Umar Quotes

Sometimes the people with the worst past, create the best future

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

I looked at all friends, and did not find a better friend than safeguarding the tongue. I thought about all dresses, but did not find a better dress than piety. I thought about all types of wealth, but did not find a better wealth than contentment in little. I thought of all types of good deeds, but did not find a better deed than offering good advice. I looked at all types of sustenance, but did not find a better sustenance than patience.

I have never regretted my silence. As for my speech, I have regretted it over and over again.

No amount of worrying can change the future. Go easy on yourself, for the outcome of all affairs is determined by God's decree. If something is meant to go elsewhere, it will never come your way, but if it is yours by destiny, from you it cannot flee.

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

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.

Women are not a garment you wear and undress however you like. They are honored and have their rights.

Do not depend upon the morality of a person until you have seen him behave while in anger.

Sit with those who constantly repent, for they have the softest hearts.

That which you do not wish for yourself, do not impose on others.

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.

A man should be like a child with his wives, but if they need him, he should act like a man

I fear the day when the Kuffar are proud of their falsehood, and the Muslims are shy of their faith.

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

To forgive an oppressor is oppression upon the oppressed.

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.

Patience is the healthiest ingredient of our life.

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

Let not your love become attachment, nor your hate become destruction.

Truth is Timeless, and returning to Truth is better than continuing in Falsehood

Earning of livelihood by following some profession is better than living on charity.

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

As long as you are pure of heart, you speak the truth.

Don't forget your own self while preaching to others.

Do not be fooled by one who recites the Qurân. His recitation is but speech – but look to those who act according to it.

Hold on to your salah, because if you lose that, you will lose everything else.

He who does not live in the way of his beliefs starts to believe in the way he lives.

May Allah show mercy upon the man who shows me my faults.

Be patient; patience is a pillar of faith.

No amount of guilt can change the past and no amount of worrying can change the future

Lower your gaze from the world and turn your heart away from it...

Preserve the sayings of those people who are indifferent to the world. They say only that what Allah wishes them to say.

A man may be as straight as an arrow, but even then he will have some critics.

May Allah bless the man who says less and does more.

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

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.

The less of the World, the freer you live.

Do not be deceived by a man's eloquence; rather whoever fulfils trusts and refrains from impugning people's honour is a real man.

Learn the Arabic language; it will sharpen your wisdom.

May Allah have mercy on him who sends me my faults as a present.

Hold yourselves accountable before you are held accountable.

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

Luxury is an obstacle, and so is the fatness of the body.

God forbid, men should be jealous of knowledge as they are jealous of women.

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.

Acquire knowledge before you become leaders and pride prevents you from learning and you live in ignorance.

If a person has ten habits out of which nine are good and one bad, that bad one will destroy the good ones.

Take account of your deeds before they are taken account of.

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.