Top 92 Umar Quotes
#1. If patience and gratitude had been she camels, it would have mattered little on which I rode.
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#2. A man may be as straight as an arrow, but even then he will have some critics.
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#3. Who do you think's better looking people in the north or people in the south?
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#4. Sit with those who love Allah, for that enlightens the mind.
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#5. The criterion of action is that todays work should not be deferred till the following day.
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#6. To be alone means that you avoid bad company. But to have a true friend is better than being alone.
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#7. Seek knowledge and teach it to people. Learn dignity and tranquillity, and be humble towards those from whom you learn knowledge and be humble towards those to whom you teach it, and do not be tyrannical scholar otherwise your knowledge cannot be established because of your tyranny.
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#8. Be patient; patience is a pillar of faith.
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#9. I have never regretted my silence. As for my speech, I have regretted it over and over again.
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#10. O Allah do not give me in excess lest I may be disobedient.
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#11. Renouncing the worldly pleasures is a comfort for both the human heart and body.
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#12. He who went to the kings to seek favors went away from Allah.
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#13. The wisest among you is he whose sustenance is the fear of Allah.
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#14. For those who practise tyranny and deprive others of their rights, I will be harsh and stern, but for those who follow the law, I will be most soft and tender.
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#15. As long as you are pure of heart, you speak the truth.
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#16. Forgive people so that Allah may forgive you.
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#17. Acquire knowledge and teach it to people.
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#18. May Allah show mercy upon the man who shows me my faults.
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#19. Take account of your deeds before they are taken account of.
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#20. Fear Allah, for that is fortune; indifference to Allah is misfortune.
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#21. Do not depend upon the morality of a person until you have seen him behave while in anger.
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#22. I am surprised at three things: 1. [A] man runs from death while death is inevitable. 2. One sees minor faults in others, yet overlooks his own major faults. 3. When there is any defect to one's cattle he tries to cure it, but does not cure his own defects.
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#23. We are a people whom Allah gave might and glory to through Islam, so we will never seek glory through anything else.
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#24. He who wins through fraud is not a winner.
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#25. 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.
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#26. Do not be deceived by a man's eloquence; rather whoever fulfils trusts and refrains from impugning people's honour is a real man.
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#27. Lower your gaze from the world and turn your heart away from it ...
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#28. Truth is Timeless, and returning to Truth is better than continuing in Falsehood
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#29. 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.
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#30. Preserve the sayings of those people who are indifferent to the world. They say only that what Allah wishes them to say.
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#31. Do not overeat; that invites disease.
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#32. Allah loves moderation and hates extravagance and excess.
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#33. Be dignified, honest and truthful.
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#34. Islam will be destroyed by the mistakes of scholars, the arguments of the hypocrites who misinterpret the Qur'an to support their views and misleading rulers.
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#35. To forgive an oppressor is oppression upon the oppressed.
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#36. He who keeps his own counsel keeps his affairs in his own hands.
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#37. May Allah have mercy on him who sends me my faults as a present.
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#38. Money cannot help lifting its head.
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#39. Earning of livelihood by following some profession is better than living on charity.
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#40. Praise Allah, for by praise His blessings multiply.
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#41. What regresses, never progresses.
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#42. Avoidance of sin is lighter than the pain of remorse.
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#43. Death is teacher enough, true faith is wealth enough, and worship is action enough.
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#44. Don't forget your own self while preaching to others.
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#45. Do not accept gifts; [because] that is bribery.
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#46. I fear the day when the Kuffar are proud of their falsehood, and the Muslims are shy of their faith.
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#47. Hold on to your salah, because if you lose that, you will lose everything else.
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#48. If a sheep dies on the shore of the Euphrates I fear lest Allah ask me to account for it on the Day of Resurrection.
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#49. Get used to a rough life, for luxury does not last forever.
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#50. If a person has ten habits out of which nine are good and one bad, that bad one will destroy the good ones.
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#51. The wisest man is he who can account for his actions.
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#52. Do not put off today's work for tomorrow.
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#53. Do not be misled by a person's prayers and fasting. [Instead] look [at their] sincerity and wisdom.
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#54. He who does now know evil will fall into it.
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#55. Do not put off today's work until tomorrow, lest work accumulate and you achieve nothing.
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#56. Fear Allah, for He alone lives; all other things are liable to perish.
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#57. 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.
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#58. When you see that any scholar loves the world, then his scholarship is in doubt.
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#59. God forbid, men should be jealous of knowledge as they are jealous of women.
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#60. He who sleeps without offering the night prayer, may he never enjoy a sound sleep.
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#61. A man should be like a child with his wives, but if they need him, he
should act like a man
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#62. Do not be misled by hearing of anyone's reputation.
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#63. Sometimes the people with the worst past, create the best future
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#64. Take account of yourselves before you are brought to account.
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#65. When a man puts me a question, I judge of his intelligence.
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#66. There are four types of oceans. Passions are the ocean of sins, the self (nafs) is the ocean of lust, death is the ocean of life, and the grave is the ocean of distress
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#67. The efficacy of a prayer depends not on the words but on the sincerity of intention.
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#68. Hold yourselves accountable before you are held accountable.
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#69. I will be harsh and stern against the aggressor, but I will be a pillar of strength for the weak.I will not calm down until I will put one cheek of a tyrant on the ground and the other under my feet, and for the poor and weak, I will put my cheek on the ground.
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#70. If Allah wants for a people ill, he gives them debates and takes away from them actions.
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#71. No man can have anything better after faith than a woman of righteous character, loving and child-bearing. And no man can have anything worse after unbelief than a sharp-tongued woman of bad character.
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#72. Luxury is an obstacle, and so is the fatness of the body.
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#73. Women are not a garment you wear and undress however you like. They are honored and have their rights.
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#74. Patience is the healthiest ingredient of our life.
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#75. The less of the World, the freer you live.
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#76. 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
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#77. To speak less is wisdom, to eat less is healthy, and to mingle less with te people is safe and serene.
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#78. The person I like most is the one who points out my defects
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#79. Trust is that there should be no difference between what you do and say and what you think.
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#80. If your ruler is just, then praise God; but if he is unjust, pray to God to rid you of him.
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#81. Do not be an arrogant scholar, for scholarship cannot subsist with arrogance.
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#82. When you do not know of a thing say so plainly.
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#83. Learn the Arabic language; it will sharpen your wisdom.
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#84. May Allah bless the man who says less and does more.
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#85. On every dishonest man, there are two watchmen, his possessions, and his way of living.
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#86. That which you do not wish for yourself, do not impose on others.
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#87. 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.
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#88. Fear him, whom you hate.
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#89. 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.
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#90. Let not your love become attachment, nor your hate become destruction.
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#91. Sit with those who constantly repent, for they have the softest hearts.
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#92. Acquire knowledge before you become leaders and pride prevents you from learning and you live in ignorance.
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