Abdullah ibn Mubarak

islamic learning wisdom

I love the saliheen (pious people) even though I’m not one of them, and I hate the taliheen (evil people) even though I (may be) worse than them.

Abdullah ibn Mubarak

evil-people hate may

The beginning of knowledge is the intention, then listening, then understanding, then action, then preservation, and then spreading it.

Abdullah ibn Mubarak

islamic understanding wisdom

O man! Prepare yourself for the Hereafter, obey Allah to the extent of your need for Him and anger Him to the extent of your patience in Hell.

Abdullah ibn Mubarak

hell men needs

Sins slowly suffocate the heart, and abandoning sins brings life... by Abdullah ibn Mubarak

Sins slowly suffocate the heart, and abandoning sins brings life to the heart.

Abdullah ibn Mubarak

sin heart

How often it is that a small action becomes great by its intention. And how often it is that a great action becomes small by its intention.

Abdullah ibn Mubarak

islamic wisdom action

If you intend to speak a vain word, replace it with a tasbih. by Abdullah ibn Mubarak

If you intend to speak a vain word, replace it with a tasbih.

Abdullah ibn Mubarak

vain speak ifs

We are a people in more need of a little character than we are in... by Abdullah ibn Mubarak

We are a people in more need of a little character than we are in need of an abundance of knowledge.

Abdullah ibn Mubarak

islamic character knowledge

If i were to backbite against anyone, it would be about my parents for they have more right to my good deeds

Abdullah ibn Mubarak

parent deeds would-be

I studied adab for thirty years and I studied knowledge for twent... by Abdullah ibn Mubarak

I studied adab for thirty years and I studied knowledge for twenty years.

Abdullah ibn Mubarak

islamic wisdom years