Abdullah Ibn Mubarak Quotes & Sayings

Sins slowly suffocate the heart, and abandoning sins brings life to the heart. — Abdullah Ibn Mubarak

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

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

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

I spent thirty years learning manners, and I spent twenty years learning knowledge ... — Abdullah Ibn Mubarak

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

I studied adab for thirty years and I studied knowledge for twenty years. — Abdullah Ibn Mubarak

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

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

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